Spanish Garage & Pop-Rock: October 2011

2011-10-28

WAU Y LOS ARRRGHS!!! - NO MIENTAS MAS

Wau y los Arrrghs!!! again, now performing Can't be a lie by Los Mockers (1967), a theme included in their LP ¡¡¡Viven!!! (2009).
Enjoy this jewel!!!!

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2011-10-25

EXCEPTION 10 - THE STRANGE BOYS - FRIDAY IN PARIS

Please, let me introduce a new very good band, with a very cool and refreshing sound, full of sixties influences, and touched by the essence of the purest music.

The Strange Boys are an American rock 'n' roll band based in Austin (Texas) composed of Ryan Sambol (guitar, lead vocals, harmonica), Philip Sambol (bass), Greg Enlow (guitar), Mike La Franchi (drums), Jenna E. Thornhill DeWitt (saxophone, backing vocals), and Tim Presley (backing vocals). Their music mainly incorporates stylistic elements of garage rock.

Discography

Nothing EP (Dusty Medical Records, 2007)
Isn't It Pretty To Think So 7" (In The Red Records, 2008)
The Strange Boys and Girls Club (In The Red, 2009)
Be Brave 7" (In The Red/Rough Trade, 2010)
Be Brave LP (In The Red/Rough Trade, 2010)

Listen this exceptional theme, Friday in Paris, from their last LP Be Brave.
Enjoy!

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2011-10-24

MARTIN MAX - IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS

Françoise Hardy

Javi, as Martin Max, again. Now performing "It's the Little Things", by Sonny & Cher, from the 1967 movie "Good times". More than a beautiful and an impressive song. Really!!

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MARTIN MAX - EL MUNDO A NUESTROS PIES

Since this afternoon seems to be devoted to the Spanish recent pop, I would like to introduce you to "Martin Max", a band created by Javi, the singer of another band, Fast Food. With just one Lp, the socalled "Nicotina" (1999), Javi did not join the members of the band never again, following with the pop-punk band Fast Food. Nevertheless, "Nicotina" has the air of the sixties, reason to be uploaded here.
Enjoy!

Nicotina

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LOS FRESONES REBELDES - AQUELLA CHICA

Los fresones rebeldes was a Spanish pop band formerly compossed, towards 1995, by Eugenia, Inés, her sister, Cecilia, Felipe and Miguel in Barcelona. They were playing till 2001. Very good pop and sixties retro-sound.
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Story of Los Fresones Rebeldes at Wikipedia

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2011-10-23

MILA -MEJOR

Mila was another Spanish yeyé singer who reach some success at late 60s. She covered a 1966 "Los Brincos" hit, "Mejor", with her own style, the yeyé style. This song appeared in a Ep of "Discos sorpresa Fundador" in the year 1967, under "Mila y Frank Granada. The other songs of Mila and Frank Granada in this Ep are: "Solo tú", "Cuando te vuelva a ver", and "Tu amor de ayer". Frank Granada (And his Orchest and Chorus) currently were with others singers, such as Jorge and Alfredo in 1965. By the way, Jorge also played with "Los Sonor" in the same year.
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LOS SAICOS - DEMOLICION

Los Saicos (1995)

This blog does not can keep running without this song. Pure garage, an hymn among lovers of the good stuff, versioned a lot of times.
Enjoy!!

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MANOLO MUÑOZ - UN CHICO YEYÉ

Manolo Muñoz (20 de abril de 1941, La Barca, Jalisco - 29 de octubre del 2000, Ciudad de México) was a famous mexican singer and actor, with a lot of hits, both original balads and covers. Today, I upload the cover he did of "Una chica yeyé", the famous song.

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FAMILY - VIAJE A LOS SUEÑOS POLARES

Family is pure poetry, is a massive shooting of dreams. They compossed, for a lot of people, the best Spanish pop Lp. Javier Aramburu and Iñaki Gametxogoikoetxea, Family, edited under Elefant Records their first Lp "Un soplo en el corazón" in 1993. Today, this Lp remains as a classic that none can live without have it.
Enjoy this spectacular exercise of music!
And have a good Sunday!!

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ASFALTO - I SAW HER STANDING HERE

Asfalto, one of the best Spanish rock bands, started in 1972 in Madrid as "Tickets", but they did not get a solid ground till 1975. Today they are still playing very good music. They first official Lp was devoted to The Beatles covers.
Please, visit their webpage.
And ENJOY!

