PROYECTO A Proyecto A + B 2xLP/1971+74 Spain/Frank Dube/Iceberg/Psych Soul Funk

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PROYECTO "A" 'Proyecto A + Proyecto B' Double LP (Spain, Sommor, Catalogue #SOMM028) Brand new/unplayed copy of limited year 2015 Sommor label special Double LP edition containing the complete Proyecto A LP (masterminded by Frank Dubé and originally released in 1971 on Spanish RCA) plus previously unreleased second album (Proyecto B) recorded with the backing of the Spanish band Iceberg. Grooving lunatic psychedelic soul funk from the progressively twisted early '70s Spanish/Iberian rock scene.

.(NOTE: LIMITED VINYL EDITION!)

Cosmic acid-psych-soul-funk-prog extravaganza from Spain, 1971. Proyecto A was the brainchild of the great Frank Dubé from Barcelona. What can one say about him? A truly fascinating character -- a pioneer of rock and roll and twist in Spain during the late '50s and early '60s, an accomplished accordion player, a showman, comedian, a psycho-aesthetics master -- but he should also be considered one of the first psychedelic pioneers in Spain due to his groundbreaking work on the Proyecto A album. Dubé started working on Proyecto A in 1969. Impressed by the moon landing, he wanted to create a concept album about the Solar System planets using tone scales and groove music so people could dance to it at clubs. He recruited some of the best studio musicians around and the result was a delirious concept album fueled by fuzz-wah guitars, crazy vocals, bizarre electronic effects, Hammond organ, soulish horns, funky drums... Due to the limitations of recording studios in Spain at the time, Dubé had to create his own effects and sound effects for the album. He used a primitive Binson Echo unit, recorded vocals through guitar amps, used guitar effects on the keyboards, and recorded the sounds of the beach and TV sounds with a portable microphone. Proyecto A was released in 1971 housed in an amazing gatefold sleeve depicting all the musicians wearing bizarre psychedelic outfits. The project was shrouded in mystery (Dubé used pseudonyms for all of the musicians involved) and for many years the Proyecto A album was plagued with many false rumors and stories. Sommor sets the record straight with this, the first-ever reissue done in cooperation with Frank Dubé. This reissue also includes the previously unreleased Proyecto B recordings from 1974, which were meant to be the second Proyecto A album. Recorded at EMI studios in Barcelona but never released at the time, this features Frank Dubé backed by famous Spanish prog band Iceberg plus saxophonist and flautist Juan Mena (ex-Máquina and Eddie Lee Mattison Band). This will surprise anyone into Latin, funk, psych, and library sounds. Lots of killer flute, drum breaks, Hammond, Fender Rhodes, electric guitar -- including tracks like the cosmic "Missatge espaial d'amor", conceived by Dubé as the soundtrack to the first sexual intercourse in space. Includes insert with previously unseen photos and detailed liner notes in Catalan, Spanish, and English. Remastered sound. 

- Cosmic acid-psych-soul-funk-prog extravaganza from Spain, 1971, reissued in cooperation with its creator, Frank Dubé, for the first time.
- A delirious concept album fueled by fuzz-wah guitars, killer flute, crazy vocals, bizarre electronic effects, drum breaks, Hammond organ, soul horns, funky drums -- recommended for anyone into Latin, funk, psych, and library sounds.
- Also includes the previously unreleased Proyecto B recordings from 1974, featuring Dubé backed by famous Spanish prog band Iceberg plus saxophonist and flautist Juan Mena (ex-Máquina and Eddie Lee Mattison Band).
- Remastered sound.
- Includes poster and eight-page insert with previously unseen photos and detailed liner notes in Catalan, Spanish, and English.
- "Aesthetically situated somewhere between Vampiros Lesbos exploitation psych, Tropicalia acid shimmy, library music groove and Massiera's haunted funhouse, this brain burning and exceedingly obscure Spanish marvel (evidently some sorta concept album about the planets of our solar system) has systematically reduced some of the most heavyweight collectors of my acquaintance to spluttering and drooling in disbelief upon exposure. Your new favorite album...I shit you not." --Mutant Sounds    

Tracks on this Double LP are as follows:

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