Chris Montez
THE MORE I SEE YOU/CALL ME
A&M SP-4115
Previously available on CD from Japan
Tracks:
Side One
1.*The More I See You (Warren-Gordon) 2:45
2. Fly Me To The Moon (Bart Howard) 2:47
3. The Shadow Of Your Smile (Mandel-Webster) 2:21
4. The Very Thought Of You (Ray Nobel) 2:05
5. One Note Samba (Jobim-Mendonca) 2:07
6. There Will Never Be Another You (Warren-Gordon) 2:51
Side Two
1.*Call Me (Tony Hatch) 2:38
2. Day By Day (Cahn-Stordahl-Weston) 2:16
3. How High The Moon (Hamilton-Lewis) 1:48
4.*Hey Baby (Cobb-Channel) 2:42
5. You, I Love You (Chris Montez) 2:07
6. Little White Lies (W. Donaldson) 2:02
*ARRANGED BY HERB ALPERT
PRODUCED BY *HERB ALPERT & TOMMY LiPUMA
ENGINEERED BY LARRY LEVINE, GOLD STAR
COVER PHOTO BY FRED POORE
ALBUM DESIGNED BY PETER WHORF GRAPHICS
Liner Notes:
Dear Aunt Myrtle:
They love Chris Montez like a son down at Herbie's place on Sunset Strip. Well, he's so damn decent, you know; so very agreeable and just a nice young guy.
Herbie (Alpert--he has a Grammy factory) and Jerry Moss don't sign people they don't like. That's why A & M is sort of a family label, as well as being rich and all that. So here's Chris Montez, like anyone's favorite child, grinning and polite and shy, making hit records as well as being nice.
Some kids have all the luck...
I first saw the boy on a Beatle tour in Europe, about three hundred years ago and he was good even then. Then I heard this melodious girl's voice singing a pretty song named "Call Me" and thought the jockey said "Miss Montez" and I said to myself -- like you do when you're alone -- "I didn't know she was still around," not having seen her since those old movies with Jon Hall.
Of course, it turns out to be Chris Montez, and we all know he's a male, but still it gives he-man disc jockeys something to laugh about even if they do lacquer their hair.
Also, "Call Me" was a hit and that's a help.
Chris Montez is a very good performer. He has charm, a great sense of music and he started early enough to learn the trade in the middle years of rock 'n' roll when he, in line with everyone else, was recording numbers like: "She's My Rocking Baby."
Now, with many tours, several hits (remember "Let's Dance," a million seller and British silver disc winner?), a London Palladium appearance and substantial song-writing experience behind him, he has made a very delightful album for these light, bright evenings.
We hope you enjoy it.
Derek Taylor
THE MORE I SEE YOU/CALL ME
A&M SP-4115
Previously available on CD from Japan
Tracks:
Side One
1.*The More I See You (Warren-Gordon) 2:45
2. Fly Me To The Moon (Bart Howard) 2:47
3. The Shadow Of Your Smile (Mandel-Webster) 2:21
4. The Very Thought Of You (Ray Nobel) 2:05
5. One Note Samba (Jobim-Mendonca) 2:07
6. There Will Never Be Another You (Warren-Gordon) 2:51
Side Two
1.*Call Me (Tony Hatch) 2:38
2. Day By Day (Cahn-Stordahl-Weston) 2:16
3. How High The Moon (Hamilton-Lewis) 1:48
4.*Hey Baby (Cobb-Channel) 2:42
5. You, I Love You (Chris Montez) 2:07
6. Little White Lies (W. Donaldson) 2:02
*ARRANGED BY HERB ALPERT
PRODUCED BY *HERB ALPERT & TOMMY LiPUMA
ENGINEERED BY LARRY LEVINE, GOLD STAR
COVER PHOTO BY FRED POORE
ALBUM DESIGNED BY PETER WHORF GRAPHICS
Liner Notes:
Dear Aunt Myrtle:
They love Chris Montez like a son down at Herbie's place on Sunset Strip. Well, he's so damn decent, you know; so very agreeable and just a nice young guy.
Herbie (Alpert--he has a Grammy factory) and Jerry Moss don't sign people they don't like. That's why A & M is sort of a family label, as well as being rich and all that. So here's Chris Montez, like anyone's favorite child, grinning and polite and shy, making hit records as well as being nice.
Some kids have all the luck...
I first saw the boy on a Beatle tour in Europe, about three hundred years ago and he was good even then. Then I heard this melodious girl's voice singing a pretty song named "Call Me" and thought the jockey said "Miss Montez" and I said to myself -- like you do when you're alone -- "I didn't know she was still around," not having seen her since those old movies with Jon Hall.
Of course, it turns out to be Chris Montez, and we all know he's a male, but still it gives he-man disc jockeys something to laugh about even if they do lacquer their hair.
Also, "Call Me" was a hit and that's a help.
Chris Montez is a very good performer. He has charm, a great sense of music and he started early enough to learn the trade in the middle years of rock 'n' roll when he, in line with everyone else, was recording numbers like: "She's My Rocking Baby."
Now, with many tours, several hits (remember "Let's Dance," a million seller and British silver disc winner?), a London Palladium appearance and substantial song-writing experience behind him, he has made a very delightful album for these light, bright evenings.
We hope you enjoy it.
Derek Taylor