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The 101 Strings Orchestra : The Soul Of Spain : Volume 3
Arranged And Conducted By Monty Kelly : Supervised By Jack Dorsey
Recorded In London 1970

Album Description: This is the original vinyl gatefold release with three different photos of a blonde flamenco/salsa dancer featuring the inside gatefold foldout of a smoking pose. Please see pictures. The gatefold cover is in excellent condition with bright colors, no spine cracks inside or out, slight ding at top right corner, otherwise quite minor edge/corner/surface wear. The vinyl record is in glossy clean near mint condition (no spindle marks) and in the original Alshire Records illustrated discography inner sleeve. The pictures in this listing are of the actual record you will receive. Check out our store listings for more records by this artist along with a wide variety of records, CD's and more, everything reasonably priced. Only .25¢ additional shipping for each record mailed within the USA. We ship worldwide in very secure packaging. Combined shipping available worldwide.

Tracklist:
1. Novillero (The Novice Bullfighter)
2. Andaluza
3. Medley
   La Boda De Luis Alonzo (The Wedding Of Luis Alonzo)
   El Baile (The Dance)
   La Boda (The Wedding)
   Zapateado (Heel Tapping)
4. Danza Ritual Del Fuego (Ritual Fire Dance)
5. Ante El Escorial (At The Escorial)
6. Las Gaditanas (The Maids Of Cadiz)
7. Fiesta Flamenca (Flamenco Fiesta)
8. Cordoba

One of the most prolific and reliable names in instrumental easy listening music, The 101 Strings Orchestra has literally recorded hundreds of albums since its inception in 1957. Their trademark sound is built on a reverence for melody, pristine production, and a pleasant, relaxing ambience; while occasional albums have concentrated on brass, piano, guitars, and even mild rock & roll rhythms, the string section nearly always remains front and center, because of its lush, soothing sound qualities. Most of their albums were built around some unifying theme, whether the work of a well-known artist or songwriter, a specific topic, patriotism, holidays, TV and movie themes, songs from a particular country, revampings of familiar tunes from other genres, and so on. The group was founded by producer engineer Dick L. Miller, who was searching for a way to mimic the sound and style of orchestras led by conductors like Mantovani, without the expense involved in securing their services. He hit upon the idea of recruiting unknown European groups at a much lower cost, and made the 101 Strings Orchestra into something of a brand name. The orchestra's first home was Miller's own Somerset label and their first arranger was Robert Lowden; he was followed by Joseph Kuhn and Monte Kelly in turn, all of whom wrote occasional original numbers as well. In 1964, Miller sold the whole 101 Strings package to the Alshire label, which continued release albums over the next few decades. (web bio)

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