Los Montaneses Del Alamo – Primer Grabaciones: 1940-1950 First Recordings CD 7021

Description

CD 7021

Historic first recordings of orquesta tipica/norteño pioneers Los Montañeses Del Alamo from northern Mexico. Classic PRE-ACCORDION norteño music featuring flute & fiddle lead until halfway through the CD when a saxophone replaces the fiddle! Lilting melodies played with great feeling and some lovely vocals. Should appeal to many Mexican regional fans who were never enamored with the accordion.

1. Bailando
2. Pobre De Mi
3. Dos Ceres
4. Del Alamo A San Francisco
5. El Nuevo Desterrado
6. Vamos A La Aduana
7. Morenita Encantadora
8. Mi Susanita
9. El Huerfano
10. Vamos A La Alberca
11. Adios Adios
12. Ya Lo Pagaras Con Dios
13. No Ves Mujer
14. Asi Son Las Mujeres
15. Humilde Corazon
16. Valente Quintero
17. El Nopalito
18. La Burrita
19. Entre Amigos
20. La Recien Polveada
21. Yo Naci’ Pa’ Quererte
22. La Preciosita
23. Mi Prieta Linda
24. Vamos Al Fandango
25. Mi Vida
26. Alamo Polka
27. El Corrido De Astolfo Gonzalez

REVIEW

“Founded in the 1930s los Montañeses Del Alamo would actually keep on going for more than 50 years. This is a 27-song overview of their first decade as a recording act. Los Montañeses Del Alamo differed from many small Mexican groups in that they prominently featured flute violin and on the latter half of these tracks a saxophone. The accordion the instrument that dominated such ensembles in 20th century Mexican music is absent. And that setup makes this stand out from numerous other similar archival releases; if nothing else it’s refreshing to hear the melody lines taken by different instruments than the usual ones. As the liner notes explain this is a throwback to an older style of music that predominated in Mexico in the late 1800s and early 1900s before the accordion came to the fore.”

– Richie Unterberger AllMusic.com