Cat. No. 2807: PEP TORRES ~ THE MANY SIDES OF PEP TORRES. RHYTHM BOMB RECORDS RBR 5736. (IMPORT).

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WE WERE ORIGINALLY INFORMED THE PEP TORRES HAILED FROM MEXICO CITY, HOWEVER, HIS BIO INFORMS US THAT HE WAS BORN IN SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA. AS A TEENAGER HE GREW INTERESTED IN MUSIC, EVENTUALLY GRAVITATING TOWARDS THE AMERICAN ROOTS GENRE. AS A YOUNG ADULT HE BECAME INVOLVED IN MUSICAL THEATRE, AT THE SAME TIME HIS LIFE IN THE BIG CITY CROSSED HIS PATH WITH THE L.A. ROCKABILLY SCENE.

HE REGULARLY TOOK PART AS A MUSICIAN IN THIS SCENE. BESIDES HIS OWN MUSIC, HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF RAY CAMPI’S BAND FOR TEN YEARS. HE FIRST RECORDED FOR HOLLYWOOD VINTAGE RECORDS AND RELEASED HIS FIRST (EP) “DIMELO” IN 1999 AND AT THE TIME OF THIS RELEASE HE HAD RELEASED A FURTHER SEVEN ALBUMS. THIS ALBUM FEATURES TRACKS LIFTED FROM THOSE ALBUMS ALONG WITH TWO PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS. PEP WROTE OR HAD A HAND IN WRITING 17 OF THE SONGS. SUPERB LATINO ROCKABILLY, NOT UNLIKE RITCHIE VALENS, ALONG WITH SOME FINE MID-TEMPO TRACKS AND A COUPLE OF PLEASANT BALLADS ****

TRACK LISTING: Let’s Pretend / Terremoto Bop / Luck Is On My Side (Previously unreleased) / The First Million Tears / Di Cuando / Wow Wow / Bear Out There / Hep to The Step / Lorena / Since I Fell In Love With You / Noche De Soledad / Roll On Driver / All Reet / When You Dream / Live It Up / Mister Misery / Mi Chica Dinamita. BONUS TRACKS: Seventeen / It Ain’t Rocket Science (with Ray Campi) / Stupid Cupid (Previously unreleased)

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Let’s Pretend

Luck Is On My Side

Di Cuando

Wow Wow

Bear Out There

Lorena

Roll On Driver

All Reet

When You Dream

Live It Up

Mi Chica Dinamita

Stupid Cupid