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Reissue, originally released in 1967. In 1964, in the city of Santiago, Chile, Héctor Sepúlveda and Juan O'Brien were studying law at the University of Chile. With a common taste for the rock and roll of The Beatles, The Kinks, Yardbirds, Dave Clark Five, and The Byrds, plus their love for the guitar, they decided to create their own musical project, which was joined by the brother of a classmate, Cristian Larraín (bass), and his cousin Juan Enrique Garcés (drums). The first line-up under the name of The Lawyers, which later became Los Cuervos, and quickly changed to Los Vidrios Quebrados. The name was inspired by the stained-glass windows of the church of the French Fathers and also because it was supposed to "sound groundbreaking". They started doing covers of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, and a lot of The Kings. After their first public appearance as Los Vidrios Quebrados at a singing festival at the Catholic University in 1965, Emilio Rojas from Odeon approached them and said he wanted to record with them. The 1966 single "Friend" and "She'll Never Know I'm Blue" gave way the following year to the recording of Fictions, their only LP, under the RCA Victor and Ues Producciones label. Without merely copying their influences, the songs on the album feature smooth and fine instrumental arrangements by Héctor Sepúlveda (guitar and vocals), who also acted as the album's musical director. Those who were lucky enough to hear them live say that they were much more rock than what can be appreciated on the album. And the music on the Fictions album was even more sophisticated than what was being done at the time, there was a musicality that was quite anticipatory, even foreign. If you listen to the harmonies in "Introduction to Life..." or "Concerto in A Minor", they are quite complex compared to what was heard at the time. That's why they also had a place in radio stations more accustomed to playing classical music, like Radio Andrés Bello. There was a certain intellectual taste, something like an "intellectual arrogance", like the quotations to Oscar Wilde in the lyrics of the songs, for example. For the recording of Fictions, Los Vidrios Quebrados had very little time, as was customary in those days. And despite the technical limitations of the recording studios (two tracks -vocals on one side and all the instruments on the other-, bottle cap tambourines and homemade instruments), when listening to the album, the result is surprising and, considering that in Chile the music of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones was already known, the reception of Fictions was quite good. From the original IRT masters.
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