Castro Marin

One of the least well-known of the extensive body of work recorded by the Algeciran, which contains some of the tracks that he would include months later on his 1981 record Solo Quiero Caminar with The Sextet. On two songs he counts on the participation of John McLaughlin and Larry Coryell, both of whom collaborated on a series of virtuoso trio performances, an idea promoted by Paco’s manager, Barry Marshall, towards the end of 1978 (Al di Meola soon took the place of Larry Coryell). 
After an American tour in 1981, Paco recorded 7 tracks in Tokyo between the 25th and 27th of December 1980. It takes the form of a preparation of Solo Quiero Caminar in a format for a solo guitar, in duet with the acoustic guitar of Larry Coryell on ‘Corvite’, and in a trio, joined by McLaughlin with a twelve string acoustic guitar on ‘Palenque’. The other five tracks are played solo by Paco (often accompanying himself on another track).
Castro Marin is the name of the village where his mother, Luzia, who was Portuguese, was born, and is situated on the Spanish border at the mouth of the river Guadiana. This album is a memory of his beloved mother. In 1998 he dedicated another to her.