LOS ALACRANES DE DURANGO "En Vivo, En Piedras Negras, Coah."; CD 9023
LOS ALEGRES DE TERÁN "Original Recordings, 1952-1954"; CD 9048
PEDRO AYALA "El Monarca Del Acordeon"; CD 9022
BANDA SALVATIERA "Esta Noche Tu Vendras"; CD 6001
BANDA SALVATIERA "Asi Es La Vida"; CD 9049
CONJUNTO BERNAL "Mi Humilde Corazon"; CD 9021
CONJUNTO BERNAL "16 Early Hits"; CD/CASS 9010
CONJUNTO BERNAL "Mi Unico Camino"; CD 9060
LOS CAIMANES & LOS CAPORALES DE PANUCO "Huapangos y Sones Huastecos"; CD 431
LOS CAMPESINOS DE MICHOACAN "de Salvador Baldovinos"; CD 9035
LOS CENZONTLES "Con su permiso, Señores"; CD/CASS 435
LOS CENZONTLES "De Una Bonita"; CD 444
CONJUNTO ALMA DE APATZINGAN "°Arriba Tierra Caliente!"; CD 426
CONJUNTO ALMA JAROCHA "Sones Jarochos"; CD 354
CUARTETO COCULENSE "The Very First MARIACHI recordings 1908-1909"; CD 7036
TONY DE LA ROSA "Atotonilco"; CASS 362
FREDDY FENDER "Canciones de Mi Barrio"; CD/CASS 366
FREDDY FENDER "Interpreta El Rock"; CD 9039
FREDDY FENDER "Rock 'N Roll"; CD 9038
GRUPO MONO BLANCO "Soneros Jarochos"; CD 530
DON SANTIAGO JIMÉNEZ "First and Last Recordings"; CD/CASS 414
DON SANTIAGO JIMÉNEZ with Flaco & Juan Viesca; CASS 3013
DON SANTIAGO JIMÉNEZ Viva Seguin; CD 7023
FLACO JIMÉNEZ "Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio"; CD/CASS 318
FLACO JIMÉNEZ "Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio"; CASS 3021
FLACO JIMÉNEZ "The Best Of Flaco Jiménez"; CD/CASS 478
FLACO JIMÉNEZ "El Sonido de San Antonio"; CASS 3014
FLACO JIMÉNEZ "Flaco's Amigos"; CD 3027
FLACO JIMÉNEZ with Los Caminantes "Flaco's First"; CD/CASS 370
FLACO JIMÉNEZ "Un Mojado Sin Licencia"; CD 396/CASS 3007
SANTIAGO JIMÉNEZ, JR. "El Corrido De Esequiel Hernández"; CD/CASS 9016
SANTIAGO JIMÉNEZ, JR. "El Mero, Mero"; CASS 3016
SANTIAGO JIMÉNEZ, JR. "El Mero, Mero De San Antonio"; CD/CASS 317
SANTIAGO JIMÉNEZ, JR. "Purely Instrumental"; CD 466
SANTIAGO JIMÉNEZ, JR. "Santiago Strikes Back"; CASS 3020
ESTEBAN "STEVE" JORDAN "Corrido De Jhonny El Pachuco"; CASS 3023
ESTEBAN "STEVE" JORDAN "The Many Sounds of Steve Jordan"; CD/CASS 319
VALERIO LONGORIA "Caballo Viejo"; CD/CASS 336
VALERIO LONGORIA "Texas Conjunto Pioneer"; CD/CASS 358
ISIDRO LOPEZ "15 Original Hits"; CD 9042
ISIDRO LOPEZ Vol. 2 "15 More Original Hits"; CD 9047
ISIDRO LOPEZ "El Indio"; CASS 363
JUAN LOPEZ "El Rey De La Redova"; CD/CASS 407
Los MADRUGADORES "1931-1937"; CD 7035
NARCISO MARTINEZ "Father of the Texas-Mexican Conjunto"; CD 361
MARIACHI COCULENSE DE CIRILO MARMOLEJO 1926-1936; CD 7011
MARIACHI los GAVILANES de OAKLAND Corrido del Mono; CD 9050
JOSE MARMOLEJO - MARIACHI TAPATIO DE "Mexico's Pioneer Mariachis - Vol.2"; CD/CASS 7012
Los MONTAÑESES DEL ALAMO "First Recordings: 1940-1950"; CD/CASS 7021
RAUL "El Ruco" MARTINEZ "Dueto Alegre"; CD 9029
MAYA Y CANTÚ "El Primero Conjunto Norteño Famoso, 1946-1949"; CD 9013
EL CIEGO MELQUIADES "San Antonio House Party"; CD 7045
LAS HERMANAS MENDOZA "Juanita y María"; CD 430
LYDIA MENDOZA "First Queen of Tejano Music"; CD 392
LYDIA MENDOZA "La Alondra De La Frontera - Live!"; CD 490
LYDIA MENDOZA "La Alondra De La Frontera con Orquesta Falcon!"; CD 513
LYDIA MENDOZA "La Gloria de Texas"; CD 3012
LYDIA MENDOZA "Mal Hombre"; CD 7002
LYDIA MENDOZA "Vida Mia"; CD 7008
LYDIA MENDOZA A Family Autobiography; BOOK
LOS MONTAÑESES DEL ALAMO "First Recordings: 1940-1950"; CD 7021
JOSÉ MORENO "El Fidelero Del Valle"; CD 9014
LOS PAVOS REALES "Early Hits"; CD/CASS 410
LOS PINGUINOS DEL NORTE "Corridos De La Frontera"; CD 9051
LOS PINGUINOS DEL NORTE "Trovadored de la Frontera"; CD 9024
JUAN REYNOSO "Genius of Mexico's Tierra Caliente"; CD 509
CHRIS SANDOVAL "Pioneer of Tejano Music"; CD 9017
Las HERMANAS SEGOVIA "Punaladas de Amor"; CD 9028
CHELO SILVA "La Reina Tejana del Bolero"; CD 423
SILVESTRE VARGAS - MARIACHI VARGAS DE TECALITLÁN "Their First Recordings: 1937-1947"; CD/CASS 7015
Fred Zimmerle's Conjunto TRIO SAN ANTONIO"Trio San Antonio"; CD 9052
BETO VILLA "Father of Orquesta Tejana"; CASS 364

