Herb Alperts Tijuana Brass - The Beat Of The Brass '1968; 2015

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The Beat of the Brass is a 1968 album by the popular instrumental group Herb
Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, the groups tenth. It was the last album by the
Tijuana Brass to be released in both mono (LP 146) and stereo (SP 4146)
versions; all albums afterward would be released in stereo only.

The album was released on the heels of a April 22, 1968 CBS television special
by the same title. Tom Mankiewicz, who wrote the special, also provided two
paragraphs of liner notes for the album. Explaining the concept behind the
album, Mankiewicz writes, The beat of America is more than a musical experience.
It finds its pulse and rhythms in the very life of the country: the crack of a
bat against a baseball, the spinning wheels and pounding machinery of a modern
factory, a swinging crowd in New Orleans at Mardi Gras, a saddle twisting
desperately against his rider...

The album includes Alperts only major vocal hit, This Guys in Love with You,
which became an overnight success following its inclusion during the special in
a sequence featuring Alpert and his then-wife Sharon. The song became the groups
first No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, reaching the top spot on June
22, 1968 and remaining there for four consecutive weeks. Alpert would not reach
the top of the singles chart again until 1979s Rise. The other track from The
Beat of the Brass to reach the Billboard Hot 100 was Cabaret, which peaked at
No. 72 in May 1968.

The album was reissued on CD by Shout! Factory on August 16, 2005. It was
reissued on CD and through various download services by Alperts own label, Herb
Alpert Presents, in September 2016.

Tracklisting:
01. Herb Alperts Tijuana Brass - Monday, Monday (3:08)
02. Herb Alperts Tijuana Brass - A Beautiful Friend (3:17)
03. Herb Alperts Tijuana Brass - Cabaret (2:41)
04. Herb Alperts Tijuana Brass - Panama (3:33)
05. Herb Alperts Tijuana Brass - Belz Mein Shtetele Belz (My Home Town) (2:15)
06. Herb Alperts Tijuana Brass - Talk To The Animals (2:15)
07. Herb Alperts Tijuana Brass - Slick (3:31)
08. Herb Alperts Tijuana Brass - She Touched Me (2:58)
09. Herb Alperts Tijuana Brass - Thanks For The Memory (2:06)
10. Herb Alperts Tijuana Brass - The Robin (2:23)
11. Herb Alperts Tijuana Brass - This Guys In Love With You (4:00)

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