The most significant thing about
Cugat Cavalcade is the famous jacket photo of
Xavier Cugat holding one of his chihuahuas. But it's also a treat to have a Columbia album recorded in stereo. Unfortunately, the album is really nothing more than another collection of old singles. The new stereo versions are not a significant departure from the originals, or at least not the previous mono re-recordings. It is nice to have "My Shawl" on LP, the tune most identified with
Cugat during his Columbia years.