Albert Weiss

dennis

there's an interesting thread at manoucheries.com. don't feel like translating but u should be able to figure it out with an online translator, the soundclip is quite nice

http://manoucheries.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2413

Jack

Here's a (poorly) translated version:
http://tinyurl.com/benmr

Am I right in that the gist of it is that Albert is a fifty-ish gypsy in Alsace who sings these wonderful tunes, and he and some friends/family (including Mandino & Sony) got together and self produced a four song CD? And that it's possible a follow up might be forthcoming with a dozen or so tunes?

Right or not, the clip is a treat-thanks, Dennis. Off to hit my dictionnaire.

Best,
Jack.

dennis

wow that translation is pretty good, that's pretty much it jack

mitch251

Wow
That was beautiful has any one managed to get a hold of any of these
recordings?
Best
Tom

Barengero

mitch251 wrote:

has any one managed to get a hold of any of these
recordings?

I am interested, too.

Best
Barengero

dennis

btw what does barengero mean? is it similar to when gypsies say baringren (which is not really a nice thing)...

Barengero

(I hope that) Barengero means "bricklayer" or "mason".

Best,
Barengero

Barengero

Hi all,

unfortunately the "manoucheries"-site is down. Has anybody any informations about Albert Weiss and can tell how to get his recordings?

Best,
Barengero

dennis

you can ask christobal from manoucheries.com or mandino .... i have a friend who is yorgui's cousin who takes lessons with mandino, i will ask him to see if he can get a copy of it.... in the meantime enjoy some alsacian gypsy pop music that he sent me hehehe

Barengero

Hi Dennis,

this is great! Thank you very much.

BTW: Did you get your robbed recordings back?

Best,
Barengero

stoche

Hi all,
The small cd is out of print now (200 copies only I guess...).
But Mandino should record a full album with Albert Weiss soon (we hope...). Then these four nice tracks will be include in the new album.
Check here, a beautiful text (in beautiful french, I mean...) from Cristo, a friend of Mandino; there are four samples as well:

http://masmail.free.fr/albert.html

Bye,
stoche