January 07, 2016

Santabárbara - Charly - No Dejes De Soñar (1974)

Santabarbara are a Spanish pop band founded in 1973, compromising, Alberto López (drums and vocals) and Enric (or Henry) was born from the meeting of the Barcelona musicians Mario Balaguer (guitars and vocals), Enrique Milian (bass, guitars and lead vocals).
Although they had already previously an important background to accompanying musicians of Fame, three musicians begin their journey together in the music business as a backing band of singer Georgie Dann at the beginning of 1970.
When advancing more time over their ideas, mix and it engages an inseparable friendship between them three and an unstoppable desire to form a trio of music following tendencies of groups such as Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Cactus, etc., those who learned and admired that without reparos.
Their first album “No Dejes De Sonar” released in 1974 was a mixed bag: mostly MOR and cheesy Pop, including their Euro-hit from 1973 "Charly", but also two HardRocker gems hidden in between: "Rommel" and "Lucifer".
“Charly” is the only single by the music group, which in the Netherlands and Belgium charts. The song is about the sick Dove called (llamaba) Charly, who with a broken wing on street.

Track listing

01.  "Toda La Verdad"  - 3:20 
02.  "Paz"  - 2:53 
03.  "America"  - 4:01 
04.  "Charly"  - 3:40 
05.  "No Dejes De Sonar"  - 3:15 
06.  "Adios Amigo"  - 3:28 
07.  "Rommel"  - 3:18 
08.  "Rerdoname Otra Vez"  - 2:14 
09.  "Lucifer"  - 5:52 
10.  "Vueltas"  - 2:50 

Credits
Solo Vocal – Enrique Milian
Acoustic Guitar – Mario Balaguer
Contrabass – Enrique Milian
Drums – Alberto López
Electric Guitar – Mario Balaguer
Percussion – Alberto López
Producer – Alfredo Doménech

Notes
Genre: Pop
Length: 34:55
© 1974

Label - EMI Records

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