A-Me-Ri-Ca/If I Had A Hammer/Bye Bye Blackbird/Cielito Lindo/This Land Is Your Land/What’d I Say/La Bamba/ Granada/Gotta Travel On (Medley)/Down By The Riverside/Marianne/When The Saints Go Marching In/Volare/ Unchain My Heart
Latin flavoured folk singer and guitarist Trini Lopez enjoyed his greatest album chart success with this live set, recorded in 1962 during one of his memorable performances at PJs in Texas. It includes the single If I Had A Hammer, complete with audience clapping, a top five hit in both the US & UK. (US:2 UK:7)
"With the release of this album Trini Lopez became one of the more unusual singing stars of the folk revival."
"The crown jewels of this recorded live performance are definitely the old time hit classics America and If I Had A Hammer."
"A-Me-Ri-Ca is a number that starts off the album with Trini Lopez squarely front and centre. This show tune from West Side Story really gets the royal treatment from Trini."
"You can tell the crowd really likes this - what a rapport Trini has with his audience."
"This Land Is Your Land continues the party atmosphere and Trini delivers this wonderfully. He really can sing folk songs very well. The slightly Latin flavour doesn't interfere with this song one bit; in fact it enhances it."
"Down By The Riverside is another timeless classic with a very catchy melody; and listen for Trini Lopez outdo even himself on Marianne."
"Trini Lopez fans will find this album to be an absolute must-have for their collections. Trini does these numbers up right and his excellent rapport with the crowd amazes me."
"Bye Bye Blackbird has Trini getting the audience to join in; and they're clearly having the time of their lives."
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