TAKE A KNIFE & OPEN MY HEART

Sound Miracle Recordings presents a collection of thirteen ancient pieces of primitive flamenco music from the 1930s onwards. Flamenco music has been admired throughout the world for centuries. Fascinating unique, esoteric and mysterious, alloy of fire and witchcraft. Flamenco is much more than that. It has something of folk, something of sacred music, something of blues: it is a unique music in the world, born of many factors and opposite and antagonistic elements, like its country of origin. And like other traditions, it's not just music, it's a way of life. This compilation also brings us echoes of that way of life and aromas of places that today seem distant galaxies. For the connoisseur, names like La Nina de los Peines, Manuel Torre, Aurelio, Carmen Amaya, and others will make your mouth water. As if that were not enough, underground gents such as Sarita Heredia and Pericon de Cadiz coexist side by side with these great historical names. Bearing in mind that they can never be all they are in one single disc; the selection of voices is exquisite: from the acute of Manuel Vallejo to the wounding of Angelillo or Manolo Caracol, and everything that fits in between. This compilation shows some of the earliest examples of Flamenco music recorded, brutal and exciting music that easily combines the known and the darkest, more accessible and attractive for the audience that is approaching for the first time. Also includes tracks by Juan Varea, Antonio Rengel, Estrellita Castro and Nina De La Puebla. Presented on audiophile transparent clear vinyl with a CD included; fully remastered with detailed liner notes. - A1. Manuel Torre - A la Puerta de un Rico Avariento / At the door of a Rich and Greedy Man ?A2. Sarita Heredia - Fandango de Huelva ?A3. Juan Varea - Era Consuelo La Granaina / It was Consuelo from Granada ?A4. Manolo De Badajoz - Danza Mora / Moorish Dance ?A5. Antonio Rengel - La Nieve por tu Cara / Through Your Face the Snow ?A6. Manolo Caracol - Salen a Siete Mujeres / Seven Women for Each Man ?A7. Carmen Amaya - Preguntale a mi Sombrero / Go Ask My Hat ?B1. Estrellita Castro - Al Pasar la Barca / When the Boat Was Passing ?B2. Pericon De Cadiz - Mi Prima Juana / My Cousin Juana ?B3. Nina De La Puebla - En los Pueblos de mi Andalucia / In the Villages of My Andalusia ?B4. Angelillo - Maria Salome ?B5. Nina De Los Peines - Cielito Lindo / My Pretty Heaven ?B6. Manuel Vallejo Y - como Loco Variaba / I Flipped Like a Madman