Los Pekenikes - LPs issued by HISPAVOX
LP 1LP 11 Reference HHS 11-114. Year 1966 (reedition in 1981. Reference S-50005). It was also issued in the HISPAVOX collection "Grupos Pioneros Españoles". Year 1978. Reference S-20060.
Personnel

Side ASide B
*Lady Pepa (L. Sáinz)*Hilo de Seda (A. Sáinz)
*No Puedo Sentarme (A. Sáinz)*Viaje Nocturno (A. y L. Sáinz)
*Romance Anónimo (Arr: A. y L. Sáinz-I.M. Sequeros)*La Vieja Fuente (A. Sáinz - J.A. Salabert)
*Frente a Palacio (A. y L. Sáinz-I.M. Sequeros)*Sombras y Rejas (basado en un tema de I. Albéniz)
*Ritmo de Concierto (A. y L. Sáinz)*Troncos Huecos (A. Sáinz)
*Arena Caliente (A. y L. Sáinz)*Trapos Viejos (A. y L. Sáinz)

This was their first LP with their best known songs. It made them well-known in overseas countries because it was issued in USA, Mexico and Portugal.
LP 2ALP 2B Reference HHS 11-131. Year 1967
Personnel


Side ASide B
*Robin Hood (A. y L. Sáinz)*Embustero y Bailarín (A. Sáinz)
*Siete Loros Temblorosos (L. Sáinz)*Caminando entre Nubes (A. Sáinz-I.M. Sequeros)
*Sol de Medianoche (I.M. Sequeros)*Corelli (A. Sáinz-I.M. Sequeros-V. Gasca)
*Olor a Rosas (A. Sáinz-I.M. Sequeros)*Huellas (A. Sáinz)
*Picadilly (A. y L. Sáinz-I.M. Sequeros)*Tiempo y Ritmo (A. y L. Sáinz)
*Felices 20 (A. Sáinz-I.M. Sequeros)*En la Onda ["The 'in' crowd"] (B. Page)

They took advantage of their first great hit and they issued a new LP one year later. The photos on the cover were shot during a performance at a night-club (Picadilly) in Madrid, and they show the typical aspect of such sort of amusement facility in the late 60s.
LP 3ALP 3B Reference HHS 11-165. Year 1969
Personnel
Guest musician: Waldo de los Ríos

Side ASide B
*¡Alarma! (A. Sáinz)*Aria ["La Pasión según San Mateo"] (J. S. Bach. Arr: Pekenikes)
*Mangas Verdes (Popular. Arr: Pekenikes)*Rumor de Olas (A. Sáinz - I.M. Sequeros)
*Cristal de Bohemia (A. Sáinz)*Cerca de las estrellas (A. Sáinz)
*Nostalgia (A. Sáinz)*Nostalgia (A. Sáinz. Arr: W. de los Ríos)
*Lluvia en la Pradera (A. Brito)*Hechizo (A. Sáinz-V. Gasca)
*Crepúsculo de Cobre (T. Luz-L. Rincón)
This was the last recording of the whole group at Hispavox. In this work Waldo de los Ríos took part in the orchestral arrangements for several songs.
LP4Single SD Reference HHS 11-221. Year 1971
Personnel

Side ASide B
*La Sombra del Viento (G. Acevedo)*Tabasco (Y. Uribe-J. Jiménez)
*Persépolis (A. Serrano)*Bayón del Pato (L. Sáinz)
*Sol y Sombra (J. Jiménez)*Trío (R. García)
*Vasija de Barro (Benítez-Valencia)*Cuchipe (C. Elías Torres)
*Tren Transoceánico a Bucaramanga (A. Serrano-L. Sáinz-T. Luz-I.M. Sequeros)*Romance (F. Tárrega)
*Judith (T. Luz)
Single. Reference H-738. Year 1971
This LP and its subsequent single are included here to advise that such are not from the real group. They are related to Pekenikes only by the name which was even used without full consent. Anyway some names among the personnel may sound familiar. The main group members were ignored for the recording by the record label by means of a procedure in which took part A. Sáinz, which does not figure at all in this LP. Such obscure behaviour was not known by the musicians in this LP, and some of them were quite angry when they knew the truth. Fortunately the "fake" Pekenikes had a very short career and everything came into normal procedure with a change of record label.
LP5 Reference HHS 11-258. Year 1973
Performers

Side ASide B
*Tren Transoceánico a Bucaramanga (A. Serrano-L. Sáinz-T. Luz-I.M. Sequeros) *Hilo de Seda (A. Sáinz)
*Embustero y Bailarín (A. Sáinz*Nostalgia (A. Sáinz-C. Puerto)
*Sombras y Rejas (A. Sáinz)*Poderoso Señor ["Protegez-moi Seigneur"] (Hossein-Salvet)
*Lady Pepa (A. Sáinz)*Frente a Palacio (A. y L. Sáinz)
*Robin Hood (A. y L. Sáinz)*El Tiempo Vuela ["Time Is Tight"] (B.T. Jones)
*Sol de Medianoche (I.M. Sequeros)*Cerca de las Estrellas (A. Sáinz)
*Arena Caliente (A. y L. Sáinz)

Any important artist has an LP with greatest hits, and here it is the case for Pekenikes. They were no longer at Hispavox, but such record label took advantage of their name and issued this LP, which has also been issued recently in CD format.
LP-EPsALP-EPsB Reference 557-4030153. Year 1986
Performers:
This is an interesting compilation of their first six EPs. It was issued as a double LP within the collection "La Década Prodigiosa", related to Spanish groups from the 60s with recordings at Hispavox. It has a very interesting comment by José Ramón Pardo on the group story.
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