Biography
Kaleidoscope
Effective period / Period of releases: 1969 - 1977
Members: Raphael Cruz, Francisco Tirado, Orly Vázquez, Julio Arturo Fernández, Pedrín García
Though Kaleidoscope gigged a lot in Mexico City (and later Cuernavaca), none of them were actually from Mexico. Frank Tirado, of Puerto Rico, was on vocals and bass, Orly Vázquez, also of Puerto Rico, and Spanish transplant Pedrín García both commanded electric guitar. Rafael Cruz and Julio Arturo Fernández of the Dominican Republic handled drums and organ. They recorded their sole S/T album in 1967 at Fabiola Studios in the Dominican Republic, which wasn’t released until two years later by the Mexican label Orfeón.