Mellow Candle: Swaddling Songs 1972 + The Virgin Prophet 1969 - 1971

 

Mellow Candle were a band that started in 1963 in Dublin, Ireland. Was a progressive folk rock band, active from 1968 to 1973. They released one studio album, Swaddling Songs, in 1972. A collection of demos and sessions for the album, recorded 1969–1971, was released in 1996 as The

Virgin Prophet. MELLOW CANDLE specialised in imaginative psychedelic folk rock and early progressive rock, with the singing talents of two ladies (Alison WILLIAMS and Clodagh SIMONDS), in addition to bassist Frank BOYLAN, drummer William MURRAY and guitarist Dave WILLAIMS. They covered both ballad and rock domains equally well. The music displayed a prodigious degree of natural talent for songwriting, harmonizing, and arrangement. A folk-rock in the vein of Fairport Convention or Fotheringay. 
                                      

At the time of their first single, "Feelin' High", released in 1968 on Simon Napier-Bell's Snb  Records, founding band members Clodagh Simonds, Alison Bools and Maria White were teenagers at high

school. After leaving school Maria drifted away, and after a brief hiatus the band re-formed with an expanded line-up including Dave Williams (guitar), Frank Boylan (bass) and William Murray (drums). In 1972 the band released Swaddling Songs, which was commercially unsuccessful at the time. A collection of demos and sessions for the album, recorded 1969–1971, was released in 1996 as The Virgin Prophet. Boylan was subsequently replaced by Steve Borrill (ex-Spirogyra). The band split up in 1973.
                            

Swaddling Songs has since received critical acclaim and original vinyl copies are highly collectable. It has

been re-released multiple times on various labels since 1989, including a 50th anniversary release by Deram in 2023. "Swaddling Songs" debut album is rich in varied and a true sonic marvel of beauty and simple melodies, and, most of all, a blending of two of the most beautiful voices in all of Folk music. This is a fantastic album that deserves new discovery. This album is somewhat hard to find but worth any search. A second album, "The Virgin Prophet", featuring unreleased and different versions of songs found on "Swaddling Songs", was released in the mid nineties.
                                           

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I give you both versions of Mellow Candle albums

MELLOW CANDLE - SWADDLING SONGS 1972 (DELUXE EDITION 2004)
                                   

Prepare to be enchanted by Swaddling Songs (1972), the sole studio album from the Irish quintet Mellow Candle and arguably among the crown jewels of the progressive folk rock era. While it famously

"vanished in a puff of magical smoke" upon its initial release, it has since been resurrected by collectors and critics as an absolute cult masterpiece. The album's most striking quality is the otherworldly vocal pairing of Clodagh Simonds and Alison Williams (now O'Donnell). Their harmonies are not merely sung; they are woven together with a luminous, haunting clarity that feels both angelic and ancient. In tracks like "Reverend Sisters" and "Silversong," their voices braid into complex arrangements that defy the standard "folk" label, creating a mystical, "prog-churchy" atmosphere that few bands have ever replicated.
                                       

Mellow Candle – Swaddling Songs 
Label: Acme – ADCD1040
Series: Acme Deluxe Series
Format: CD, Album, Deluxe Edition, Reissue, Remastered
Country: UK
Released: 2004
Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk Rock, Art Rock, Folk

ORIGINAL ALBUM DERAM SDL7, 1972    

                           

   
01.Heaven Heath   3:01
Written-By – A. Williams    
02.Sheep Season   5:02
Written-By – A. Williams, Simonds, D. Williams
03.Silversong   4:27
Written-By – Simonds
04.The Poet & The Witch   2:51
Written-By – Simonds    
05.Messenger Birds  3:39 
Written-By – A. Williams    
06.Dan The Wing   2:45
Written-By – Simonds    
07.Reverend Sisters   4:22
Written-By – Simonds    
08.Break Your Token   2:28
Written-By – Simonds    
09.Buy Or Beware   3:04
Written-By – D. Williams    
10.Vile Excesses   3:15
Written-By – D. Williams, Murray    
11.Lonely Man   4:30
Written-By – Simonds
12.Boulders On My Grave   3:41
Written-By – Simonds

    
ADDITIONAL TRACKS 7''SINGLE SNB 36645,1968        

    
13.Feeling High  2:23 
Written-By – Simonds    
14.Tea With The Sun   3:16
Written-By – Simonds

NOTES

Tracks 1 to 12 originally released in 1972, ℗1972 Decca Records Ltd. Recorded at Tollington Studios, December 1971.
Tracks 13 and 14 are bonus tracks for this CD edition. ℗1968 SNB, licensed from Simon Napier-Bell.

