Artist: Dueto Estrella
LP: A-Go-Go En El Norte
Not "A-Go-Go" exactly, the music on this various-artists LP from Mexico is filled with what we might instead call "Rancher-Ro-Ro." There's not much info about Dueto Estrella on the web, but we know these fellows' first names are Abel and Bernardo and that they recorded on the Eco label, a subsidiary of Falcon Records, which was founded by Arnaldo Ramírez in McAllen, Texas in 1948, according to what I just read here. "A-Go-Go En El Norte" was released in 1967 and features 40 minutes of the most popular music from the Eco label. I found my copy for $2.50 at Easy Street Records and Cafe last Saturday after a delicious breakfast.
[ Dueto Estrella: Abel y Bernardo ]
It's interesting that you refer to ECO as a subsidiary of Falcon Records. Do you have any information about this?
ReplyDeleteIt is true that the first singles and the first LP of ECO were released in the USA. And it is also true that ÊCO released many Falcon LPs as shortened editions both in the USA and in Mexico. But until now I thought that ECO belonged to Peerless. Peerless was founded in Mexico in the 1930s. There was also Peerless USA and I think ECO was founded there in 1960. There are a few records that were released exclusively in the US, but most of them were released in Mexico. After 1971 there are only a few US editions.