Chavela Vargas: Noche Bohemia/Con El Cuarteto Lara Foster 1961 (Remastered) CD-New $26.99

Born in Costa Rica, Chavela Vargas (1919-2012) was celebrated for her rendition of Mexican rancheras, and for her contribution to other genres of popular Latin American music. Presented here, for the first time ever on CD, is her complete debut album, Noche Bohemia. As a bonus, this edition also includes her complete second LP, Chavela Vargas con el Cuarteto Lara Foster, plus her classic rendition of “Toda una vida.”

Vargas retired from performing due to a 15-year battle with alcoholism, which she described in her autobiography as “my 15 years in hell.” Chavela could not maintain her heavy drinking and intense lifestyle. In 1970, “submerged in an alcoholic haze” as she described it, she was taken in by a native family who nursed her back to health without knowing who she was.

TRACKS:

• 01 Simón Blanco   Miranda Vázquez
• 02 Macorina   Alfonso Camín
• 03 La china
• 04 Verde luna   Vicente Gómez
• 05 Quisiera amarte menos   José Velásquez
• 06 Pena mulata
• 07 Aquel amor   Agustín Lara
• 08 Maringá   De Carvalho, Joubert – Salina, Manuel (Spanish Lyrics)
• 09 Negra María
• 10 No te importe saber   René Touzet
• 11 Mi segundo amor
• 12 La noche de mi mal   José Alfredo Jiménez
• 13 Toda una vida*   Osvaldo Farrés
• 14 No volveré**
• 15 Desdeñosa**   Benigno Lara Foster
• 16 La niña Isabel**
• 17 Rayando el sol**
• 18 El día que me dijiste**
• 19 Manzanita**
• 20 Un mundo raro**     José Alfredo Jiménez
• 21 Paloma negra**   Tomás Méndez
• 22 Golondrina viajera**
• 23 La churrasca**
• 24 Adiós paloma**
• 25 La Llorona**
• TOTAL TIME: 79:36 Min.

• CHAVELA VARGAS, VOCALS ON ALL TRACKS, WITH:
• [1-12]: NOCHE BOHEMIA
• Antonio Bribiesca, guitar. *Bonus track (13): Same as 1-12.
• ** BONUS ALBUM [14-25]:
• CHAVELA VARGAS CON EL CUARTETO LARA FOSTER
• All tracks recorded in Mexico, 1961.