RAFAEL IBARBIA & MARIO SELLÉS - TOP POPS 1 (1972)

RAFAEL IBARBIA & MARIO SELLÉS - TOP POPS 1 (1972)

CAT: Un disc del 72 ple de versions pop amb orquestres sota la direcció de Rafael Ibarbia i Mario Sellés. Ibarbia va néixer a Barcelona i va ser molt famós per dirigir l'orquestra de TVE. A banda, va composar bandes sonores per a moltes pel.lícules espanyoles i era el director d'orquestra de Massiel quan va guanyar el Festival d'Eurovisió. No conec gaires dades de l'altre director, Mario Sellés. Qualsevol info, envieu-la via comentaris. El disc conté versions com "Venus" o "Sugar Sugar".

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ESP: Un disco del 72 lleno de versiones pop con orquestas bajo la dirección de Rafael Ibarbia y Mario Sellés. Ibarbia nació en Barcelona y fue famoso por dirigir durante muchos años la orquesta de TVE. Compuso multitud de bandas sonoras para películas españolas y dirigió la orquesta con la que Massiel ganó el Fetsival de Eurovisión en el 68. No tengo mucha info acerca de Mario Sellés. Si podéis aportar algún dato, hacedlo vía comentarios. El disco contiene dos versiones a tener en cuenta: "Venus" y "Sugar sugar".

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ENG: Here's the new downloadable hard-to-find Spanish compi. An album from '72 full of pop covers with orchestras under direction of master Rafael Ibarbia & M. Selles. Best known for his work in Spanish public TV (TVE) is Ibarbia (Rafael de Ibarbia Serra), born in Barcelona. A musician who also recorded other albums with covers and was the composer of several original soundtracks for Spanish films. He directed the orchestra for the Spanish Eurovision Song Contest entries in the 60s and 70s. In 68, he won Eurovison Contest with Massiel's "La la la" song. (you can find a cover of that winner song at the Orquesta Maravella album zip. He was working for 27 years for the TVE Sinfonic Orchestra. He was simply a symbol of the Spanish television in the sixtees, as Augusto Algueró was.
I don't know very much about the other director in the album, Mario Sellés. Any info about him would be apreciated. This album contains groovy covers like "Venus" or "Sugar Sugar" with vocal chorus in The Chipmunks style, I mean with a faster pitch.
And this is the tracklist:

A Side
Yellow river
Lookin' out my back door
People talking around
Sugar Sugar
Venus
Pais tropical

B Side
Eloise
La bambola
Help yourself
Pearly Spencer days
Bring a little lovin'
Juddy in disguise