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Gerardo Manuel And El Humo - Apocallypsies (1970)

Track listing:
  1. Apocallypsies (Beginning & End) 4:26
  2. Are You Ready 3:38
  3. Looking For Tomorrow 3:34
  4. Lonely Night 4:19
  5. Power Of Soul 3:25
  6. (I Will Bring You) Flowers In The Morning 3:10
  7. Where Did You Go 3:15
  8. Rock & Roll Soul 4:21
  9. I Can Do It, If You Do It 2:23
  10. 96 Tears 6:21
  11. Raindrops Keeps Falling On My Head 3:16
  12. Where Did You Go 3:46
  13. Looky Looky 2:50
  14. Anoche No Dormi 2:43

Notes

On this mysterious psych/hard rock CD of Latin origin one will find 6 original tunes and 8 cover versions, all influenced by Question Mark &The Mysterians, Grand Funk and Jimi Hendrix. Gerardo's vocals here are the strongest of his career, with the electric guitars doubletracked to produce the stereo effect. Coco Pomar plays like Grand Funk's bassist and Puro Fuentes' drumming is powerful to say the least. After Peruvian garage band Los Shains broke up, "Pico" formed Los Nuevos Shains. Gerardo and the rest of the crew formed a band called (St. Thomas) Pepper Smelter. After both those bands split, Gerardo formed a band called Gerardo Manuel & El Humo: on this, their first album, all the electric guitars are played by "Pico". Official release includes 4 page insert with photos and lyrics, taken from the original mastertapes. First ever appearance in CD format with 4 bonus non LP-tracks. The artwork is a replica of the original album with the fold out cover.