LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

Band leader Gustavo Alfredo Santaolalla, had formed several bands in the 1960s (The Rovers, The Blackbyrds, The Crows) with with church fellows Ara Tokatlian and Guillermo Bordarampto; after recording a 3-song demo tape, they met producer Ricardo Kleinman, who agreed to sign them with the condition that they sing in Spanish... and change their name! Their first album (RCA, 1970) has some very beautiful songs penned by Santaolalla in a dreamy folk/psych style, although there is more vitality in the music than that description implies, as both acoustic and electric instruments are evident throughout the recordings, and it includes some swinging guitar jams."