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The Brass Are Comin'
Released: November 1969
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Released: November 1969
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The Western motif on the double-fold album jacket -- with Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass in costume -- signals this as another companion album to a TV special. But there is a deeper significance...
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Summertime
Released: July 1971
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Released: July 1971
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Though Herb Alpert was technically taking a sabbatical from music in the early 1970s, he wasn't entirely inactive, recording in dribs and drabs. So A&M assembled this brief collection of singles...
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Tijuana Brass Featuring Herb Alpert, Vol. 2
Released: May 1963
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Released: May 1963
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The follow-up LP to The Lonely Bull, in the great tradition of follow-ups, tries to duplicate its appeal right off the bat with another leadoff track featuring bullfight sounds and an authentic...
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The Lonely Bull
Released: December 1962
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Released: December 1962
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The colossus that is A&M Records starts right here with the first album by the 1960s instrumental juggernaut known as the Tijuana Brass. True, there was no "Tijuana Brass" per se at this time; just...
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Whipped Cream & Other Delights
Released: April 1965
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Released: April 1965
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It'll never be known exactly what made Whipped Cream & Other Delights Herb Alpert's big commercial breakthrough -- the music or the LP jacket's luscious nude model covered almost entirely with...
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Beat of the Brass
Released: April 1968
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Released: April 1968
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Meant as the companion album to a Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass television special of the same name and packaged in a fancy double-fold LP jacket, The Beat of the Brass came out amid signs that...
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Greatest Hits
Released: March 1970
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Released: March 1970
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Released in 1970, a bit too late to capitalize on the Tijuana Brass at the peak of their appeal, this early hits collection compounded the error of its tardy timing by only including selections...
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Four Sider
Released: November 1973
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Released: November 1973
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When Herb Alpert wound down activity with The Tijuana Brass at the end of the 1960s and the beginning of the 1970s, his record label, A&M, began releasing hits collections and compilations culled...
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