MINT #369 of 500 (1971) LAGHONIA "GLUE" Prog Psych DRUGGY Peruvian MONSTER

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• LIMITED EDITION #369 of 500 MADE ..|/\|...............................................|/\|..
• LAGHONIA
• "GLUE"
  
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• South America (Iguana) 158
  
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• About the only way to find this 1971 record from Peru is this limited edition of 500 only, numbered, this spare is hand numbered 369/500 as a rare 2nd issue w/ perfect sound
  
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• Since 1965 the Peruvian band named The New Jugglers Sound had made a name in PERU and wrote almost 100 songs, but it's not until 1968 when their sound takes a definitive form, first they change the name to "Laghonia", they recruit an American guitar player and vocalist named David Levane and start to take seriously their career.
  
  LAGHONIA release their first single called Glue (Due to a drug that Saul Cornejo had read about in Time Magazine) with a "B" side a single called Billy Morsa (Billy Walrus).
  With this single and some new material that included their first N° 1 hit "Bahia", most of their material oriented towards Psychedelia, they released their first album in 1971 which takes the name of their first single "GLUE".
  Don't let the date of release (1971) fool you, because all the material is from the late 60's, but when you live in a third world country ruled by a dictator who hates Rock music, it is hard to find any label ready to take the risk of promoting Peruvian Rock band who sings in English (the language hated by the same dictator).
  
  The album starts with "Neighbor" and it's time to get really Psychedelic with a clear Latin sound (Like a mixture of WAR and Grand Funk Railroad but written before any of these bands released their first albums), the vocal work is very complex, all the members sing different lyrics like a conversation where everybody wants to advise his part ignoring the other vocalists. Rhythmic but chaotic, a very interesting experiment and the Hammond B2 ORGAN sounds better than ever.
  
  "The Sand Man" starts as a ballad with nothing special dreamy but very simple and apparently predictable, but suddenly the voices of the rest of the members join announcing an instrumental section where the repetitive keyboard creates a very nostalgic effect leaving a very aggressive guitar a la Jimi Hendrix to do the work and turns to a very complex and well elaborated track. The highest point of the album up to this point, it's clear that these guys can create 100% original and imaginative stuff.
  
  "Billy Morsa" (Billy Walrus) had already been released in late 1968 as B side for the title song of this album and was well received by the public, rock oriented a bit mysterious and satirical, it's a sound about an 
• ex-convict (Alias Billy Morsa) who suddenly appears dead in a garden.
  Great effect created by the vocalist (Who seems to be Dave Levane making it funnier being born in USA) faking a very strong Latin accent, part of the joke (Sounds like Mexican border English), because if you notice this is the only track with a name partially in Spanish and these guys have proved that their English was very good.
  The song ends much more complex than it started, because all the instruments join to create a very pleasant sound, outstanding bass work.
  
  Already a very good debut album, comes "Trouble Child" to prove LAGHONIA really had the ability to make excellent stuff. This song has everything, strong vocal work (Chorus), dramatic changes, a killer first guitar and very solid drums, a new peak of the album has been reached, very Progressive and extremely solid. Can they get better? We'll see below.
  
  "My Love" starts like a Beatlesque ballad in the vein of the early works of the fabulous four, but there's something special, more advanced towards proto Prog with the excellent guitar and the wonderful organ.
  It seems clear from the structure of the song that goes in crescendo and keeps adding new instruments that we should expect injects an explosion of sounds, but it never happens, only keeps getting more dreamy and psychedelic, and who cares, the song is great.
  
  "And I Saw her Walking" is a song oriented towards Motown, Dave Levane again in the vocals is great playing with a Harlem like accent, solid drumming and at the end an excellent guitar semi solo, interesting track that starts funky and ends clearly Psychedelic, yet another strong one.
  
  "Glue" as noted before was written by Saul Cornejo who was inspired by the drug he read about in Time Magazine and released as a single in 1968 - 1969 before taking the name for their first album
  A wonderful song, 100% druggy Psychedelia, distorted guitar, dreamy organ and hallucinating lyrics, describes the genre was as a book, excellent that sounds like if Hendrix meets early Pink Floyd.
• The album ends with "Bahia" a song that was inspired by a Brazilian calendar that the guys found and where impressed with the girl that represented the city of the same name. The song is another Psychedelic track but in this case with a touch of Tropical sound that clearly sends us to an imaginary voyage to Brazil.
• - Saul Cornejo / guitar, vocals
  - Manuel Cornejo / drums
  - Eddy Zaraus / bass
  - David Levane / guitar, vocals
  - Carlos Salom / keyboards
  - Alex Abad / percussion

1. Neighbor (3:23)
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   The Sand Man (3:27)
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   Billy Morsa (4:19)
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   Trouble Child (2:51)
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   My Love (4:52)
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   And I Saw Her Walking (3:22)
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   Glue (3:17)
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   Bahia (4:24)
   
     CONDITION:

3. The cover: rated: MINT TOP COPY ...there are no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing  ...
3. long gone/scarce LIMITED EDITION #369 of 500 MADE
   

1. The vinyl: Rated: MINT  super clean, perfect, both labels are clean

1. GRADING SCALE: M, M-, EX, VG++,VG+, VG, VG- M    Completely clean, no marks, plays clean
2. M-   Carefully used, looks clean, plays clean, shiny gloss, plays clean
3. EX   Faint scuff or superficial mark, near M-, high gloss, plays clean VG++ Glossy with minimal scuffing or light mark playing very nice, enjoyable
4. VG+ a bit more scuff or marks still plays well with very minimal surface at worse VG   more marks/scratches only minor, nothing deep, no loud clicks or pops         this grade is abused by many, VG here does not mean "trashed" VG-  surface noise present, will not have skips or jumps     ALL PAYMENTS SHOULD BE MADE WITHIN 5 DAYS Of AUCTIONS END   BIDDERS PLEASE = Do Not Bid If You Are Not Serious About  Following Through The Transaction!   ALL ITEMS GUARANTEED FOR WINNING BID - LESS SHIPPING!