Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - Classics, Volume 1 (1987)

Herb Alpert and the TJB have a very distinctive sound. At 25 tracks and over an hour of music, this CD contains a lot of that distinctive sound. I find it interesting that this sound was so popular in the '60s. Alpert doesn't have the clearest trumpet tone or the best singing voice, but it made for great background music at cocktail parties, I guess. Mating calls from the '60s. Warning: might retain potency if served with liquor.

Tracks:

	Title	Year	Pop	EL*
1	The Lonely Bull	1962	6
2	Acapulco 1922	1962
3	A Taste Of Honey	1965	7	1
4	Green Peppers	1965
5	The Work Song	1967	18	2
6	I'm Getting Sentimental Over You	1965
7	Whipped Cream	1965	68	13
8	Lollipops And Roses	1965
9	What Now My Love	1966	24	2
10	Memories Of Madrid	1966
11	This Guy's In Love With You	1968	1	1
12	The Maltese Melody	1969		14
13	So What's New?	1966
14	Spanish Flea	1965	27	4
15	Tijuana Taxi	1965	38	9
16	More And More Amor	1965
17	Jerusalem	1970	74	6
18	Zorba The Greek	1965	11	2
19	Tangerine	1965
20	Mexican Shuffle	1964	85	19
21	Marching Thru Madrid	1963	96
22	Mame	1967	19	2
23	A Banda	1967	35	1
24	Casino Royale	1967	27	1
25	Love Potion #9	1965

*Between the years 1965-1979, Billboard magazine's Adult Contemporary chart was titled Easy Listening.

Certainly The Lonely Bull and A Taste of Honey are fun, as are some of the covers like Zorba the Greek and Love Potion #9. The vocal take on Bacharach's This Guy's In Love With You is a nice change of pace, even if it's not the best version of that song. For pure cheese, check out Mame.

Personal Memory Associated with this CD: Not any associated with this CD, but the songs on the disc are some of the very first songs I remember hearing on the radio as a young lad. Of course, Spanish Flea reminds me of watching The Dating Game.