Trio Calaveras – Una Noche en el Jorongo del Hotel Maria Isabel de Mexico

These gentlemen are the real deal — a “trio romantico” who appeared in over a dozen Mexican films in the 40s. This release captures them live at the “El Jorongo” bar, which the back cover assures us is “a wonderful place that is a must for every tourist that visits Mexico City because of it’s gay atmosphere.” If you’ve ever been to the El Jorongo bar, please leave a comment and let us know what it was/is like.

Every once and a while, you take a chance and find a real gem in the bins, and this is one of those gems. The first track unfortunately has a couple of skips, but the rest of the tracks are fine and there is relatively little surface noise, which is a miracle considering this came from the floor of a Goodwill in rural Ohio. The back cover is also signed by the trio, which is very cool, but a bit odd, taking into account the whole rural Ohio thing.

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Calaveras.zip (51MB)

Side One:
Flor Silvestre
Amaneci en tus Brazos
La Malaguena
Sin Sangre en las Venas
El Coyote

Side Two:
Gota a Gota
El Soldado de Levita
Novia Envidiada
La Llorona
No Me Vuelvas a Ver
Besame Morenita