Alacran - s/t 1971

You want Santna you've got it. Okay, that's not really fair just because they take the same latin beat and turn it into hard rock. Sorry to be so racist. 

But this does have a Santana kind of urge to it, Madrid's Alacran,was the brain child of drummer and guitarist, Fernando Arbex, who recruited Oscar Lasprilla on keyboards, and singer/bass player Ignacio Egana. Their one and only albumv featured ''Sticky" which was their single. Recorded in 1969 and receiving no promo on either side of the Atlantic, none the less, captured the interest of the youth culture from their homeland. The edginess of the guitars and minor key compositions, drew the inevitable anaccurate comprisons toSantana. But none the less, this is latin rock at he beginning, and a damn fine album at that.

Daybreak - s/t 1971 / A Celebrartion of the Individual - 1974

Daybreak was a high school band from Westchester County, N.Y..  Aspiring hippis of their generation, the band played anti-war songs anthems and songs that spoke to them. On their debut album, an ultra-rare RPC custom press of 1,000, they covered some very iconic staples of the time including Steppenwolf 's "Monster" and The Moody Blues' "Knights' in White Satin" along with 3 originals. Unfortuntely the recording inclues the cheezy "Rock Around the Clock" on some of the worst recording quality of the 70's.

But beneath the muffled noise of their cheap cassete recorder, there is some of the "best acid psych ever laid down."

In 1974 the band recorded another album in mutiple styles from soft acid rock to clunky jazz rock.

Worth a listen but not essetial