The present restoration project provides the complete 81 recordings of Lucio Demare and his orchestra made at the Odeon, Columbia, Pampa, Art-Fono and Disco TK labels in Buenos Aires between 1938 and 1956. We also include two vinyl records: the Music-Hall record from 1959 containing four recordings with the singer Tania and the last solo record of Lucio Demare containing 14 titles issued in 1968 under the Disc Jockey label.
The Art-Fono picture record with two titles was still missing when we issued this album but it has now been added to the collection. The decorative aspect of the picture disk, certainly makes it quite rare today. With this in mind the complete shellac production of the Lucio Demare orchestra sums up to 81 sides. One might wonder why an odd total? 8065-A was issued twice, once in May 1943 and other time in September of the same year. The initial issue has the matrix number 12757 and the title Tal vez será mí alcohol, the reissued version has the same record number but the matrix number 13130. It’s the censored version with Manzi’s modified lyrics, stripped out Lunfardo, and the new title Tal vez será su voz. The old title is still mentioned on the record as a subtitle. We have included both recordings in our release.
The transfer work was mainly done in Brussels and is from our own collection.