David Carroll – Mexico and Eleven Other Great Hits

July 10, 2011 in General Fruitiness, Latin, Lounge | 7 comments

David Carroll - Mexico

If you are anything at all like me, you consider the Marty Cooper Clan’s recording of “Walk, Don’t Run” to be one of modern mankind’s greatest achievements. If that’s the case, you should also enjoy David Carroll’s “Mexico and Eleven Other Great Hits.” Pitched on the back cover as a cash in on the Nashville Brass bandwagon (recorded in Nashville and “will mark your introduction to the new ‘sound’ craze currently sweeping the country”), this album is really much, much more than that. In these dozen short tracks, the varied arrangements feature electric and acoustic guitars, groovy background vocals, and even manage to throw in an occasional Hammond organ, as we swerve from Ventures style surf into Boots Randolph territory all under the guise of Latin standards like Tequila and Vaya Con Dios. Another wonderful rescue from the Goodwill outlet, purchased by the pound, but the vinyl’s in very good shape. Presented in glorious mono.

I challenge anyone to find a more swinging version of Perfidia:

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CarrollMexico.zip (37MB)

Side One:
Mexico
La Golondrina
Caribbean
Perfidia
Vaya Con Dios
El Rancho Grande

Side Two:
Amor
Mexican Joe
Senor
Bonita
Tequila
Mexican Hat Twist

7 comments on “David Carroll – Mexico and Eleven Other Great Hits”

  1. ciro’s avatarciro on said:

    grande album,che ricorda un ballo con una splendita ragazza di nome RITA.UN SALURO DALL’italia

  2. Thrift Store DJ’s avatarThrift Store DJ on said:

    Grazie!

  3. Doug Nabors’s avatarDoug Nabors on said:

    Gracias, I have been a David Carroll fan for a long tie and never heard of this one. Arriba!

  4. KLinNYC’s avatarKLinNYC on said:

    I’ll try this one.
    I’m not a big fan of his (his arrangements are too wimpy for me), but the sample sounds OK.

    Hope your move finally happened and went well.
    Things have gotten better over here, now.

  5. Doc Noc’s avatarDoc Noc on said:

    Wow! Can’t wait to hear! Thanks for all the wild post!

  6. Madison’s avatarMadison on said:

    Hi, I came across your site and wasn’t able to get an email address to contact you. Would you please consider adding a link to my website on your page. Please email me back and we’ll talk about it.

    Thanks!

    Madison

  7. Thrift Store DJ’s avatarThrift Store DJ on said:

    Madison, the e-mail can be found on the “About” page on the site.

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