Album: Pronto Monto by Kate & Anna McGarrigle (1978)
Style: Folk
Format: Album

Description: "Pronto Monto" is the third album by Kate and Anna McGarrigle, released on the Warner Bros Records label in 1978. The title is a roughly phonetic pronunciation of the French phrase "prends ton manteau", which means "take your coat".
Pronto Monto attempted to give the sisters' sound more of a pop polish in order to give them more radio airplay. However, the album did not meet sales expectations, and the sisters were dropped from Warner Bros. Records soon afterward.
This is the only McGarrigle sisters album that has never been released on CD. 

Artist Background: Kate and Anna McGarrigle were a duo of Canadian singer-songwriters from Quebec. Anna McGarrigle and Kate McGarrigle were born in Montreal of mixed Irish- and French-Canadian background, but lived their childhood in the Laurentian Mountains village of Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts, northwest of Montreal, where they learned piano from village nuns. In the 1960s, in Montreal, while Kate was studying engineering at McGill University and Anna art at the École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, they began per... Part of the Montreal,Canada music scene. Emerged in the 1960s era. Known for Folk style.

Music Scene: Part of the Montreal,Canada music scene. Emerged in the 1960s era. Known for Folk style.

Tags: Folk, 1970s, Album

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"Pronto Monto" is the third album by Kate and Anna McGarrigle, released on the Warner Bros Records label in 1978. The title is a roughly phonetic pronunciation of the French phrase "prends ton manteau", which means "take your coat".
Pronto Monto attempted to give the sisters' sound more of a pop polish in order to give them more radio airplay. However, the album did not meet sales expectations, and the sisters were dropped from Warner Bros. Records soon afterward.
This is the only McGarrigle sisters album that has never been released on CD. 

Pronto Monto

Kate & Anna McGarrigle

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