Enoch Light's go-to guitarist for nearly all of his studio work, Tony Mottola released several instrumental albums of his own on Light's Command and Project 3 labels, but none better than his 1968 Project 3 release Warm, Wild & Wonderful. Although Mottola did not often write material of his own, the cover song selections here are fantastic and perfectly suited to Mottola's silky smooth jazz playing. The material chosen here ranges from the adult pop of Bacharach and also brilliant covers of label-mates the Free Design (in fact, Free Design leader Chris Dedrick helped arrange several of the songs on this record and background vox are performed by his bandmates). Highlights are the fantastic renditions of the classic Bacharach tunes "This Guy's In Love With You", and the Warwick hit "Do You Know The Way To San Jose". Mottola's carefully and precisely played guitar mimic the song's vocal melodies and Enoch Light adds the perfect soft, orchestral touches to the jazzy guitar playing. But the standout track has to be his take on Dedrick's "Kites Are Fun", a Free Design classic that Mottola turns in to an even blissful and breezier tune than the original. Wondeful stuff.
This rip is from the 1973 Quadraphonic re-release that Project 3 issued in response to the new Quadraphonic phase, that infamously fizzled within a matter of years. This Quad release is also compatible with regular stereo sets, and in comparison to the original stereo mix samples I've heard there isn't a whole lot of difference that I can hear besides maybe an enhancement in clarity. The rip is flat transferred from the '73 release to .mp3 @ 320vbr using EAC's .WAV editor and compressed using dbpoweramp and LAME 3.97. Enjoy: http://www.mediafire.com/?mg5qclzhd572lhr
-Casey
Hooray a new LP, thank you
ReplyDeletePoor bitrate for real gems.. Use FLAC, APE, WMA, please respect the artists if you intent to spread their work. These recordings are unavailable for most of us, there is nothing to preview, so unveil these treasures with maximum fidelity.
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I'm not a record store owner or dealer, I'm just a collector so if it's available to me, why isnt it available to you? Thats just an excuse for someone who doesnt want to buy the LP themselves. You know how much this record cost me? One American dollar, thats it. Do the work and get a copy for yourself and use your rip if you find the bitrate to be "poor" (if you think you can tell the difference between 320vbr and flac on computer speakers you're kidding yourself).
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ReplyDeleteHere ya go ric buy it for 3.99 right now and even at that price is a steal http://www.ebay.com/itm/TONY-MOTTOLA-WARM-WILD-WONDERFUL-LP-MID-60S-TIME-CAPSULE-/150810775517?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item231d05cfdd Sorry Casey hard to deal with ungrateful people and even some artist on their websites offer 320 as well so if its good for them good for us as well
ReplyDeleteThanks jetfuel. I don't mean to be rude when I respond to a comment like the one above, but I just don't want people having the impression that I produce low-quality audio. I put in time and effort to make these old LPs sound good and make them easy for people to put them on an Ipod or something.
DeleteI know you do, like you said they don't like it buy it I found it pretty quickly he should be able to also. I didn't think it was rude. What I did think was rude is telling you the way you should do it. It is your blog you do it how you like :-)
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