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01. Los Mac'S - F.M. Y Cia
02. Los Mac'S - Degrees
03. Los Mac'S - Secuencias
04. Los Mac'S - El Evangelio De La Gente Sola
05. Los Mac'S - Dear Friend Bob
06. Los Mac'S - A Través Del Cristal
07. Los Mac'S - La Muerte De Mi Hermano
08. Los Mac'S - Anne Marie
09. Los Mac'S - Tensión Extrema
10. Los Mac'S - Al Otro Lado Del Mar
11. Los Mac'S - El Amor Después De Los Veinte Años
12. Los Mac'S - Nada Dulce Niña
ARTIST
TITLE
Kaleidoscope Men
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
MYE 121LP MYE 121LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
4/7/2023

Reissue, originally released in 1967. Los Mac's were formed in 1962 in Playa Ancha, initially as a cover band. In 1965 they moved to Santiago, with their experience on their backs, and with their own songs they attracted the interest of RCA, who quickly signed them. In their career the band would record six albums, four in their heyday in the '60s, and two more after their reunion in 2010. Kaleidoscope Men is the most important and successful of this Valparaiso quartet, and was produced at RCA by Carlos Gonzalez. Kaleidoscope Men is a psychedelic album clearly influenced by the Beatles' Sgt Pepper's, and by the groups of the then called Californian sunshine pop. A mature album, with excellent vocal and instrumental arrangements that flies from the confines of the world to a universal sound with fluidity and elegance. The elegant "Degrees" shines with its own light, psychedelia with vocal touches of great bands of the '60s like The Turtles, The Association, or the incomparable Byrds. "El evangelio de la gente sola" is a progressive instrumental cut with the peculiar sound of a church organ, while "Dear Friend Bob" uses the technique that George Martin used with the Beatles in their most experimental stage of using the tapes in the opposite direction, with which the sound of the instruments "upside down" gives the special touch popularized by the four from Liverpool but used assiduously by bands of the time. The acid baroque of "A través del cristal" is close to "Strawberry Fields Forever", while "La muerte de mi hermano" enters the anti-war current of the Vietnam War era; a poignant song structurally supported by the Byrds' guitar sound. Originally released in 1967, Kaleidoscope Men is the penultimate and most respected album by the Mac's, who would record their last album in 1968 and then move to the United States. A jewel to rediscover through this careful release that honors the original with an excellent remastering and artwork. From the original IRT masters.