Juan de la Cruz Band
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The Juan de la Cruz Band was a Filipino
rock
band formed in 1968
. In December 1970, the band was featured in the first open field rock festival in the Philippines, the Antipolo Rock Festival. The band's popularity gained momentum in September 1971 when it backed up the production of Jesus Christ Superstar
at the Cultural Center of the Philippines
(CCP). Then in December of the same year, the band garnered its crowning glory when again, for the first time in the Philippines, a rock group on its own, backed by a full symphony orchestra (the National Philharmonic) was presented in concert at the CCP.
The band originally had six members: Wally Gonzales (guitars and vocals), Rene Segueco (organ and vocals), Clifford Ho (bass and vocal), Romy Santos (wind instruments), Bobot Guerrero (drums), and Sandy Tagarro (lead vocals). Sandy Tagarro left the band before the band's first album "Up in Arms" was released. Wally Gonzales, in an interview later credited Edmund "Bosyo" Fortuno of having coined the band's name though Bosyo's collaboration with the band was not until 1981 with Juan Dela Cruz Band's 6th Album in which he was the drummer along with Joey "Pepe" Smith
.
by Tim Rice
and Andrew Lloyd Webber
, Jesus Christ Superstar
, at the Cultural Center of the Philippines
. Consequent to his dramatic part as the Judas character in the rock opera production, Sandy Tagarro vacated his instrumentalist role in the group and was replaced by Clifford Ho as bassist.
Upon the conclusion of the Jesus Christ Superstar production, Edmund Fortuno (aka "Bosyo"), Bing Labrador and Alex Cruz (with guitarist Vic Naldo and bassist Marlon Ilagan) formed a splinter group, Anakbayan which, together with the Manila Symphony Orchestra, performed for another major production run at the Cultural Center, the rock opera, Tommy
by The Who
.
The versatile Sandy Tagarro returned to the Juan Dela Cruz Band, occupying the drummer's seat as Fortuno's replacement, and also as the band's lead vocalist; while Clifford Ho retained the bass chores. A musician from the Manila Symphony Orchestra (whom they had befriended in the Jesus Christ Superstar production), Romy Santos (flute/sax/clarinet), replaced Alex Cruz. Rene Sogueco (keyboards/vocal) was also recruited to replace Bing Labrador. In the wake of this major revamp, the Juan Dela Cruz Band recorded its first album in 1971, entitled Up in Arms, which was released by the Vicor Music Corporation
under its Sunshine Records imprint. However, complications in the band caused Sandy Tagarro to leave abruptly barely after concluding the Up In Arms recording sessions; not even to pose for the album's photography. Consequently, the group picture for the LP's album cover showed a different drummer (Bobot Guerrero), with Tagarro's name stricken off the personnel credits, with exception to a parenthetical credit of him as composer of one song ("Lady in White Satin"). Bobot Guerrero's entry as the new drummer of Juan Dela Cruz continued through the promotional run of the album and into concerts and club stints.
The Up in Arms album was not a commercial success and had not been reissued by Vicor Music Corporation to date. An unauthorized compact disc translation of the LP (albeit excellently remastered and packaged) by Shadoks /Normal Music (Bonn, Germany) --with spurious bonus tracks from a later edition of the band—is sold in online Internet shops. Wally Gonzales is showcased as a rock guitarist with progressive leanings in this early effort. In several months, keyboardist Rene Sugueco had also left (briefly replaced by Larry Martinez), and bassist Clifford Ho (briefly replaced by Tony Rodriguez). It was during this transition phase that Joey Smith had recently returned to the Philippines from a successful sojourn in Japan
, and in 1973 had accepted a cameo singing role at the Cultural Center's "Little Theater" for an abortive rock musical
(produced by Carlitos Benavides) based on Erich Segal
's novel then in vogue, Love Story
, in which the Juan Dela Cruz Band was once again called upon to perform. This was also the period when the members of Juan Dela Cruz and Anakbayan where freely associating and performing collectively as a "supergroup" ensemble in various concerts.
