Spanish prog!

I am glad that this well visited thread (thanks to everyone who joined) has made clear that Spanish progrock should, like Italian, be considered as (as Carakhallo said) a seprate branch of progrock. I will discuss and I hope that many fellow collaborators have visited this thread and will give their opinion too about

                        SPANISH PROGROCK SHOULD HAVE AN OWN BRANCH LIKE ITALIAN!!!!

Well, Spanish prog bands usually sound completely different to any other kind of prog ever made, because of the Spanish flamenco influences. If Italian prog (which is basically symphonic prog) is considered a branch of prog rock itself, then Spanish prog should also be, since it's more original, whithout any doubt.

The thing is prog came to Spain quite late (actually, everything that is fashionable in UK or US will finally arrive to Spain 3 or 5 years later...). So Spanish bands started to play prog about 1975. Before that year you could find basically psychodelic rock or proto-prog bands (some of them would finally end playing prog). So the golden era of Spanish prog lasted only 5 years, untill 1980. And as you know, prog was not fashionable anymore after 1977... It was a short life, and I think that's why it hasn't already got the status of Italian prog, for example. Too late... to short.

Anyway, I am so delighted that people is becoming more and more interested on this style. There are about 30 must-have Spanish prog CDs, so I think the adventure should be interesting enough for everyone!

Paulieg, I think you should get maaaany Spanish prog CDs, you won't regreat it! And you will find many albums more interesting than the one from Mezquita. After listening to Triana, Cai, Canarios, etc, I personally don't understand why many people likes Mezquita so much. They say the guitar players are very good, but I (as a guitar player) do not agree with them... Anyway, I will listen to the record again (I haven't done it for a few years) and tell you all about my feelings nowadays.

And about Crack's CD, it has been recently re-released, I think it was a Japanese label, but I am not sure... And the thing is the people from the band was not aware of that!! So you better get it before they decide do something about it...

Ah, here it is, I found it. Take a look at this list from Si-Wan Records releases, here you can find Crack among many other prog CDs:

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Alley/8366/OTHERS-si-wa n.html

mezquita's release is just awesome.  I love the crickets that start off the album and sneak back in every so often.  These guys play their stones off.  Ecspecially the guitar and bass players.  I just recently am emmersing myself in the Spanish prog scene after buying well over a hundred, make that more like 200 Italian releases.  I don't have many of the releases mentioned, but will be getting them.  Hopefully some of them will be re-released, like the Crack album.  I've been trying to find this release for a long time.  I see Granada wasn't mentioned.  I feel they should be, though I don't feel they are the best.  Another good one  is "Gualberto's" "Vericuetos."  Some awesome playing in league with Mezquita on this release.  So far nothing beats Mezquita though. 

                              SPANISH PROG!!

DallasBryan, early Neuronium is great, wonderful synthesizer musis blended with fiery guitar soli from Santi Pico

Pagasarri, thanks for the words about Zaguan, I hope they will get more attention.

Shyman, thanks for your reaction, I hope more progheads will follow you, the Spanish Prog! thread is going very well, thanks!