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This is one of the classic spy albums brought to you by the master of the twangy guitar himself, Mr Al Caiola. There are some killer tracks on this one, the standout for me is the incredible "Underwater Chase", As a bonus I have included this track as a clean CD rip @320
Hope you like it as much as I do.
UNITED ARTISTS RECORDS
UAS 6435
STEREO
1966
2 comments:
Oh, you are SO right about "Underwater Chase." Been in love with that one since I discovered it on Ultra-Lounge volume 8 in my teens...looking forward to hearing the rest of the album. Thanks!
Alexander Emil Caiola (b. September 7, 1920, Jersey City, New Jersey) is a guitarist who plays jazz, country, rock, western, and pop music. He has been both a studio musician and stage performer. He has recorded over fifty albums and has worked with some of the biggest stars of the 20th Century, including Frank Sinatra, Percy Faith, Buddy Holly, Mitch Miller, and Tony Bennett.
Al was an active studio musician in the 1950s centered in the New York area. He released some minor records under his own name in that decade. In 1960 he became a recording star on the United Artists (UA) label for at least ten years. He had prominent pop hits in 1961 with The Magnificent Seven and Bonanza. The style was inspired by Duane Eddy's twangy bass guitar sound. The arrangements were typically by Don Costa using a large and exciting orchestral backing. Al continuously released singles and albums throughout the 60s and beyond, though no others appeared on the charts except a slight entry in 1964 with From Russia With Love. UA used him to make commercial recordings of many movie and television themes. A popular and sought-after album is 1961's "Hit Instrumentals From Western TV Themes" which included Wagon Train (Wagons Ho), Paladin, The Rebel, Gunslinger. It has been reissued in other forms since then. Solid Gold Guitar, probably his most impressive album, contained exciting big arrangements of Jezebel, Two Guitars, Big Guitar, I Walk the Line, Guitar Boogie. The Magnificent Seven album, other than the title track, consisted of a variety of pop songs with a jazzy bent. Guitars Guitars Guitars was similar. There was a wide variety to his albums - soft pop, Italian, Hawaiian, country, jazz. The 1960s were his heyday.
In the early 1970s he continued on the Avalanche label, producing similar work including the album "Theme From the 'Magnificent 7 Ride' '73". Later on other labels came some ethnic-themed instrumental albums such as "In a Spanish Mood" in 1982, and Italian instrumentals.
United Artists Albums
* Guitars Guitars Guitars
* The Magnificent Seven
* Golden Hit Instrumentals (includes Bonanza)
* Hit Instrumentals From Western TV Themes
* Solid Gold Guitar (includes Magnificent Seven, Guns of Navarone)
* Midnight In Moscow
* Midnight Dance Party
* Golden Guitar (includes Brothers Grimm, On the Merry-Go-Round)
* City Guy Plays Country (includes Ring Of Fire)
* Acapulco 1922 and The Lonely Bull (with Ralph Marterie)
* Paradise Village
* Ciao
* Give Me the Simple Life
* Greasy Kid Stuff
* Cleopatra and All That Jazz
* The Best of Al Caiola (1963)
* 50 Fabulous Guitar Favorites
* 50 Fabulous Italian Favorites
* On the Trail (includes The Big Country)
* Tuff Guitar
* Guitar For Lovers
* Have Guitar Will Travel (reissue of Midnight In Moscow)
* Solid Gold Guitar Goes Hawaiian
* Sounds For Spies and Private Eyes (1966)
* Tuff Guitar English Style
* Tuff Guitar Tijuana Style
* Guitars Woodwinds and Bongos (Ultra Audio series)
* Romantico
* All Strung Out
* Return Of the Seven (includes Duel At Diablo, Rat Patrol)
* King Guitar
* Sound Of Christmas (with Riz Ortolani)
* It Must Be Him (includes High Chaparral)
* The Best Of Al Caiola vol.2 (1968)
* The Power Of Brass (brass group presented by Caiola)
* Let the Sunshine In
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Caiola
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