BILLY BOND
– Y La Pesada: Del Rock And Roll, Vol. 1
+ Vol. 2. Cloud Forest Recordings CFR 401.
New
Zealand
Release. Now out of print. NEW UNPLAYED
CD. This item does not come factory
sealed. 2 albums on 1 CD. Reissue of the 1970
album Billy Bond Y La Pesada and the 1972 album
Rocks+Blues+Rocks+Rocks=Billy Bond Y La Pesada . This issue 2005 with
12-page informative/photo insert booklet. MUSICIANS,
Billy Bond Y La Pesada :
Pappo, Luis Alberto Spinetta, Javier Martinez, David Lebon, Vitico, Pomo,
Black Amaya, Poli Martinez, Luis Gambolini, Nacho Smilari, and Cacho Lafalce.
Rocks+Blues+Rocks+Rocks : Alejandro Medina, Pappo, Kubero Diaz, Poli
Martinez, Javier Martinez, Juis Gambolini, and Jorge Pinchevsky. Billy, for the
most part, was/is a vocalist. TRACKS, Billy Bond Y La
Pesada : Salgan Al Sol,
Divertido Reventado, Verdes Prados, Buen Dia Senor Presidente, El Parque, Cada
Dia Somos Mas, Dueno De Tu Piel, and Voy Creciendo. Rocks+Blues+Rocks+Rocks : La Palida Ciudad, La Maquina, Blues
Para
Mis Amigos, Que Descanses En Paz, Para
Que Nos Sirven, Voy A Ver Un Amigo, and La Marcha De Dan Lorenzo. DESCRIPTION: These notes come from the excellent book
The Magic Land, a reference book much in the style of the Borderline book
series from the UK ,
covering the music of Argentina
and Uraguay, 1966-1977. Born in
Italy ,
Billy Bond nee Juliano Canterini began as singer of the new Argentine beat music
generation during the 60s. Backed up by musicians like the Fattoruso brothers
(ex-Los Shakers), he released several singles both on his own and with his group
Los Guantes Negros, along with two LPs: Yo, Billy Bond (Music Hall 719)
in 1968 and Las dos caras de Billy Bond (Music Hall 2039) in 1969. All
featuring straight beat ballads. Also, he was one of the owners of the mythical
club La Cueva at Pueyrredón Avenue , cradle of the Argentine rock, that
later moved to Rivadavia
Avenue .
There, he met most of the musicians who formed the Argentine rock movement by
the end of the decade. At this time he formed an "open" outfit; that is, a band
that everybody could join and leave whenever they wanted. La Pesada (The Heavy
Guys), (kinda like Ginger Baker’s Airforce) thus, it seemed to be in a state of
anarchy, but Billy was there to keep the order. By the end of 1970, Billy Bond y
La Pesada released their first album, on the Music Hall label, comprising of
rock’n’roll, blues, and hard-rock songs with psycho touches and humorous ironic
lyrics (a little bit of a Pete Brown influence). Featured musicians included
Pappo, Luis Alberto Spinetta, Javier Martínez, David Lebón, Vitico, Pomo, Black
Amaya, Poli Martínez, Luis Gambolini, Nacho Smilari, and Cacho Lafalce. This
great debut includes tracks like Salgan al Sol , written by Martínez with
a brilliant Pappo wah-wah guitar solo; Divertid Reventado , credited to
Pappo and Mandioca founder Pedro Pujó, which was actually a rip-off of Hendrix’s
"You got me floatin’"; El Parque ,
an excellent piece written by Spinetta as a preview of Pescado Rabioso,
featuring himself on bass and Pappo on guitar; Cada día Somos Más , a song
with a steady beat; and the great Verdes Prados . The latter had been
released on the compilation LP Pidamos Peras a Mandioca (Mandioca MLP
335) credited to Billy Bond alone. In this song Bond was backed up by a
beat-oriented combo: Daniel Hoomer on guitar, Carlos Ávalos on bass, Alejandro
Baró on organ and Cacho Arce on drums. Ávalos, Baró and Arce were all ex-Los
Bichos . Pretty soon, Jorge Alvarez and Pedro Pujó (owners of the then
defunct pioneer independent label Mandioca) joined Bond to form a working team
to produce other groups. Alvarez went to the executive desk, Bond to the mixing
console, and the La Pesada musicians to the recording studios. This way, they
had almost exclusive control over the Argentine rock scene with the Music Hall
and Microfón labels as their base for releasing their recordings. (In 1973, the
Microfón subsidiary label Talent, managed by Álvarez, would gather the
progressive groups). Consequently, La Pesada was the main backing band for the
likes of Raúl Porchetto, Sui Generis, Claudio Gabis, Maximiliano, Kubero Díaz,
Jorge Pinchevsky, Alejandro Medina and Pappo’s Blues, among others, during 1972
and 1973. Also in 1972, Billy Bond y La Pesada released their second album,
another excellent LP featuring Alejandro Medina on bass, Pappo, Kubero Díaz and
Poli Martínez on guitar, Javier Martínez and Luis Gambolini on drums, Jorge
Pinchevsky on violin and Billy Bond on vocals. A remarkable album with some of
the standout tracks being: La Pálidad Ciudad by Kubero, with a great
rocking guitar job and Pin’s violin; La Máquina ("The damned killer
machine!") -sung by Medina
with Pappo on guitar; Blues para mis Amigos, the lyrics describing the members
of the band; and Para
que nos Sirven ,
a great rock number. All selections were segued with fragments of a so called
"Vida y obra del
negro Julio", actually a simple melody played by Pinchevsky and Pappo on violin
and piano. All and all, this was a harder album than the first one. This album
also included the controversial blues version of La Marcha de
San
Lorenzo ,
a patriotic military march which was immediately banned (considering that just a
few years later the military took over the government, it is of no surprise).
All in all a great combination of two of Billy Bond’s best albums. This is the
one to get. Sometime around late 1975 Bond moved to
Brazil
where he has lived ever since. He kept on recording and producing artists (of
note: Joelho do Porco) and turned into a
successful show-business personality.
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