Juan De La Cruz Band - Up In Arms (1971) (2001)

Artist: Juan De La Cruz Band
Title Of Album: Up In Arms
Year Of Release: 1971/2001
Label (Catalog#) : Shadoks[SHADOKS MUSIC 013]
Country: Philippines
Genre: Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Quality: FLAC (image + cue,log)
Bitrate: Lossless
Time: 01:00:37
Full Size: 369mb(+3%)(covers)

The Juan De La Cruz Band is one of the few less commercial electronic bands in the Philippines which claims to have more Western-orientated musician per square mile than any other country in the world. The impact of the group in the local hard and mellow rock scene is tremendous considering it was organized only 2 years ago. In December 1970, the band was featured in the first open-field rock festival in the Philippines, the "Antipolo Rock Festival."

The bands popularity gained terrific momentum in September of 1971 when it reaped a singular honor in backing-up the "Jesus Christ, Superstar" rock opera production at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP). Then in December of the same year, the band garnered its crowning glory when again, for the first time in the Philippines, a rock group on its own, backed by a full symphony orchestra (the National Philharmonic) was presented in concert at the prestigious CCP.

No other group in the Philippines gained so much greater heights of success in relatively a very short span of time. This album debut is a monumental testimony. It is the first venture of it/s kind in this part of the musical globe. The Juan De La Cruz Band now reaches for a wider audience.

Tracks:
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01. Justice (Where Are You) - 6:46
02. Stranger In A Strange Land - 5:52
03. Mystery Roach - 2:33
04. Requiem For A Head - 5:59
05. Love Of A Woman - 5:21
06. Lady In White Satin - 5:49
Bonus Tracks:
07. Love Of A Woman - 3:48
08. Kagatan - 2:40
09. Balong Malalim - 4:27
10. Beep Beep - 2:05
11. Langit - 10:03
12. Sarap Ng Buhay - 5:07

Personnel:
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Wally Gonzales - Lead guitar, Vocals
Clifford Ho - Bass, vocals
Rene Sogueco - Piano, Organ, Vocals
Romy SAntos - Alto, Baritone Sax, Flute, Clarinet
Bobot Guerrero - Drums

All thanks to original releaser