Xavier Cugat And His Orchestra - The Best Of Cugat - Near Mint (NM or M-)

Format:                    LP, Album, Gat

Media Condition:    Near Mint (NM or M-)

Sleeve Condition:   Near Mint (NM or M-)

Country:                  US  

Record Label:         Mercury

Catalog No:             PPS 6015

Barcode:                 Rights Society BMI
Rights Society ASCAP
Matrix / Runout PPS-6015 A
Matrix / Runout PPS-6015 B
Matrix / Runout PPS 6015 A M2 I P
Matrix / Runout PPS 6015 B M2 I I I I
Matrix / Runout PPS 6015-A-MS1
Matrix / Runout PPS 6015-B-MS1

Released:                1961

Genre:                     Jazz, Latin

Style:                       Afro-Cuban Jazz, Cha-Cha, Tango, Rumba, Mambo, Latin Jazz, Bolero

Comments:
Very clean vinyl and labels. Sleeve has no ring wear, no splits or writing. Record is in excellent condition, no obvious signs of wear. Lovely copy! Supplied with new high-quality sleeve protector.
 

Playlist

Notes:

Gatefold sleeve. Blue labels with silver font, narrow left-justified titles, tall artist and title fonts that are the same size, and side indicators included in the label matrix (PPS 6015 A / PPS 6015 B).

Other similar US versions with silver text on blue labels, wide pressing rings, and catalog# PPS 6015 are:
[r=10460576 has left-justified but wider titles, a smaller artist and title font that is the same size, and a deep-groove pressing ring.
[r=15840570 has labels with center-justified titles and a smaller, rounded title and artist font, with the artist font smaller than the title font.  Pressing ring is 68mm.

The right panel 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.

A1. Mama Inez 2:58
A2. Tea For Two (Cha-Cha-Cha) 2:35
A3. Tequila 2:50
A4. Taboo 2:25
A5. Sway 2:24
A6. Amor 2:20
B1. Amapola 2:58
B2. El Cumbanchero 2:10
B3. Ba-tu-ca-da 2:40
B4. Misirlou 2:23
B5. It Happened In Monterey 2:17
B6. Always In My Heart 2:21

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