Tony Mottola – Roman Guitar

March 2, 2008 in Command, Italian | 22 comments

Roman Guitar

Sometimes a guitar is just a guitar…but not in the hands of Tony “Mr. Big” Mottola. This one has all the hallmarks of a wonderful Enoch Light release: dynamic stereo effects, lots of Dick Schory-style percussion and a “live” in the studio sound.

Check out Neapolitan Tarantella:

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Mottola.zip (44MB)

Side 1
La Strada
Anna
Arrivederci, Roma
Sorrento
Violetta

Side 2
Volare
Italian Serenade
Neapolitan Tarantella
Non Dimenticar
Woodpecker Song
Na Voce

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  1. Bassooner’s avatar

    Bassooner on March 2, 2008 at 3:57 pm

    Thank you for a FABULOUS guitar album. Tony Mattola can’t be beat. My son is learning to play guitar. I am making SURE that he knows who Tony Mattola was.
    Bassooner.

  2. carrie’s avatar

    carrie on March 7, 2008 at 8:58 am

    have you heard tony’s “spanish guitar”. awesome!!!! one of my favorites of tony’s is “command performances” lp. his rendition of “boulevard of broken dreams” on this is so sensitive.

  3. Knivolle’s avatar

    Knivolle on March 8, 2008 at 1:53 pm

    I’ve just downloaded almost all the stuff you’ve put up, absolutely love it!
    i request some more bossa and exotica-jams though!
    thousand thanks from sweden – the land of thousand lakes

  4. gmcatto’s avatar

    gmcatto on March 15, 2008 at 6:07 pm

    I would like to purchase this album. As a girl, my father in the 1960′s would listen to this very album every Sunday afternoon. It was lost when he passed away and I am trying to find one ever since. Is it for sale?

  5. Thrift Store DJ’s avatar

    Thrift Store DJ on March 17, 2008 at 5:11 am

    Thanks for the comments everyone! If you are looking to purchase this album, I see it’s currently on eBay at a pretty reasonable rate. ($7 including shipping: http://cgi.ebay.com/TONY-MOTTOLA-ROMAN-GUITAR-STEREO-LP_W0QQitemZ280192088876QQihZ018QQcategoryZ306QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQ_trksidZp1638.m118.l1247QQcmdZViewItem).

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    annie d. on April 19, 2008 at 10:54 am

    Small small world in the bins. I just posted this album this past friday. I dig your blog. Keep it going.

  7. Thrift Store DJ’s avatar

    Thrift Store DJ on April 19, 2008 at 1:04 pm

    Thanks! Good stuff over there!

  8. Ralph Galati’s avatar

    Ralph Galati on May 10, 2008 at 7:55 pm

    Tony , Was The Best Guitar Player Who Ever Lived. My Grand Father
    Also Ralph Galati, Played With Paul Witeman, T Dorsey, Glen & Ray Miller,
    Loved Tony’s Music. To Me Listening To Tony, Italain Coffee, I Close My Eyes It’s like Grandpa is Playing To Me again. I Miss Him He Pass away in
    1963

  9. John Froehlich’s avatar

    John Froehlich on July 24, 2008 at 6:25 am

    YES! Not only am I a Tony Mottola Fan, I’m ALSO a grandchild of Ralph Galati, (mentioned in the above email by my cousin Ralphie) who inspired my brother and I at a VERY early age to play the guitar. The first live music I was turned on to wasn’t The Beatles (although I’m a lifetime Beatles fan) but the Boogie Woogie, as played by my Grandpa on his big Gibson Archtop, and his brother Ernest on accordion. We had the best family parties in their finished basement in Brooklyn, (not to mention Grandma’s Manicotti) memories that I have cherished forever.
    I’m searching for old photos of Ralph Galati to plan a painting of him. If anybody out there can help me, PLEASE email me at fro8555@aol.com.

  10. John’s avatar

    John on August 10, 2008 at 8:18 pm

    My name is John, I’ve been listening to Tony Mottola for over 30 years. I’m actually in the middle of converting most of the albums I have onto cd. I’ve also created a list through a website called Imeem.

    Tony Mottola

    If anyone wants a copy of these albums transferred onto cd, please leave me a message @Yrusonvs1010@aol.com and I’ll let you know if I have the album, and pricing. Once again these are homemade cds and I guarantee you will love the quality of the music.

  11. scooby doo’s avatar

    scooby doo on August 25, 2008 at 3:47 am

    There should be spell check on here………

    Tony Mottola and Italian aren’t spelled correctly…….

  13. Peter Downes’s avatar

    Peter Downes on April 12, 2009 at 6:53 pm

    A truly splendid album. Do you have “Love Songs Mexico/SA” by him also

  14. Thrift Store DJ’s avatar

    Thrift Store DJ on April 13, 2009 at 5:08 am

    Glad you liked it. I’m pretty sure I do have that Mexico/S.A. album…I’ll check and post if I have it.

  15. DON’s avatar

    DON on June 21, 2009 at 2:22 pm

    ANYWAY I CAN GET A CD COPY OF THIS ALBUM???
    THANK YOU

  16. RUBEN PERZ’s avatar

    RUBEN PERZ on October 8, 2009 at 11:24 pm

    thanks for the memories of my childhood and memories of the
    my parents’ youth. eternally grateful

  17. catanzaro, donald’s avatar

    catanzaro, donald on December 2, 2009 at 2:27 pm

    I have been trying to find Roman Guitar by Tony Mattola as a cd. It seems as if there are none, can you help?

  18. terence’s avatar

    terence on March 9, 2010 at 5:31 pm

    thanks so much for the album..i was searching for this one from a long time…it reminds me of my childhood my father used to listen to this…brings back some good memories…

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    m batongbakal on March 29, 2010 at 3:15 am

    thankx so much for the album; and

    thankx Google

  20. bienvenido reque’s avatar

    bienvenido reque on April 16, 2010 at 12:36 pm

    my favorite since childhood, where can i get one CD of this roman guitar?

  21. John Roberts’s avatar

    John Roberts on July 11, 2010 at 11:13 pm

    I would love to get good CD’s of Roman Guitar and Spanish Guitar. I listened to my mother’s albums for hours as a child, and I’d love to get them on CD…….

  22. Nico’s avatar

    Nico on July 24, 2010 at 2:09 pm

    Thank you sooooo much for this album. I looked every where for it and i couldn’t find it. Really appreciate it.