DUG DUG'S LP/'71 Mexico/Psych Rock/La Revolucion De Emiliano Zapata/Kaleidoscope
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DUG DUG'S 's/t' LP (US, Lion Productions, Catalogue #LION-649) Brand new/unplayed copy of superior, top-notch Lion Productions LP edition of highly-lauded and always sought-after 1971 debut fuzz-psych rock album by Mexican '60s/'70s psych rock legends Dug Dug's. MANDATORY TOP LEVEL MEXICAN PSYCH ROCK!
'The "must have" debut album (1971) from psychedelic guru Armando Nava and his band, recorded after their failed trip to NYC did not produce the stardom they had been promised - pain and disappointment sparking great song-writing on this, the first Mexican psych album in English. After an extended stint as the house band at Tiajuana strip joint Fantasitas, Los Dug Dug's relocated to Mexico City in 1966. The quickly garnered a rabid fan following there, which resulted in the Dug Dug's signing to RCA Records and cutting a series of singles (the band also headlined a pair of 1967 films, El Mundo Loco de los Jovenes and Cinco de Chocolate y Una de Fresca). Upon returning to Tiajuana in 1968, Los Dug Dug's took up residence at the popular Sans Sous Si club. An American tourist was so impressed that he offered to bankroll a trip for the band to New York City. The group played a handful of live dates and recorded a few demos, but having no money to pay the union fees necessary to earn them the oppurtunity to play NYC's larger venues left them with little choice but to return to Mexico. Los Dug Dug's immediately began work on their first LP for RCA Mexico, little knowing at the time that it would become a classic of psychedelia. Long-simmering creative differences between band leaders Nava and Jorge de la Torre forced the later's resignation after the album was completed; by the time the resulting psychedelic opus appeared in 1971, the first incarnation of Los Dug Dug's was essentially no more. All that remained was this heavy, explosive album, a record which captures the fever/dream humidity of flower children running amok on a July afternoon. Essential. Licensed from Sony/BMG, and newly mastered from the original tapes.'
'It was Armando's idea to sing in English, since no other bands in Mexico were doing it. Traditionally, Mexican bands re-wrote the lyrics to popular American and British songs in Spanish prior to covering them. The newly restructured band's first album Los Dug Dug's was sung entirely in English, and it gave them two hit singles in Mexico, World Of Love and Eclipse. Business was also a factor in their decision to sing in English, what with Armando's continued hopes of someday making it in the 'States, not to mention RCA's. They shine through at their best on cuts like Lost In My World, I Got The Feeling, It's Over and Let's Make It Now, which throws in a drum solo for good measure. World Of Love has a very immediate, poppy appeal and features nice woodwind and a singalong chorus. Others, like Eclipse, are more laid-back. This album is recommended.' - Vernon Joynson/Dreams, Fantasies And Nightmares
Tracks on this LP are as follows:
- Lost In My World
- Without Thinking
- Eclipse
- Sometimes
- Let's Make It Now
- World Of Love
- I Got The Feeling
- Its Over
- Going Home
- Who Would Look At Me?
Shipping in US is $4.00./CANADA AIRMAIL is $14.00./MEXICO AIRMAIL is $18.50./OVERSEAS AIRMAIL is $21.00. (Shipping totals will be consolidated for multiple winning bids.)
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