Beat Boys (4), The
Beat Boys

Listening notes

Released in 2009 on Groovie Records, the self-titled Beat Boys LP — catalogued as GROO0019LP — presents thirteen tracks spread across two sides of vinyl. The release sits at an interesting intersection of genres, tagged under Garage Rock, Latin, Pop Rock, and Rock, a combination that is reflected in the tracklist itself.

The A-side opens with "Wake Me, Shake Me," one of only two titles on the record written in English, the other being the B-side entry "A Time For Remembrance." The remaining eleven tracks carry Portuguese-language titles, among them "O Meu Tamborim," "Pobre Coracao," "Era Uma Menina," and "A Felicidade." The prevalence of Portuguese throughout the tracklist aligns with the Latin genre tag attached to the release and suggests a cultural or geographic orientation that distinguishes this record from a straightforward English-language garage rock offering.

The B-side is the longer of the two, carrying seven tracks against the A-side's six. It closes with "Aria Para A Corda Sol," a title that translates roughly to "Aria for the G String," which stands out nominally as a somewhat more classical or formal reference compared to the surrounding material.

Groovie Records, which handles this release under the GROO prefix numbering system, had reached at least its nineteenth LP release by this point in the catalog sequence, suggesting an active output by 2009.

Track durations are not available in the verified record for this release, so the total runtime cannot be stated here. Similarly, personnel, recording details, and pressing information are outside the scope of what can be confirmed from the available data.

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