Track Listing

1. Solo Tu Nombre Puede Cortar las Flores
2. Fanatico - Tropa Loca Con Jose Francisco
3. 3-2-1-Ah!
4. Mari y Juana
5. Hippies y Todo el Circo
6. Ovni - Los Hitters
7. Mi Pequeno Libro Rojo
8. Don't Ask Me Love - Shakers, Los Shakers
9. Bueno, El Mayo and El Feo
10. Vas a Perder Su Amor - Con's Combo
11. Principe Gaetano del Monte - Walkers
12. Tema de los Temerarios - Los Temerarios
13. Que Flojera
14. Yo Necesito Que Vuelvas
15. Afro Esta Aqui
16. Mujieres Perdidas - Walkers
17. Hoy Te Toca Llorar [*]
18. Septimo Hijo [*]
19. Gaslight [*]
20. Con el Tiempo y un Ganchito [*] - Los Apson
21. Let's Go [*] - Con's Combo
22. Fiebre [*] - Johnny Jets
23. Baila Commingo [*]
24. Duda [*]
25. Santo [*]
26. Ultimo Tren [*] - Los Apson

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #618504 in Music
• Number of discs: 1

Album Description
Subtitled - 60's Teenbeat South Of The Border. A compilation of 60s teenbeat sounds south of the border with bands from Mexico, Argentina, Peru, Uruguay, & even Spain. Includes ten bonus tracks, Los Juniors 'Hoy Te Loca Ilorar', Los In 'El Septimo Hijo', Los Sicodelicos 'Gaslight', Los Apson 'Con El Tiempo Y Un Ganchito', Con's Combo 'Let's Go', Los Johnny Jets 'Fiebre', Los Yaki 'Baila Commingo', Los X-5 'Duda', Los Doltons 'Santo', & Los Apson 'El Ultimo Tren'. AIP. 1998.

Customer Reviews

Hits and misses from down south.
The second volume of the Planetary Pebbles series focuses on ultra obscrure garage rock from South America. The songs are, for the most part, little more than standard garage rockers with (mostly) Spanish vocals. A lot of these tracks are by-numbers covers of British and American tunes. Aside from the occasionaly surprising song selections, these are mostly unoriginal and uninteresting renditions: Los In's "Mi Pequeno Libro Rojo" is an unspectacular copy of Love's rendition of "Little Red Book," and Los Walkers' "Mujieres Perdidas" is a yawn-inducing cover of the Yardbirds' "Lost Woman." Los Juniors are responsible for an annoyingly repetative rendition of "It's All Over Now" (here entitled "Hoy Te Toca Llorar"). Los Apson's take on "Time Won't Let Me" (a.k.a. "Con El Tiempo Y Un Ganchito") does capture some of the tune's catchiness, but it's still vastly inferior to the original, and adds absolutely nothing new to the song, while Los Romancieros' "El Bueno, El Mayo, And El Feo" is a heroically awful plod through the theme to "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly." Some of the originals aren't too hot, either: Ruben Y Sus Emociones' "Mari Y Juana" is a dull, droning instrumental, and Los Hitters' "El Onvi" is a similarly dull number. Several of these tunes are standard issue, run-of-the-mill garage rock, the kind of bland and forgettable stuff that makes collecting this kind of music such a hit-or-miss affair.

Still, there are some jewels to be gleaned here: The Sicodelicos' two tracks, "Solo Tu Nombre Puede Cortar Las Flores" and "Gaslight" are incredibly catchy, slightly off kilter folk-rockers, while La Tropa Loca's "El Fanatico" is a mean little fuzz-guitar stomper. Los Canarios "3-2-1 Ah!" is a schizophrenic proto-psych soundstorm, and Los Doltons' "Santo" is both fun and cool (imagine that!). There's even a good cover: Los Johnny Jets' "Fiebre" is an amped up, supercharged rendition of "Fever." Con's Combo sound great on the wonderfully cheesy cruise-ship rocker, "Vas A Perdur Su Amor."

So, it's an O.K. set with some O.K. songs. If you're a garage rock fanatic, pick it up. Just don't expect any major revelations.