Máquina why

Ultra collectable edition due to being pressed upon pre-orders only! Featuring the original 8 page insert, 2 bonus tracks not on the original release. Top audiophile sound on Spanish release. Drawn from a recent find of stereo reel-to-reel tapes, featuring previously unreleased songs and alternate versions.

Not in stock See details. Reissue of a very rare double album, originally released as a 2LP set in the late 70s. Containing some of the finest progressive bands from Andalusia. Reissue of the compilation album that features some of the greatest bands of the Spanish progressive rock scene of the time. Many of the tracks were previously only available on 7" singles.

Deze website gebruikt cookies. Meer info. The music is proto-prog, influenced by the likes of Iron Butterfly, Rare Earth, Brian Auger, Hendrix etc, with a trippy rhythm section filled up with fuzz guitar and Hammond. The title track Why? Really something special for Spain in those times. In the CD edition there are 2 bonus tracks, Earth's Daughter and Look Away Our Happiness, originally released as a single in , the first one very much influenced by The Beatles and the latter more similar to a Brian Auger fast-rhythm soul track.

Regarding the cover art with the clock stuck on a croissant, it has been frequently interpreted as a methapor "calling Spain to wake up from the Franco dictatorial regime" but its author bassist Jordi Batiste explained in an interview that it was not so intentional, he just wanted to do something in the style of Dali, he took some croissants he bought from the bakery and started playing with them, pinched them with screwdrivers, electric switches etc until he came up with the clock.

The popular interpretation was nice but reality was more mundane. Their next release "En Directo" would be quite different due to line-up changes, more jazz- rock-soul oriented and with much more brass. In summary, recommended for fans of proto-prog or those curious for the development of prog in Spain, but far from essential in my personal book.

In Franco was still in the government in Spain, so Spain was not a democratic country and it wasn't easy to make progressive rock.

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Really these guys made one hell of rebellious record given the context in which Spain was being submitted to Franco's dictature. A stunning artwork depicting a clock rising from a croissant was clearly a call for Spanish youth to wake-up and have a good breakfast and get ready for a new day. Quite a revolution knowing the ultra conservateur nature of El Caudillo, even if by that time Spain was letting loose things as European tourist money was flowing in including this writer spending a few Easter holidays as a kid around those years;- but although the end was near, it was incredibly risky.

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