litlgrey wrote:
> On the subject of the actual Juan Garcia Esquivel...
>
> Much as I do not quite trust the actions of Rangeraver, he's posted a JGE double CD I have never heard of, which contains selections I haven't heard of either.
>
> These selections are live recordings perhaps recorded for Mexican radio, because they're announced in Spanish (in one instance by JGE himself, I think).
>
> The live selections, which have the applause of a fairly large audience, are absurdly broken up between his classic studio recordings.
>
> Cleve, could you please ring in on this? What exactly is this live stuff?
>
> http://rangeraver-lounge.blogspot.com/2008/02/juan-garcia-esquivel-100-anos-de-musica.html
>
>
I've seen that CD in Mexico before. It combines the "Latin-Esque" LP
with Esquivel's first Mexican album "Las Tandas de Juan Garcia Esquivel"
(that album was never issued in the US).
The "live" tracks on the album are from the film score of "La Locura Del
Rock 'n Roll", a film in which Esquivel leads his band live in a half
dozen or so numbers (although often its actors playing the musicians). I
concluded they were studio recordings with the applause dubbed in and
synched to the film. Fun movie, if you can find it. It was on VHS tape
in Mexico for a short period of time in the late 90's. Shows up
periodically on the Galavision movie channel, if you have that available
in your area (the other Esquivel film, "Cabaret Tragico", shows up there
as well)
br cleve
