Al Caiola, His Guitar and His Orchestra Italian Gold [Double LP] [1978]

Bruno-Dean Enterprises RBS 111

Along with Tony Mottola, the "first call" guitarist in New York City for over thirty years. Both men were prolific studio musicians and the stalwarts of countless "Percussion" albums: Mottola's for Command, Caiola's for Time. 

Caiola served in the Marines during World War Two, where he played alongside Bob Crosby and toured much of the Pacific Theater until the band members were assigned to active combat in the assault on Iwo Jima. After the war, he used the G.I. Bill to study music composition and theory at the New Jersey College of Music. 

Not long after graduating, Caiola was hired as a staff musician by CBS radio in New York City, and he has spent much of the subsequent fifty years working in recording and broadcasting studios up and down Manhattan. 

The list of artists Caiola worked with is so long and so star-studded that it becomes a bit mind-numbing. It's safe to say that he worked with just about every other New York musician in these pages, as well as pop artists from Tony Bennett to Andy Williams, and most of the mainstream singers in between. [Courtesy Space Age Pop]

Tracklist:
Record 1:
01 Medley No. 1: 2-Step: Guaglione / Scapricciatello (Infatuation) / Chella Lla / A Frangesa (The French Girl) / Margarita
02 Medley No. 2: Tango: Chitarra Romana / Strada Del Bosco / Villia
03 Medley No. 3: Polka: Gilda / Splendore
04 Medley No. 4: Ballad: Na Voce' Na Chitarra / Vurria / La Paloma (The Dove)
05 Medley No. 5: Ballad: Al Di La / Angela Mia / O Sole Mio
06 Medley No. 6: Waltz: Celeste Aida / Carnevale Di Venezia (Carnival of Venice)
07 Medley No. 7: Polka: Reginella Campagnola (Woodpecker Song) / L'Argentina / Baldoria
08 Medley No. 8: Ballad: Mala Femmena / Bella / Statte Vicino A Me
09 Medley No. 9: Tarantella: Funiculi-Funicula (A Happy Heart) / Marianna / La Luna Mezzo Mare (The Butcher Boy)

Record 2:
01 Medley No. 1: Mazurka: Ma Come Balli, Bella Bimba / Oi Bella Se Vuoi Venire / Italian Mazurka / Delirio D'Amore / Cieto Auvenire / La Vito Mio
02 Medley No. 2: Waltz: Tesoro Mio / Vieni Sul Mar / La Donna E' Mobile / Mattinata (You're Breaking My Heart) / O Marinariello (Vicino U Mare)
03 Medley No. 3: Polka: La Piccinina (The Ferryboat Song) / Lina / Marina / A Santa Cecelia
04 Medley No. 4: Waltz: La Spagnola (The Spanish Girl) / Cielito Linda (Beautiful Heaven) / Il Bacio (The Kiss) / Speranze Perdute
05 Medley No. 5: Waltz: Torno A Sorriento / Santa Lucia / O Marie / Ciribiribin
06 Medley No. 6: Mazurka: Tra Veglia E Sonno (Returning Dreams) / Gentile Pensiero (Gentle Thoughts) / Genoveffa / La Napoletana
07 Medley No. 7: Ballad and Beguine: Dicitinciello Vuje / Ritorna A Me / Volare
08 Medley No. 8: Tarantella: Tarantella Napoletana / Quadriglia / Cosi Cosa