***Various Artists - Surf Rock Alla Turca -The Turkish Way to Surf***

Great Compilation By Cappucino, 20 Rare Turkish Surf Tracks

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***Various Artists Beginner's Guide To Bollywood Vol. 2- even better than the first!!***

'The Beginner's Guide To Bollywood 2' is another voyage through Hindi cinema, exploring music culled from the six decades since Indian independence in 1947.

CD1 introduces us to the faintly ludicrous but hypnotically funky world of Bollywood Disco, plundering dance tracks from the late ’70s and early ’80s. CD2 goes back a few decades to explore big band rock ’n’ roll tracks from Hindi films of the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s. CD3 is a collection of much-loved kitsch and exotica – novelty tunes, comedy ditties and children's songs from Bollywood's golden age.

You'll hear these shrill vocals, thunderous folk rhythms, crunchy guitars and ramshackle string sections blaring out of radios and televisions in most of the Third World, from Indonesian taxi cabs to Kenyan bars to Mumbai restaurants. It's the music that greeted the fall of the Taliban in Afghanistan. It's the sound of Bollywood and it's the most popular music in the world.

Track List

CD 1
1 Love Is Many A Splendoured Thing
Usha Uthup
Film: 'Dard Ka Rishta' (1982)
2 Rambha Ho Ho Ho
Usha Uthup & Chorus
Film: 'Armaan' (1981)
3 Jab Chaye
Asha Bhosle
Film 'Lootmar' (1980)
4 I Am A Disco Dancer
Vijay & Chorus
Film 'Disco Dancer' (1982)
5 Jeena Bhi Kha
Salma Agha
Film 'Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki' (1984)
6 Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki
Vijay Benedict
Film 'Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki' (1985)
7 Ah Dil Kya Mahfil Hai
Kishore Kumar
Film 'Hum Kisise Kum Naheeni' (1977)
8 Om Namah Shivae
Kishore Kumar
Film 'Pyaas' (1982)
9 Main Gul Badan
Usha Uthup
Film 'Locket' (1986)
10 Aflatoon
Bappi Lahiri & Chorus
Film 'Dilse Mile Dil' (1978)
11 Hari Om Hari
Usha Uthup & Chorus
Film 'Pyaara Dushman' (1980)
12 Auva Auva Koi Yahan Nache
Usha Uthup
Film 'Disco Dancer' (1980)
13 Krishna Dharti Pe Aaja Too
Nandu Bhende
Film 'Disco Dancer' (1982)

CD 2
1 Jaan Pehchaan Ho
Mohammed Rafi
Film 'Gumnaam' (1965)
2 Main Hoon Pyar Tera
Asha Bhosle
Film 'Teesri Manzil' (1966)
3 Bade Miyan Diwane
Mohammed Rafi
Film 'Shagird' (1967)
4 Gulabi Raat Gulabi
Asha Bhosle
Film 'Upkar' (1967)
5 Piya Tu Ab To Aaja
Asha Bhosle
Film 'Carravan' (1971)
6 Motiyon Ki Lari Hoon Main
Lata Mangeshkar
Film 'Loafer' (1972)
7 O Mehki Mehki Thandi Hawa
Kishore Kumar
Film 'Bombay To Goa' (1972)
8 Duniya Pagal Hai
Mohammed Rafi
Film 'Shagrid' (1967)
9 Pyase Do Badan
Asha Bhosie
Film 'Prem Nagar' (1974)
10 Karie Pyar
Asha Bhosie
Film 'Talash' (1969)
11 Tum Ne Apna Na Banaya To
Asha Bhosie
Film 'Upaasna' (1971)
12 Tum Jo Mil Gaye Ho
Mohammed Rafi
Film 'Hanste Zakhm' (1973)

