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Sings Turkish, Spanish and Mexican Folk Songs | 
| Artist: Cynthia Gooding
Label: Collector's Choice
Category: Music
Buy New: $12.98
Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 224836
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 617742062625
EAN: 0617742062625
ASIN: B000BR6DDA
Release Date: February 21, 2006
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| Tracks:
| • | Sakrya | | • | Ankaraning Tasina Bak | | • | Eminem | | • | Katip | | • | Yashi Meral | | • | Donde Vas Rey Alfonsito | | • | Tres MoricasAnda Diciendo | | • | Conde Olinos | | • | Eres Alta y DelgadaLa Molinera | | • | La Bamba | | • | La Llorona | | • | El Palo Verde | | • | Rosita Alvirez | | • | Roman Castillo | | • | El Tecolote | | • | General Felipe Angeles | | • | Que Linda Esta La Manana |
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Album Description
We've gone all the way back to the beginning of Elektra Records for this reissue-in fact, Turkish & Spanish Folksongs and Mexican Folk Songs were the sixth and eighth releases from the label, originally issued on 10" LP in 1953! And as soon as you hear Cynthia Gooding's husky contralto caress these impeccably researched and interpreted songs, you will understand why she was one of Jac Holzman's first signings, and why she was an early mainstay of the Greenwich Village folk scene. A globetrotting Collectors' Choice Music exclusive!
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| Customer Reviews:
Before the U.S. discovered world music... October 11, 2006
S. L. Pattee (Portland, OR USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
...there was Cynthia Gooding...an early folk singer with a deep, almost masculine voice and lyrical guitar playing...although not a native, she was able to find and interpret little-known folk songs from Mexico, Spain and Turkey. Anyone who loves folk/foreign/world music or the haunting and lovely sounds of Turkish and Spanish--don't miss this record!!!
For doubters who wonder how (or why) these songs weren't sung by Turks, Mexican and Spaniards, this was the 1950s and there wasn't a big market for that; U.S. folk music itself was just becoming popular. Cynthia Gooding should be credited with helping launch the current popularity of world music. (And kudos to Elektra for re-releasing this!! Let's hope they re-issue more of her music!!) And Cynthia Gooding wasn't any singer bowdlerizing other people's music...she went out and tracked down old music, found foreign musicians to teach her songs and was a meticulous researcher. (Check out her extensive notes on the back.) Her Spanish sounds near-perfect to me (it was said that she had a pure Castillian accent), and, although I'm just a beginning Turkish student, her Turkish sounds great. (I believe her husband was Turkish.) There's an elegant and restrained quality about her singing and playing, so that the listener hears the pure songs and not the singer overdoing the songs. I love the sadder pieces: Ankaranin Tasina Bak and Katip (Turkey); Donde Vas Rey Alfonsito (Spanish) and La Llorona and Roman Castillo (Mexico), but check out her version of La Bamba--long before Richie Valens turned it into a hit. The quality of this recording is wonderful, too.
Incredible Early Folk Music Treat ! April 15, 2006
jr_Tech (Portland OR. area)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I could not believe it when I saw that this CD had been released! It popped up on the screen as being something else that I might want to purchase, when I bought Theodore Bikel "Songs of a Russian Gypsy". (see my review of the Bikel CD).
Thank the Amazon computer for linking these together !!!
The original Electra recording, which dates from 1957 was actually a combination of two earlier Electra 10 inch LP recordings (EKL 6 and EKL 8) which were very early releases from this revered label.
Goodings deep, rich voice and superb guitar work come through very well in this transfer...It is hard to believe that the original recordings were made over 50 years ago. (see my other reviews for more early Elektra folk gems)
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