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MELLOW CANDLE - THE VIRGIN PROPHET (1969 - 1971) 1997

                                 

What makes the album truly unique is the sheer maturity of its composition, especially considering the

band's youth?Simonds and Williams were still in their teens during recording. Simonds, who wrote the majority of the tracks (including the bluesy, heart-wrenching "Lonely Man" at just 12 years old), anchors the music with intricate piano and harpsichord work. The band effortlessly shifts from the delicate, pastoral waltz of "Heaven Heath" to the driving, rhythmic energy of "The Poet and the Witch," blending traditional folk themes with nimble electric guitar and subtle jazz-inflected rhythms.
                                

While often compared to giants like Fairport Convention or Renaissance, Mellow Candle possesses a

sharper, more "acid folk" edge. Their lyrics trade standard ballads for a "stream-of-consciousness mulch" of occult mysticism and romantic legend, all delivered with a tight-knit delivery that Record Collector Magazine describes as "intelligent, spirited, and masterful". This album is more than just a rare collector's item; it is a timeless, flawlessly executed sonic marvel that captures a "visionary state" of fearless creativity. An amazing album indeed! 
                               

Mellow Candle – The Virgin Prophet
Label: Kissing Spell – KSCD9520 - F
Series: Erewhon Underground Folk-Rock Series 1968-1978
Format: CD, Album
Country: UK    
Released: 1997
Genre: Rock
Style: Folk Rock, Acoustic, Art Rock

TRACKS

                             

01. Heaven Heath   2:36
Written-By [Uncredited] – A. Williams
02. Waterman Weatherman    4:00
03. Sheep Season   3:35
Written-By [Uncredited] – A. Williams, Simonds, D. Williams
04. Buy Or Beware   2:50
Written-By – D. Williams
05. Break Your Token   2:30
Written-By [Uncredited] – Simonds
06. Lonely Man   3:32
Written-By [Uncredited] – Simonds
07. Lords Of The Green Grass    2:00
08. Dan The Wing   2:32
Written-By [Uncredited] – Simonds
09. Silver Song   4:08
Written-By [Uncredited] – Simonds
10. Poet & The Witch   2:21
Written-By [Uncredited] – Simonds
11. Boulders On My Grave   2:44
Written-By [Uncredited] – Simonds    
12. Reverend Sisters   3:42
Written-By [Uncredited] – Simonds    
13. Crabtree    3:42
14. Pretty Polly   5:26
Written-By – Traditional    
15. The Virgin Prophet    3:13

NOTES

Previously unreleased sessions recorded 1969-1970.

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Uriah Heep: Salisbury 1971 + Look At Yourself 1971 + Demons And Wizards 1972

 

Among venerable UK rock institutions, with Black Sabbath and Jethro Tull dispersing, we are, perhaps, really, down to just Deep Purple, Yes and Uriah Heep left to uphold the tradition of quality original

progressive hard rock forged at the very beginning of a golden era for this music, late ‘60s into the nexus year that was 1970. At that crossroads, along with Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple, Uriah Heep helped invent a decorative and uniquely British form of heavy metal with their debut album, Very ‘Eavy, Very ‘Umble. The record was offered as a self-titled on American shores, but whatever the titling, it was historically massive in the invention of a music format that would rule the ‘70s and only intensify in the ‘80s.

