Tango.info performance date source
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Overview
This page gives some details about tango.info performance date sources.
Trustworthiness
Since sources contradict each other, at least some are wrong.
The most trustworthy are probably the dates given in the graphics linked from The Argentine Talking Machine Works - Buenos Aires, since they might be the closest to the event of performing.
The trustworthiness of other sources is hard to estimate, since most don't give their sources, or give a source that doesn't give its source.
Examples
- Photographs or scans of paper where recording/performance dates had been written down by the record company, e.g. The Argentine Talking Machine Works - Buenos Aires
- 78 rpm labels contain the year, e.g. T.K. from 1955: https://tango.info/?q=s-54
- Performers emailed dates of their own performances, e.g. Quinteto Angel, Ensemble Hyperion
- CD covers
- CD issued by record company or under their label (e.g. some Reliquias CDs marked as EMI, contain dates for Odeon recordings - Odeon is owned by EMI
- CD issued by third party, made from 78 rpm transfers, e.g. Euro Records/BATC, CTA
- Discographies (e.g. todotango.com, tangoteca, Francisco Canaro discography by Christoph Lanner, Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Recordings)