Jose Gallardo

Originally released in 1975, Sol is a Latin-funk psych fuzz blaster that basically covers all the realms of rare record collecting in one shot. There's the funk fuzz blaster "Maranatha" or the Ray Barretto Latin jazz groove cut "El Que Se Fue" with freaky synth blasts, the Texas easy funk moves of "Squeeze," which remind one of Steam Heat, or the lounged-out soul rendition of Stevie Wonder's classic "Bird Of Beauty." Something for everyone and impossibly rare!

PERSONNEL:

• Joe Gallardo (piano, trombone, synthesizer)
• Joe Medina (bass)
• Gerardo Mendoza (congas)
• Enrique Martinez (drums, percussion)
• Júlio Dominguez (trumpet)
• Mike Sunjka (guitar)
• Mario "El Cabezon" DeLeon (percussion)
• Cesar Morales (sax, flute)
• Victor Reyes (trumpet, flugelhorn)
• Ray Romero (vocals)

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Maranatha
• A2. Patrice
• A3. El Que Se Fue

• SIDE B
• B1. Squeeze
• B2. Someday
• B3. You Don't Understand
• B4. Bird Of Beauty