(Psych-/Prog-Rock) Claudio Gabis - Claudio Gabis Y La Pesada - 1973.(Remastered) - 2005, FLAC (image+.cue+scans), lossless

1 Fiebre De La Ruta 06:17
2 Si Hubiera Sabido 02:55
3 Mas Alla Del Valle Del Tiempo 10:10
4 Blues Del Terror Azul 08:59
5 Boogie De Claudio 02:23
6 El Viaje De Lord Dunsany 07:30

Claudio Gabis - Guitar- MANAL.
Alejandro Medina - Bass, Vocals
Jorge Pinchevsky - Violin
Billy Bond - Vocals
Kubero Diaz - Guitar, Vocals
Jimmy Marquez - Drums
Isa Portugheis - Drums

Claudio GABIS was the former guitarist of Argentinean band MANAL. His solo career is placed under the seal of blues, hard-rock and psychedelic Progressive rock. "Y La Pesada" (1972) is his first album, followed two years later by the eponymous opus - netsoundsmusic.com

Argentinian blues/psych monster from 1973. Claudio Gabis hooks up with La Pesada which consisted of Alejandro Medina, Jorge Pinchevsky, Billy Bond and others. In fact the great Kubero Diaz is also here contributing guitar and vocals. Some of you may know the violinist Pinchevsky from his later work with Gong. Acid laced tradeoffs between guitar and violin take this one into the stratosphere. A brainblower. - The Laser's Edge

A lot of the Agrentinian progressive rarities - at least the smallish number that I have heard - are really progressive hard rock albums, and this one is no different. Gabis is a hot guitarist playing pyscho-hard rock and etc. with lots of acid leads and beyond on this rare 1972 album. The band here includes Jorge Pinchevsky-violin (and later of Gong on Shamal!), Alejandro Medina-bass & vocals, Isa Portugheis and Jimmy Marquez-drums, Kubero Diaz-guitar and vocals. For those who dig a heavy rock sound. - Wayside

CLAUDIO GABIS:Y La Pesada(sony Arg)awesome 1972 solo album by ex-Manal' s axeman' s guitarist...he' s backed by Pesada' s musicians such as Jubero Diaz, Alejandro Medina, and Jorge Pinchevsky...musically, it' s a hard edged blues sound album, featuring some interesting cuts: "Blues Del Terror Azul" dealt with the police represssion of the early 7o' s and contains some fine wah-wah guitar...the most psychedelic cut is the lengthy "Mas Alla Del Valle Del Tiempo" ,which featured great guitar and sound effects..."Fiebre De La Ruta" is notable for Pinchevsky' s fiddle playing and "El Viaje De Lord Dunsany" conjured a sort of mystical feel - TotalProg

This outstanding guitar player was born in Buenos Aires on March 18th, 1949. After participating in the Los Abuelos de la Nada debut single, he formed the pioneer Spanish language blues trio Manal.
When Manal broke up Gabis moved to Brazil, where he lived from time to time. In 1972, encouraged by producer Jorge Бlvarez, he recorded his first solo album with the help of La Pesada fellow musicians: Alejandro Medina on bass and vocals, Jorge Pinchevsky on violin, Isa Portugheis and Jimmy Mбrquez on drums, Kubero Dнaz on guitar and vocals, and Billy Bond on the mixing console.
This was a very good hard blues and psycho album. The most remarkable tunes are: "La fiebre de la ruta", led by the powerful voice of Billy Bond, the crazy fiddle of Pinchevsky and the brilliant guitar of Gabis; the long and psychedelic "Mбs allб del viaje del tiempo", sung by Kubero and Medina, backed with guitar sounds and effects; "Blues del terror azul" ("Blues of the blue terror") was about the police repression of those days and features Gabis in yet another outstanding wah-wah performance; and the improvised mystic psychedelic madness of the guitar/violin/bass trio of "El viaje de Lord Dunsany".
The lyrics were based on the fantastic literature of authors like Lord Dunsany, H.P. Lovecraft and Algernon Bdlackwoo. This was evident by the great cover design of Juan O. Gatti. It is recommended, though hard to get now.
For his second solo album Gabis recruited -besides Medina, Pinchevsky and Bond- Emilio Kauderer on electric piano, Charly Garcнa on organ, David Lebуn on vocals and Juan Rodrнguez and Black Amaya on drums
Though not as inspired as the first one, this second LP features some good moments as "Esto se acaba aquн", "Blues de la tierra supernova" and "Blues de un domingo lluvioso", all with great guitar work.
Gabis can also be seen on the movie Rock hasta que se ponga el Sol, performing a tune called "Raga" (included on the soundtrack album [Talent I-382}). He also played on several solo albums by fellow La Pesada members as well as other Talent/Microfуn records.
In 1975 he moved to Brazil, where he worked with artists like Ney Mattogrosso and jazz-rock groups. By 1980 he returned to Argentina for Manal’s comeback. Afterwards he moved definitely to Spain.
None of his rare solo albums have been reissued on vinyl, but both are available on CD - The Magic Land
A guide to Beat, Psychedelic and Progressive Rock music between 1966 & 1977 in Argentina and Uruguay

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