Tango.info performance date source
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Overview
This page gives some details about tango.info performance date sources.
Trustworthiness
The most trustworthy are probably the dates given in the graphics linked from The Argentine Talking Machine Works - Buenos Aires.
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)