Del Este de Los Angeles (Just Another Band from East L.A.)

Performer: Los Lobos
Engineer: Patrick Flynn
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: This remixed edition of LOS LOBOS DEL ESTE DE LOS ANGELES is the first official release of the album. Includes 2 previously unreleased tracks. Los Lobos: David Hidalgo (vocals, guitar, mandola, tres, cuatro, violin, requinto romantico, requinto jarocho, percussion); Cesar Rosas (vocals, guitar, mandolin, jarana, requinto romantico); Conrad R. Lozano (vocals, guitarron, bass); Louie F. Perez (guitar, charango, jarana, vihuela, percussion). Producers: Luis R. Torres, David Sandoval, Los Lobos. Recorded at Associated Recorders, Hollywood, California in 1977. Includes liner notes by Luis R. Torres. Digitally remastered by Kevin Bartley and Cesar Rosas (Capitol Mastering, Hollywood, California. Audio Remasterer: Cesar Rosas. Recording information: Associate Recorders, Hollywood, CA (1977). Photographers: Mary Perez; David Sandoval; Cesar Rosas. In 1978, when Los Lobos were paying their bills by playing weddings and Mexican restaurants in the greater Los Angeles area, they put out an independent album of their traditional Tex-Mex songs with a pumped-up rock & roll feel. The album, Del Este de Los Angeles, established their sound and provided a jumping-off point for David Hidalgo and Louie P�rez to start writing their own material. The LP has since been released by Hollywood Records on CD (not to be confused with their similarly titled box set Just Another Band from East L.A.) and is an interesting glimpse into the band on the verge of breaking away from their traditional roots and pushing into creating their own influential style. ~ Zac Johnson

They began playing traditional Mexican music in their native East L.A. in the mid-'70s, but Los Lobos were galvanized by the California punk movement. By the early '80s they were a rock band to be reckoned with, purveying a highly charged brand of roots-rock distinctively colored by conjunto and Latin shadings. Their '90s work with producer Mitchell Froom found them heading into new worlds of textural sonic exploration.

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