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Los Jaivas

by Los Jaivas

  • Limited Edition 12" Vinyl
    Record/Vinyl

    Gatefold LP.
    Includes insert poster, extended liner notes in English and Spanish.

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First official vinyl reissue of the now classic 1971 album. Produced by Transamericas in collaboration with the band from original master tapes, in a fully analog process at recording studios in María Pinto (Chile), London and Haarlem (Holland).

Los Jaivas (“El Volantín”) is the first LP by Chilean rock band Los Jaivas, one of South America's biggest names in the fusion of folk roots and psychedelia during the 1970s. Los Jaivas were born in the city of Viña del Mar, with their five members determined to guide their initial sound through improvisation and experimentation, «trusting that in time a language would emerge that would give us our identity», in their own words.

This debut album (popularly known as El Volantín - The Kite -, because of its cover illustration) combined the free-flow of extended electrical pieces with more conventional three-minute songs filled with references to Chile's popular culture and the musicians’ own upbringing. Theirs was a solitary path, not just for the band but also for the beginnings of Chilean rock. Los Jaivas blazed a trail that was rich in musical references, with ideas inspired by Jimi Hendrix, the Congolese Missa Luba, Argentinian folk (Atahualpa Yupanqui, Ariel Ramírez), South American avant-garde composers (Ginastera, Villa-Lobos, Violeta Parra), the experimentation of pianist Henry Cowell, Caribbean rhythms and Miles Davis’ trumpet re-inventions.

Tracklist:

Side A

Cacho
La vaquita
Por veinticinco empaná
Tamborcito de milagro

Side B

Que o la tumba serás
Foto de Primera Comunión
Último día

credits

released August 15, 2020

Eduardo “Gato” Alquinta: lead vocals, electric and acoustic guitar, recorder, ocarina, congas, backing vocals, cowhorn.
Mario Mutis: bass guitar, vocals, recorder, tamborcito de milagro, tarka, congas, tambourine, guitar on “Bolerito”.
Gabriel Parra: drums, congas, kultrun, snare drum, maracas, horn, trutruca, vocals on "La vaquita", piano on “Cacho”, backing vocals.
Eduardo Parra: keyboards, bongos, kultrun, xylophone, backing vocals on "Último día".
Claudio Parra: piano, prepared piano, metallic and wooden güiros, tambourine, maracas, drum, backing vocals.

Guest musicians:
Geraldo Vandré: vocals on "Bolerito".
Monks from a remote old world abbey: Bells on "Foto de Primera Comunión".

Originally released in 1971 in a limited edition of 500 copies.
Produced by Los Jaivas.
Recorded at Splendid Studios, Santiago, Chile by Franz Benko and Carlos “Rosko” Melo.

This edition produced in 2019 entirely via analogue process.
Transferred from original master tapes by Alejandro Lyon and Daniel Ruiz at Estudios del Sur, Maria Pinto, Chile.
Lacquers cut by Noel Summerville at 3345 Mastering, London, UK.
Pressed at Record Industry, Haarlem, Netherlands.

Original artwork and cover design by José Miguel Reyes, Verónica Fernández and Eduardo Parra.
Photography by Francisco Rivera Scott.
Artwork for this issue by Otra Sinceridad.
Texts and liner notes by Marisol García.
English translation by Miriam Heard.

Executive production by Transamericas

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