SIMON REYES - THE BEST OF... 16-TRK COMP TEJANO R&R GARAGE 65-72 LTD EDT SLD LP

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SIMON REYES – The Best Of Simon Reyes. San Jacinto Records DRAM 2070. FACTORY SEALED NEW VINYL RECORD ALBUM. This 16-track compilation issued in 2025. Comes in a heavy board stock gatefold cover with detailed liner notes. All recordings have been mastered from surviving 45rpm singles originally issued between 1965-1972. Only 110 copies available for general distribution.

TRACKS,

SIDE A:

      01)  Mistake Number Three (2:37)

      02)  Mama Mama (English version) (2:12)

      03)  People Laugh At Me (2:37)

      04)  Make Believe (2:20)

      05)  I’m Gonna Love You Anyway (2:19)

      06)  Just By Touching Your Hand (2:46)

      07)  My Baby Hurts Me (2:21)

      08)  Broken Hearted Fool (2:46)

      09)  I’m A Hog For You Baby* (2:06)

SIDE B:

      10)  Amor De La Calle* (4:12)

      11)  Mama Mamma (Spanish version) (2:15)

      12)  Mientras Yo Pueda (1:46)

      13)  Te Extrano (2:53)

      14)  La Barca* (2:14)

      15)  La Que Se Fue (3:30)

      16)  El Tejano Enamorado (2:50)

All songs written by Simon Reyes except *

DESCRIPTION, provided by my supplier with some light editing by me:  The excitement of discovery when labels excavate worthy music which has slipped into darkness and is in danger of being lost for good has never dimmed in my lifetime of collecting music. Here is one such example. This very special album is comprised of recordings by Simon Reyes, originally released in the 1960's and early 70's by small indie Texas record labels like Tear Drop and Pharoah Records.

Simon Reyes had a lot going on. He was charismatic. He had a great voice. His life was full of turmoil, but colorful. He had a short fuse, yet he was also charming and talented. And he wrote (and recorded) many catchy, grooving songs. His friend Freddy Fender covered one (Caminito, Caminito), and so did Roy Head (Mama, Mama). At least eight singles were released featuring Reyes fronting his various bands; The Outerlimits, The Gypsies, and the last band he played with, Simon Reyes and the Bourbon Street Bums. I say “at least”, because there are likely others which could not be located for this excellent compilation. Yes, eight captivating singles, almost every song written by Simon Reyes himself between 1965 and his death a few blocks from his home of a heroin overdose in November of 1973, according to his brother Noe Reyes.

Simon Reyes and music were always entwined. As a child, he performed on the Molten Ty Cobb television show: he would paint fake sideburns and pretend to play a guitar without strings and dance like Elvis while singing Hound Dog. Eventually, Reyes dropped out of high school. He had his own group and toured. He spent time in Galveston, TX and New Orleans, LA where he recorded approximately twenty songs, lost and presumed missing. Reyes' first Pharoah 45, released in 1965, was My Baby Hurts Me, a bluesy pop number with a female backing group and an extended electric piano solo; it is backed by a ballad, Mistake Number Three, on the flip. (The Pharaoh label is famous for some great Texas garage 45s by the Cavaliers, the Headstones, the Playboys of Edinburgh, and Christopher & the Souls). Other singles include a very good version of I’m a Hog (For You) on Rival, and English and Spanish versions of Mama, Mama, released on the Tear Drop label (both run by Huey Meaux) — included here.

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SS or SLD:  Still Sealed or Sealed (or some variation of sealed depending on how many characters I have left in the title line). This item is new and unplayed. Also appears in the listing description as Sealed LP or Factory Sealed LP.

NEW LP:  This item is new and unplayed, but was received from a supplier without being shrink wrapped or cellophane wrapped; more common on imports but also many of the smaller independent US labels do not seal their LPs. These items are placed inside of a clear poly outer sleeve upon their receipt by me

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