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    Barrabas... Way Ahead Of There Time??

    Early Disco W/funky Grooves...HI-JACK,Wild Safari,Checkmate,Woman...and Others...great Band...

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    Re: Barrabas... Way Ahead Of There Time??

    Personally I have mixed feelings about the band and think their material hasn't stood the test of time, as well as it might have done. Wild Safari, in particular, just doesn't sound as vital anymore.

    FYI: There is now a compilation CD available of their greatest hits from Blanco y Negro. I will probably buy a copy....eventually.
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    Re: Barrabas... Way Ahead Of There Time??

    I LOVE Barrabas.

    Tracks like Hi Jack, Mellow Blow, or The Horse are true masterpieces IMHO.

    Hi Jack must be from 73 or 74, so there's no doubt the spanish band was way ahead of his time ...
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    Re: Barrabas... Way Ahead Of There Time??

    Great group-I wish they would have included "Broadway Star"

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    Re: Barrabas... Way Ahead Of There Time??


     

     

    Barrabas is cool, but I don't know if they were ahead of their time. They kind of just took the Santana sound and turned up the african influence. I'm not too crazy about the vocals. Compared to stuff that came out the same year (I'm thinking of Wild Safari in '72), they definitely were ahead of the pack for dance grooves. But I think by '75, their sound turned rather bland and derivative.

    If you like Barrabas, you should check out the Kongas album from 1974. You'd think they were the same group. Kongas was Cerrone's group before he went solo, in case you weren't familiar with them.

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