") as singer-drummer-composer; and with singer-bassist-composer Mike Hanopol
. Smith and Hanopol collaborated in Tokyo
with Japan
ese guitarist Shinki Chen in a "free-rock" trio setup called Speed, Glue & Shinki
, which had released two seminal albums for Atlantic Records
Japan. Rock music historian Julian Cope
narrates in his book, Japrocksampler
(Bloomsberry, 2007), that Shinki Chen had recruited Joey Smith (and later, Mike Hanopol) from a Filipino rock group called Zero History, which he found performing in Tokyo's mall district. (Wally Gonzales was the guitarist of Zero History.) And thus the vibe of Speed, Glue & Shinky is noteworthy in the earliest contributions of Smith and Hanopol for the Juan Dela Cruz collaboration, especially in the stop-start heaviness of "Take You Home" (revived from the eponymous second album of S,G&S), and the talking blues of "Blues Train".
The ensuing album by the iconic trio of Gonzales, Smith & Hanopol, unfurling its masterly title track, Himig Natin (translated in English
, "Our Hymn"), went on to become the anthem of Manila's post-hippie culture and underground radio network, particularly the DZRJ-AM
Radio show, "Pinoy Rock 'n' Rhythm" --later on shortened to Pinoy Rock
. "Himig Natin" famously rallied Pinoy Rock, which swelled into a movement and provided indicators of its yet-unrealized commercial fuel. The social impact and innovations of the Juan Dela Cruz Band inadvertently became the catalyst for the inception of Original Pilipino Music (OPM) and the viability for diverse, originally-authored musical genres to emerge and thrive in the Philippines.
credits: Wally Gonzales(guitar, vocals), Rene Segueco(keyboards), Romy Santos(flute/sax/clarinet), Clifford Ho(bass), Bobot Guerrero(drums), Sandy Tagarro (composer)
// produced by Dodie Gonzales
uncredited: Sandy Tagarro (drums, vocals)
LP: (Philippines) Vicor/Sunshine Records TSP-
CD: (Germany) Normal Records / Shadoks Music 013 (dated 2001)
Note: The Juan Dela Cruz management had issued a statement that the above CD reissue is unauthorized. The CD also contains six unverified "live" bonus tracks, which may have been lifted from "The Super Hits Of The Juan Dela Cruz Band / Live And In Concert", which is also tagged as being unauthorized and spurious.
credits: Wally Gonzales(guitars), Mike Hanopol(bass/piano/vocals), Joseph Smith(drums/vocals)
// produced by Dodie Gonzales
LP: (Philippines) Vicor/Sunshine Records TSP-
CD: (Philippines) Vicor/Sunshine BCD-170 (dated 2004)
credits: Wally Gonzales(guitars/vocals), Mike Hanopol(bass/piano/vocals), Joey "Pepe" Smith(drums/vocals) // string arrangements: D'Amarillo
// produced by Chito Ilacad and Snaffu Rigor
LP: (Philippines) Vicor/Sunshine Records TSP-5127
CD: (Philippines) Vicor/Sunshine BCD-165 (dated 2004)
credits: Wally Gonzales(guitar/vocals), Mike Hanopol(bass/vocals), Nides Aranzamendez(drums), Joey Smith(acoustic guitar/vocals)
// produced by Dodie Gonzales
LP: (Philippines) Vicor/Sunshine Records TSP-?