CD 3
1 We Love Sunday
Kishore Kumar & Chorus
Film: 'Anjaan Raahen' (1947)
2 Sunay Ke Sunday
Chitalkar...
Film: 'Shehnai' (1947 )
3 Are Tauba Are Tauba Yeh Teri Ada
Geeta Dutt
Film: '12 O'Clock' (1958)
4 Tum PyarSe Dekho
Nitin Mukesh
Film: 'Sapnon Ka Saudagar' (1966)
5 Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Asha Bhosie
Film: 'Purab Aur Pachim' (1970)
6 Hum The Who Thi
Kishore Kumar
Film: 'Chalti Ka Nam Gaadi' (1958)
7 Listen To The Pouring Rain
Usher Iyer
Film: 'Bombay To Goa' (1972)
8 Shola Jo Bhadke
Late Mangeshkar
Film: 'Albela' (1951)
9 African Dance
Chorus
Film: 'Aamne Saamne' (1967)
10 Phoolon Ke Mele
Asha Bhosie
Film 'Devta' (1956)
11 Koi Aaya Aane Bhi De
Asha Bhosie
Film 'Kaala Sona' (1975)
12 Freak Out Music
Instrumental
Film 'Heera Panna' (1973)
13 Haal Kaisa Hai Janab Ka
Asha Bhosle
Film 'Chali Ka Nam Gaadi' (1958)
14 Mil Gaya Ham Ko Saathi
Asha Bhosle
Film 'Hum Kisise Kum Naheen' (1977)

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***Orhan Gencebay - Leyla ile Mecnun (1983) -outrageously fantastic Turkish film OST!***

From Wikipedia:

Orhan Gencebay (born August 4, 1944 in Samsun, Turkey as Orhan Kencebay) is a Turkish musician, bağlama virtuoso, composer, singer, arranger, music producer, music director, and actor.

Gencebay was born in the coastal town of Samsun on August 4, 1944, to Crimean Tatar and Balkan Turkish parents.[citation needed] He started learning music at the age of six, taking violin and mandolin lessons from Emin Tarakçı who was an old Classical Musician from the Ukraine Conservatoire. At the age of seven, he started playing the bağlama (a traditional Turkish instrument), and continued taking traditional Turkish folk music lessons. At ten, he created his first composition. At thirteen, he started playing the tambur, an instrument often used in Turkish classical music to improve himself in the theoretical and practical details of Turkish classical music.

During his high school years, he performed in Classical and Traditional Turkish Folk Music groups playing the tambur and baglama, taught music lessons in his own music courses, and took part in organizing community music centers in Istanbul and Samsun.

When he was sixteen, he became interested in jazz and rock music, and started playing tenor saxophone in wind orchestras. He enrolled in the Turkish conservatory in Istanbul, and studied there for four years. During his military service, he played saxophone in the military brass band.

In 1968, he released his first "free-style" single "Sensiz Bahar Gecmiyor/Basa Gelen Cekilirmis", and was rewarded. During the 1970s he released many singles in a new genre that is a fusion of traditional Turkish Folk music, Turkish classical music, Western classical music, jazz, rock, country, progressive, psychedelic, Indian, Arabic, Spanish, and Greek music styles. Even though some musical societies such as TRT named that kind of World fusion music recordings Arabesque music, Orhan Gencebay refused the term arabesque, saying it was inadequate to define his style.[3][4][5] In 1972, he founded the Kervan Record Company, which became very successful, attracting many other talented musicians such as Erkin Koray, Ajda Pekkan, Muazzez Abaci, Mustafa Sagyasar, Ahmet Ozhan, Kamuran Akkor, Semiha Yanki, Samime Sanay, Nese Karabocek, Bedia Akarturk, Nil Burak, Ziya Taskent, Semiramis Pekkan and Ferdi Ozbegen.

Throughout his career Orhan has performed leading roles in 36 movies, has been a composer almost in 90 movies, composed of about a thousand[6] works, released almost 35 singles, 15 albums, and dozens of MC's. His albums sold out over 65 million legal copies.

As a composer, film musician, and as a person interested in other musical cultures, Orhan Gencebay is one of the major exponents of Turkish music in the 20th century.

