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MRSSS 555LP
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Vinilisssimo present the first reissue of Los Yetis' self-titled album, originally released in 1966. Although many people would only think of tropical genres when discussing Colombian music or Discos Fuentes, there is much more to it than that. In the mid-60s, following the massive success of Los Teen Tops, Los Apson, or Los Rockin' Devils in the Latin world, Los Yetis were signed to Discos Fuentes as part of the bunch of new bands included on their 14 Impactos Juveniles compilation (1966), as an attempt to reach a new audience very much interested in the rock n' roll sounds imported from the States. A great promotional effort resulted in a huge success for the release and Los Yetis were soon invited to record their own debut album, this self-titled LP. As the opening track of the album starts to play, you can imagine the Colombian youth dancing with excitement to this new rock n' roll music as hard as they would dance to local rhythms. No wonder that Los Yetis' take on the Little Anthony & The Imperials hit "Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop" is at least as effective on the dancefloor as the original. Most of the album is devoted to thrilling cover versions (Beatles, Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders, Los Brincos...), but as you approach the last grooves of the record, the wild guitars and raw vocals of "Ya No Te Aguanto Más" set the party on fire. That irresistible garage beat track is not only the standout song but also the only original by Los Yetis on the entire album. However, another local band, Los Ampex, has to be credited for playing the instruments on these recordings, as brothers Juancho and Iván Darío López and Juan Nicolás Estela, the original members, were rather a vocal trio than a skilled band. Presented in facsimile artwork and pressed on 180 gram vinyl.
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MR 7222EP
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2009 release. Los Yetis represented a very special case within the '60s rock scene in Colombia: teenage pop idols associated with Nadaism (a Colombian intellectual movement from the late '50s). They were the only commercially-successful band based outside the capital city of Bogota, and have managed to remain in the musical mind of the nation in a country where the rich legacy of '60s and '70s rock has largely been forgotten.
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MR 289LP
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180 gram double LP version housed in a gatefold sleeve. Limited edition of 1,000 copies. Includes previously-unseen band photos and extensive notes.
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MR 289CD
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2009 release. Munster Records presents a compilation of the wildest moments of the best '60s garage-pop band from Colombia. In 1966, a certain go-go fever took over Medellín. The name of the virus: Los Yetis. Los Yetis represent a very special case within the '60s rock scene in Colombia: teenage pop idols associated with Nadaism (a Colombian intellectual movement from the late '50s), they were the only commercially-successful band based outside the capital city, Bogota, and have managed to remain in the musical mind of the nation. The city, one of the most conservative in Colombia, started to feel the shakes in its foundations as thousands of teenagers danced to the new sound, willing to distance themselves from the tango and bolero favored by their parents. To achieve this, what better than the go-go spirit embodied by a fury and abominable snowman? Their true entrance to the music industry came in February 1966 through the record label Discos Fuentes, with the support of a promotion strategy unheard-of in Colombia until then. They would become the new idols of thousands of teenagers infected by the go-go craze that The Beatles had originated a few years earlier. Los Yetis combined covers of international hits with their own songs containing beat, surf and garage rhythms. Remastered from the original master tapes. Housed in a CD digipack with a 20-page booklet including previously-unseen band photos and extensive notes.
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