Mendocino
Studio album by
The Sir Douglas Quintet
ReleasedApril 1969
RecordedColumbus Recorders, Sentinel Building, San Francisco, CA[1]
Amigo Studios, North Hollywood, CA[2][3]
GenreTex-Mex, country rock
Length31:05
LabelSmash
ProducerAmigos de Musica,[4] assisted by Frank Morin
The Sir Douglas Quintet chronology
Sir Douglas Quintet + 2 = Honkey Blues
(1968) 		Mendocino
(1969) 		1+1+1=4
(1970)
Singles from Mendocino
  1. "She's About a Mover"
    Released: February 1965
  2. "Mendocino"
    Released: October 1968
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Rolling Stone(positive) [5]

Mendocino is the second album[6] by country rock group The Sir Douglas Quintet, released in April 1969 on Smash Records. The release of the album was expedited as the result of the success of the title song, which peaked at No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during a fifteen-week stay in early 1969. The album peaked at No. 81 on the Billboard 200 charts.[7] Neon Records re-released the album in 2001 and 2008.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mendocino"Doug Sahm2:40
2."I Don't Want"Sahm3:45
3."I Wanna Be Your Mama Again"Sahm3:10
4."At the Crossroads"Sahm4:30
5."If You Really Want Me to I'll Go"Delbert McClinton2:35
6."And It Didn't Even Bring Me Down"Martin Fierro, Frank Morin, Sahm2:30
7."Lawd, I'm Just a Country Boy in This Great Big Freaky City"Sahm2:45
8."She's About a Mover"Sahm3:20
9."Texas Me"Augie Meyers, Morin, John Perez, Sahm2:35
10."Oh, Baby, It Just Don't Matter"Sahm3:15

Personnel

The Sir Douglas Quintet

References

  1. ^ "Columbus Recorders". MusicBrainz. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Lynne Hughes 1969 Freeway Gypsy". SAHMigo.com. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Amigo Studios". MusicBrainz. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  4. ^ The album's liner notes give official production credit to "Amigos de Musica." However, on original LP copies of the album (Mercury/Smash Records, catalog no. SRS 67115), an arrow pointing at a photo of Doug Sahm indicates that "Amigos de Musica" is Sahm.
  5. ^ Ward, Edmund (17 May 1969). "Records". Rolling Stone. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. (33): 17.
  6. ^ "Mendocino". Allmusic. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  7. ^ "Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 22 July 2011.

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