CD: (unissued)
credits: Wally Gonzales(guitar/vocals), Mike Hanopol(bass/vocals), Joey Smith(drums/vocals), Nides Aranzamendez(drums)
// produced by Dodie Gonzales
LP: (Philippines) Vicor/Sunshine Records TSP-5249
CD: (unissued)
Note: The Juan Dela Cruz management had issued statements that this release was spurious. Tracks were implied to be original studio tracks with applause merely added artificially.
credits: Wally Gonzales(guitar/vocals), Mike Hanopol(bass/vocals), Joey Smith(drums/vocals)
// production supervision by Adel Arradaza
LP: (Philippines) Vicor/Sunshine Records TSP-5306
CD: (unissued)
credits: Wally Gonzales(guitars/vocals), Mike Hanopol (bass/guitar/vocals), Joey Smith(drums/vocals), Nick Boogie(drums)
// (miscellaneous tracks) featuring: Lorrie Ilustre, Homer Flores and Mike Hanopol (piano); Chito Ilagan and Danny Bornilla (bass guitar); Edmund Fortuno (drums)
// produced by Mike Hanopol
LP: (Philippines) Blackgold Records BA-5064
CD: (unissued)
credits: Juan Dela Cruz
(two tracks only: "No Touch" (M.Hanopol) and "Himig Natin" (Smith-Hanopol-Gonzales/Smith)
// produced by Ernie dela Pena
LP: (Philippines) Blackgold Records BA-5103
CD: (unissued)
credits: Wally Gonzales(guitars/vocals), Mike Hanopol (bass/guitar/vocals), Joey Smith(drums/vocals/acoustic guitar)
Vol.1: "Himig Natin" (Smith-Hanopol-Gonzales/Smith) // Vol.2: "Project" (Smith-Hanopol), "Nakatagong Mata" (Gonzales/JDLCB), "Sarap Ng Buhay" (Hanopol-Gonzales), "Maskara" (Smith/JDLCB)
// Re-Produced by Johnny Alegre
LP: (Philippines) Blackgold Records BA-5124
CD: (unissued)
credits: Wally Gonzales(guitars), Mike Hanopol(bass/piano/vocals/arrangements), Joey Smith(drums/vocals)
// produced by Vicor Music Corporation and Blackgold Records
CD: (Philippines) Vicor BCD-K-046
Note: This compilation is actually a 15-track hodge-podge of selections from "Himig Natin", "Maskara", "Super Session" and "Kahit Anong Mangyari".
credits: Juan Dela Cruz (eight selections of eighteen total tracks: "Kahit Anong Mangyari", "Titser's Enemi No.1", "Sarap Ng Buhay", "Panahon", "Project", "Balong Malalim", "Beep Beep", "Himig Natin")
// A&R supervision: Alwyn Cruz
CD: (Philippines) Vicor VCD-SA-001
); and at "Jam Park", a vacant lot leased for the multi-part event in the Makati area, situated alongside the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX). The nearly-reconstituted band consisted of Wally Gonzalez (guitar), Sonny Tolentino (bass guitar), Edmund Fortuno (drums), Bing Labrador (organ), Alex Cruz (saxophones & flute), with Jacqui Magno (vocals). Ironically, the group progressed only up until the semi-finals phase of the Battle Of The Bands, after which they again disbanded.
Filipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....
rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band formed in 1968
1968 in music
-Events:*January 4 – Guitarist Jimi Hendrix is jailed by Stockholm police, after trashing a hotel room during a drunken fist fight with bassist Noel Redding.*January 6 – Gibson Guitar Corporation patents its Gibson Flying V electric guitar design....
. In December 1970, the band was featured in the first open field rock festival in the Philippines, the Antipolo Rock Festival. The band's popularity gained momentum in September 1971 when it backed up the production of Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Tim Rice. The musical started off as a rock opera concept recording before its first staging on Broadway in 1971...
at the Cultural Center of the Philippines
Cultural Center of the Philippines
The Cultural Center of the Philippines is a government-owned and controlled corporation established to preserve, develop and promote arts and culture in the Philippines. The CCP was established through Executive Order No. 30 s. 1966 by President Ferdinand Marcos...
(CCP). Then in December of the same year, the band garnered its crowning glory when again, for the first time in the Philippines, a rock group on its own, backed by a full symphony orchestra (the National Philharmonic) was presented in concert at the CCP.
