Aníbal Troilo «Pichuco» y su Orquesta Típica, as the band is officially named on all records, recorded a total of 134 tracks between 1938 and the end of 1945. This restoration project includes 133 of these recordings. One track, «Farol», is missing and will hopefully be released later, as we currently don’t have a good copy of the record. The orchestra’s first two recordings were released under the Odeon label; all subsequent recordings, starting in 1941, were released by RCA Victor. There are no otros ritmos. Of the 134 recordings, 113 are tangos, 10 are valses and 11 are milongas.
A special effort was made to render the different layers of this music as transparent as possible. The Troilo sound tends to become a sonic blur when poor technique is applied as numerous former transfers from LP and later CD testify—particularly in the legato sections—where textures can easily merge into an indistinct «sound soup.»
From a technical standpoint, great care was taken in the playback process. Different needles were tested and matched individually for each record to strike the right balance: revealing the finest details in the recording while keeping surface noise to an absolute minimum.
The TTT Troilo collection, built over a span of 15 years, includes most titles now in four to six copies. This allowed for the selection of records in outstanding condition, ensuring a clean and faithful reproduction of the original sound.
Like on our last albums, we have consistently applied a 0.5-second fade-in at the beginning of each track and a 1.0-second fade-out at the end, with an additional 3.0 seconds of trailing silence. If a track already has a diminuendo ending, we have reduced the trailing silence accordingly.
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