Trini Lopez - At PJ’s (200g)
Vocals, guitar - Trini Lopes
Drums - Isham Jones
Bass guitar – Dick Brant (credited on the album, reportedly cut from the final recording)
Written by Leonard Bernstein (A1), Stephen Sondheim (A1), Lee Hays (A2), Pete Seeger (A2), Mort Dixon (A3), Ray Henderson (A3), Woody Guthrie (A5), Ray Charles (A6), Agustin Lara (B2), Paul Clayton (B3.1), Jody Miller (B3.3), Richard Dehr (B3.3), Terry Gylkison (B3.3), Domenico Modugno (B3.5), Francisco Migliacci (B3.5), Isham Jones (B4), Freddy James (B4)
A4, B1, B3.2, B3.4 are traditional songs arranged by Trini Lopez
1 LP, Gatefold jacket
Limited numbered edition (Number : 0401)
Heavy Press : 200g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Live
Record Press : Quality Record Pressings
Label : Exhibit Records
Original Label : Reprise Records
Recorded at PJ’s nightclub, West Hollywood, California
Produced by Don Costa Productions. Inc
Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio
Photographed by Marko
Liners Notes by Mike Connolly
Originally released in 1963
Reissued in 2014
Tracks :
Side A:
- A-me-ri-ca
- If I Had A Hammer (The Hammer Song)
- Bye Bye Blackbird
- Cielito Lindo
- This Land Is Your Land
- What'd I Say
Side B:
- La Bamba
- Granada
- Medley: Gotta Travel On / Down By The Riverside / Marianne / When The Saints Go Marching In / Volare
- Unchain My Heart
Reviews :
“This was the album that made Lopez explode nationally, reaching number two, staying in the Top 40 LP charts for about a year, and yielding the hit "If I Had a Hammer." All of this seems to have been largely forgotten today, but at the time Lopez was ubiquitous indeed. What he did, at the head of a trio with Mickey Jones (later to play briefly with Bob Dylan) on drums and Dick Brant on bass, was to make folk-pop swing. There is certainly some folk music on here, including "If I Had a Hammer," "This Land Is Your Land," and "Gotta Travel On." It could be surmised that by treating such material in this fashion, Lopez had a tiny influence upon the subsequent folk-rock movement; Marty Balin of the Jefferson Airplane has said as much. In truth, however, Lopez was more the all-around entertainer with a Latin lilt than he was a folk singer, so you also get "America" (from West Side Story), "La Bamba," Ray Charles' "What'd I Say," "Volare," and "When the Saints Go Marching In." The live party-a-go-go atmosphere did much to put Lopez's likable energy over, and likely influenced the similar live-in-a-small-club ambience on Johnny Rivers' early hits, especially as Jones played with Rivers as well.” AllMusic Reviews by Richie Unterberger
Ratings:
AllMusic : 4.5 / 5 , Discogs : 3.75 / 5, New Record Mirror : 5 / 5