Chico Arnez, real name Jackie Davis, was a proponent of the Latin sound in England, having a BBC Radio show in the 60's and 70's and recording several albums. The liner notes say that he was convinced to record this collection of mostly covers because his public wanted a newer sound. He starts off with a swinging little Go-Go type number played by a big band called "Would I". The record is actually mostly loungey big band numbers such as One Note Samba, but Arnez does come through with some good covers like "Hawaii Five-O" with some open drums, a fast version of Fleetwood Mac’s "Oh Well" that sounds like it could be used in a TV cop show, and "Whole Lotta Love" with some more open drums. Cool covers of Bacharach tunes, spy-fi version of "Night Train", "Aquarius", Jobim's "One Note Samba"...
Some "New Sounds" here on Surfadelic. This Easy Listening classic was introduced to me by the GROOVIE tune called "Would I" which landed on supercool comp. TITTY-TWIST-A-GO-GO! alredy posted here. Well, I'm not an "Easy Listening Expert", but I can tell it's a Lounge slab "Par excellence". IfI were you, I Would dig this stuff... Would I ?!? Dig!!!
