Hugo Blanco et sa Harpo Indienne

Artist: Hugo Blanco et sa Harpo Indienne

LP: 7" single

Song: "Moliendo Café"

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Though this 7" EP was pressed in France, these four lovely tunes from Venezuelan composer and harpist Hugo Blanco were originally recorded for Pallacio Records in Caracas. "Moliendo Café" means grinding coffee, which is what I'm about to do right now, only my grinder is electric. Though it doesn't have quite the same zing without percussion, there's a lovely harp duet performance video of "Moliendo Café" (most of it, anyway) included here:

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[ "Moliendo Café" ]

Pablo Beltrán Ruiz

Artist: Pablo Beltrán Ruiz

LP: 7" single

Song: "Andalucia"

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Born in Los Mochis, México in 1915, Pablo Beltrán Ruiz will probably be best remembered for writing the song "¿Quién Será?"—which, after being translated into English as "Sway," became a hit for Dean Martin. Julie London also does a nice version of the song. This 4-track Pablo Beltrán Ruiz 7" EP was made in Japan, obviously, and the Japanese liner notes are included below. Translation, anyone? It's neat to see what "Andalucia" looks like when written in Japanese. You can read about Pablo in Spanish here, in English here, and find a list of the movies and TV shows his song "Sway" has been featured in on IMDB here.

 

 

 

[ Pablo Beltrán Ruiz: March 5, 1915 — July 29, 2008 ]