Wednesday, 22 February 2023

Sándor Lakatos And His Gypsy Band - Budapest At Night (undated recordings, this compilation first released 1987)

This is the other recent find that I've been enjoying loads.  This collection's from the 80s, but the recordings (no specific years given) might be much older, as Sándor Lakatos (1924-1994) and his Gypsy Band had been releasing albums from the late 50s onwards.  All sounds fantastic though, with so much verve, energy and sheer jawdropping virtuosity brought to these Hungarian folk tunes.  Not much else to say about this one really, other than it's tons of fun.

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  1. Anonymous23 February 2023 at 05:09

    all your noble efforts and precious contributions in honour.
    let me add this:
    this collection of songs are _not_ hungarian folk tunes (except a few bonus tracks to the original LP release that are expressively stated as traditional) the backbone of this tracklist consists of compositions that at artificially pimped fake folkalike tunes _written_ for entertainment purposes attributed _not_ to hungarian, but mainly to (roma) gypsies living in hungary. in hungarian this stylistic variety is until now officially named "folklike" gispy music.
    this kind of (not folk, but) artificial music had been consciously developed from the early 1830 onwards and became broadband popular in the early 20th century.
    thing is: it is _not_ hungarian and _not_ folk music.
    note: folk music per se has no identifiable composers, these pieces all have composers and none of them were hungarian. regardless: the music is indeed unique, impressive, even fascinating sometimes with tons of this typical bittersweetness and virtuoso mastery performance.
    thank you for sharing.

    there is no relevant English language wikipedia entry, but deepl.com could be of good service:
    https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakatos_Sándor_(zenész)
    or: refer two the subsection Hungary here:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_music

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  2. Anonymous23 February 2023 at 05:11

    oh yes and I am glad for your having made this nice discovery.

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  3. rev.b24 February 2023 at 04:49

    You have a very fine charity shop in your area Alan. Thank you for sharing the treasures you find there. It may be "artificial music" to some, but I appreciate the opportunity to listen. Perhaps 'Anonymous' would favor us with a name (even just a made up handle would be appreciated) and some examples of what they're talking about.

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  4. djh62uk24 February 2023 at 10:04

    I was once chased around an empty restaurant opposite the castle in Budapest. We had been "entertained" by a "gypsy" band and when I got up to use the loo the leader thought I was trying to get away without paying them. Never be the only diners in a restaurant! Come to that never eat in a restaurant opposite a Hilton hotel. Thanks for the share!

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