LOS LOCOS 1971 Mexico Musart LP HEAVY FUZZ ACID PSYCH like Pink Floyd LISTEN

$

150

LOS LOCOS "SAME" LP

ORIGINAL 1971 LP on the Mexican MUSART label, ESTEREO ED 1529

COVER in EXCELLENT shape - nice thick gatefold, has 2 promo stamps

VINYL plays VG+ to VG++, check clips

Super rare - saw this ONCE for sale here and I was the one who bought it!  So now I'm passing it on, having listened to it and dubbed it to CDR for posterity.  If you're like me and you thought the bulk of Mexican acid rock started and ended with the Dug Dug's, you oughta check this one out - from the ashes of old beat band Los Locos del Ritmo comes this lone release as the streamlined (and ultra-heavy) Los Locos in 1971.  They're fans of Pink Floyd, that's for sure - opener and single "Viva Zapata" lifts the melody from "Biding My Time" and adds some occasional flamenco touches (because this was Mexico after all).  Second track "Hey" sounds naggingly similar to an old 60's psych song I can't quite place, and here's where they start showing off the great tones and wailing leads of the guitarists (they had two, maybe three).  It's not all heavy hairy early 70's guitar rock, however - the groovy "Let's Make A Bet" is a shimmering slice of organ-led lounge coolness.  And the killer instrumental "Huapango" is all dancefloor go-go piano groove with lacings of cool fuzz guitar.  Longest track here, "Primo," at a positively epic 5:03 for these guys, starts off like a game show theme, then dramatically slows to a sad, apocalyptic anti-war protest heavy, with more of that double and triple wailing acid guitar.  Okay, I'll give 'em Kaleidoscope, El Ritual and Renaissance, but to get those original albums, you'll have to sell off your Camry.  Los Locos is still a little undiscovered, and maybe that's because no one's bothered to reissue it yet.  And in these times when it seems like every little unreleased garage band from Kansas has a high quality Akarma reissue, what's keeping someone from reissuing this unheralded hairy Mexican psych rock gem anyway?

HEAR IT!

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Media mail shipping with delivery confirmation starts at $4.00 in the US, with each additional record only $1 additional shipping.  Overseas shipping has, unfortunately, gone way up in the fast few months, which translates to $15 for the first LP to Canada ($3 each one thereafter) and $24 for the first LP everywhere else in the world, with each add'l LP an extra $5 (so it pays to buy more, nudge nudge wink wink).   I accept payments through Paypal. 

I try to grade as best as I can, and I list as many blemishes/imperfections I can find (writing, ringwear, scuff marks, etc.) – Also, please note that I DO listen to these albums – I may not listen to every track, but my grades are based on LISTENING, not just looking at it, since chances are you’ll be listening to the record you buy, not just looking at it.  Most of the albums I sell are the ones I’ve enjoyed for years – and I treat my records with kid gloves.  But sounds speak louder than words, so check out the sound clips below – they’re from the actual record you’re bidding on. 

SHIPPING AND PACKAGING

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NOW IT’S YOUR TURN…

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