The band originally had six members: Wally Gonzales (guitars and vocals), Rene Segueco (organ and vocals), Clifford Ho (bass and vocal), Romy Santos (wind instruments), Bobot Guerrero (drums), and Sandy Tagarro (lead vocals). Sandy Tagarro left the band before the band's first album "Up in Arms" was released. Wally Gonzales, in an interview later credited Edmund "Bosyo" Fortuno of having coined the band's name though Bosyo's collaboration with the band was not until 1981 with Juan Dela Cruz Band's 6th Album in which he was the drummer along with Joey "Pepe" Smith
Pepe Smith
Joseph William Feliciano Smith is a Filipino singer-songwriter, drummer, and guitarist. More commonly known alternately as Joey Smith and Pepe Smith, he is an icon of original Filipino rock music or "Pinoy Rock"....
.
Up In Arms
The original Juan Dela Cruz Band, consisting of Wally Gonzalez (guitar/vocals), Sandy Tagarro (bass guitar/vocals), Edmund Fortuno (drums), Bing Labrador (keyboards), and Alex Cruz (saxophones & flute), was formed in 1968. (Source: PinoyClassicRock.com) They performed at the Antipolo Rock Festival (the Filipino equivalent to the Woodstock Rock Festival of 1969) and was subsequently tapped as the featured rock band in tandem with the Manila Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Redentor Romero) for the Philippine production of the rock operaRock opera
A rock opera is a work of rock music that presents a storyline told over multiple parts, songs or sections in the manner of opera. A rock opera differs from a conventional rock album, which usually includes songs that are not unified by a common theme or narrative. More recent developments include...
by Tim Rice
Tim Rice
Sir Timothy Miles Bindon "Tim" Rice is an British lyricist and author.An Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning lyricist, Rice is best known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he wrote Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus...
and Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer of musical theatre.Lloyd Webber has achieved great popular success in musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of...
, Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Tim Rice. The musical started off as a rock opera concept recording before its first staging on Broadway in 1971...
, at the Cultural Center of the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. Consequent to his dramatic part as the Judas character in the rock opera production, Sandy Tagarro vacated his instrumentalist role in the group and was replaced by Clifford Ho as bassist.
Upon the conclusion of the Jesus Christ Superstar production, Edmund Fortuno (aka "Bosyo"), Bing Labrador and Alex Cruz (with guitarist Vic Naldo and bassist Marlon Ilagan) formed a splinter group, Anakbayan which, together with the Manila Symphony Orchestra, performed for another major production run at the Cultural Center, the rock opera, Tommy
Tommy
Tommy is a given name that is usually the English diminutive of Thomas. The name also could refer to:- People with the given name Tommy :* Tommy Alcedo , Venezuelan road cyclist* Tommy G...
by The Who
The Who
The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...
.
The versatile Sandy Tagarro returned to the Juan Dela Cruz Band, occupying the drummer's seat as Fortuno's replacement, and also as the band's lead vocalist; while Clifford Ho retained the bass chores. A musician from the Manila Symphony Orchestra (whom they had befriended in the Jesus Christ Superstar production), Romy Santos (flute/sax/clarinet), replaced Alex Cruz. Rene Sogueco (keyboards/vocal) was also recruited to replace Bing Labrador. In the wake of this major revamp, the Juan Dela Cruz Band recorded its first album in 1971, entitled Up in Arms, which was released by the Vicor Music Corporation
Vicor Music Corporation
Vicor Music Corporation is one of the major record labels in the Philippines with a tag-line as "The Home of Original Pilipino Music". Its office is located at 782 Aurora Blvd., Quezon City, Philippines. Established in 1965 by Vic Del Rosario and Orly Ilacad to produce record albums featuring...
under its Sunshine Records imprint. However, complications in the band caused Sandy Tagarro to leave abruptly barely after concluding the Up In Arms recording sessions; not even to pose for the album's photography. Consequently, the group picture for the LP's album cover showed a different drummer (Bobot Guerrero), with Tagarro's name stricken off the personnel credits, with exception to a parenthetical credit of him as composer of one song ("Lady in White Satin"). Bobot Guerrero's entry as the new drummer of Juan Dela Cruz continued through the promotional run of the album and into concerts and club stints.
