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Friday, December 20, 2013

Guitars Woodwinds & Bongos - Al Caiola

Gypsy In My Soul

Bernie's Tune

Guitars Woodwinds & Bongos
Al Caiola and Orchestra
Production Manager: Ron Nackman / United Artists
Cover Designers: Emmett McBain, Chicago & Mitchell-Morrison, New York
Photography: Maurice Seymour
Recording Studio: Bell Sound, New York City
Recording Engineer: Bill Stoddard
Mastering: Sol Kessler, Stereo & Art Chryst, Monaural
Pressing Plants: RCA Victor Custom - Indianapolis, Ind.
WW 7503 & WWS 8503
1960

Guitar - Al Caiola
Drums - Bob Rosengarden
Bass - Jerry Burno
Percussion - George Devens, Edwin Costa, Phil Kraus, Arthur Marotti
Piano - Moe Weschsler
Saxophone - Romeo Penque, Phil Bodner, Gerald Sandino
Additional Guitars - John Pizzarelli, Tony Mottola, Don Arnone, Al Casamente, Arthur Ryerson, James Mitchell

From the inside (gatefold) cover: About Al Caiola - Years of recording and audio experience blossom forth in Guitars, Woodwinds And Bongs, as the Premier of Plucking, Al Caiola, captains five guitars backed with separate corps of woodwinds and bongos. Explosive musicianship and melody, masterminded by Caiola, prove he chose the top studio musicians to carry out his daringly inventive ideas. The aural clarity and definition found in this stellar sound creation prove Caiola's hears of recording studio experience provide him with a profound and working knowledge of audio engineering and the men who could put his ideas in grooves. Years of musical experience, too, provide Caiola with the savvy that finds a variety of songs, ranging from a rust Steel Guitar Ray to the familiar Petite Waltz to a jumpin' Jeepers Creepers. Caiola is provided with his first crack at atoning his own crew with the type of melodic attack that he thinks will win over any music or audio fan's ear. His years of experience, ranging from playing round the U.S. with small combos thru big bands, stands him in good stead. His great demand for recording session work, too, is evidenced by his emphasis on what will delight the tweeter-and-woofer crowd.

Give Me The Simple Life
Cuckoo
I May Be Wrong But I Think You're Wonderful
Steel Guitar Rag
Bernie's Tune
Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
Jeepers Creepers
Dance Of The Spanish Onion
Gypsy In My Soul
Petite Waltz
Too Marvelous For Words
Tango Boogie

Goin' Out Of My Head - Tony Mottola

Scarborough Fair
Goin' Out Of My Head
Tony Mottola
Project 3 Total Sound
Diamond Records Limited - Markham, Ontario
Fabrique et Distribue par
1979

The Impossible Dream
Song Sung Blue
Scarborough Fair
I Will Wait For You
Dream A Little Dream Of Me
Guantanamera
Goin' Out Of My Head
Nature Boy
Cry Me A River
Can't Take My Eyes Off You
Bewitched
Autumn Leaves

Hello-Goodbye - Francis Lai

No Need To Cry (side 2 version)
Hello-Goodbye
Music Composed and Conducted by Francis Lai
Composer of "A Man And A Woman"
20th Century-Fox Records
S 4210
1970

Most of the tracks are short, as you might expect to hear on a soundtrack album. Those tracks leave you wanting to hear how the full song might have played out. However, there are several more "complete" tunes to enjoy, including the sample above. The range is from a more traditional mood vibe to the more groovy 70s thing.

Hello-Goodbye
Danny Takes A Dip
No Need To Cry
Theme 3
Lazy Nights
Food For Cats
Take The Plunge
Harry's Return
Interlude
Journey To Marseilles
Bistro Waltz
Morning Departure
Danny's Theme
Destintation Le Havre
Together

Thursday, December 19, 2013

Illesek Es Pofonok

Ad Man
Illesek Es Pofonok
No. 3
Illes LPX 17398
Qualiton Felvetel
Made in Hungary

The jacket is an expensive to produce, soft paper stock, book-fold featuring a simple, but seldom seen interior popup art treatment the repeats the graphic-look of the cover. Song titles are bilingual.

Nice variety, a blend of psych/pop/eastern sounds.

We Are Here Again
It Could Have Been
The Bowling Ball
At Night, I Remember
The Story Of M
Answering Your Letters
I'm Searching For The Words
Promise Me
It's Waiting For You
Ad Man
Oh, Little Girl
Hot Rolled Street
I'am Lazy
Two Years Are Not Very Long
Sally
I Don't Want To Stay