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LOS SOBERANOS - TODAS LAS CHICAS ME GUSTAN

Los Soberanos is a Sixties revival-band from Barcelona. They started in the nineties and they are still playing. Just a sugar for us. Listen them in a cover of a Raphael hit: Todas las chicas me gustan.

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LOS CARAMELOS - EL PODER DE LA RADIO

Los Caramelos was a Spanish pop band that started in 1988. The leader was "Charlie Mysterio", a very good musician. Nevertheless, this band remains as one of the most obscures of the Spanish pop. Since they were repeatedly highlighted by Juan de Pablos in his famous music radio program "Flor de Pasión", they becamed a diamond. as for the discography, they never recorded any Ep or Lp during their career, till the year 2002, when Spicnic records encouraged a compilatory. We upload today "El poder de la radio", that seems to be a song in honor of Juan de Pablos.
Enjoy!

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2011-10-19

LOS MASSOT - SUGAR, SUGAR

Los Massots were a band from Mallorca, playing since 1967 till early seventies, both covers and spanish well-known songs, such as their Ep "España hits", including "Porompompero", or "Currucucucú Paloma".
This cover has not the beat of The Archies, but remains as a decent effort.

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2011-10-18

LOS SAICOS - BESANDO A OTRA

Catherine Deneuve (1965)

Los Saicos, may be the best garage band from Perú, made a mountain of jewels which I will upload in this blog. By the moment, enjoy this hit "Besando a otra".

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2011-10-17

EXCEPTION 9 - CHRISTINE QUAITE - TELL ME MAMA

Christine was born in Leeds, Yorkshire on May 11th, 1948. She had some commercial success in the USA, where the World Artists label (famous for Chad & Jeremy) released the song today I upload: the catchy 'Tell Me Mama', which reached No.85 on the Billboard charts in May 1964, outselling the original version by well-known American singer Janie Grant (1963).

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Christine Quaite story at spectropop.com

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FRESIA SOTO - TIENES TUS PROBLEMAS reloaded

Fresia Soto, was seen as the "Brenda Lee de Chile". She belonged to the "Nueva Ola Chilena". Singer and vedette, her career extended till the seventies, with great success. She covered Bob Dylan's Don't Think Twice It's Alright.
Enjoy this terrific and sweet song in English, but with title in Spanish.

TIENES TUS PROBLEMAS

PILI Y MILI - SI TÚ ESTÁS CERCA

Pili y Mily again, now with "Si tú estás cerca" from the 1967 Mexican film "Vestidas y alborotadas", also known as "Dos gemelas estupendas".
Enjoy!

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PILI Y MILI - UN CHICO MODERNO

Pili y Mily, or Pilar and Aurora Bayona Sarriá, two twins who had a great success both in Spain and Mexico, with a long filmography. labelled sometimes as ye-ye girls, they signed several testimonies of what the sixties were. "Un chico moderno" is not their best song, but "Si tú estás cerca", my next post. Nevertheless, please, take a view to the video below.

More data at missmonnipenny

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LAS CHIC - MUY CERCA DE TÍ

Las Chic were singing during 1965-1966 as a band of beautiful women. They received a really good present: a song composed by Antonio Guijarro and Augusto Algueró: "Muy cerca de tí", in 1966. This song was covered by Alaska, Ana Belén, and Gelu. But this version is, for me, better than the others.,
Enjoy!

Lyrics at cancioneros.com

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2011-10-16

LOS 4 ROS - VIERNES EN MI RECUERDO reloaded

Los 4 Ros was a 1966 Valencian pop band. They covered international hits, such as the "sunshine pop" "Let´s go to San Francisco" by Flowerpot Men, or The Monkees, "Pleasant Valley Sunday" entitled "Con el nacer de un nuevo día". Now let us listen this amazing cover of "Friday of mi mind", by The Easybeats
Enjoy!

LOS 4 ROS

The Easybeats

QUEIMADA - I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER

Queimada was a Galician pop band with a short career: 1971-1972. Leaded by Luis Miguel Nodar Martínez, a musician extremely influenced by The Beatles, and with a long career behind in other bands, such as "Los Phonics" and "Los Drakkars".
Enjoy this cover!

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LOS 3 SUDAMERICANOS - YEH, YEH

In Spain Los 3 sudamericanos, had a big popularity from 1960, when they moved to Madrid. Coming from Paraguay, and singing from 1959, they performed the English number 1 top hit in 1965 'Yeh, Yeh' by Georgie Fame.
Enjoy!

