TARKUS LP/'72 Peru/Heavy Psych/Hard Rock/Traffic Sound/Telegraph Avenue/Laghonia

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TARKUS 's/t' LP (Spain, Vinilisssimo, Catalogue #MR-SSS 529) Brand new/unplayed copy of limited year 2014 Vinilisssimo label edition of ULTRA-RARE 1972 Peruvian Heavy Psych/Hard Rock album by Tarkus (originally released in 1972 in Peru on the MAG label.)

(NOTE: LIMITED VINYL EDITION!)

Tarkus was born after the 1971 split of Telegraph Avenue, one of the most popular Peruvian bands at the time. TA member Walo Carrillo was joined by Argentinean musicians Guillermo Van Lacke, whom he had met previously in Lima, and 16-year-old Dario Gianella. They got together and started making music very influenced by bands such as Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Cream, and Deep Purple. They immediately developed a heavy, hard rock sound uncommon in Peru, and asked former Telegraph Avenue member Alex Nathanson to join them. They recorded their first album between April and May of 1972 for the MAG record label, which was expecting something closer to Telegraph Avenue and didn't know how to market such a heavy sound. Soon after, guitarist and main composer Dario Gianella decided to leave the band to follow his religious faith, just before they presented their debut LP live. As a result, the band disintegrated without making their official debut and only around 50 promo copies of the album were actually distributed. Time has given this LP the significance it rightly deserves as one of the foundations of Latin American hard rock, and Vinilísssimo is proud to present this new vinyl reissue. Housed in a gatefold sleeve; on 180 gram vinyl.

- The only album released by Peruvian band Tarkus (featuring members of Telegraph Avenue), from 1972, is a heavy psych/hard rock masterpiece with echoes of Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple.
- Only around 50 promotional copies were made available at the time of its release, making it a true lost classic for years and one of the rarest records of Latin American rock. After a first reissue on Munster in 2007, Vinilísssimo presents this new edition.

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