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***Various Artists- Beginners Guide to Bollywood Vol 1 3cd box set***

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***Bruno Spoerri -Gluckskugel -fantastic blippy electronic wizardry with a jazzy feel***

Editorial review from Amazon.com:

Finders Keepers present the first ever collection of musical works of Bruno Spoerri, the mythical character who used to work with members of legendary Krautrockers CAN and composed music for engineering companies and made motivational music for industrial sites and factories utilising concrete techniques, primitive sampling techniques and contemporary experimental psych-rock and funk musicians. Bruno also composed embryonic pre-Nintendo sprite-themes for the Germanic equivalents of It's A Knock Out and various Takeshi's Castle style fantasy sporting events - as well as educational robot sex films and art school cinematic anomalies. Packed with rare and previously unseen photographs and detailed liners by Bruno, and following the success of Jazzman Records long deleted and HIGHLY collectable 7" reissue a few years ago, this unique collection of Bruno's vast, and largely unheard until today, body of work is sure to go on to similar critical and commercial success!

By
fluffy, the human being. (forest lake, mn) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Gluckskugel (Audio CD)

for something off the beaten track, here's an extremely fun cd of music composed between 1971 and 1980 for various projects, including: some rejected tracks for a TV show in switzerland (1978), three tracks from an experimental film about an evening in the life of a striptease dancer (also 1978), an electronic work for a trade exhibition in basle (1971), theme music for a successful swiss tv quiz show (1972), music for a PR-disc made for an iron-foundry company (1972), more PR music for a company called "lansing-bagnall" (1971), and finally, music from a documentary film about an art exhibition in zurich (1980). lots of synths, keyboards, and electronics throughout. and it is all fun stuff. highly recommended for those who like something different.

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***Baris Manco -Sozum Meclisten Disari (1981)***

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***Baris Manco 1977 - Sari Cizmeli Mehmet Aga- Turkish anatolian folk-psych***

another of the very best albums of Mr.Manco!

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***Baris Manco -Sakla Samani Gelir Zamani (1976) -great RARE Anatolian album from this Turkish legend!***

NOTE** Most of Baris Manco's albums are very scarce and go for large sums even on cd, and the downloads available are unfortunately not top quality, but they are far better than nothing!

Istanbul born Barış Manço was one of the most influential Turkish musicians of all times. His musical style combined traditional Turkish folk music, türkü, with western rock and even funk. In 1962 Manço formed his first band after seeing a live performance of another legendary Turkish rock star Erkin Koray. After few own bands in 1960s and brief recordings backed by well known Turkish band Mogollar and reformed Kaygısızlar (his own band from late 60s) he went to form Kurtalan Ekspres in 1972. That band accompanied him until his death in 1999. After a serious car accident in 1967 Manço grew his signature moustache to cover the scars he got.

Sakla samanı gelir zamanı (a Turkish proverb meaning “save hay for a rainy day”) was the third album of Barış Manço after succesful Dünden Bugüne (1972) and 2023 (1975). All these were backed by the legendary Kurtalan Ekspres orchestra. Sakla samanı gelir zamanı wasn’t actually a studio album, but a compilation of singles released by Yavuz between 1972 and 1976. There’s plenty of different types of good tracks in this album. The hypnotic downtempo rare groove number “Gönül dagi” (1973), midtempo funky Anatolian rock number “Kalk gidelim küheylan” (1973) with nice percussion work and very oriental feeling. There’s also midtempo funky “Nazar eyle nazar eyle” (1974) and “Ölum allahin emri” (1972) which after a minute or so intro turns into a nice midtempo oriental funkrock song. “Lambaya püf de!” (1973) is a downtempo mellow song that turns into a nice oriental funk song in the end. The best track no doubt is the uptempo oriental funk song “Ben bilirim ben bilirim” (1975) with nice catchy melody and abreak in the end. There’s also quite hilarious music video of that song where the tempo slightly pitched up. “Ben bilirim” was later released on 20 Sanat yılı disco Manço cassette as a percussion driven disco version. Despite the variety of recording years and musical styles this album is a very strong Anatolian rock album. There is a German reissue of Sakla samanı gelir zamanı from 2008 with different cover and slightly different expanded tracklist.