        

It is from those roots, with classic, crucial slabs of nascent metal such as “Gypsy,” “Bird of Prey” and “Walking in Your Shadow,” that Uriah Heep began their ascendance both at home and in the US, culminating in their most enduring works, Demons and Wizards, The Magician’s Birthday and Sweet Freedom, all of which went gold in the States, entering the Billboard Top 40, ensuring years of concert

dominance for the band throughout the ‘70s. Furthermore, Uriah Heep have been responsible for the most elevated and intelligent use of vocals in a heavy metal context amongst the major bands inventing the genre in the 1970s. It is for this reason Heep were coined the Beach Boys of Heavy Metal, and their influence is there for all to see in other bands including the likes of Sweet and Queen. The band were also one of the forerunners with respect to the integration of Hammond organ, along with Mick’s signature wah-wah guitar, a combination that became the template for their sound.
                          

Uriah Heep is an English rock band formed in London in 1969. Their current lineup consists of guitarist Mick Box, keyboardist Phil Lanzon, lead vocalist Bernie Shaw, drummer Russell Gilbrook, and bassist

Dave Rimmer. They have experienced numerous lineup changes throughout their 53-year career, leaving Box as the only remaining original member. Notable former members of the band are vocalists David Byron, John Lawton, John Sloman and Peter Goalby, bassists Gary Thain, Trevor Bolder, John Wetton, Bob Daisley, Paul Newton, and John Jowitt, drummers Nigel Olsson, Iain Clark, Lee Kerslake and Chris Slade, and keyboardists Ken Hensley and John Sinclair.
                              

Uriah Heep were part of the early 1970s rock scene, and have been referred to as pioneers of the hard

rock, heavy metal and progressive rock genres. The band has sold over 40 million albums worldwide with over four million sales in the U.S, where its best-known songs include "Gypsy", "Easy Livin'", "The Wizard", "Sweet Lorraine", and "Stealin'". They also maintain a significant following and perform at arena-sized venues in the Balkans, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia, Finland and Scandinavia.
                                        

01. URIAH HEEP - SALISBURY 1971

                                  

On their second album, Uriah Heep jettisons the experiments that weighed down Very 'Eavy Very 'Umble and works toward perfecting their blend of heavy metal power and prog rock complexity. Salisbury tips the band's style in the prog direction, containing one side of songs and one side dominated by a lengthy

and ornate epic-length composition. Highlights on the song-oriented side include "Bird of Prey," a soaring rocker that blends furious, power chord-fuelled verses with spacy, keyboard-drenched instrumental breaks, and "Lady in Black," a stylishly arranged tune that builds from a folk-styled acoustic tune into a throbbing rocker full of ghostly harmonies and crunching guitar riffs. The big surprise on this side is "The Park," a ballad-style song built on a light blend of acoustic guitars and ethereal keyboards. It has a gentle, appealingly psychedelic feel that is topped off by David Byron's falsetto vocal and some soaring harmonies from Byron and Ken Hensley.
                             

Uriah Heep – Salisbury
Label: Sanctuary Midline – SMRCD049
Format: CD, Album, Deluxe Edition, Reissue, Remastered 2003
Country: Europe
Released:1971    
Genre: Rock
Style: Hard Rock, Prog Rock

TRACKS

                           

01. Bird Of Prey    4:14
02. The Park    5:44
03. Time To Live    4:03
04. Lady In Black    4:42
05. High Priestess    3:41
06. Salisbury   16:17
Arranged By [Brass & Woodwinds] – John Fiddy

BONUS TRACKS            

    
07. Simon The Bullet Freak (US Album Version)    3:27
08. Here I Am (Previously Unreleased Version)    7:50
09. Lady In Black (Previously Unreleased Version)    3:33
10. High Priestess (Single Edit)    3:38
11. Salisbury (Previously Unreleased Single Edit)    4:21
12. The Park (Previously Unreleased Version)    5:18
13. Time To Live (Previously Unreleased Version)    4:14

LINE - UP

David Byron – lead vocals (except "Lady in Black" and "High Priestess")
Mick Box – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Ken Hensley – organ, piano, slide guitar, acoustic guitar, harpsichord, vibraphone, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Lady in Black" and "High Priestess"
Paul Newton – bass guitar, backing vocals
Keith Baker – drums

Flac Size: 513 MB

02.  URIAH HEEP - LOOK AT YOURSELF 1971

                              

The third time proved to be the charm for Uriah Heep: on Look at Yourself, the group perfects its fusion of heavy metal power and prog rock majesty, and the result is one of the best albums in the Heep catalog.

