In the Valencia of the first 80's the groups with synthesizers dominated, perhaps because of bands like Glamour. One of those bands fascinated by the new English synt-pop was Betty Troupe, a sextet born on the initiative of three renegades of rock and an attractive girl with multiple artistic virtues and remarkable command capacities. The male trio consisted of Sandro Mompó (bass), Lully Azulay (guitar) and Héctor Domingo (bass), while Flora Illueca emerged as the vocalist, composer and undisputed leader of a group that would quickly become a quintet with the addition of Marina (percussion and backing vocals) and Fabienne Cidoncha (keyboards and backing vocals).
With this attractive 'line up' Betty Troupe soon caught the attention of the multinational Ariola, which quickly put the quintet in the hands of Nacho Cano (Mecano). The result was a maxi single released by Ariola in 1983 containing the tracks "El Vinilo", "MS 20" and "Berlin". The former climbed the commercial radio charts, with a somewhat surreal lyrics and an instrumentation recharged with arrangements ranging from new romantic winks to the most glamorous hard-rock, including a very long guitar solo and multiple vocal and percussion resources. For their part, the two tracks included on the "B" side were worthy aesthetic clichés very typical of the time: a tribute to the synthesizer Korg so fashionable at the time ("MS 20") and a tribute to the world capital of modernity from Bowie's "Low" ("Berlin"). [SOURCE: POP ES 80]
Label:
Ariola – F-600.546
Format:
Vinyl, 12", Maxi-Single, 45 RPM
Country:
Spain
Released:
1983
Genre:
Electronic, Rock, Pop
Style:
Pop Rock, Synth-pop
Tracklist:
A El Vinilo 5:35
B1 MS 20 2:55
B2 Berlín 2:53
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