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Trini Lopez at PJ's

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Released
  
1963

Release date
  
1963

Label
  
Reprise Records

Artist
  
Trini Lopez

Producer
  
Don Costa

Genre
  
Folk music

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Trini Lopez at PJ's is the debut, live album by singer and guitarist Trini Lopez, released in 1963 on Reprise Records. Many of the tracks are folk music songs. The record was a result of Don Costa hearing him perform at PJ's nightclub, and signing him to his new Reprise record label. The club floor was miked to get the crowd reaction on the record, as the producer and Sinatra wanted the "live" experience to come across in the recording. The cover shows Lopez with his Barney Kessel guitar, outside the nightclub.

Contents

Singles

The album includes a cover of "If I Had a Hammer", which reached number one in 36 countries (No. 3 in the United States). It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. Lopez also performs a version of the traditional Mexican song "La Bamba". This version was later re-issued as a single in 1966.

Side one

  1. "A-me-ri-ca"
  2. "If I Had a Hammer"
  3. "Bye Bye Blackbird"
  4. "Cielito Lindo"
  5. "This Land Is Your Land"
  6. "What'd I Say"

Side two

  1. "La Bamba"
  2. "Granada"
  3. "Gotta Travel On", (Billy Grammer) (medley, tracks 3-7)
  4. "Down by the Riverside"
  5. "Marianne"
  6. "When the Saints Go Marching In"
  7. "Volare"
  8. "Unchain My Heart"

Musicians

  • Lopez - guitar, vocals
  • Mickey Jones - drums
  • Dick Brant - bass guitar (credited on the album, reportedly cut from the final recording)

    • Production

  • Recorded at PJ's nightclub, West Hollywood, California.

    • Other contributors

  • Liner notes by Mike Connolly of the Hollywood Reporter
  • Cover photo - Marko

    • Songs

    1America4:01
    2If I Had a Hammer3:00
    3Bye Bye Blackbird2:18

    References

    Trini Lopez at PJ's Wikipedia
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