The gauntlet is thrown down on the title track, a powerful rocker that layers its relentless hard rock attack with ornate vocal harmonies and quicksilver organ runs before climaxing with a tribal-sounding drum jam. The remainder of Look at Yourself presents an effective blend of gutsy guitar rock and organ-fueled prog excursions. In the rock arena, the gems are "Tears in My Eyes," a powerful rocker driven by an almost rockabilly-style riff that stops midway for a surprising vocal harmony break supported by smooth wah-wah guitar, and "Love Machine," a short, punchy slice of hard rock built on an infectious, stomping rhythm.
                           

Uriah Heep – Look At Yourself
Label: Castle Music – CMRCD671
Format: CD, Album, Deluxe Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Expanded
Country: Europe
Released: Oct 25, 2004
Genre: Rock
Style: Hard Rock, Prog Rock, Classic Rock

TRACKS

                             

01. Look At Yourself    5:11
02. I Wanna Be Free    4:01
03. July Morning    10:32
04. Tears In My Eyes    5:01
05. Shadows Of Grief    8:39
06. What Should Be Done    4:13
07. Love Machine    3:420

BONUS TRACKS        

    
08. What's Within My Heart (Out-Take From Look At Yourself Sessions)    5:24
09. Why (Look At Yourself Out-Take)    11:18
10. Look At Yourself (Alternative Single Version)    3:19
11. Tears In My Eyes (Extended Version, Previously Unreleased)    5:38
12. What Should Be Done (Out-Take, Original Studio Version)    4:26
13. Look At Yourself (BBC Session, Previously Unreleased)    4:32
14. What Should Be Done (BBC Session, Previously Unreleased)    3:26

LINE - UP

Lead Vocals – David Byron
Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Mick Box
Bass – Paul Newton 
Drums – Iain Clark
Organ, Piano, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Ken Hensley
Written-By – Byron (tracks: 5, 7, 9), Hensley, Box (tracks: 7, 9), Newton (tracks: 9)

Flac Size: 480 MB

03.  URIAH HEEP - DEMONS AND WIZARDS 1972

                      

This is the album that solidified Uriah Heep's reputation as a master of gothic-inflected heavy metal. From short, sharp rock songs to lengthy, musically dense epics, Demons and Wizards finds Uriah Heep covering all the bases with style and power. The album's approach is set with its lead-off track, "The Wizard": it

starts as a simple acoustic tune but soon builds into a stately rocker that surges forth on a Wall of Sound built from thick guitar riffs, churchy organ, and operatic vocal harmonies. Other highlights include "Traveller in Time," a fantasy-themed rocker built on thick wah-wah guitar riffs, and "Circle of Hands," a stately power ballad with a gospel-meets-heavy metal feel to it. Demons and Wizards also produced a notable radio hit for the band in "Easy Livin'," a punchy little rocker whose raging blend of fuzz guitar and swirling organ made it feel like a '70s update of classic '60s garage rockers like the Electric Prunes or Paul Revere & the Raiders. However, the top highlight of the album is the closing medley of "Paradise" and "The Spell".
                     

Uriah Heep – Demons And Wizards
Label: BMG – BMGCAT2CD58, Sanctuary – BMGCAT2CD58
Format: 2 x CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
Country: Europe
Released: 2017
Genre: Rock
Style: Hard Rock, Prog Rock

CD1.  ORIGINAL LP REMASTERED        

                       