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LOS DOLTONS - QUÉDATE

Los Doltons was a famous Peruvian pop band that started its career in 1965. The first LP (1966) contains a lot of covers, such as this one: "Stay".
Enjoy this amazing version

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LOS BOHEMIOS - NINGUNO ME PUEDE JUZGAR

Los Bohemios again, now performing "Nessuno mi può giudicare", by Caterina Caselli (1966). This was covered a lot of times by Spanish bands and singers, such as Tony Dallara, Los Mustangs, Gelu, Zulma Ramírez, and more.

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BIG SANDY Y LOS STRAITJACKETS - LA SUEGRA

Los Straitjacket with Big Sandy. Photo by Greg Allen

From the Lp "Sing along with", by Los Straitjackets, I upload this cover of "Mother in law", by Ernie K-Doe (1961).
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LOS BETA - NIGHT TRAIN

Los Beta, or Los Beta quartet, was a garage band from Mallorca, although they covered others music styles, even close to the popular music. I shall upload more interesting garage themes from them. But now, listen this garage cover of the famous original 1952 blues hit "Night train", an instrumental covered a lot of times, from The Ventures to Guns N,Roses.
Enjoy this jewel!

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LOS BOHEMIOS - DAME TU CARIÑO

Los Bohemios, from Mallorca, again. Now, you can listen this cover of Spencer Davis Group "Gimme some lovin" in Spanish, done in 1967.
Have a good Sunday!

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2011-10-12

LOS POPS - NO, NO, NO reloaded

Los Pops was a very good Spanish pop band from Mallorca, with a short career: just 3 Eps in 1967. They are still waiting the room they deserve in the Spanish history of pop.
Now, listen this amazing song: "No, no no".
Being an original theme, I think it is influenced by "Nobody but me".

Best bio and Discography at Los60

NO, NO, NO

CONCHITA VELASCO - HOY HE SABIDO

Conchita Velasco again, now with a yeyé song, "Hoy he sabido", launched in 1966.
Enjoy!

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LOS STRAITJACKETS Y RAUL MALO - BLACK IS BLACK

Los Straitjackets again, now with a Spanish hit by Los Bravos, "Black is Black", from their 1981 LP "Sing along with Los Straitjackets".
Enjoy this decent cover!

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BRUNO LOMAS - ROGARÉ

I was thinking of what could happen if Bruno Lomas was an English singer...
See the other entries of Bruno in this blog.

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Bruno Lomas at Spanish TV music program "¡Que Noche La De Aquel Año!", presented by Spanish Rock star Miguel Ríos (1987)

CARLOS GUZMÁN Y LOS FABULOSOS CUATRO - 96 LÁGRIMAS

Known by their original arrangements and well-produced songs, refined through the years, Los Fabulosos Cuatro started touring in the early '60s as Carlos Guzman y su Conjunto, changing their name to Carlos Guzman y Los Fabulosos Cuatro soon after achieving their first hit, a song called "Vestida de Blanco." Abelardo Jiménez, also known as "ChaCha," joined in after Carlos Guzman decided to go on his own; he was later replaced by Eddie Pérez. When Armando and Juan Hinojosa became the only original members in the band, they called themselves Thus Black Jack. Nevertheless, their s English-language name was just temporary, changing it to Los Fabulosos Cuatro after teaming up with Ernie Ruiz and Laura Canales.
Nothing to say about Carlos Guzmán.
"96 lágrimas" is a cover of "96 tears", a 1966 hit by "? and The Mysterians"
Text and photo taken from here

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LOS MONSTRUOS - ME SIENTO BIEN

Los Monstruos was a 1966 pop band from Guadalajara (México). Their Lp "Jerk" is a amazing exercise of good pop-mod music (also the covers). Today you can listen "Me siento bien", inspired in the Rolling hit "I am all right".

More data at Mods Chile (read comments)

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2011-10-09

MICKY Y LOS TONYS - ESTOY CANSADO

Micky y los Tonys was a Spanish pop-rock band formerly composed in 1960 by Miguel Ángel Carreño, or Micky (voice), Tony del Corral (guitar), Fernando Argenta (rythm guitar), Juan Fuster (bass), and Enrique Moddell (bass). In 1962 they played in a festival organized by the Circo Price, along with Los Pekenikes, Los Estudiantes, and Dick y Los Relámpagos. Micky soon became the leader of the band, although they firstly were named Los Tonys. Their first Ep (1963) had hits by Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas, such as "The Rhythm of the Rain", "Loop the Loop", "You're the Devil in Disguise", or "Bad To Me", renamed by them as "No Me Dejes".

"Estoy cansado" is a 1965 song from the soundtrack of a Spanish movie entitled "Megatón ye-yé", but sang in English.

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