The Up in Arms album was not a commercial success and had not been reissued by Vicor Music Corporation to date. An unauthorized compact disc translation of the LP (albeit excellently remastered and packaged) by Shadoks /Normal Music (Bonn, Germany) --with spurious bonus tracks from a later edition of the band—is sold in online Internet shops. Wally Gonzales is showcased as a rock guitarist with progressive leanings in this early effort. In several months, keyboardist Rene Sugueco had also left (briefly replaced by Larry Martinez), and bassist Clifford Ho (briefly replaced by Tony Rodriguez). It was during this transition phase that Joey Smith had recently returned to the Philippines from a successful sojourn in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, and in 1973 had accepted a cameo singing role at the Cultural Center's "Little Theater" for an abortive rock musical
Rock musical
A rock musical is a musical theatre work with rock music. The genre of rock musical may overlap somewhat with album musicals, concept albums and song cycles, as they sometimes tell a story through the rock music, and some album musicals and concept albums become rock musicals...
(produced by Carlitos Benavides) based on Erich Segal
Erich Segal
Erich Wolf Segal was an American author, screenwriter, and educator. He was best-known for writing the novel Love Story , a best-seller, and writing the motion picture of the same name, which was a major hit....
's novel then in vogue, Love Story
Love Story (novel)
Love Story is a 1970 romance novel by American writer Erich Segal. The book's origins were in that of a screenplay Segal wrote and was subsequently approved for production by Paramount Pictures. Paramount requested that Segal adapt the story into novel form as a preview of sorts for the film. The...
, in which the Juan Dela Cruz Band was once again called upon to perform. This was also the period when the members of Juan Dela Cruz and Anakbayan where freely associating and performing collectively as a "supergroup" ensemble in various concerts.
Himig Natin
The state of Juan Dela Cruz's flux and gradual dissolution led Wally Gonzales to reconvene an all-new powerhouse trio, together with Joey Smith (later a.k.a. "Pepe SmithPepe Smith
Joseph William Feliciano Smith is a Filipino singer-songwriter, drummer, and guitarist. More commonly known alternately as Joey Smith and Pepe Smith, he is an icon of original Filipino rock music or "Pinoy Rock"....
") as singer-drummer-composer; and with singer-bassist-composer Mike Hanopol
Mike Hanopol
Mike Hanopol is a Filipino rock music icon and legend, revolutionary singer, veteran musician, guitarist, pop artist, folk rock star, and recording artist. He was a former bass guitarist for the Juan Dela Cruz Band. He is a pioneer of rock music in the Philippines during the 1970s, along with...
. Smith and Hanopol collaborated in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
with Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese guitarist Shinki Chen in a "free-rock" trio setup called Speed, Glue & Shinki
Speed, Glue & Shinki
was a Japanese psychedelic rock power trio formed in 1970 by guitarist Shinki Chen, and Ikuzo Orita, the president of Polydor Records.Orita had previously produced an LP featuring Shinki Chen; who was considered the Japanese equivalent of Jimi Hendrix. The self-titled album Shinki Chen featured...
, which had released two seminal albums for Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
Japan. Rock music historian Julian Cope
Julian Cope
Julian Cope is a British rock musician, author, antiquary, musicologist, poet and cultural commentator...
narrates in his book, Japrocksampler
Japrocksampler
Japrocksampler: How the Post-war Japanese Blew Their Minds on Rock 'n' Roll, was written by author and musician Julian Cope and published by Bloomsbury on September 3, 2007...
