Genre: psych
Rating: 3 stars ***
Title: We All Together
Company: MaG
Catalog: Stereo-2422
Year: 1972
Country/State: Peru
Grade (cover/record): VG / VG
Comments: no insert
Available: 1
GEMM catalog ID: 5129
Price: $100.00
South American psych is something I'd like to explore (if I ever had the time and the money). While not exactly the psych masterpiece dealers would have you believe, 1972's "We All Together" wasn't a bad place to start.
Drummer Manuel Cornejo, brother/rhythm guitarist Saul Cornejo, keyboardist Carlos Salom, and bassist Ernesto Samame had all been members of the Peruvian band Laghonia. Following that band's breakup, with the addition of new singer Carlos Guerrero the four continued their musical collaboration in We All Together. Signed by the Peruvian MaG label, their self-titled 1972 debut found the quintet whole heartedly embracing their long standing Beatles fascination. Laghonia had always shown a Beatles influence, but We All Together simply made no effort to hide such influences. Curiously, while Beatles fixations normally spell creative death (it's like being labeled the 'next Dylan'), in this case the results were quite impressive. Featuring a mixture of originals and covers (including a Badfinger track, a cute Beatles snippet ('Hey Revolution') and two Paul McCartney solo tunes), all ten tracks were performed in English; Guerrero and company exhibiting little in the way of accents. Exemplified by material like 'Young People', 'Walking In the Rain' and 'The City Will Be a Country' the album was full of shimmering Beatles-esque melodies and some great group harmony work. Not to be anal, but to be totally honest a more accurate comparison would probably be early McCartney solo career, rather than Fab Four ... Very nice and quite commercial, though with the exception of the lysergic, fuzz guitar propelled 'It's a Sin To Go Away' it wouldn't do much for progressive or psych fans. MaG also tapped the album for a single in the form of 'Carry On Till Tomorrow' b/w 'Walking In The Rain' (MaG catalog number 3299 A/B).
back LP cover
"We All
Together" track listing:
(side 1)
1.) Children (Manuel Cornejo - Saul Cornejo - Carlos Guerrero - Carlos Salom - Ernesto Samame) -
2.) Young People (Manuel Cornejo - Saul Cornejo - Carlos Guerrero - Carlos Salom - Ernesto Samame) -
3.) Carry On Until Tomorrow (Badfinger) -
4.) It's a Sin To Go Away (Manuel Cornejo - Saul Cornejo - Carlos Guerrero - Carlos Salom - Ernesto Samame) -
5.) Tomorrow (Paul McCartney - Linda McCartney) -
(side
2)
1.) Hey Revolution (Manuel
Cornejo - Saul Cornejo - Carlos Guerrero - Carlos Salom - Ernesto Samame) -
2.) Walking In the Rain -
3.) Why (Manuel Cornejo - Saul Cornejo - Carlos Guerrero - Carlos Salom - Ernesto Samame) -
4.) Some People Never Know (Paul McCartney - Linda McCartney) -
5.) The City Will Be a Country (Manuel Cornejo - Saul Cornejo - Carlos Guerrero - Carlos Salom - Ernesto Samame) -