TRAFFIC SOUND VIRGIN LP GARAGE PSYCH PROG
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TRAFFIC SOUND: VIRGIN
Peruvian pressing on the orange/red Mag label. The gatefold sleeve is in VG- condition (somestickers on the front, worn seams and some creases) and the record is in EX- condition (lotsa thin hairlines but no deep scratches. Plays great!).
Considered by many one of the ten best bands of the early progressive years. What's especially significant is this is one of those bands that sparked the Dawn of Progressive Rock on planet Earth.
After their first "full covers" LP "A bailar Go Go" (probably the worst name ever for a psych/prog album) , along came "Virgin" the first truly (and fully) Traffic Sound's album with original themes. These compositions were created within the frame of a unified, incredibly original stylistics, each of them, taken separately has some special characteristics of their own. Tell the World I'm Alive, containing wonderful interplays between acoustic guitar and organ passages and solos of sax and bass, apart from other arrangements, and Manuel Sanguineti's always excellent performance on percussion is especially impressive here. The longest track Yellow Sea Days is the most progressive composition of "Virgin". It contains a wide variety of diverse vocals and instrumental arrangements with all electric and acoustic instruments in a game, a lot of heavy riffs, electric guitar and flute separate solos and unique trio-interplays between the sax solos and piano and acoustic / classical guitar passages. Also, this song is especially rich in complex time signatures, sudden changes of musical direction along with tempo, etc. Apart from the remarkable joint instrumental arrangements, Jews Caboos contains the most noticeable vibraphone solo as well as interplays between organ and vibe. Even if Jean Pierre Magnet wasn't the first multi-instrumentalist in the history of Rock music, he was the most talented one, at least. The work of the rhythm section is tight here, as always, while the varied percussives add new exotic colours to an overall musical palette. The longest and most virtuosic solos of electric guitar are also on this track as well as interplay between them and strident sax solos. Meshkalina is the album's only composition where there are most of the solos and arrangements go uptempo to very fast. Classically, diverse, very interesting and original instrumental arrangements work each song throughout, including all the vocal parts too (which is always especially impressive). The outstanding track Last Song is instrumental played only with an acoustic guitar.
Perhaps one of the finest rock albums made in South America in the seventies, and regarded by many collectors among the best psychedelic LPs of all times. This time all songs were original compositions, all group efforts, and played with finesse, finally Traffic Sound had developed its own style. Still some small influence from British rock is evident in some compositions : “Virgin” (The Bee Gees) , “Tell the World I am Alive” (Led Zeppelin) , “Yellow Sea Days” (Pink Floyd) and a touch of The Beatles’ “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Sky Pilot” on their song “A Place in Time Called You and Me ” (purposely presented backwards on the LP). Virgin made Traffic Sound the most popular group in Peru and the most requested in concerts. Later on became the number one priority among serious collectors of psychedelic recordings.
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