01. The Wizard   3:00
Written-By – Hensley, Clarke    
02. Traveller In Time   3:25
Written-By – Byron, Kerslake, Box    
03. Easy Livin'   2:37
Written-By – Hensley    
04. Poet's Justice   4:15
Written-By – Hensley, Kerslake, Box    
05. Circle Of Hands   6:25
Written-By – Hensley    
06. Rainbow Demon   4:25
Written-By – Hensley    
07. All My Life   2:44
Written-By – Byron, Kerslake, Box    
08. Paradise  5:10 
Written-By – Hensley    
09. The Spell   7:31
Written-By – Hensley

    

CD2.  AN ALTERNATIVE DEMONS AND WIZARDS    

                       

    

01. Easy Livin' (Alternate Version) 2:37  
Written-By – Hensley    
02. Rainbow Demon (Alternate Version)   6:11
Written-By – Hensley    
03. Traveller In Time (Alternate Version)  3:48  
Written-By – Byron, Kerslake, Box    
04. Paradise (Alternate Version)   5:26
Written-By – Hensley    
05. The Spell (Alternate Version)   8:10
Written-By – Hensley    
06. All My Life (Alternate Version)   3:09
Written-By – Byron, Kerslake, Box    
07. Home Again To You (Alternate Version)   4:51
Written-By – Hensley    
08. Why (Alternate Version)   13:44
Written-By – Byron, Hensley, Box, Newton    
09. The Wizard (Alternate Version)   3:04
Written-By – Hensley, Clarke    
10. Poet's Justice (Alternate Version)   4:40
Written-By – Hensley, Kerslake, Box    
11. Circle Of Hands (Alternate Version)   8:06
Written-By – Hensley    
12. Proud Words (Alternate Version)   2:52   
Written-By – Hensley    
13. Green Eye (Alternate Version)   4:04
Written-By – Hensley    
14. Why (Alternate Single Edit)   4:45
Written-By – Byron, Hensley, Box, Newton
    

LINE - UP

Vocals – David Byron
Bass Guitar – Gary Thain
Drums, Percussion – Lee Kerslake
Guitar – Mick Box
Keyboards, Guitar, Percussion – Ken Hensley

Flac Size: 813 MB

Uriah Heep - The Magician's Birthday on Urban Aspirines HERE

(Los) Dug Dug's: Discography 1971 - 1978

 

In the foothills of Mexico's famous Sierra Madre lies the industrial, iron-rich city of Durango, the capital

city of the Mexican state also known as Durango. It is here that the story of Los Dug Dug's began in the early sixties with a local high-school band called Xippos Rock. And it is in this band that two young, musically-inclined teenagers named Armando Nava and Jorge de la Torre began a long and productive musical partnership. In 1966, after working hard at perfecting their sound, Xippos Rock decided to pursue their dream of a rock & roll life on the road. 
                        

Mexican garage rock legends Los Dug Dug's were led by singer/multi-instrumentalist Armando

Nava, born in Durango, Durango in 1946. At 15 he acquired his first guitar, and at 17 he joined his first band, Xippos Rock -- when their original frontman quit, Nava assumed lead vocal duties, and after graduating high school the group toured the Tijuana region, with Nava's salesman father driving their van and conducting business along the way. 
                            

While on the road, Nava made the executive decision to change their name from Xippos Rock to Los Dug

Dug's -- the name being the abbreviation of their home city and state -- while playing in Texas he scored copies of early Beatles records, and the band became not only to the first in Mexico to cover the Fab Four, but also the first to sing all of their material (covers and originals) in English. 
                           

Los Dug Dug's "create a harrowing sonic universe that's at once expansive and claustrophobic, like some of your most memorable drug trips". They have been called "a fiery and exciting band of acid rock

iconoclasts" and their music described as "fuzzy, epic psych-rock jams" and "swirling, wild psychedelia". When reissuing their self-titled debut, Light in the Attic Records referred to Armando Nava as a "psychedelic guru" and describes their music as a "heavy, explosive Rock, which captures the fever/dream humidity of flower children 
running amok on a July afternoon."
                  

