Hugo Strasser & His Orchestra - The Dance Record of the Year (1983)

Last month, I posted a selection from German dance band leader Hugo Strasser. You can read brief biographical details and general information on the availability of his recordings in the digital age in that earlier post.

Strasser's most famous series of recordings is The Dance Record of the Year, which began in 1966 and lasted more than 30 years. Each annual recording was eagerly awaited by ballroom dancers both amateur and professional.

The album pictured above was the 1983 edition (released in 1982) and from it comes the Latin standard Brazil. The MP3 is from a cassette copy of the album.

Brazil

The 1983 edition is the easiest of Strasser's Dance Record of the Year LPs to obtain as it was one of the few -- perhaps the only one -- to be released in the U.S. It's available from a variety of sources. You shouldn't be paying more than $5 or $6 for it.

Brazil is also available on the CD Das Beste von Hugo Strasser that was detailed in the April post on Strasser.