LOS YOUNG BEATS / EXCITING SOUND OF LOS YOUNG BEATS (LP) / レコード

南米コロンビア産のガレージバンドの1966年作「Tiempos, ellos estan cambiando」を全曲&後身のグループTIME MACHINEの音源を4曲収録したLP。収録曲名をズラッと見ただけで食指がビクビクする、というのも殆ど全曲がカヴァー!!しかもセンス良し!!ストーンズの"NOT FADE AWAY"、"HEART OF STONE"、"AS TEARS GO BY"、"YOU BETTER MOVE ON"、ヤードバーズの"FOR YOUR LOVE"、ゼムの"BABY PLEASE DON'T GO"、"GLORIA"、そしてキンクスの"YOU REALY GOT ME"という正に英国侵略バンドが残したクラシック総ざらい的な内容。斜に構えてミック・ジャガーやヴァン・モリソンを気取ってもスペイン語の語感に思わずずっこける辺境ガレージならではの微笑ましさ&不穏なファズが全編を支配しております。とりあえずこの"GLORIA"のコーラスの凄まじい勢いは一聴の価値アリ。

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In November 1966, five young men entered the Suramericana de Grabaciones Studios in Bogota, Colombia. The name of their band was Los Young Beats and they were about to record their "Tiempos, ellos estan cambiando" (The Times They Were a-Changing) LP. "They wanted us to record the usual hits of the day," remembers Roberto Fiorilli, the group's drummer, "but we had our own ideas. Our favourite bands were the Rolling Stones, the Animals, Them and the Small Faces, and we wanted to play THEIR songs." And so they did. Today this album is one of the rarest and most sought-after collectors' items from the South American sixties beat scene. On this platter the band's recordings are available again, along with four bonus cuts by the Time Machine, another Colombian band Roberto played with. Finally, nearly four decades later, the entire collector-world can enjoy the exciting 1966 sound of Los Young Beats on Break-A-Way Records.