Today, Los Dug Dug's continue to exist in one form or another, always with Armando Nava at the helm & sometimes also featuring younger brother Enrique on drums. Along with his manager-mother Elena,

Armando runs the Mexico City rock club La Reunion, at which Los Dug Dug's regularly play and rehearse at. Recordings have been qute infrequent lately, but a few years ago the band contributed to the compilation CD ROCKIN' TONIGHT, performing their own interpretations of songs by James Brown, the Troggs, Steppenwolf, and Wilson Pickett. They also appear quite frequently on Mexican TV, and were the star attraction at 1998's Avandaro 2 concert at Mexico City's famed Teatro Metropolitano. Now, as then , Armando Nava remains totally committed to his music. All of us can only hope he never gives up.

                                 

STUDIO ALBUMS

                       

 

Dug Dug's (RCA Victor, 1971)
Smog (RCA Victor, 1973)
Cambia, Cambia (RCA Camden, 1975)
El loco (RCA Camden, 1978)

01. LOS DUG DUG'S - DUG DUG'S 1971

                              

A strong effort by THE seminal 70's Mexican Rock Band this eponymous album is their best. During a time of great turmoil in their native country (Avándaro). No other band ever came close to capturing its

sound, due to lack of funding and xenophobia, as Los Dug Dug's. Long after '67, though in Mexico's secluded society it may have been the first reactionary album to the Hippie movement in San Francisco. Lost in time, Café Tacvba, Molotov and the like are subpar to what could have been the awakening of a Latin Rock Golden Era.
                          

Dug Dug's – Los Dug Dug's
Label: BMG Entertainment Mexico, S.A. De C.V. – PECD-472, RCA – 
Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue
Country: Mexico
Released: 1997
Genre: Rock
Style: Psychedelic Rock

TRACKS

                               

01. Lost In My World (Perdido En Mi Mundo)    3:26
02. Without Thinking (Sin Pensarlo)    1:30
03. Eclipse    2:39
04. Sometimes (Algunas Veces)    2:22
05. Let's Make It Now (Hagámoslo Ahora)    4:32
06. World Of Love (Mundo De Amor)    3:23
07. I Got The Feeling (Tengo El Sentimiento)    3:18
08. It's Over (Se Acabó)    3:29
09. Going Home (Yendo A Casa)    1:55
10. Who Would Look At Me (Quién Me Mirará)    3:15

LINE - UP

Armando Nava - Guitar
Moises Munoz - Bass 
Jorge Lujan - Guitar
Sergio Orrante - Drums
Jorge De La Torre - Vocals

NOTES

Initially the band did not have electric guitars or drums, so they performed using acoustic guitars with homemade pick-ups. For drums, they used a steel chair. 

Flac Size: 209 MB

02.  LOS DUG DUG'S - SMOG 1973

                            

This 1972 sophomore album found Los Dug Dug's pared down from quintet to trio and effectively remade according to the personal vision of bandleader Armando Nava, who not only took over all songwriting duties, but took it upon himself to play every instrument outside the rhythm section of bassist Jorge Torres

Aguayo and drummer Daniel Tello (note: brother Enrique Nava provided a few backing harmonies). Ironically, given its title, Smog also saw Los Dug-Dug's reverting to their native Spanish language -- a willful about-face from a band responsible for pioneering English-sung lyrics in Mexican rock during the late '60s, and obstinate enough to spearhead the push back to national pride soon after. The end results only heightened Smog's unique cult standing in years to come amongst global heavy rock aficionados, and, in the short term, arguably spelled commercial disaster for Los Dug Dug's at home, but that in no way diminishes the unique daring of these songs. 
                       

Dug Dug's – Smog
Label:BMG Entertainment Mexico, S.A. De C.V. – PECD•0538, RCA 
Format:CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue
Country:Mexico
Released:1998
Genre:Rock
Style:Acid Rock, Psychedelic Rock

TRACKS

                           

01. Smog    2:50
02. Buscalo    1:35
03. Hagamoslo Ahora (2a. Parte)    (11:45)
03.1.Sigueme    
03.2.Dime Que Eres Tu?    
03.3.Cortalo    
03.4.Ven, Ven, Ven    
03.5.Hagamoslo Ahora    
04. Yo No Se    3:51
05. Cual Es Tu Nombre?    3:10
06. Meditacion    1:11
07. No Somos Malos    3:08
08. Voy Hacia El Cielo (Voy Hacia El Sol)    6:20
09. Smog (Versión En Inglés)    2:48
10. I've Got To Run Away From Here    2:26