(Bloomsberry, 2007), that Shinki Chen had recruited Joey Smith (and later, Mike Hanopol) from a Filipino rock group called Zero History, which he found performing in Tokyo's mall district. (Wally Gonzales was the guitarist of Zero History.) And thus the vibe of Speed, Glue & Shinky is noteworthy in the earliest contributions of Smith and Hanopol for the Juan Dela Cruz collaboration, especially in the stop-start heaviness of "Take You Home" (revived from the eponymous second album of S,G&S), and the talking blues of "Blues Train".
The ensuing album by the iconic trio of Gonzales, Smith & Hanopol, unfurling its masterly title track, Himig Natin (translated in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, "Our Hymn"), went on to become the anthem of Manila's post-hippie culture and underground radio network, particularly the DZRJ-AM
DZRJ-AM
DZRJ-AM , also known by its tagline The Voice of the Philippines, is an AM radio station of the Rajah Broadcasting Network, Inc. in the Philippines. The station was located on the roofdeck and tower of the J&T Building along Ramon Magsaysay Boulevard...
Radio show, "Pinoy Rock 'n' Rhythm" --later on shortened to Pinoy Rock
Pinoy rock
Pinoy rock, or Filipino rock, is the brand of rock music produced in the Philippines or by Filipinos. It has become as diverse as the rock music genre itself, and bands adopting this style are now further classified under more specific genres or combinations of genres like alternative rock,...
. "Himig Natin" famously rallied Pinoy Rock, which swelled into a movement and provided indicators of its yet-unrealized commercial fuel. The social impact and innovations of the Juan Dela Cruz Band inadvertently became the catalyst for the inception of Original Pilipino Music (OPM) and the viability for diverse, originally-authored musical genres to emerge and thrive in the Philippines.
Album
- Up in Arms (1971)
credits: Wally Gonzales(guitar, vocals), Rene Segueco(keyboards), Romy Santos(flute/sax/clarinet), Clifford Ho(bass), Bobot Guerrero(drums), Sandy Tagarro (composer)
// produced by Dodie Gonzales
uncredited: Sandy Tagarro (drums, vocals)
LP: (Philippines) Vicor/Sunshine Records TSP-
CD: (Germany) Normal Records / Shadoks Music 013 (dated 2001)
Note: The Juan Dela Cruz management had issued a statement that the above CD reissue is unauthorized. The CD also contains six unverified "live" bonus tracks, which may have been lifted from "The Super Hits Of The Juan Dela Cruz Band / Live And In Concert", which is also tagged as being unauthorized and spurious.
- Himig Natin (1973)
credits: Wally Gonzales(guitars), Mike Hanopol(bass/piano/vocals), Joseph Smith(drums/vocals)
// produced by Dodie Gonzales
LP: (Philippines) Vicor/Sunshine Records TSP-
CD: (Philippines) Vicor/Sunshine BCD-170 (dated 2004)
- Maskara (1974)
credits: Wally Gonzales(guitars/vocals), Mike Hanopol(bass/piano/vocals), Joey "Pepe" Smith(drums/vocals) // string arrangements: D'Amarillo
// produced by Chito Ilacad and Snaffu Rigor
LP: (Philippines) Vicor/Sunshine Records TSP-5127
CD: (Philippines) Vicor/Sunshine BCD-165 (dated 2004)
- Super Session (1975)
credits: Wally Gonzales(guitar/vocals), Mike Hanopol(bass/vocals), Nides Aranzamendez(drums), Joey Smith(acoustic guitar/vocals)
// produced by Dodie Gonzales
LP: (Philippines) Vicor/Sunshine Records TSP-?
CD: (unissued)
- The Super Hits Of The Juan Dela Cruz Band / Live And In Concert (undated, circa 1977)
credits: Wally Gonzales(guitar/vocals), Mike Hanopol(bass/vocals), Joey Smith(drums/vocals), Nides Aranzamendez(drums)
// produced by Dodie Gonzales
LP: (Philippines) Vicor/Sunshine Records TSP-5249
CD: (unissued)
Note: The Juan Dela Cruz management had issued statements that this release was spurious. Tracks were implied to be original studio tracks with applause merely added artificially.
