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01. Tarkus - El Pirata
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02. Tarkus - Martha Ya Está
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03. Tarkus - Cambiemos Ya
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04. Tarkus - Tempestad
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05. Tarkus - Tema Para Lilus
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06. Tarkus - Tranquila Reflexión
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07. Tarkus - Río Tonto
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08. Tarkus - Tiempo En El Sol
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ARTIST
TARKUS
TITLE
Tarkus
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
MUNSTER RECORDS
CATALOG #
MR 443LP
MR 443LP
GENRE
WORLD
RELEASE DATE
10/27/2023
The only album released by Peruvian band
Tarkus
(featuring members of
Telegraph Avenue
) in 1972 is a heavy psych/hard rock masterpiece with echoes of
Led Zeppelin
,
Black Sabbath
, and
Deep Purple
. Only a handful of promotional copies were made available at the time of its release, making it for years a true lost classic and one of the rarest records of Latin American rock. 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 Argentinian musicians
Guillermo Van Lacke
, whom he had met previously in Lima, and 16-year-old
Darío Gianella
. They got together and started making music very influenced by bands such as Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin,
Cream
, 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 Darío 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 a few 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 Munster now presents this new vinyl reissue.
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