Xavier Cugat And His Orchestra – The Best Of Cugat

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Label:	Mercury – PPS 6015
Series:	Perfect Presence Sound Series
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Stereo , Hollywood Pressing; Gatefold
Country:	US
Released:	1961
Genre:	Latin
Style:	Bolero

Tracklist

A1	Mama Inez Written-By – L. Wolfe Gilbert*	2:58
A2	Tea For Two (Cha-Cha-Cha) Written-By – Youmans*	2:35
A3	Tequila Written-By – Chuck Rio	2:50
A4	Taboo Written-By – S. K. Russell*	2:25
A5	Sway Written-By – Pablo Beltran Ruiz	2:24
A6	Amor Written-By – Ricardo Lopez Mendez	2:20
B1	Amapola Written-By – Joseph M. Lacalle*	2:58
B2	El Cumbanchero Written-By – Rafael Hernández	2:10
B3	Ba-tu-ca-da Written-By – Don Alfonso (2)	2:40
B4	Misirlou Written-By – N. Roubanis*	2:23
B5	It Happened In Monterey Written-By – Mabel Wayne	2:17
B6	Always In My Heart Written-By – Kim Gannon	2:21

Companies, etc.

Recorded At – Fine Recording Studios
Published By – E. B. Marks
Published By – Harms, Inc.
Published By – Jat Music, Inc.
Published By – Peer International
Published By – Celonial Music Publ.
Published By – Leo Feist, Inc.
Published By – Southern Music
Mastered At – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Bridgeport
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Hollywood

Credits

Cover [Model] – Abbe Lane
Engineer – George Piros
Photography By – Three Lions
Recording Supervisor [Director] – Hal Mooney

Notes

Gatefold sleeve with blue / silver labels. This version's labels have center-justified titles and a smaller, rounded title and artist font, with the artist font smaller than the title font. Pressing ring is 68mm.

Other similar US versions with silver text on blue labels, wide pressing rings, and catalog# PPS 6015 are:
The Best Of Cugat has left-justified titles (but not as wide), taller artist and title fonts that are the same size, and side indicators included in the label matrix (PPS 6015 A / PPS 6015 B).

The right inside gatefold contains an explanation and scheme of how the album was recorded [see images].

Microphones used:

Telefunken U-47 (reeds, marimba, female and male voices, violins)
RCA 44BX (bass, bass guitar, rhythm guitar, trumpets, trombones, bongos, jawbone, celli)
RCA BK5 (percussion)

Recorded on Ampex tape recorders at 15 inches per second.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Pressing Plant ID: H
Rights Society: BMI
Rights Society: ASCAP
Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): PPS-6015
Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): PPS-6015
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, stamped / etched): PPS 6015 A M1 BH III
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, stamped / etched): PPS 6015 B M1 1 BH 1A

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	The Best Of Cugat (Reel-To-Reel, 7 ½ ips, Album, 4 Track Stereo)	Mercury	ST-6015	US	1961
Recently Edited	The Best Of Cugat (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold)	Mercury	PPS 6015	US	1961
Recently Edited	The Best Of Cugat (LP, Album, Stereo)	Mercury	PPS-6015	Canada	1961
Recently Edited	The Best Of Cugat (LP, Album, Mono)	Mercury	PPS 2015, PPS-2015	Canada	1961
New Submission	The Best Of Cugat (LP, Album, Mono)	Mercury	PPS-2015, PPS 2015	US	1961