TOTEM - DESCARGA - AFRO PROG PSYCH DE LA PLANTA - 1st PRESSING - URUGUAY

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•                          TOTEM - DESCARGA - DE LA PLANTA - 1972

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  Magic Land Book says: TÓTEM:  RUBÉN RADA (v,p)  DANIEL"LOBITO" LAGARDE (b)  ENRIQUE REY (g,v) EDUARDO USETA (g,v) MARIO "CHICHITO" CABRAL (p) ROBERTO GALLETI (d) SANTIAGO AMEIJENDA (d) "CHOCHO" PAOLINI (sax) C 

  The inclusion of Tótem in this book is as exceptional as unavoidable. Exceptional in the means that the band doesn't sound like your average rock group, playing instead a mixture of rock with autochthonous rhythms, -basically candombe (reminiscing Santana). And unavoidable because it is an absolutely decisive band inside the history of the Uruguayan rock.

  Formed under the "supergroups" fashion so in vogue at that time, Tótem included peculiar personalities like Rubén Rada on vocals and percussion, along with jazz-educated musicians such as Useta, Lagarde or their first drummer Galletti.

  For their second Lp (Descarga) hippies arrived to South America and its influence is revealed on the cover, in the extensive instrumental passages (''Todo mal") and in the exploration  and exploitation of alluring African-Uruguayan rhythms (''Descarga'').

  VERY HARD TO FIND FIRST EDITION ON LABEL "DE LA PLANTA"

  
  

                                                    COLLECTOR'S ITEM

Artist/s

TOTEM

Title

DESCARGA

Country, Label and Year

URUGUAY, DE LA PLANTA, 1972

Catalog Number

KL 8321

COVER

Taped on spin and edges,  written name gatefold,  G+/VG

RECORD

Some background noise, thin lines, plays well all through both sides, VG+

LABELS

Very clean, VG+

Side 1

      HELOISA

      OREJAS

      MANOS

      PACIFICO

      TODO MAL

Side 2

      NEGRO

       MI ALCOBA

       UN SUEÑO PARA GONZALO

       DESCARGA

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G R A D I N G     S Y S T E M

M VINYLS

Mint means perfect and nothing else

M COVERS

Simply put, a mint cover should appear to have never had a record inside it.

NM VINYLS

Virtually flawless records are not perfect. A very minor scuff and very little else can appear on the vinyl.

NM COVERS

The cover should look as close to perfect with only minor signs of wear and or age.

VG++  VINYLS

condition for vinyl will allow minor scuffs which are visible but only slightly. There may be more than a few,. The wear should be minimal and of course should play mint!

VG++  COVERS

Artwork should still be as close to perfect as can be. Some impression to the cover (minor outer ring wear) but no ink wear! Some slight creases to the corners, but not wrinkled and obtrusive to the eye.

VG+  VINYL

VG+ will show wear, surface scuffs,(or spiral scuffs that came from turn table platters or jukeboxes for 45 singles) and some very light scratches. Surface scuffs are caused from blunt (not sharp) objects

VG+ COVERS

A virtually clean cover, but may have small writing on it. The artwork should look clean with slightly more aging. The back of the cover usually gives away the age of the cover

VG  VINYLS

The Very Good Grade does not mean Very good at all. At least not in the visual sense. A Very Good (VG) record will appear well played but still have some luster. The vinyl may be faded, slightly grayish, yet appears to have been handled as carefully as it could have been helped

VG COVERS

VG covers will look worn, used. There may be some seam splitting (but not  completely separated!). There will be some ring wear, where the ink has begun to wear off. Giving the cover a look of snow falling. There may be some writing on the cover It will look aged

G VINYLS

A good record will look very well played, dull, grayish and possibly abused. However a Good record should still play. It will have distracting surface noise. Such as crackle that is continuous or some hiss

G COVERS

a Good cover will have just about everything wrong with it. It will have seam splits (possibly taped repaired, but only with scotch tape. No duct tape or masking tape repairs. these are big turn offs.

P VINYLS

It won't be playable for the most part, and so they are not much good hanging onto them. Very few poor records are collectable