- The Best Of Juan Dela Cruz Band (1980)
credits: Wally Gonzales(guitar/vocals), Mike Hanopol(bass/vocals), Joey Smith(drums/vocals)
// production supervision by Adel Arradaza
LP: (Philippines) Vicor/Sunshine Records TSP-5306
CD: (unissued)
- Kahit Anong Mangyari (1981)
credits: Wally Gonzales(guitars/vocals), Mike Hanopol (bass/guitar/vocals), Joey Smith(drums/vocals), Nick Boogie(drums)
// (miscellaneous tracks) featuring: Lorrie Ilustre, Homer Flores and Mike Hanopol (piano); Chito Ilagan and Danny Bornilla (bass guitar); Edmund Fortuno (drums)
// produced by Mike Hanopol
LP: (Philippines) Blackgold Records BA-5064
CD: (unissued)
- The Best Of Pinoy Rock (1983)
credits: Juan Dela Cruz
(two tracks only: "No Touch" (M.Hanopol) and "Himig Natin" (Smith-Hanopol-Gonzales/Smith)
// produced by Ernie dela Pena
LP: (Philippines) Blackgold Records BA-5103
CD: (unissued)
- The Best Of Pinoy Rock Vols. 1 &2 (Collectors' Edition) (1985)
credits: Wally Gonzales(guitars/vocals), Mike Hanopol (bass/guitar/vocals), Joey Smith(drums/vocals/acoustic guitar)
Vol.1: "Himig Natin" (Smith-Hanopol-Gonzales/Smith) // Vol.2: "Project" (Smith-Hanopol), "Nakatagong Mata" (Gonzales/JDLCB), "Sarap Ng Buhay" (Hanopol-Gonzales), "Maskara" (Smith/JDLCB)
// Re-Produced by Johnny Alegre
LP: (Philippines) Blackgold Records BA-5124
CD: (unissued)
Other compilations
- Himig Natin / Special Collector's Edition (1994)
credits: Wally Gonzales(guitars), Mike Hanopol(bass/piano/vocals/arrangements), Joey Smith(drums/vocals)
// produced by Vicor Music Corporation and Blackgold Records
CD: (Philippines) Vicor BCD-K-046
Note: This compilation is actually a 15-track hodge-podge of selections from "Himig Natin", "Maskara", "Super Session" and "Kahit Anong Mangyari".
- Pinoy Rock (undated, circa 2008)
credits: Juan Dela Cruz (eight selections of eighteen total tracks: "Kahit Anong Mangyari", "Titser's Enemi No.1", "Sarap Ng Buhay", "Panahon", "Project", "Balong Malalim", "Beep Beep", "Himig Natin")
// A&R supervision: Alwyn Cruz
CD: (Philippines) Vicor VCD-SA-001
Millennium era ("Reunions")
- Dondi Ledesma (bass guitar)
- Wowee Posadas (keyboards)
- Wendell Garcia (drums)
- Chris Messer (drums)
Additional historical information
A partial reunion of the original lineup of the Juan Dela Cruz Band occurred in the summer of 1974, under the name, Cara Y Cruz, which formed to participate in the National Battle Of The Bands event (sponsored by RC Cola). The nom de guerre was perhaps utilized to circumvent a technicality that only unsigned bands were eligible to participate in the competition. They made two performances: at the Araneta Center (on an improvised stage behind the Araneta ColiseumAraneta Coliseum
The Smart Araneta Coliseum, known as The Big Dome is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena located in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines...
); and at "Jam Park", a vacant lot leased for the multi-part event in the Makati area, situated alongside the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX). The nearly-reconstituted band consisted of Wally Gonzalez (guitar), Sonny Tolentino (bass guitar), Edmund Fortuno (drums), Bing Labrador (organ), Alex Cruz (saxophones & flute), with Jacqui Magno (vocals). Ironically, the group progressed only up until the semi-finals phase of the Battle Of The Bands, after which they again disbanded.