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Artist:	BOND Y LA PESADA, BILLY
Title:	Del Rock and Roll
Label:	CLOUD FOREST (WORLD'S LEADING TERRORIST STATE)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	CFR 401CD

"Reissue CD contains the entirety of the first two LPs from Billy Bond y La Pesada, featuring the musicians responsible for the weird and wonderful records by Kubero Diaz, and La Cofradia de la Flor Solar. In 1970, Bond hit upon the idea to found 'La Pesada del Rock and Roll', a loosely-affiliated group featuring all of the best rock musicians in Argentina at the time. Billy Bond y La Pesada released their first album on the Music Hall label late in 1970 -- hard hitting freaked-out rock 'n 'roll with psychotic touches, spiced up by funky rhythms. This debut includes some incredible tracks: 'Salgan al sol' (written by Martínez, which features a brilliant Pappo wah-wah guitar solo); 'Divertido, Reventado', (credited to Pappo and Pedro Pujó, sounding more or less like a spin-off on Hendrix's 'You Got Me Floatin''); and 'El parque' (written by Spinetta as a preview of his own band Pescado Rabioso, featuring himself on bass and Pappo on guitar). The second album is from 1972; another excellent record featuring remarkable tracks like 'La pálidad ciudad', a great guitar rocker by Kubero Diaz, 'La máquina' ("The Damned Killer Machine") sung by Medina, with Pappo on guitar, 'Blues para mis amigos', with lyrics describing the members of the band, and 'Para que nos sirven'. All and all, this is a harder-edged LP than the first one -- as the text on the cover says: rocks+blues+rocks+rocks= Billy Bond y La Pesada!"

Artist:	BOND Y LA PESADA, BILLY
Title:	Volumen 3 + Volumen 4
Label:	CLOUD FOREST (WORLD'S LEADING TERRORIST STATE)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	CFR 405CD

"CD reissue of the third and fourth record from Billy Bond Y La Pesada. Volume 3 from 1972 is made up of two lengthy suites, 'Lado 1 -- Acustico' and 'Lado 2 -- Eectrica Camplementaria.' Released after their October 20, 1972 show at the Luna Park stadium in Buenos Aires where rioting between kids and police ensued at the prompting of Billy Bond and after which the band was promptly blacklisted by many government officials and clubs. The blood red LP jacket made direct reference to that night: Tontos (operita)... Habia una vez ) ... Anyone expecting more freaked out rock was in for the shock of a lifetime. Tontos was instead a collection of bizarre tape edits and sub-musique concrete, heavily laden with reverb, wailing, and fuzzed-out guitars. Volume 4 was Billy's final recording from '73 and includes heavy-hitters such as 'No Nos Paran Mas,' 'Hacia Algun Lugar,' 'Gracias Al Cielo,' 'Estamos Hartos,' 'Ano 1939,' 'Algo Esta Por Suceder,' and more all interestingly segued together with various animal noises and other sound effects."

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