Strachwitz Frontera Collection Catalog

This is a catalog of all of the recordings in the Frontera Collection, currently over 175,000 songs from 78s, 45s, LPs, Cassettes, original master tapes and CDs in the Arhoolie Foundation’s archive (updated April 2020). Although originally focused on the border music of the United State and Mexico, it now contains music from all of Latin America. For more information about the recordings and to hear them, go to UCLA’s Frontera website. You will also find articles about the music, musicians and record labels there. You can listen to many of these recordings on our YouTube Frontera Collection channel. Click on the “+” symbol next to the Label name for more information about the recording. You can search specifically below, or globally in the search box above the list. Sort the columns by clicking on the ▲ . Search here, scroll down to see results

num	.	Label	Cat #	Title	Artist	Accomp.	Notes	FMT	Condition	Matrix #	date	Composer	Genre	Album Title	Listen:	data_record_number	on_YT
num	.	Label	Cat #	Title	Artist	Accomp.	Notes	FMT	Condition	Matrix #	date	Composer	Genre	Album Title	Listen:	data_record_number	on_YT
2		1355 Records	101	El Corrido De Don Yarborough	Felipe Martinez	Y Los Artistas		45	N-			Martinez, Felipe	corrido			1
3		1355 Records	102	Carta Preciosa	Felipe Martinez	Y Los Artistas		45	N-			Martinez, Felipe	psychadelic rock			2
4		4 Star	1001-A	La Cumparsita	Juan Florer	Speigener - Guitar; Erwin - Bass	Internationally famous novelty singer and pianist with his Dusketeers	78	N-	V-103		Matus - Rodriguez	tango			3	Y
5		4 Star	1001-B	Belle of Santiago	Juan Florer	Speigener - Guitar; Erwin - Bass	Internationally famous novelty singer and pianist with his Dusketeers.	78	N-	V-104-ME-R		Carleton - Dixon	rhumba			4	Y
6		4 Star	1002-A	Tico Tico	Juan Florer	International Trio: Jose Boroso - Guitar; Michael Somogyi - Bass; Danny Van Allen - Drums		78	E+	V-105		Abreu - Oliverira	rhumba			5	Y
7		4 Star	1002-B	No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti	Juan Florer	International Trio: Jose Boroso - Guitar; Michael Somogyi - Bass; Danny Van Allen - Drums	I Can’t Live Without You	78	E+	V-106		Florer, Juan	rhumba			6	Y
8		4 Star	1003-A	El Choclo De Noche	Juan Florer	International Trio: Jose Boroso - Guitar; Michael Somogyi - Bass; Danny Van Allen - Drums	The Night Owl. This is sung in English as well as Spanish.	78	E+	V-107		Florer, Juan	calypso			7	Y
9		4 Star	1003-B	Nague	Juan Florer	International Trio: Jose Boroso - Guitar; Michael Somogyi - Bass; Danny Van Allen - Drums		78	E+	V-108		Pozo, Luciano	samba			8	Y
10		4 Star	1004	Ba Ba Rum	Juan Florer	Michael Somogyi - Bass, Ivan Lopes - Trumpet, Dann Van Allen - Drums, Lou Bonkowski - Guitar		78	V+	V-109-ME		Florer, Juan	rhumba			9	Y
11		4 Star	1004	Lovely Lady of Castilia	Juan Florer	Michael Somogyi - Bass, Ivan Lopes - Trumpet, Dann Van Allen - Drums, Lou Bonkowski - Guitar		78	V+	V-110-ME		Duffie - Taconis	bolero			10	Y
