Essential: A masterpiece of progressive-rock music.
Appearing South-American hippie hymn "Todos Juntos" and the beautiful ballad "Mira Niñita"
In terms of prog-rock sophistication, this wonderful 1972 album is not the best place to start investigating Los Jaivas, but it is the most important album of Los Jaivas' earliest and folkiest phase.
In terms of prog-rock sophistication, this wonderful 1972 album is not the best place to start investigating Los Jaivas, but it is the most important album of Los Jaivas' earliest and folkiest phase. Here we see the early fusion of psychedelic rock with bona fide Andean music.
Essential: A masterpiece of progressive rock music.
What would it sound like if you combined symphonic prog with Andean folk influences?
Essential: a masterpiece of Prog-Rock music
For all the spectacular achievements of Los Jaivas, it is widely accepted that it is Alturas De Machu Picchu on which the group reached its peak (although I think I just about prefer the double album Obras De Violeta Parra).