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Listen, this is Spinetta. An artist born in Argentina. Singer, guitarist, composer and poet, who went through many chapters of his life creating music. This was his band in the early 1970s. Here, Spinetta sounded like Spinetta In 1973, at just 23 years old, he made *Artaud*. It was a Pescado Rabioso album. A great rock band: blues, psychedelic rock, distorted guitars and raw energy. But by the time *Artaud* was recorded, the band had effectively broken apart. Spinetta continued anyway. On his own terms He recorded the album with his brother Gustavo Spinetta, and with Emilio del Guercio and Rodolfo García, his former colleagues from Almendra, his first band. The record was essentially Spinetta's personal statement. The electric fury of Pescado Rabioso gives way to acoustic guitars, unusual harmonies, intimate vocals and surreal poetry. The title refers to French poet and playwright Antonin Artaudwhose work deeply affected Spinetta. He had been reading Artaud's books about Heliogabalus and Vincent van Gogh. Spinetta later explained: “The album was a response to the suffering that comes from reading his works.” That sentence may be the best key to the record. If you have to choose just one song, play Cantata de puentes amarillos And if you like that, play Bajan— one of his most beautiful melodies. You don't need to understand Spanish to begin. Enjoy the trip.

Cuando conocí Abbey Road ya la banda se había separado. En ese, mi primer mundo musical, canciones como "Something" y "Here Comes the Sun"; Sun King, She Came In Through the Bathroom Window, Golden Slumbers y Carry That Weight; y Come Together, se convirtieron en una rutina necesaria. Escuchaba mis cassettes de los Beatles todo el día, todos los días. Saber que la banda ya no existía, era inconcebible y, como todos, esperé en vano durante toda la vida una reunión. Hoy siguen siendo standards del rock, canónicos, necesarios, pop culture, letras en respuesta a problemas cotidianos y trascendentales. Desde la tapa, una imagen que todavía genera conversaciones, hasta el cierre del disco, han pasado decenas de años. Todavía seguimos cantando, aquí, en el fin del mundo y en el reino que los vió llegar.