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CSM 242CD
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Despite the album's title, exceptionally psychedelic cover art, and the stupendous version of "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In," it is really at its core a fantastic soul and blues rock album with the occasional psychedelic accent. It features awesome, gritty vocals and terrific bluesy rock guitar-playing from Javier Bátiz that sometimes calls to mind the style and tone of Jeff Beck in his days with The Yardbirds. The album also stands out for the massive and driving horn section that appears on several songs and really adds a lot of soulful "umph!" to tracks like "Hard Life." Other tracks include "The Best I Can," "Kansas City," "Blue Monday," "Lucila," "Slippin and Slidin," and "Bye Bye Baby."
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CSM 239CD
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Despite what the magnificent blues-rock of "I Was Born in Chicago" might lead you to believe, Javier Bátiz was, in fact, born in Tijuana, Mexico. Though not exactly known as the birthplace of the blues, Tijuana received plenty of blues and rock sounds from the likes of T-Bone Walker, Chuck Berry, B.B. King, and others because of its proximity to the U.S. A phenomenal guitar player, Javier masterfully mixes these influences into a potent blues-rock brew on this album, Javier Bátiz y Su Onda, from 1973. How fortunate we are to be able to enjoy these fantastic electrified blues once again! Other tracks include "You Don't Have to Go," "Bright Lights Big City," "I Was Born in Chicago," "I'm in Love Again," "Charlena," "Baby What's Wrong," and more.
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