El Tarro de Mostaza RARE Mexican MONSTER Psych Pokora COLORED Vinyl LP re
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Description
Made in Mexico, this is a reissue on heavy 180 gram colored vinyl.
Artist: El Tarro de Mostaza
Title: self titled
Label and Catalog #: Capitol ~ SLEM 230
LP condition: Near mint
Cover condition: vg++
All records are visually graded unless noted.
El Tarro de Mostaza, five young men between the ages of 15 and 20 from the town of Poza Rica, Veracruz, were signed to Capitol Records Mexico in the late 1960s. Originally called El Sonido (The Sound), the band changed its name to El Tarro de Mostaza (The Mustard Jar) – a play on Mexican slang for joints and marijuana – before releasing their eponymous album in 1970. Although they found some success in Mexico and internationally – at one time occupying the number 1 spot on Billboard en Español in the USA – they never recorded another album and fell into obscurity by the early 1970s.
Like many Mexican bands of the era, El Tarro de Mostaza were heavily influenced by prog, psych, garage, and American and British bands of the time. But unlike some of their contemporaries, such as La Revolución, El Tarro de Mostaza sang exclusively in Spanish. The most obvious influence is immediately apparent in the first track on the album, Obertura-Brillo de Luz (Overture-Shining Light), a 20-minute organ-driven progressive psych epic reminiscent of Iron Butterfly. Unsurprisingly, the following track, Final-Avances (Final-Progress) clocks in at about a minute to finish off the side (but what a minute it is)!
Grading Standards
Near Mint (nm) Almost New. Might have a slight paper scuff or one non-sounding hairline. Plays with no noise that is due to visible imperfections. Highest grade I use.
Very Good++ (Vg++) Very Clean Records, Well taken care of. Just a couple light scuffs or hairlines. Plays extremely well.
Very Good+ (Vg+) Well taken care of. A few scuffs, possibly a few light scratches and marks. Minimum of distracting noise.
Very Good (Vg) Not especially well taken care of, but not abused either. Light scratches, scuffs and marks. Plays with some background noise but is still enjoyable and collectible. Some gloss. I normally do not sell records in this condition
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