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MP3 Telegraph Avenue - Telegraph Avenue, Vol. 2

Telegraph Avenue created new songs throughout 1973 and 1974. These new songs moved away from the band’s earlier Latin rock style towards faster and more aggressive songs; and yet other new tunes were very smooth and slow, influenced by folk music.

9 MP3 Songs in this album (32:20) !
Related styles: Rock: 70''s Rock, Rock: Latin Rock, Mood: Party Music

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TELEGRAPH AVENUE "Vol. 2"
Telegraph Avenue got their start when lead singer Bo Ichikawa, returned home to Peru after a six-month stint in San Francisco (thus the band name); the band’s 1971 debut album (reissued as Repsychled CD 1006) soon became the best selling rock album of the year in their home country. By the end of the year, the band decided to take a break. During 1972, band members Alex and Walo formed Tarkus with two Argentine musicians; that band famously lasted only until September of the same year before they dissolved, but not before releasing their classic self-titled album (Repsychled CD 1007). Telegraph Avenue reformed in December of 1972, and the spent wrote new material throughout 1973 and 1974. Many of these new songs moved away from the band’s earlier Latin rock style towards faster and more aggressive songs; and yet at the same time, other new tunes were smooth and slow, influenced by folk music. The second Telegraph Avenue album was finally released in late February, 1975. Shortly after the release of the album, the band dissolved. Their second record would prove to be the last album of Peruvian rock released in the 1970’s -a military dictatorship essentially ended the music scene.

Now, at long last, this second Telegraph Avenue album is reissued on CD & mp3 legal digital downloads by the Peruvian label Repsychled (with a helping hand from US reissue label Lion Productions), in an edition that respects the original artwork; it comes with an additional photos of the band, and includes the unpublished song ‘If the sun refuses to shine’ as a bonus track. The disc was mastered from the original tapes: a very delicate remastering process using tube equipment improved the sound while also preserving the force of the original album.

Telegraph Avenue—Band History
The middle of 1969 saw the development one of the most interesting groups of the Lima music scene: Telegraph Avenue (who took their name from a famous avenue in San Francisco), the only four-piece band that included melodic vocals that clarified their music, a mixture of psychedelic rock with Latin rhythms. Telegraph Avenue was formed with Bo Ichikawa and Chachi Lujan on the guitars, Alex Nathanson on bass, and Walo Carrillo on drums; all the members also played additional instruments on the band’s recordings. From the moment of their formation, Telegraph Avenue was completely dedicated to composing their own songs.

Before publishing their first disc, the group was known from playing at parties in Pueblo Libre, the majority of these being graduation parties. There were also appearances at celebrations for the Club de Leones, Club Yugoslavo, Club Hebraica, and the Galaxy Discotheque, including a time Telegraph Avenue played in the interior of an empty swimming pool. One of the most exciting concerts was at the University of Lima in November of 1970, (color photos in the insert recount this historic moment graphically). The group was asked to play every weekend, and had bookings on Friday, Saturday and Sunday almost all year round; their weekend bookings were so numerous, they eventually had to play on Thursdays too.

In June of 1971, the band published their first self-titled disc (Repsychled CD 1006), which contained eight songs. This first album reached great sales during that year, and was well recognized throughout Peru. In this period of time they composed more than twenty songs, such as ¨Feel¨, ¨Hello misses moon¨, ¨People see me crying¨, ¨Seeding on the wind¨, among others that were never recorded. By the end of that year, the band decided to take a break.

During 1972, Alex and Walo formed with two Argentine musicians the band Tarkus, whose fleeting existence lasted only until September of the same year before the band dissolved, but not before publishing their self-titled album (Repsychled CD 1007), and leaving songs composed, but not recorded. Next, Alex and Walo formed Ganímedes with Melissa Griffiths and Germán Cabieses, guitarist of Rock Machine, a heavy rock band with female vocals, unfortunately they never record. Ganímedes dissolves before an imminent reunion of Telegraph Avenue, which took place in December of 1972 for the recording of a pair of songs: ¨It’s OK¨ and ¨If the sun refuses to shine¨, this latter one remaining hidden until today.



Rather than use some of the twenty unrecorded songs they had composed in 1971, Telegraph Avenue created new songs throughout 1973 and 1974. These new songs moved away from the band’s earlier Latin rock style towards faster and more aggressive songs; and yet other new tunes were very smooth and slow, influenced by folk music. At this time, with Germán playing guitars and Melissa singing chorus and arranging the grammar in some lyrics, the band participated in several events around the country.

For the band’s events in Lima, Telegraph Avenue found it necessity to contract security people, because their concerts attracted more people than could fit in the venues. They had two sets of security: a group of twelve immigrants from Hong Kong dressed in black and expert in the martial arts, and another called ¨Rocasas¨ a group of dark-skinned people who lived in Miraflores. The last concert of the band was in the Marsano Theater, where they shared scene with PAX, Red Ambar and other bands: the photo inside the gatefold cover of the original LP was taken from that concert.

By the end of 1974, they began work in the studio, but during the recording of the new songs they incurred some unforeseen expenses, while Bo recorded the guitar solo in ¨Crippled Joe¨ the loudspeaker broke, and friends had to maintain the amplifier for the rest of the recording. Alex had lost his Höfner bass - a left-handed model (difficult to find) - so he had to adapt his touch to a right-handed bass. To be able to play this new bass, he needed the guitar strap on the opposite side of the instrument, so he put a nail into the top of the bass guitar. After weeks of recording, the second album of Telegraph Avenue was published in the end of February of 1975. Walo and Bo designed the cover art which looked like a letter, but had photos of the band, taken from their identity cards, where the stamps would normally be placed. Shortly after the release of the album, the band dissolved. Their second record would soon prove in a historical sense to be the last published album of Peruvian rock in the decade of the 1970’s - the military dictatorship essentially ended the musical scene.

The second Telegraph Avenue album is reissued in CD & mp3 legal digital downloads by the Peruvian label Repsychled, an edition that respects the original artwork, as well as additional photos of the band. It also includes the unpublished song ¨If the sun refuses to shine¨. The disc was rescued from the original tapes: a very delicate process of audio remastering with tube equipment improved the sound and conserved the force of the original album.

Written by Andrés Tapia del Rio (Repsychled)


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