There was only one Gardel. Comparisons with singers as good as Charlo point up just how fine the first of the tango singers really was, not just emotionally but technically (his rhythmic sense is staggering at times). When backed by his magnificent (and for the tango quite unusual) guitar group -- as he is here in all but one track -- he was a nonpareil. ~ John Storm Roberts, Original Music, Rovi
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There was only one Gardel. Comparisons with singers as good as Charlo point up just how fine the first of the tango singers really was, not just emotionally but technically (his rhythmic sense is staggering at times). When backed by his magnificent (and for the tango quite unusual) guitar group -- as he is here in all but one track -- he was a nonpareil. ~ John Storm Roberts, Original Music, Rovi
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