12		4 Star	1005	Tango Of Delight	Juan Florer	Michael Somogyi - Bass, Ivan Lopes - Trumpet, Dann Van Allen - Drums, Lou Bonkowski - Guitar	This is sung in English.	78	N-	V-111-ME		Somogyi - Florer	tango bolero			11	Y
13		4 Star	1005	Acabasta	Juan Florer	Michael Somogyi - Bass, Ivan Lopes - Trumpet, Dann Van Allen - Drums, Lou Bonkowski - Guitar		78	N-	V-112-ME		Valencia - Sacasas - Pafumy	rhumba			12	Y
14		4 Star	1006	Misirlou	Juan Florer	Michael Somogyi - Bass, Ivan Lopes - Bongos, Danny Van Allen - Drums, Russel Soule - Guitar		78	E+	V-113-ME		Ronbanis - Pipilas	beguine bolero			13	Y
15		4 Star	1006	Linda Mujer	Juan Florer - Marion Nichols	Michael Somogyi - Bass, Ivan Lopes - Bongos, Danny Van Allen - Drums, Russel Soule - Guitar	This is sung in english and spanish.	78	E+	V-114-ME		Duchesne	rhumba			14	Y
16		4 Star	1007	Juana	Juan Florer	Michael Somogyi - Bass, Ivan Lopes - Bongos, Danny Van Allen - Drums, Russel Soule - Guitar	This is sung in English.	78	E+	V-115-ME		Woodbury -Taconis	calypso			15	Y
17		4 Star	1007	El Choclo	Juan Florer	Michael Somogyi - Bass, Ivan Lopes - Bongos, Danny Van Allen - Drums, Russel Soule - Guitar		78	E+	V-116-ME		Villoldo	rhumba			16	Y
18		4 Star	1013	Guadalajara	S. Miguelito Alejandro	and Quartette, vocal: unknown duet		78	N-	V-21-ME		Guizar	huapango			17	Y
19		4 Star	1013	La Feria De Las Flores	S. Miguelito Alejandro	and Quartette	(The Fair of Flowers).	78	N-	V-24-ME		Monge	ranchera			18	Y
20		4 Star	1014	Las Alteñitas	S. Miguelito Alejandro	and Quartette	(The Gay Ranchero)	78	E+	V-22-ME		Espinosa - Tuvin - Luban	ranchera			20	Y
21		4 Star	1014	Ay Jalisco No Te Rajes	S. Miguelito Alejandro	and Quartette	(Do Not Back Out, Jalisco)	78	E+	V-23-ME		Esperón, Manuel M. - Cortazar, Ernesto E.	corrido ranchero			21	Y
22		4 Star	1015	Voodoo Rhapsody	Juan Florer	and the Cariocas	This is sung in English	78	N-	V-19-ME		Somogyi - Florer	rhumba			22	Y
23		4 Star	1015	Negra Concentida	Joe Carioca - Juan Florer	and the Cariocas	(My Pet Brunette). This is sung in English and Spanish.	78	N-	V-20-ME		Pardavé - Harper	rhumba			23	Y
24		4 Star	1016	Por Eso No Debes	Reynaldo Y Laura	Acompañmiento Instrumental	(You Owe Me Nothing)	78	E+	V-1A-ME		Lecuona, Margarita	bolero			24	Y
25		4 Star	1016	Amor Ciego	Hermanas Hernandez - Carmen Y Laura	Acompañmiento Instrumental	(Blind Love)	78	E+	V-1B-ME		Hernández, R.	bolero			25	Y
26		4 Star	1017	Se Me Fue Mi Amor	Carmen and Laura	Isaac Figueroa - Accordion, Juan Garcia - Bajo sexto, Jesus Garcia - Contrabajo	(My Love Has Gone)	78	E	V-2A-ME			corrido			26	Y
27		4 Star	1017	El Borrachito	Carmen and Laura	Isaac Figueroa - Accordion, Juan Garcia - Bajo sexto, Jesus Garcia - Contrabajo	(The Little Drunkard)	78	E	V-2B-ME		Gaytan, J.	corrido			27	Y
28		4 Star	1018	Cartas Marcadas	Carmen and Reynaldo		(Marked Cards)	78	E	V-3A-ME		Monge, C.	corrido			28	Y
