Los Amigos De Maria - Rock (Reissue) (1973/2006)

As the title says, this album really rocks! Absolutely incredible Chilean group who recorded this amazing album in 1968, though it wasn't released until 1973. The finest and purest garagey psychedelia you could have ever imagined, this record has it all. Opening 10 min track 'Vuelve a Comenzar' has wild, pounding drums, great aggressive guitar riffs plus weird and demented vocals. What a killer track! Rest of the album follows this track quite closer, including unbelievable cover versions of Box Top's 'The Letter' or Ray Charles' 'What I'd Say' which are so wild that you'll hardly recognise them. We're not talking about lo-fi mid-'60s garage sound, this is top-level, perfectly produced garagey psychedelia. Definitely one of the best South American albums from the psych era. Two tracks sung in Spanish, rest in English. First time on CD."