Generally speaking, in the psychedelic era the further the music was formulated from its English-speaking cultural centers, the stranger and more garbled it became. Such was the case to some degree with the Spanish band Tabaco, which recorded the Desintegracion album in late 1971. Sung mostly in English, the record was a mishmash of punky garage rock with heavy blues and soul influences, fierce Santana-like instrumental rock with rocket noises (the title track), brooding psychedelia introduced by flamenco-like guitar, and easy listening flamenco-flavored pop balladry. Although longer on enthusiastic eclecticism than originality and top-level chops, it was a fitfully imaginative effort that, whether by unconscious virtue of the band's distance from the U.S. and U.K. or not, boasted a ragged eccentricity. The Barcelona group grew out of a band called Los Duendes, which in June 1971 set a world record by playing 27 hours of rock & roll nonstop. Shortly after that, their name was changed to Tabaco and more progressive influences were incorporated. They disbanded in 1973. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide
Tabaco have the world record of performance on the stage with 27 hours of non-stop playing. Their music was psychedelic and progressive. Their only albums was edited by Spiral and just 50 copies were released. It contains both instrumental and vocal tracks, sung in english and spanish. My preferences are "Lady Samantha" and "Born to be Free". Tabaco kept on the road until 1973, when they dissolved. Mariano abandoned music. Eduardo has been playing until nowadays. Jordi joined a Jazz band and Josep has re-joined Los Duendes (former name of Tabaco, when Jordi, Eduardo and Josep were in it) with a new line-up that preserves the original spirit of the band. (Ramón Cantú)
The rarest Spanish psychedelic gem ever. This legendary, almost impossible to get album was recorded in Barcelona in 1971. Re-released for the first time on CD and straight from the master tapes by Prosecco Media, Germany, in 2003.
Tracklist:
CD1:
Desintegracion
Tabaco
Dia sin luz
She
Born to be free
Lady Samantha
I feel glad
Rollin' my thing
Fredom blues
Dia sin luz (acustica.)
Rolling my thing ( (version diferente).)
Lady Samantha (instrumental.)
Reedom blues (instrumenat.)
DISC2:
She (instrumental) 3:25
Born to be free (instrumental) 5:02
Dia sin luz (instrumental) 4:23
Lady Samantha (version diferente) 3:05
I feel glad (version diferente) 2:52
Freedom blues (version diferente) 4:33
She (version diferente) 3:25
Born to be free (version diferente) 5:02
Dia sin luz (version diferente) 4:17
Desintegracion, part II: 4:49
Desintegracion, part III: 4:51
Tabaco. (version diferente) 3:19
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