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MARCELO CAMERLO 
Argentina Chapters & general coordinator
Born in 1959, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Marcelo Gabriel Camerlo is a long time record collector specialised in progressive and psychedelic rock. Since the mid 80s he has lived in Madrid, Spain. He has published several books about architecture, his profession.
MARCELO GASIÓ English editor & web designer
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1961, Marcelo Gasió is a part time rock journalist. He was contributing editor for the influential Expreso Imaginario magazine among other important rock publications.
A hard-core Frank Zappa fan and collector, Gasió is also the co-founder of Transilvania Records, the record store which specialises in Beatles and 60s in Buenos Aires. He currently works as Creative Manager in a top Music Publishing company.
FERNANDO PAU CEBEY Uruguayan
Chapters
Responsible for the Uruguayan chapter of this book, Fernando Pau Cebey was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1957. At early age he began to work as journalist in several magazines, newspapers and radio stations in his hometown.
Pau moved to Buenos Aires in the early 80s, and is the owner of Abraxas Records and Transilvania Records, two of the most important and influential record stores of the city.
MARIO ANTONELLI Beat
Music Chapter
Mario Antonelli was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1962. In charge of the beat music chapter of this book, Mario is a Kinks collector and a British rock music specialist.
Once co-owner of a record store aptly titled 33 1/3, Antonelli currently works at a top FM Radio Station. He is writing a book about beat music in Argentina.
The book would not have been possible without the participation, help and friendship of the following people:
We would like to express thanks to the following people that in one way or another have contributed with this work:
Alfredo Rosso, Hugo Latorre (El Gallo Cantor), Sergio "Truchán" (Free Blues), Andrés y Cacho (Bonus Track), Piero Carpin, el "chicano" Daniel, Quique, el "árabe" Antonio, Miguel Ben, Rafael Abud (in memoriam), Gustavo Blanco, Guillermo Warrell, Jorge Bandin, Ricardo Lorincz and Alberto Paolo; all of them in Argentina.
Eduardo Cura, Pablo Cura, Teddy (Melocotón), Juanjo and Miguel de Miguel; in Spain.
The superb books "Le rock psychédélique américan", by Philippe Thieyre -Librairie Paralleles-, "Fuzz, acid and flowers" and "The tapestry of delights", both by Vernon Joyhson -Borderline Productions-, have been inspiration and models for this one. We would like to express our debt to their authors for having borrowed several ideas from them.
The English text for this Web site
was corrected with the kind assistance of
Professor Dirk Frewing.
Some updates, mostly regarding CD editions, have also been added. (July 2004.)
Within the last decade, the recordings of South American groups have became interesting to rock music lovers from USA, Europe, Japan and Australia, who sought new pieces for their valuable collections. We are talking about a very wide range of musical genres: Beat, rhythm & blues, pop, psychedelia, folk, hard-rock, progressive and symphonic rock.
Due to the rarity of some of these recordings and to the lack of information provided by record companies, it was difficult for collectors to organise these ''new'' items in an ordered way. It was also difficult to tell the countries of origin for certain groups, their complete discography, the b-sides not included on LPs, their line-ups, and so forth. Eventually, some of these mysteries began to clear up.
This book covers Argentina and Uruguay exclusively.
Even though the language that we speak in Argentina and Uruguay is Spanish, this book was written in English for obvious reasons: it was written for every record hunter in the world, but especially for those who do not live in South America. Some readers will experience understandably difficulties with the name of the records and the songs, since they are all in Spanish. In those cases that we felt the need to translate them, we did.
The entries are alphabetically ordered by groups name (note: ''El'', ''La'', ''Los'' and ''Las'' means ''The''; therefore these words should not be considered) or artists surname (last name). Each entry includes line-ups, Long Plays, Singles and EP discography with the year of original edition, record label and number. Reissues and CD availability are also provided (we are talking about official reissues, not current counterfeits; on the other hand, these records are at least 10 to 15 years old -this makes them also hard to get nowadays). Priority is given to singles that featured non-LP songs.
If you are familiar with this kind of book, you will easily understand certain codes: When an artist or a group is in bold, it means they have their own entry. Album and film titles are in italic, while song titles are in quotes (''). After each album you will find the record label and number of the original release. Within each entry musicians are listed with their instruments between brackets:
- v = vocals
- g = guitar
- lg = lead guitar
- b = bass
- d = drums
- perc = percussion
- k = keyboards
- pia = piano
- org = organ
- flt = flute
- trump = trumpet
If a group experienced line-up changes, you will find an A, B or C after each musician meaning that he played in the record(s) that has the same letter.
Even though the text concentrates on the recording work of each artist, historical data and funny stories are also included to assist the reader in understanding the context in which this music was created.
Almost all album covers are pictured in the book -many of them in full colour. (Not on this Web Site)
Even though we are proud for having done a pretty complete job, we would like to apologise for mistakes or omissions. Those who would like to contribute with corrections are welcome to send them.
We sincerely hope that you enjoy this information and find it useful.
Contact the authors:
Marcelo
Camerlo
