Artist: Plus
Title Of Album: Plus (Melancólica Muchacha)
Year Of Release: 1978/1996
Label: BMG Argentina
Country: Argentina
Genre: Hard Rock, Progressive Rock
Audio codec: FLAC | lossless

Temas:
01. La muerte del maestro
02. Viejo y largo camino
03. Apagón de luces de la curva
04. Mil cielos del universo
05. Los que estuvieron conmigo
06. Melancólica muchacha
07. La reina del rock and roll
Bonus Tracks:
08. Tú puedes (Grabado el 7/2/80)
09. Contra el viento (Bob Seger) (Grabado el 16-9-80)

Personnels:
Saúl Blanch: Voz solista, coros, percusión
Julio Sáez: Guitarras, piano acústico, voz solista, coros, percusión
Hugo Racca: Bajo, voz solista, coros, percusión
Cacho Darias: Batería, percusión, efectos especiales
Celeste Carballo: Voz (en Viejo y largo camino y Apagón de luces en la curva)

The quartet emerged at a convulsive time in Argentina, shortly before the coup d'état, by which the country would fall into the hands of the dictatorship, and there were almost no local proposals within their style. The appearance of their debut album No Pisar el Infinito, with the leading song "Noches de Rock and Roll", in the vein of Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and other great international groups of the time, represented a rock alternative in a scene that was abundant in fusion groups (jazz rock, progressive, hybrids of tango and rock, etc.) and hippie nostalgia, and was depressed by the censorship and exile of some of its main representatives. At that time, except for El Reloj or Vox Dei, there was practically no other similar band active locally. Thanks to word of mouth and successful live performances, they secured a contract with RCA for the second album, which was simply titled Plus but was renamed "Melancholic Girl" by fans because of the eleven-minute song on the album. contained. Celeste Carballo in choirs and violinist Fernando Suárez Paz, from the Astor Piazzolla quintet, participated as guests in the recording. However, this second attempt was not as effective or rocking, and the band's success declined. They carried out a famous tour of South America that had its zenith in Colombia, but by the time they had a new record contract with the Tonodisc label in sight, for the album Escuela de Rock 'n' Roll, from 1981, the internal differences proved unsustainable and the guitarist Julio Sáez was replaced, and emigrated to face other projects. The band soon dissolved, around 1982.
Sáez, bassist Hugo Racca and drummer Cacho D'arias later joined the short-lived Dr. Silva group of tennis player Guillermo Vilas, who admired Plus's sound. Although, of all the members, the one who really gained later notoriety was Saúl Blanch, who became the singer with whom Rata Blanca recorded their first self-titled album, in 1988.
Hugo Racca died in 1998, while Julio Sáez became, after the separation of Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota, manager of Indio Solari.

"Plus was a completely self-managed group. We paid for our own advertising, we got the concert halls on our own and that was a bit annoying. That's why the album was quite discussed in the environment, but people loved it. At that time Queen came out and It's possible that you can see some of that vein on the album, some things inspired by the Killer Queen vibe. The direction we took was hard rock. I think we were precursors of this style in Argentina with Melancolica Muchacha. all blood, while this second album shows a growing group. I still like how it sounds impeccable for the time. alone, in each aspect of percussion (we even used a mate to achieve a special effect), the desire for experimentation is evident in everything.
In short, I like the first two Plus albums equally. One because of that meaning of explosion that it represented for the group and Melancholic Girl, in it we wanted to give something more to the people and I think it is perceived. It is very wordy and at the same time adventurous. On the first album we played everything together. In this one, however, we were putting together each song little by little, meticulously placing the parts and adding instruments, vocal arrangements, effects, in short, everything we felt was missing to give each shortlist its fair representation on the album. "We had the honor of having Celeste Carballo, who sings on two songs."