Los Juniors: La Perla
Posted on July 12, 2006 by hcrink
This record makes me happy. Los Juniors must have been Mexico's answer to the Brittish Invasion, but unlike so many other tired Beatles cash-ins on this era, this lp is vibrant and alive. And while they do swell versions of a couple Beatle songs ("I Saw Her Standing There"), the few originals on here are the real hi-lights of the record. My favorite being "The Bird". But it's actually a solid, and really fun listen all the way through. Trashy, and poppy, and energetic. They seem to have been the whole package - complete with some pretty boy named Arturo.
It's just too bad that la perla was already, at this early stage, tearing the band apart…
Filed under: Garage / Freakbeat, Latin / Caribbean
3 Comments to “Los Juniors: La Perla”
wow! that is so cool! tell your husband I really, really love his record and I hope he’s not offended by my poking fun of the band’s picture. haha! thanks for the comment!
Hey, where can I obtain the audio files? I have some of their other work, and I would like to add more to my collection of this band. Thanks!
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My husband and I were so surprise to find your page and your kind comments. My husband is “the Schemer” in the photo. His name is Enrique Carrillo Barrios-Gómez and is now a Vicepresident of a private university in Baja California, México with a PhD in Marine Ecology, and a wonderful husband, father and grandfather and still sings and plays the guitar and also 2 of our sons. He has great memories of those years. We are very happy you enjoyed the Juniors music. By the way, the pearl in the photo was really a big light bulb. Thanks again. Socorro