Going Places

Artist: Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
Label: Shout Factory
Category: Music

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Format: Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 826663076523
EAN: 0826663076523
ASIN: B0009I7O4S

Release Date: 2005-06-07

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Tracks:

Tijuana Taxi
Im Getting Sentimental Over You
More And More Amor
Spanish Flea
Mae
3rd Man Theme
Walk, Dont Run
Felicia
And The Angels Sing
Cinco De Mayo
A Walk In The Black Forest
Zorba The Greek

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Customer Reviews:

The Tijuana Brass, Going Places.......2007-03-04

By the time of this recording, Alpert's success was here to stay for the rest of the sixties. This album basically picks up where Alpert left off on the previous, Whipped Cream record, but with one difference. Herb Alpert had formed a permanent group lineup of musicians known as the Tijuana Brass.
Tonni Kalash, trumpet; Bob Edmondson, trombone; John Pisano, guitar; Lou Pagani, piano; Julius Wechter, marimba; Pat Senatore, fender bass; Nick Ceroli, drums.
The album opens up with the smash hit, Tijuana Taxi, then floats right in to the standard by Tommy Dorsey, I'm Getting Sentimental Over You. Herb takes this tune at uptempo, unlike the original version, something he liked to do with a lot of tunes. Track 4 is Spanish Flea, probaly one of the biggest hits ever recorded. The tune was written by the Tijuana Brass' own, and leader of Baja Marimba Band, Julius Wechter. This song has been recorded by over 60 artists, so they say.
On the original lp, side one came to a close with Third Man Theme. A pretty wild number. Side two opened up with a rocker. The Ventures' Walk Don't Run. John Pisano's Felicia is a very beautiful track. Some other highlights are the happy Cinco De Mayo and the pretty And the Angels Sing. The album comes to a close with the wacky, Zorba The Greek.
A transitional record, Alpert was on his way to outselling the Beatles, with his next release, What Now My Love.

Why do people mock Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass?.......2006-10-10

For many reasons, all unjustified. For starters, they were briefly more popular than the Beatles. It was a studio band and its lead performer overdubbed himself. Its success bred bad imitators, dozens of them, from the Nashville Brass to Ray McKinley's Glenn Miller ghost band (shouldn'ta done it). Then Alpert licensed his music to the Longines Symphonette Society for a multi-disc LP box set. Bad move: it identified the Brass with "easy listening" and a-Lawrence a-Welk. His sound showed up on albums by (among others) Dionne Warwick, the Carpenters, and Burt Bacharach (who enlisted him for "Casino Royale" and briefly owned A&M stock), and on "The Newlywed Game", "The Dating Game", and those atrocious Ant and the Aardvark cartoons. ("Hey Ant!") He also sold chewing gum. Then, as quickly as it came, the Brass went. Alpert became a pop elder statesman and supposed the platinum-selling solo MUZAK he subsequently churned out was better, and some CD transfers in the late eighties came and went too. A&M's huge sale to PolyGram (now Vivendi) and a resulting lawsuit didn't help. Finally, several years ago, prodded by an online Brass fan club, Alpert relented (thank you, Internet), and reissued almost all his output for CD a second time, and are we Brass fans glad he did.

It's stuff you can never tire of. This may seem strange given how the Brass's albums got played to death; but after they disappeared they almost never showed up on the radio again, thus avoiding the fate of most pop hits, which can be tiresome solely for lurking wearily around any corner. It's not just Alpert's musicality that shines through, it's his versatility; you could never pigeonhole him, and nowhere is that more evident than on "Going Places", perhaps his best album. Herb wasn't afraid to tackle anything. We see it especially in his covers: the lively "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You," which happily doffs TD's formal wear; the very go-go "Walk, Don't Run", better than the Ventures' version (yes it is); "And the Angels Sing", with its suave strings; and "A Walk in the Black Forest", snappy and eloquent. He used top-notch backers like Julius Wechter who make the guy sound even better. And if Alpert's trumpet playing may be a matter of debate -- he was certainly not a "muscular" player, yet his style identifiably owes something to Harry James, who was -- he could work clever and stylish effects out of his horn, and he deserves more credit for his fine work than he'll ever get.

Alas, these reissues don't seem to have inspired a new wave of mass Brass shining, but so long as Sony/BMG can keep them active, we diehards will be happy -- and with luck, at least a few new listeners will get to know and love this most musical of pop sensations.

Two minor drawbacks: Alpert's insistence on issuing each album separately at a fairly high price point (with luck it will come down over time), and the @#$%&* DIGIPAK packaging, which deserves a one-star review of its own.

Still The Best in Time.......2006-08-28

!!Going Places!! is a classic album. Herb Alpert's music is an easygoing blend of jazz and Dixiland with the flavor of South-of-the-Border charm. This album is a product of a time when the Tijuana Brass was truely !!Going Places!! The songs haven't lost a bit of their excitement, and they are, and always will be, timeless in their popular appeal.

Going places.......2006-07-23

This album and others by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass brings me back to the mid sixties remembering when we used to give them to my dad on fathers day. These albums are relaxing and a good value for jazz lovers.

Fun and Frivolous.......2006-06-06

There is nothing serious about the music of this album. It is not perfect in the sense of the great composers. It doesn't make you think or want to explore the mysteries of the classics. It is better than that. It is just fun and enjoyable and makes you feel good.

The tunes are mostly very simple but they are done with fun and with style. It is the stuff that made the Tijuana Brass great.

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