LINE - UP

Vocals [Vocalista], Electric Guitar [Guitarra Eléctrica], Acoustic Guitar [Guitarra Acústica], Flute [Flauta], Piano, Percussion [Percusiones] – Armando Nava
Vocals [Voces] – Enrique Nava
Electric Bass [Bajo Eléctrico], Bass [Distortion Bass, Bajo Con Distorsión], Vocals [Voces], Percussion [Percusiones] – Jorges Torres "Cochona"
Percussion [Percusiones] – Daniel Tello
Written-By – Armando Nava, Gustavo Garaizar Davis (tracks: 4), Jorge de la Torre (tracks: 4)

NOTES

Track 10 incorrectly listed on the release as "I've Got To Run, Way Frome Here" on the back cover and in the booklet.
"Smog (English Version)" and "I've Got To Run Away From Here" are tracks not present on the original release. 

Flac Size: 254 MB

03.  LOS DUG DUG'S - CAMBIA, CAMBIA 1975

                             

I've always docked this one a bit for being more poppy vs. vs. their 2 previous standard bearers of

Mexican heavy psych. Having recently acquired a vinyl copy of this one, fresh ears reveal it to be certainly less heavy but to be honest every bit as strong as it's predecessors . That is also not to say this lacks in the rock quotient, there are still plenty of groovy guitar driven ditties herein.

                        

Dug Dug's – Cambia, Cambia
Label: RCA – PECD 551, BMG Entertainment Mexico, S.A. De C.V. 
Format: CD, Album, RE
Country: Mexico
Released: 1998
Genre: Rock
Style: Psychedelic Rock

TRACKS

                       

01. No Te Asustes (Es Sólo Vivir)    3:37
02. Timido    2:24
03. Brillo De Sol    3:24
04. Te Quiero    4:14
05. Felicidad    4:15
06. Ya Te Deje (No Volveré)    2:08
07. No, Si, Yo, Tu, Ya    3:45
08. Cambia, Cambia    3:18
09. ¿Donde Esta A.N.?    2:24
10. Al Diablo...    5:45

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Acoustic Guitar, Guitar [First And Second], Synthesizer, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – A. Nava
Backing Vocals – Pajaro Alberto (tracks: Track 2)
Drums, Backing Vocals – Enrique Nava
Electric Bass, Twelve-string Guitar [Acoustic] – A. Nava (tracks: Track 9)
Electric Bass, Vocals – Gabino Araujo, Jorge Torres
Written-By – Armando Nava

Flac Size: 193 MB

04.  LOS DUG DUG'S - EL LOCO 1978

                         

"El Loco" is the fourth and final full-lenght album of the mexican band Dug Dug's, released back in 1975.

They plays a typical hard rock of the mid-seventies, with some psych/prog elements and use of synthesizer. The sound isn't particularly aggressive but tasty.The prog elements here are more prominent than in the other albums and there's also more synths here, but their earlier psychedelic sound is intact. 
                        

Dug Dug's – El Loco
Label: Sony Music – 194398084329
Format: CD, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
Country: Mexico
Released: 2020
Genre: Rock
Style: Acid Rock, Psychedelic Rock

TRACKS

                       

01. Stupid People (Gente Tonta)   3:53
Accompanied By – Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán    
02. Let Me Breath (Déjame Respirar)    5:58
03. Joy To The People (Alegría Para La Gente)    4:29
04. We Always Hate Your Manners (Odiamos Sus Maneras)    3:36
05. La Gente    7:01
06. El Loco    3:08
07. Quiero Verte (Junto A Mí)    2:16
08. La Flauta Del Fauno (Instrumental)    1:41
09. I Got My Emotion (Estoy En Onda)    3:34

NOTES

Arranged By, Directed By, Written-By, Realization – Armando Nava

Flac Size: 211 MB