Before Steve Howe joined Yes he had played in a number of bands. Bodast was one of those groups. They recorded songs an album in the 1960s that has been released in various formats over the years. This new version of the album also includes three bonus tracks from Canto. That was a trio that expanded to four members and became Bodast. Apparently Howe believes that changing the name wasn't a great decision. Either way, it is literally history. This set presents an intriguing side to Steve Howe's musical legacy. These guys were steeped in psychedelia. That said, bits of the type of sound (and in some places actually pieces of songs that later became Yes tunes) one would later associate with Yes emerge here and there. It should be noted that I had previously reviewed all the Bodast songs on another set. For the sake of consistency the track reviews of those are copied or modified from the original review. I would say that this set is well worth having. The booklet is quite informative and very cool and the music (although a bit dated in sound) is vibrant and strong. It should be noted that this lands under progressive rock more because of Howe's involvement than the actual music, but this probably does fit under "proto-prog" reasonably well.

On the one hand this is pretty similar to the rest of the music on the album. That said, it’s one of the more effective pieces and Howe really does a great job of adding some killer guitar flavorings throughout.

I see where this song gets its title as some of the guitar is Spanish in nature. I like the vocals on this better than those on the Bodast material. The guitar really drives this with some killer riffing. There is a good chunk of world music built into this. This fades down mid-guitar riffing.