Mexican Garage Rock '66

Various Artists
Mexican Garage Rock '66

While Elvis and the Stones were ruling rock ’n’ roll throughout the ’60s, the States’ south-of-the-border neighbor was brewing a Spanish-language garage movement that would lay the groundwork for the Latin rock explosion in the Americas. Steeped in rockabilly fashion and dawn-of-rock material, this rollicking 1966 compilation charts that prime time with revered hits like the jangly Zombies cover “Ella No Está Ahí” by Polo and the wistful, güiro-tinged “Fué en un Café” by Los Apson, a charming remake of The Drifters’ classic.

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