Artist:  Tony Mottola

Title:  Warm, Wild & Wonderful

Date:  1968

Label:  Project 3 Total Sound Stereo    PR 5025 SD

Originated and Produced by:  Enoch Light

Front Cover Art:  Hilary Knight

Notes:  As is common with any Light produced record there are blow by blow breakdowns of each song and excellent production values. Tony Mottola has play guitar on all sorts of records and in all manner of settings. Here he is presented in various settings such as guitar and woodwinds, strings, brass and voices. While I could live without the voices the guitar work is smooth and strong. But the primary reason for picking this LP up is the bright cover work by Hilary Knight, who is better known as the cover artist for many children's books including the Eloise series. The cover just screams out the sixties.

Line Up:

Tony Mottola: Guitar, Sitar (Electric)
Dick Hyman: Organ, Harpsichord
Bucky Pizzarelli, Don Arnone: Guitar
Phil Bodner: Flute, Sax (Soprano)
Ed Shaughnessy: Bongos
Ross Tompkins: Organ
Bernie Glow, Mel Davis: Trumpet
Joe Palmer: Bassoon
Christopher Dedrick: Arranger

Track Listing

Side 1

This Guy's in Love With You
Do You Know the Way to San Jose
Dream a Little Dream of Me
With a Little Help
Scarborough Fair
Watch What Happens

Side 2

By the Time I Get to Phoenix
Kites Are Fun
Cry Me a River
Goin' Out of My Head
Love in Every Room
I Found Love