Um dos grupos mais importantes e populares vindos de Porto Rico nas décadas de 60 e 70, formado por jovens da capital San Juan, após fim de pequenas bandas locais. O Bandolero lançou um único álbum em 1970, antes de se fazerem precocemente, reeditado algumas vezes posteriormente.
O homônimo de 1970 é composto por 11 faixas competentes que seguem muito a psicodelia norte-americana da época, com algumas doses de blues, ritmos latinos e baladas. O instrumental é marcado pelo entrosamento órgão e guitarra fuzz ácida, se revezando em grandes solos, acompanhando ainda por bom trabalho de baixo, bateria e percussão. As letras são a maioria em inglês, apesar de alguns temas serem cantados em espanhol. Destaque para "I Got It", "My Life Is Always Going Through", "Together" e "Truth And Understanding".
Um LP que coloca Porto Rico no mapa do "planeta rock" dos anos 60 e 70, pérola recomendada para fãs de rock psicodélico latino e blueseiro.
Bandolero - 1970 (MP3 192 kbps):
https://mega.nz/#!NxQQlYRQ!HpVgBQLSROAaOV-ZpyDfecXDoQ2f82LN6Jj1xuDqTdY
Psychedelic-garage-blues-jam from Puerto Rican. The album was released in 1970 and its full of fuzzy treats, all wailing guitar and screaming organ hammond like Moby Grape. Much of this one's claim to fame rests with the fact it was included in Hans Pokora's 1001 Record Collector Dreams. Their sole album "Bandolero" was recorded in San Juan's Ochoa Recording Studios. Musically the performances were professional, but failed to offer up anything special. With Nogueras responsible for writing the majority of material, tracks such as 'Together', ''Truth and Understanding' and 'Awake' showcased a fairly standard mix of conventional hard rock ('Together'), blues ('My Life Is Always Going Through Changes') and Latin moves (imagine Santana with a bit of grunge thrown in for authenticity and you'll be in the right aural neighborhood). As lead singer Nogueras was okay and most of the performances were in English (though his English much leaves the to be desired) but a couple of songs featured Spanish lyrics. Perhaps not a big surprise, but Spanish numbers like 'Salsa Friquea' displayed considerably more energy than the band's Anglo catalog...album in my opinion one of the greatest exponents of psychedelia from Latin America.
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Félix "Gadget" (bateria, percussão)
Ismaelito (teclados)George Matos (baixo)
Junior "El Loco" (guitarra)
José Nogueras (vocal)
01 I Got It 3:31
02 Temura 3:28
03 Love Me Tonight 3:36
04 Don't Hang Me 3:49
05 I Can Always Think Of You 3:48
06 Salsa Friquea 5:05
07 Together 2:45
08 My Life Is Always Going Through 6:09
09 I Want To Get There 3:40
10 Awake 3:41
11 Truth And Understanding 7:49
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