Herb Alpert A&M Gold Series Genres:Jazz, Pop, Latin Music Second Volume of a Gold Series of Anthologies of A&m Artists. Herb Alpert was the Leader and Mainstay of this Venerable Group of 1960's Hit Makers who Put A&m Records on the Map. Alpert was Always the Star of the S... more »how, his Trumpet Always Featured Up Front. Also Includes his Solo Hit, 'this Guy's in Love with You', as Well as all the Tjb Favorites of 'a Taste of Honey', 'spanish Flea', 'south of the Border', 'whipped Cream' and More.« less
Second Volume of a Gold Series of Anthologies of A&m Artists. Herb Alpert was the Leader and Mainstay of this Venerable Group of 1960's Hit Makers who Put A&m Records on the Map. Alpert was Always the Star of the Show, his Trumpet Always Featured Up Front. Also Includes his Solo Hit, 'this Guy's in Love with You', as Well as all the Tjb Favorites of 'a Taste of Honey', 'spanish Flea', 'south of the Border', 'whipped Cream' and More.
Harry Gene Neyhart | Sunny Central Florida, USA | 03/26/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Others have expressed surprise at some of the song choices on this import CD called GOLD SERIES 2 for Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass. Looked at by itself, it IS rather surprising to see such choices as "Mexican Road Race" and "Third Man Theme." These were not hits after all, so what are they doing on a hits compilation?Well they ARE great tunes - and this disc is only half of a two-disc set as originally conceived. In 1991, PolyGram, the new owners of the A&M Records back catalog, decided to mine those older records by putting out a series of discs called the GOLD SERIES in Europe and Japan. Australia got a similar series called STARTRAX. Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, originators of the A&M label, got two discs, since I suppose one wasn't felt to be long enough to hold all of the great songs. Somehow though, in label consolidation and titles going in and out of print since then, this title, Volume #2 in the set survived. Perhaps it was the more popular of the two, since it contains Herb's standout vocal on "This Guy's In Love With You." Though it was indeed Volume 2, nowhere on this disc is that designation found. Thus it seems that the powers that be decided it was good enough to stand on its own.For the curious, the rarer and harder-to-find Volume 1 contained these tracks: The Lonely Bull / What Now My Love / Tijuana Taxi / The Maltese Melody / Bittersweet Samba / Casino Royale / Flamingo / Zorba The Greek / Our Day Will Come / The Girl From Ipanema / My Favorite Things / Wade In The Water / Spanish Harlem / So What's New / Without Her.Harry from amcorner.com"
HEY! A & M...Where's the box set???
Dallas T. Cupps | Chester, Maryland USA | 08/19/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"No matter what they put on these "Best Of..." CD's, it's just not enough. Where's the box set A & M? Now that Alpert and Moss no longer run the label they created, many of the old guard of the label are given no respect by the "new guard." And since the old albums are short, two to two and a half albums could fit on one CD! They had only twelve or thirteen albums. That's a five or six CD box set. So make it limited edition guys...I think there are a lot of TJB fans out there just waiting for such a set. Stop with the slap and dash "Best Of's..." and give us "The Works!!""
GOLD SERIRES 2 Herb Alpert
Diane M. Aspinwall | Massachusetts | 03/29/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I must say that if your a Herb Alpert TJB fan, this is definately for you. I has many of the popular songs from his albums along with the Third Man's Theme and Mexican Road Race which are two of my favorites. I guarantee, that if you love his music, you definately will love this one. Thanks Herb Alpert for letting us enjoy your wonderful talent all rolled into one CD!"
The Best Alpert Collection Available
Joe Taravella | 06/27/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"With a great and popular group like the Tijuana Brass, it's hard to make a single disc spotlighting their biggest and best songs. But I have to tell you, this is well worth the buy!One thing you may notice is that "The Lonely Bull" is absent from the list; but wait a second! Have you ever had a TJB CD with "The Happening", "Mexican Road Race", and "The Third Man Theme"? It surprises me that since two of these songs did fairly well on the charts, they never appeared on an American compilation. "The Happening" propelled into the top forty and "The Third Man Theme" just missed it. If you think that DEFINITIVE HITS is all their is to buy, take a look at GOLD SERIES. After all, DEF HITS is hardly definitive and this CD is well worth it. Buy this and let your musical ears be in glory!"