Tejano/Mexican American/Tex-Mex/Conjunto
Various Artists
"15 Early TEJANO Classics" VARIOUS ARTISTS; CD 109
"15 Regional Music Classics of MEXICO" VARIOUS ARTISTS; CD 106
"15 Tex-Mex CONJUNTO Classics" VARIOUS ARTISTS; CD 104
"Arhoolie 40TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION" 5-CD set w/ 68 page book VARIOUS ARTISTS; CD 491; Grammy Winner, Indie Winner
"ACCORDION CONJUNTO CHAMPS" VARIOUS ARTISTS; CD 342
"BANDAS SINALOENSES" Musica Tambora VARIOUS ARTISTS; CD 7048
"CHULAS FRONTERAS & DEL MERO CORAZON" Film Sound Track VARIOUS ARTISTS; CD 425
"CHULAS FRONTERAS" Film/Video Sound Track VARIOUS ARTISTS; CASS 3005
"CORRIDOS Y TRAGEDIAS DE LA FRONTERA" 2-CD set w/ 168 page book VARIOUS ARTISTS; CD/CASS 7019-20
"The DEVIL'S SWING" Corridos from the Texas-Mexican border, VARIOUS ARTISTS; CD 480
"The MEXICAN REVOLUTION (Corridos of), 1910-20 & Beyond!" 4-CD set w/ 180 page book VARIOUS; CD 7041-44
"NORTEÑO & TEJANO ACCORDION PIONEERS" VARIOUS ARTISTS; CD 7016
"ORQUESTAS DE CUERDAS - The String Bands" VARIOUS ARTISTS; CD 7018
"ORQUESTAS TEJANAS" VARIOUS ARTISTS (Beto Villa, Isidro Lopez, Balde Gonzalez, & more); CD/CASS 368
"ORQUESTAS TIPICAS" Pioneer Mexican American Dance Orchestras (1926-38) VARIOUS ARTISTS; CD 7017
“PACHUCO BOOGIE” VARIOUS ARTISTS (featuring Don Tosti); CD 7040
"THE PIONEER RECORDING ARTISTS" Mexican-American Border Music - Vol.1 VARIOUS ARTISTS; CD 7001
"RAICES TEJANAS" Tejano Roots VARIOUS ARTISTS; CD/CASS 341
"ROOTS OF THE NARCOCORRIDO" VARIOUS ARTISTS; CD 7053
"SAN ANTONIO'S CONJUNTOS IN THE 1950S" Tejano Roots VARIOUS ARTISTS; CD 376
"The SOULFUL WOMEN DUETS OF SOUTH TEXAS" VARIOUS ARTISTS; CD 486
"SOUTH TEXAS POLKA PARTY!" VARIOUS ARTISTS; CD 9005
"THE WOMEN" Tejano Roots VARIOUS ARTISTS; CD/CASS 343

ARHOOLIE & Tejano Music

Arhoolie Records has been undertaking several well-researched and annotated series devoted to the music of the Texas-Mexican border area.

First there are the recordings I have made over the years resulting in the CDs by Flaco Jiménez, his brother Santiago Jiménez, Jr., and their father Don Santiago Jiménez, as well as discs by Fred Zimmerle and his Trio San Antonio, the wonderful conjunto from Piedras Negras, Coah., Los Pingüinos del Norte, Valerio Longoria, as well as the great lady of Tejano Music: Lydia Mendoza.

Second, we have re-issued material from the historic Ideal catalog which we purchased several years ago. These releases are mainly in our Tejano Roots series and contain most of the historic figures of Tejano Music. We also purchased the very local San Antonio label, Rio Records which included the first sides recorded by Flaco Jiménez (available in January 1995). We also acquired masters from several sources by the remarkable accordionist Esteban "Steve" Jordan, whose CD on Arhoolie covers a wide span in his career.

Third, Arhoolie is now re-issuing (as we previously did on our Folklyric 9000 LP series) many of the historically important 78 records made from the beginning of recording history around 1900 to the end of the 78 era in the mid-1950s celebrating the first 50 years of Tejano music on discs. So far, CDs/C-7001, 7002, and 7019/20 are available. We are hard at work re-issuing early recordings of accordion pioneers, orquestas tipicas, orquestas de cuerda (string bands), and early vocal duets that became popular along the border in the 1920s and 30s.

If you have information about musicians, photos, printed corridos, or are related to any of the pioneer Tejano singers and musicians, please contact me. I am trying to document this re-issue project as well as possible.

(Chris Strachwitz - President)