Remastered Version of their 30 Year Anniversary CD Includes the Lost 1972 Track: "Ciclo Vital". The Chilean Folk-rock Band Became the Pioneers of their Music Style Debuting in 1971. Todos Juntos was their Second Album in 1... more »972. A Year Later, Los Jaivas Led an International Festival, Called Los Caminos Que Se Abren, Playing Along with Argentinean, Peruvian, and Brazilian Numbers. They Later Decided to Settle in Buenos Aires and Then Moving to France Soon After. In 1978, Los Jaivas Performed a Historic Concert at Paris' Olympia Theater, Achieving Recognition Throughout Europe. The Folk-rock Number Returned to their Native Country in 1983 to Participate in Vina Del Mar Festival, Being Acclaimed by their Unconditional Fans. In 2001, the Five-piece Act Celebrated their 30th Anniversary with a Major Performance at Santiago's Estadio Nacional.« less
Remastered Version of their 30 Year Anniversary CD Includes the Lost 1972 Track: "Ciclo Vital". The Chilean Folk-rock Band Became the Pioneers of their Music Style Debuting in 1971. Todos Juntos was their Second Album in 1972. A Year Later, Los Jaivas Led an International Festival, Called Los Caminos Que Se Abren, Playing Along with Argentinean, Peruvian, and Brazilian Numbers. They Later Decided to Settle in Buenos Aires and Then Moving to France Soon After. In 1978, Los Jaivas Performed a Historic Concert at Paris' Olympia Theater, Achieving Recognition Throughout Europe. The Folk-rock Number Returned to their Native Country in 1983 to Participate in Vina Del Mar Festival, Being Acclaimed by their Unconditional Fans. In 2001, the Five-piece Act Celebrated their 30th Anniversary with a Major Performance at Santiago's Estadio Nacional.
"Para mucha gente, incluyendome, este album significa mucho más que música. En el están encerrados muchos recuerdos y emociones. Pero es una emoción que cruza fronteras, ya sean estas geograficas o idiomaticas. Si se quiere aprender más sobre la música en es español, este es uno de los mejores lugares donde empezar. Tengan este disco en sus manos y verán que no estoy mintiendo."
Segundo disco de los Jaivas, una edición deplorable
German Mollo Aguila | Santiago, Región Metropolitana Chile | 07/24/2000
(2 out of 5 stars)
"Los Jaivas, ex High Bass, hicieron una autoproduccción llamada Los Jaivas(alias "El Volantín", 1970), de 500 copias, luego vino este disco que también se llamaba Los Jaivas (alias "La Ventana", 1973, sello IRT), con su habitual música improvisada y canciones que hacen historia. Pero después de 1973, tras el golpe militar las matrices del disco fueron destruidas, junto a otros trabajos de muchos grupos. Las copias que se hicieron después no eran de buena calidad, algunos temas de este disco vienen sacadas de copias de discos en vinilo, sin remasterizar, así no más. Al final no es buena copia del original. Los temas no corresponden al orden del disco original, hay temas de singles, y no se han hecho más copias que revisen los temas ni el orden original. En Chile se editó hace poco una versión remasterizada, pero aún así, pudo ser mejor."
Pure South American folklore
Cruising through the ether | Arica / Chile | 09/13/2003
(4 out of 5 stars)
"It is nice to be able to be the first to review this album. It is a historic record of Los Jaivas. It is some of the most heart felt Chilean folklore music. Also, very importantly on this album you get to see the true talent and craft all band members have and had. Guitarist Eduardo Alquinta and keyboard player Claudio Parra. This album will engulf you from the first track on through the rest of the album. It is the type of record which you can listen through without even thinking twice about turning it off. Brilliant music.
Of special mention are 'Oye ninita', 'Todos Juntos' and 'Indio hermano'.
If you are a newcomer to South american music in the folklore genre, Los Jaivas is one fo the more important groups. Being a native of Chile I invite all to try this album. It s very good."
A very Nice CD to begin listening Los Jaivas
Jorge Velasco Cruz | Chile | 02/15/2000
(4 out of 5 stars)
"This was the first important album made by the chilean group Los Jaivas. And it was (and still is)very important. Part rock, part andean folck, it's the beginning of a new style in chilean music. Here you have some peacks like the unforgetable "Todos Juntos", "Corre que te Pillo" and the very sensitive "Mira Niñita". But sometimes the performings are not as good as they can really be. Maybe it was because of the resources they had to record this album."
Not folk music, but folk - rock fusion
Diego | Santiago de Chile | 02/27/2005
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Los Jaivas didn't develop the typical kind of music from high lands of peruvian, chilean or bolivian Los Andes (to compare, you can listen Inti Illimani, Los Kjarkas, Illapu, etc.). They took a diferent way, mixing the southamerican instruments, rythms and dances (most of them from Chile, of course, and not only from the north of the country)with rock style, arriving to a new, inexplored path. The first productions of this group -like "Todos Juntos"- shows only the begining of this process, and, like a genuine piece of those days (erly 70's), with hippie - psichydelic influence. Lately, they abandoned the improvisation (that can be noted in "Marcha al interior del Espíritu") and explored more the progressive constructions. Products of this evolution are two great albums: "Alturas de Macchu Picchu" (1981), and "Obras de Violeta Parra" (1984) -go for them if you like prog-.
Classic themes in "Todos Juntos" are "Mira Niñita", "Todos Juntos", "Indio Hermano".
A really great album, but not exactly folk music, or the best of the group neither."