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***Various -Dirty French Psychedelics" ***

“On paper, “Dirty French Psychedelics” is a compilation for classic rock radio with names our parents would recognize. In reality, it is a hallucinated voyage through the land of French pop psychedelics to be listened to in one sitting, eyes half-open in the heat of the summer of 2009. Certain experts will tell you that Bernard Lavilliers or Brigitte Fontaine are not psychedelic, and they are probably right. Who cares? May the experts go back to counting their CDs. Psychedelics is a notion too precious and subjective to be imprisoned by such stylistic formatting; psychedelics are about perception, not “controlled appellations of origin”.
Dirty French Psychedelics is intended for fans of French pop from Serge Gainsbourg to Air, for people who want to discover or rediscover the music of the seventies, for those who want to listen to music without really paying attention and for those who want to listen attentively through their headphones.
Have a good trip.”

1. Christophe - Ferber Endormi
2. Bernard Lavilliers - Les Aventures Extraordinaires D'un Billet De Banque
3. Brigitte Fontaine - Il Pleut
4. Dashiell Hedayat - Long Song For Zelda
5. Cortex - Cortex A
6. Nino Ferrer - Looking For You
7. Jeanne Marie Sens - Tape Tape Tape
8. Jean Jacques Dexter - Be Quiet
9. Alain Kane - Speed My Speed
10. Francois De Roubaix - La Frite Équatoriale
11. Cheval Fou - La Fin De La Vie, Le Début De La Survivance
12. Christophe - Sunny Road To Salina
13. Ilous & Decuyper - Berceuse
14. Karl Heinz Schäfer & Arabian - Utopia

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***Krautrock -Music for your Brain Vol 4- various artists***

Disc 1

01 - Ton Steine Scherben - Macht kaputt was Euch kaputt macht
02 - Out of Focus - Blue Sunday Morning
03 - Percewood's Onagram - Cause Me Pain
04 - Mythos - Neutron Bomb
05 - Drosselbart - Engel des Todes
06 - Michael Rother - Feuerland
07 - Murphy Blend - First Loss
08 - Pell Mell - City Monster
09 - Message - Before the Dawn
10 - Hanuman - Taue der Fremdheit
11 - Embryo - Es ist wie's ist
12 - Guru Guru - Electric Junk

Disc 2

01 - Neu ! - Isi
02 - Lied des Teufels - Nichts
03 - Out of Focus - Tsajama
04 - Nine Days Wonder - Moss Had Come
05 - Rufus Zuphall - Portland Town
06 - Drosselbart - Jemima
07 - Parzival - Black Train
08 - Nektar - King of Twilight
09 - Michael Rother - Katzenmusik 9
10 - Anyone's Daughter - Blue House
11 - Armaggedon - Open
12 - The Petards - Blue Fire Light
13 - Ihre Kinder - Wurfelspiel
14 - Ernst Schulz - XY

Disc 3

01 - Flaming Bess - Tanz der Gotter
02 - Neu ! - Negativland
03 - Thirsty Moon - Big City
04 - Out of Focus - Hey John
05 - Witthuser & Westrupp - Orienta
06 - Lied des Teufels - Das Lied des Teufels
07 - Embryo - Opal
08 - Deuter - Babylon
09 - A.R. & Machines - I'll Be Your Singer, You'll Be My Song
10 - Rufus Zuphall - I'm on My Way
11 - Improved Sound Limited - Catch a Singing Bird on the Road
12 - Emtidi - Traume

Disc 4

01 - A.R. & Machines - Globus
02 - Murphy Blend - Speed Is Coming Back
03 - Parzival - Groove Inside
04 - Michael Rother - Sonnenrad
05 - Ton Steine Scherben - Der Traum ist aus
06 - Sonny Hennig - Pik As
07 - Ihre Kinder - Hexenhammer
08 - Checkpoint Charlie - Smogalarm
09 - Jerry Berkers - Es wird morgen vorbei sein
10 - Improved Sound Limited - Rio Bravo 59
11 - Hoelderlin - Peter
12 - Drosselbart - Liebe ist nur ein Wort
13 - Armaggedon - Round
14 - Deuter - The Key

Disc 5

01 - Straight Shooter - My Time - Your Time
02 - Streetmark - Dreams
03 - Harlis - Runaway
04 - Ramses - Time
05 - Bullfrog - A Housepainter's Song
06 - Shaa Khan - The World Will End on Friday
07 - Wolfgang Riechmann - Silberland
08 - Cluster - Sowiesoso
09 - Octopus - The First Flight of the Owl
10 - Ramses - La Leyla
11 - Streetmark - Lovers

