From an e-mail that I received today from Bruce Kimmel - the material is with the mastering engineer and the release is expected perhaps in December.
Also for those who may be interested, here is a link to Bruce's ABC TV interview he recently did...
Saw this on Amazon while checking prices on the Fresh Air reissue. Anybody have any info on it? Vinyl rip?
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Baja-Marimba-Band/dp/B003R0MJ8G/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1284010159&sr=1-5
NJB
Not sure if this has been posted before, but the hosts of the Julius Wechter Tribute in 2002 in Glendale, CA, Charlie Brill & Mitzi McCall have a wonderful piece on NPR's, "This American Life".
They happened to be the "comedy" act booked on the Ed Sullivan Show the night the Beatles made...
Hola Amigos!!!
Does anybody own "Can You Dig It" on a 45? I know it's rumored to exist as a white label promo but never seen one anywhere. I've been looking for it for a while, and it never shows up on ebay, Craigslist, or Moerer's... but I know it's gotta be out there somewhere! And is it a...
Eleven years ago yesterday, we lost Julius Wechter.
Cissy sent me a link yesterday to this on YouTube - you might enjoy it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4nI0sB07wM
Does somebody have information on this album? Pretty expensive!
http://cgi.ebay.ca/THE-MUSIC-OF-JULIUS-WECHTER-LP-BAJA-MARIMBA-BAND-RARE_W0QQitemZ380103280773QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_on_Vinyl?hash=item587febc885#ht_500wt_922
Robert
Julius Wechter and the Baja Marimba Band
DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSE?
A&M SP-4150
Tracks:
Side One
1. I Say A Little Prayer (Bacharach-David) 2:28
2. Sunrise, Sunset (Harnick-Bock) 3:26
3. San Fernando (William Pitman) 1:58
4. Do You Know The Way To San Jose...
I've been wondering lately about exactly which years, the BMB preformed live. We know the first touring band was formed sometime during the Watch Out sesions in 1966 and went all through the sixties. Didn't they last longer than the TJB..? Another album comes out as The Baja Marimba Band in...
Hi how you all doing? I have a quick question, First one is the sergio mendes album look around was that ever released in mono? Because growing up I never did see that in mono. I only saw that in stereo.Second question is was there an offical release picture sleeve for The Cry of the wild...
Julius Wechter & The Baja Marimba Band
Fowl Play
A&M SP 4136
Also released as monaural LP 136.
Tracks:
Side One:
1. Fowl Play (Julius Wechter) 2:07
2. Summer Samba (Gimbel - M. Valle - P. Valle) 2:13
3. Yellow Days (A. Bernstein - A. Carrillo) 2:35
4. Windy (Ruthann Friedman) 2:42
5. Sounds...
For those looking to add to their TJB and BAJA video collections, Nostalgia Family Videos http://www.nostalgiafamilyvideo.com/searchresults.asp?srkeys=The+Hollywood+Palace&Criteria=AND currently has 5 shows with these two acts:
Vol. 13 12/11/65 TJB - host Caterina Valente - B&W
Vol. 26...
Maybe this has been on the Forum before, but I must not have seen it. Check this out:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE6Q-OGeJSc
It's the BMB on 'Palace,' hosted by Herb Alpert. Good stuff.
George
Baja Marimba Band
WATCH OUT!
A&M SP 4118
Available as monaural LP 118.
Tracks:
Side one
1. The Portuguese Washerwoman (Popp-Lucchesi) 1:54
2. The More I See You (Warren-Gordon) 2:07
3. Sabor A Mi (Be True To Me) (M. Mitchell) 2:52
4. Yours (Roig-Sherr-Gamse) 2:45
5. Cast Your Fate To The...
Baja Marimba Band
FOR ANIMALS ONLY
A&M SP-4113
Tracks:
Side One
1. For Animals Only (Julius Wechter) 2:20
2. Puff (The Magic Dragon) (Yarrow-Lipton) 2:28
3. Elephant Soul (Julius Wechter) 2:30
4. Gnu Bossa Nova (Cohn-Hallinan) 2:32
5. Last Of The Red Hot Llamas (Alf Brinton)...
Baja Marimba Band
RIDES AGAIN
A&M SP 4109
Released in 1965 as SP 4109 (stereo) and LP 109 (mono).
Tracks:
Side one:
1. Brasilia (Wechter) 2:36
2. Walk On By (Bacharach-David) 2:58
3. Guacamole (Wechter) 2:33
4. More (Oliviero-Ortolani) 2:23
5. Dear Heart (Mancini-Mercer) 2:58
6. Majorca...
An interesting Baja Marimba Band album on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350117481159&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123#ebayphotohosting
It looks like an alternate picture from the "Rides Again" photo shoot. But from what I can tell, the people in it look very much...
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