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Mongo Santamaria
Watermelon Man!
1963 Vinyl
Cha-Cha
Latin Jazz
Mambo
Battle
bass
Victor Venegas
tracks b2 bongos
Mongo Santamaria
congas
Mongo Santamaria
design
Ken Deardoff
drums
Ray Lucas
engineer
Ray Fowler
tracks a5, b6 flute
Mauricio Smith
orchestra
The Mongo Santamaria Orchestra
percussion [latin]
Joseph Gorgas
percussion [latin]
Kako
percussion [latin]
Osvaldo Martinez
photography by [back-liner photo]
Steve Schapiro
photography by [front cover]
Michael Cuesta
piano
Rodgers Grant
producer
Larry Maxwell
producer
Orrin Keepnews
recorded by
Ray Fowler
saxophone
Bobby Capers
saxophone
Pat Patrick
trumpet
Marty Sheller
Record Company Bill Grauer Productions Inc.
Recorded At Plaza Sound Studios
Artist variations:
Mongo Santamaria And His Orchestra
(on back cover),
Mongo Santamaria Orch.
(on labels)
Rights Society: BMI (A1 to A6, B1 to B5)
Rights Society: ASCAP (B6)
Matrix / Runout: ̶ ̶̷̶B̶̷̶M̶̷̶6̶̷̶0̶̷̶1̶̷̶A̶̷̶-̶̷̶X̶̷̶1̶̷̶ BM 6120 A1 (Side A, etched with strike out)
Matrix / Runout: ̷ ̷̶̷ ̷̶̷̷̷̶̷B̷̶̷̷̷̶̷M̷̶̷̷̷̶̷6̷̶̷̷̷̶̷0̷̶̷̷̷̶̷1̷̶̷̷̷̶̷B̷̶̷-̷̶̷̷̷̶̷X̷̶̷̷̷̶̷1̷̶̷̷̷̶̷ BM 6121 B1 (Side B, etched with strike out)
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