ARCO IRIS 'Los Elementales' LP (Blue vinyl edition) (Netherlands, PQR-Disques plusqueréel, Catalogue #PQR-018) Brand new/unplayed copy of limited year 2022 PQR-Disques plusqueréel label LP edition of 1977 LP entitled Los Elementales by Argentinian Prog Rock band Arco Iris (originally released in 1977 in Argentina on the Cabal label.)

(NOTE: ALL RECORDS ARE PACKED AND SHIPPED IN PROFESSIONAL, SUPERIOR QUALITY RECTANGULAR SHAPED, CORNER PROTECTING CORRUGATED CARDBOARD RECORD MAILERS WITH FILLER PADS. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED!)

(NOTE: BRAND NEW/FACTORY SEALED ITEM!)

(NOTE: LIMITED BLUE VINYL EDITION OF 100 COPIES ONLY!)

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Vinyl LP, 180 gr., gatefold sleeve, with original insert, in 4 colors: blue, red, orange, silver. Strictly limited pressing of 400 copies, 100 numbered copies per color.

Los Elementales- Fuerzas Magicas De La Naturaleza was composed and originally released in 1977, at the apex of Arco Iris’ prolific musical career. A well-deserved successor to Agitor Lucens, it is their most prog-oriented masterpiece, a veritable distillation of years of uniquely carved and meticulously executed psych/folk/jazz tunes that earned them their reputation among Argentina’s cultural pantheon’s finest. If nature ever spoke genuinely to a band and shared with them the alchemical secrets of the Druids, then that band must not have been other than Arco Iris. Los Elementales is a mélange of prog wilderness, domesticated through a mirror of production that reflects the indelible mark of Ara Tokatlian’s conundrum of tenor sax, Andean woodwinds and moog, interspersed with jazz-fusion, glimpses of latin-funk and randomly popping electronics. All of the above, scaffolded on a conceptual platform that puts in motion, evokes and seeks to simulate the intermingling of the elements of nature, by punctuating them in contrapuntal moments.
This much sought after by collectors album will appeal to the same extent to prog aficionados, latin funk crate-diggers, and prog-jazz crazies. But, above all, this is a re-release that intends to please Arco Iris’ core fans, by enveloping the music in 4 limited to 100 numbered copies, in 4 different colors, one for each element of nature (water/blue, fire/red, earth/orange, air/silver), with the original gatefold cover and insert.

Tracks on this LP are as follows:

PositionTitle/CreditsDuration
Elemental De Tierra
A1Gob (Maestro-Mago De Los Gnomos)
A2Destilando El Perfume De Los Minerales
Elemental De Fuego
A3aCristalizando Los Rayos Del Sol
A3bDjin (Maestro-Mago De Las Salamandras)
Elemental De Agua
A4Despertar De Los Hijos De La Mañana
B1Necksa (Maestro-Mago De Las Ondinas)
Elemental De Aire
B2aLos Nacidos Del Viento
B2bParalda (Maestro-Mago De Los Silfos)

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