I'm not sure what I have to do to be qualified to start a new poll, but if I could, I'd start one for "Tony Mottola and the Quad Guitars" which I recently acquired.
This is a really wonderful album! I know that Tony Mottola usually gets filed under "easy listening," but I doubt my parents would have liked this album. It has jazz, rock, hot picking and Vinnie Bell's guitar effects all thrown into the mix. The arrangements are inventive and engaging, and the playing is first rate. Even though this sounds nothing like the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, it reminds me of their recordings in the way the four guitars are panned to the four speakers. I have the QS pressing of this record, and while the separation is OK, I hope I can find the Q4 reel some day.
J. D.
This is a really wonderful album! I know that Tony Mottola usually gets filed under "easy listening," but I doubt my parents would have liked this album. It has jazz, rock, hot picking and Vinnie Bell's guitar effects all thrown into the mix. The arrangements are inventive and engaging, and the playing is first rate. Even though this sounds nothing like the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, it reminds me of their recordings in the way the four guitars are panned to the four speakers. I have the QS pressing of this record, and while the separation is OK, I hope I can find the Q4 reel some day.
J. D.