is mix of early 60s r'n'r, instrumental and garage punk bands. Los Hooligans open "lado uno" with crazy and raving r'n'r song "Pitagoras". I also like very raw and primitive spanish version of Rolling Stones' "Mother's Little Helper" done by Los Ovnis. On this side you can also hear 2 songs by Los Apson: "Viaje Submarino" - sax drivin' instro and "El Tren" which is great "garaje" punk, for me even great as Sonics. Los Psicodelicos Xochimilcas play the most crazies version of "Susie Q" I ever heard. "Lado dos" is even better and crazier with more "garaje" punk. It's really difficult to choose favorites, but I think that Los Hitters "Mary Y Juana" is really great. It almost sounds like pure 70s punk. It's hard core speed instro. I don't know what kind of "Maryjuana" they used, but it seems it had completely opposite effect than stuff Grateful Dead used. Also Los Babys version of "Ghost Riders In The Sky" is the most psychotic instro I ever heard with lot of echo and delay effects. Listening to mexican 60s bands you get idea that they used more speed than other stuff, or maybe some secret mexican mushrooms. I also mustn't forget bands like Los Locos Del Ritmo, Los Johnny Jets (great spanish version of "Call Me Lightning") etc. - I can list all bands from this GREEAAATT record.

This is definitely BEST (!!!)  60s record I have in my collection. If you consider yourself 60s punk fan and you don't have this record in your collection, you can kill yourself. Maybe Sonics, Kinks & other Pebbles, Back From The Grave bands are 60s punk classics, but these mexican guys are above them. They are so primitive, so raw, so crazy, so maaaaaddd and so puuunnnkk. Person who did this record has great sense for humor, he also put great 70s punk band Los Yaps as bonus track. I really can't choose any band as my favorite. This record is definitely the best collection of mexican r'n'r ever (and for me the best 60s record ever). If you don't have it yet, you should definitely get it!

It's not very clear if bands on this record are only mexican or also from other Latin American countries. But who cares - it's one more great record. This is more mid 60s garage punk & beat compilation. Record contains great covers of "You Really Got Me" - spanish version done by Los Temerarios, "All Day And All Of The Night" - also in spanish by Los Yaki and "Gloria" (unfortunately in english). My favorite track from this record is Los Doltons' "Santo" (also one of my favorite latin american 60s songs). When I heard this song for the first time I listened to it the whole day.

This is one more great mexican r'n'r compilation including famous bands like Los Locos Del Ritmo and Los Apson, and many others. Again it's mix of r'n'r, beat, "garaje" punk & other crazy and raw Mexican stuff. Great spanish versions of "Satisfaction", "Susie Q" (this time by Los Apson), "Hey Joe" & punk version of "Hello I Love You" with tones of fuzz done by The Pats who are actually from Venezuela, but who cares. I really don't remember that I ever heard any 60s song with more fuzz. There are also many originals (or covers of less known songs - at least for me). Sleeve is just black & white copy, but it's punk anyway.

This is 6 song ep. Los Locos Del Ritmo open A side with "El Pey Del Surfin" - great cover of "King Of The Surf" & together with Trashmen version it's one of the greatest versions of this song. Los Weelers play really marvelous instrumental surf version of "Besame Mucho". "California Sun" version by Javier Batiz & His Famous Finks is totally crazy. Cambridge Stones play nice primitive version of "Misier Lou Surf" (Misirlou). There are 2 more raw and primitive surf instrumentals on this 7" and also lot of cracking from originals - thank god they didn't filter it (like they do with many new comps) so we have great original sound. Anyway "Surf A La Mexicana" is one of the best surf records in my collection.