Search - Hugo Montenegro :: Mr. Groovy

Hugo Montenegro
Mr. Groovy
Genre: Pop

Track Listings (29) - Disc #1
1. Classical Gas
2. Lady In Cement
3. Touch Me
4. Happy Together
5. Lullaby From 'Rosemary's Baby'
6. Love Is Blue
7. Theme from 'The Valley Of The Dolls'
8. Love Theme From 'The Godfather'
9. Hair / Aquarius
10. MacArthur Park (Allegro Part III)
11. Good Vibrations
12. Dizzy
13. Hang 'Em High
14. Bitter Love
15. There's Got To Be A Better Way
16. Theme for Three
17. Moog Power
18. In The Heat Of The Night
19. Run Spy Run
20. Our Man Flint
21. Theme From 'I Spy'
22. Theme From 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'
23. Solo On A Raft
24. Jungle Heat!
25. Boo-Bam-Boo, Baby
26. Stutterolog
27. You Showed Me
28. The Godfather Waltz
29. My Way

CD Details

All Artists: Hugo Montenegro
Title: Mr. Groovy
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Omni Recording Corp.
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 9/2/2008
Album Type: Import
Genre: Pop
Style: Easy Listening
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 9413494000479, 941349000477

Synopsis

Album Description

Cinematic moog-pop! First time on cd!! Sunshine delirium with an electronic edge! Gratuitous guru of the groovy glee-club, hugo montenegro created hipster fuzz-moog lounge renditions of late 1960s pop confections and his own film score masterpieces. Best known for his 1968 worldwide #1 hit version of "the good, the bad and the ugly", here we present an even groovier side of montenegro. You've never heard the themes from "rosemary's baby" and "the godfather" swing like this or "my way" get funked and moog-ed out of sight! It's our "happening" and it "freaks" us out!! All original recordings 1965-1972, remastered in 2008 from the original rca victor master tapes and appearing for the first time on cd! Deluxe collector's edition features exclusive liner notes - 20 page full colour booklet.

CD Reviews

Not bad

William R. Nicholas | Mahwah, NJ USA | 02/20/2009

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Basically, this CD is Hugo Montinagro's arrangements of late 60s, early 70s pop songs. A lot of the numbers feature a large vocal section, and his arranging approach makes most of this an excursion into hip easy-listening.

The album is interesting as a period piece, and entertaining to listen to a point, but the arragements can get cloying after awhile. You really have to be a big easy-listening fan or a major nostalga buff to enjoy this from start to finish. I found myself wanting to play some nice, clean hard rock about 1/2 way through.

Still, it is worth owning and playing once in a great while, as long as you know what your getting yourself into."