Disc 6

01 - Brainticket - Black Sand
02 - Tangerine Dream - Rising Runner Missed By Endless Sender
03 - Faust - Jennifer
04 - Triumvirat - Illusions on a Double Dimple
05 - Kraan - Wintrup
06 - Ougenweide - Der Fuchs
07 - Orexis - Unter-Rock
08 - Eloy - The Sun Song
09 - Franz K. - Sensemann

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***Los Jaivas -Alturas De Macchu Picchu (Chile prog-folk,1981)- A celebrated classic***

Review from progarchives.com:

What would it sound like if you combined symphonic prog with Andean folk influences? Well, "Alturas De Macchu Picchu" by Los JAIVAS answers that question. This album is an incredible find for anyone who enjoys both progressive rock and traditional Peruvian, and Chilean, folk music. If you can imagine electric guitars, bass, drums, piano, and the Moog interacting with instruments like the cuatro, quena, and zamponia then you're in for a treat. "Alturas..." combines epic-length symphonic prog tracks, with shorter traditional Andean songs. In my opinion, the keyboardist really stands out when playing acoustic piano. He tends to mix pentatonic-based melodies with local rhythms, yet those melodies sound closer to Chinese classical folk more than American blues, or Eastern European folk. His style is unique in the world of rock. The other musicians are equally impressive, but I think most listeners will focus in on the excellent vocals. Anyway, this is one of the top 5 prog rock albums to come out of South America.*****

1. Del aire al aire (Alberto Ledo) (2:16)
2. La poderosa muerte (Los Jaivas - Pablo Neruda) (11:12)
3. Amor americano (Los Jaivas - Pablo Neruda) (5:28)
4. Aguila sideral (Los Jaivas - Pablo Neruda) (5:22)
5. Antigua America (Los Jaivas - Pablo Neruda) (5:38)
6. Sube a nacer conmigo hermano (Los Jaivas - Pablo Neruda) (4:46)
7. Final (Los Jaivas - Pablo Neruda) (2:43)


Line-up / Musicians

- Gato Alquinta / lead vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, bass, cuarto, zampoña, quena, ocarina
- Mario Mutis / bass, electric guitar, zampoña, quena, vocals
- Eduardo Parra / electric piano, Mini-Moog, tarka
- Claudio Parra / grand and electric piano, mini-Moog, harpsichord
- Gabriel Parra / drums, percussion, xylophone, trutrucas, tarka, vocals

Guest musicians:
- Alberto Ledo / all instruments (1)
- Patricio Castillo / quena (4), tarka (5)



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***Los Jaivas -Cancion Del Sur (Chile prog 1977)***

review from Progarchives.com:

A unique sounding band produces a great album, very cheerfull and melodic classical folkish andean rock music, with great piano and guitar play, augmented with some more traditional instruments.

The music changes throughout the songs, often starting etnic/folkish and slow, but the intesity of the music grows on each passing minute, especially on Dum Dum Tambora, Danzas and Canción Del Sur that build-up is perfectly illustrated. The final Frescura Antigua kicks right in with classical guitars, augmented with some flute wizardry that also makes Canción Para Los Pàjaros such an enjoyable listening.

Los Jaivas in one of the few bands of South American origin I know, but it sure sounds very good, I prefer the next album Alturas de Macchu Picchu over this gem, but this album defines their sound in marvelous fashion.

Recommended, certainly if you like flute and etnic/folk melody and structures.

Listen and you will enjoy this.

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. La Vida Màgica, Ay Sí (3:21)
2. En La Cumbre De Un Cerro (5:06)
3. Canción Para Los Pàjaros (3:14)
4. Dum Dum Tambora (7:50)
5. Canción Del Sur (7:39)
6. Danzas (8:44)
7. Frescura Antigua (3:18)


Line-up / Musicians

- Gato Alquinta / vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, bass, trutrucas
- Pajaro Canzani / bass
- Eduardo Parra / electric piano and Mini-Moog
- Claudio Parra / grand piano, keyboards
- Gabriel Parra / drums, percussion and vocals

Guest musicians:
- Alberto Ledo / charango

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***Baris Manco & Erkin Koray -Iste Baris, Iste Erkin- (Turkish Anatolian psych comp 1994)***

Fantastic compilation album of two great Turkish legends with plenty of fuzz guitar and catchy, catchy tunes!!
(Baris Manco is like a sort of Turkish George Harrison to me!)

