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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Love Songs Mexico / S.A. - Tony Mottola

The Girl From Ipanema
Love Songs Mexico / S.A.
Tony Mottola
Arrangements by Lew Davis and Tony Mottola
Originated and Produced By Enoch Light
Associate Producers: Julie Klages and Robert Byrne
Recording Chief: Fred Christie
Mastering George Piros (Stereo) & John Johnson (Monaural)
Art Director" Charles E. Murphy
Command Records SMAS-90605
1965
This album features a number of lush understated guitar pieces, a few light pop tracks (like the sample above) and several brassy traditional sounding tunes that seem as though they were included as filler.

From Billboard - November 13, 1965: Command Records will attempt to cash in on the selection of Tony Mottola's "Love Songs Mexico / S. A." album as the feature album of the week on the Jim Ameche Organization's syndicated radio show for the week of Nov. 29. The show reportedly reaches some 300 million listeners throughout the world.

Command has ordered several thousand extra streamers, dividers and easel backs to promote the album, and the label has rushed a single from the album to disk jockeys for air play.

Loren Becker, Command general manager said the Mottola album will probably be the label's best seller of 1965.

Theme From Black Orpheus
Guadalajara
Sabor
Mexican Hat Dance
The Girl From Ipanema
Mexica Medley
Besame Mucho
Brasilia
Maria Elena
Curacao
Piel Canela
La Bamba

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