29		4 Star	1018	Que Chula Prieta	Carmen and Laura	Isaac Figueroa - Accordion, Juan Garcia - Bajo sexto, Jesus Garcia - Contrabajo	(Beautiful Burneste)	78	E	V-3B-ME		Cantú, F.	corrido			29	Y
30		4 Star	1044	Sonrisa	Figueroa Trio		(Smiles)	78	E+	V-233ME		Figueroa, Isaac	corrido ranchera			30	Y
31		4 Star	1044	Eternamente	Carmen, Reynaldo and Laura		(Forever)	78	E+	V-234ME			corrido ranchera			31	Y
32		4 Star	1045	El Trotecito	Trio Figueroa		(The Little Trot).	78	E	V-235-ME		Figueroa, Isaac	polka			32	Y
33		4 Star	1046	La Pasajera	Trio Figueroa		(The Passenger)	78	E	V-237-ME		Figueroa, Isaac	corrido ranchero			34	Y
34		4 Star	1046	China De Los Ojos Negros	Carmen and Laura		(The One With Dark Eyes)	78	E	V-238-ME			corrido ranchero			35	Y
35		4 Star	1047	Brazil	Nilo Menendez	And His Latin Americans		78	N-	V-224-ME		Barroso	instrumental			36	Y
36		4 Star	1047	Saudade	Nilo Menendez	And His Latin Americans		78	N-	V-226-ME		Lopes	instrumental			37	Y
37		4 Star	1048	Ven Mi Negrita	Nilo Menendez	And His Latin Americans, vocal: Chuy Castillon	Vocal By Chuy Castillon	78	N-	V-227-ME		Somogyi				38	Y
38		4 Star	1048	Polonaise	Nilo Menendez	And His Latin Americans		78	N-	V-228-ME		Chopin	instrumental			39	Y
39		4 Star	1049	Baja	Nilo Menendez	And His Latin Americans		78	E+	V-225-ME		Barroso	instrumental			40	Y
40		4 Star	1049	Baju Fiesta	Nilo Menendez	And His Latin Americans		78	E+	V-230-ME		Menendez	instrumental			41	Y
41		4 Star	1050	Rhumba Rhapsody	Nilo Menendez	And His Latin Americans		78	N-	V-229-ME			instrumental			42	Y
42		4 Star	1050	O Tic-Tac Do Meu	Nilo Menendez	And His Latin Americans	(Tick-tock of my Heart)	78	N-	V-231-ME		Vermehlo - Silva	instrumental			43	Y
43		4 Star	1055	Buscandote	Guadalajara Trio	with Nestor Amaral and Miguelito Alejandro	from the film: “Masquerade in Mexico”. (Looking for You).	78	N-	V-254-ME		Lara, Agustín				44	Y
44		4 Star	1055	Traigo Mi 45	Guadalajara Trio	with Nestor Amaral and Miguelito Alejandro	(My “45”)	78	N-	V-259-ME		Dominquez, Alberto	corrido			45	Y
45		4 Star	1056	Palabras De Mujer	Guadalajara Trio	Guitars - Nestor Amaral, Miguelito Alejandro	(Words of a Woman). .	78	N-	V-258-ME			canción			46	Y
46		4 Star	1056	Atotonilco	Guadalajara Trio	Guitars - Nestor Amaral, Miguelito Alejandro		78	N-	V-260-ME			corrido			47	Y
47		4 Star	1127	Mi Terruño	Rodolfo y Panchita	Con El Mariachi Acuña		78	N	340AS		Bermejo, Felipe	corrido			48	Y
48		4 Star	1127	Serenata Tapatia	Rodolfo y Panchita	Con El Mariachi Acuña	The bass in this song is overmodulated.	78	N	341AS		Esperón, Manuel M. - Cortazar, Ernesto E.	canción ranchera			49	Y
49		4 Star	1128	Ahora Que No Eres Mia	Rodolfo y Panchita	Con El Mariachi Acuña		78	N	342AS		Acuña	canción fox			50	Y
50		4 Star	1128	Yo Quisiera	Rodolfo y Panchita	Con El Mariachi Acuña		78	N	343AS		Ramos	corrido			51	Y
51		4 Star	1173	Con Botellas	Torreon y Dora	Con Guitarras		78	N	1563		Arellano				52	Y

Strachwitz Frontera Collection Catalog

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