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***Los Jaivas -Los Jaivas/Indio (1975, Chile)-prog-folk- gorgeous album!***

review from progarchives.com:

During their early years, the interest on expanding the musical possibilities of folk music to new sonic domains drove Chilean ensemble Los Jaivas to assimilate the prog thing and use it as a strategy to realize their artistic vision. Their eponymous third album is a turning point, since the prog thing stops being just a mere strategy and becomes the main structure of their compositions and performances. With a momentarily new bassist in the fold (it wouldn't be long before Mutis returned to the band) and a renewed sense of energy, Los Jaivas conceived an amazing repertoire for an amazing record.

The opener 'Pregón para Iluminarse' starts with some delicious recorder lines that soon give way to an up-tempo Paraguayan folk based number: what takes place here is an exulting combination of jungle colours and the fire of rock, specially during the explosive guitar solo that appears in the closing section. By now the listener must be hooked, to say the least. 'Guajira Cósmica' finds the band traveling northbound, to the rain forests of Central America. After a brief, delightful acoustic interlude in 6/8 tempo, a guajira explodes in exaltation, with a whole lot paraphernalia of tropical percussion, enthusiastic chanting about the order of the universe, and eventually a recorder that flies around like a bird of truth - while this sequence fades out, a sustained distorted organ chord announces the reprise of the intro motif. In perspective, what we witnessed was the sudden emergence of a cosmological revelation that for a while filled our ordinary dull lives with an irresistible touch of joy and celebration.

'La Conquistada' goes somewhere else: a place of introspective reflectiveness where melancholy rules the soul and obliges the heart to face its own pain. The endless piano flourishes draw captivating images with mesmeric flows of classically oriented precise lines and jazzy painting; meanwhile, Alquinta's guitar leads perfectly complement the passion condensed in his singing. This is perhaps the most overtly emotional number on the record. Tracks 3 and 4 are the most directly focused on the folkish roots. 'Un Mar de Gente' is a delicate acoustic Andean ballad that soon incorporates a massive spectrum of percussive elements, giving the track a high- spirited tropical twist; 'Un Día de tus Días' is a romantic huayno, tender, evocative, nothing special but full of simple beauty. Had both these numbers been further developed, I imagine they could have become as attractive and explosive as the previous three ones.

The three-part instrumental suite 'Tarka y Ocarina' closes down the album with full splendour in an amazing display of electric fire and magical intensity. Despite the title mentioning two typical woodwind instruments from the Andes, this is in fact a piece where the electric stuff is the predominant one. Of course, there's lots of Andean woodwind and drums here and there, bur it is the jams which take the leading role in this epic: the hard rocking parts where Alquinta's guitar comes to the frontline, and the jazz fusion passages where Claudio Parra's piano floats energetically and exquisitely are simply unbelievable.

Despite the fact that I have mentioned and praised just a couple of specific factors, the thing is that this whole repertoire should be valued as an ensemble effort. The rhythm section is simply astonishing, since it sensibly captures both the ancient magic of Latin American folklore and the various nuances of jazz and rock; and the way that all five musicians share their woodwind and percussion duties is a symptom that these individual minds basically work as a whole unified one. "Los Jaivas" (also commonly known in the Latin American prog fan circles as "El Indio" and "El Indígena") is a quintessential in the context of South American 70s prog: though not a masterpiece, sure it is very good and essential.

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***Los Jaivas -Todos Juntos (1972, Chile) -Prog-Folk***

review from Amazon.com:

this is a one of the most original works of andean music, colours and sounds of fusion of folk and rock. This album includes some titles like "todos juntos" recorded on 1976, its really a symbol, or "mira niñita", a ballad with powerful energy. Los jaivas have many albums and if you are looking a new kind of music I recomended that and others like alturas de machu picchu (words of a great poet Pablo Neruda) or "trilogia" to discover the music of this amazing group.

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