There's a terrific site called Past Daily---an audio site filled with all sorts of fascinating things. One of the latest postings is a complete recording of Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, Johnny Mathis and Bill Dana at the Hollywood Bowl on September 11, 1965.
It was part of a once-yearly series dating back to 1959 called "Stereo at the Bowl", featuring various artists and sponsored (at least by 1965) by the House of Sight and Sound...and emceed by KMPC, Los Angeles personalities Johnny Grant, Johnny Magnus and Roger Carroll.
According to Past Daily's Gordon Skene, the tape was a reference tape made by the Hollywood Bowl. It had been ordered destroyed in 1968. Thankfully, someone ignored that order and it found its way into Gordon's hands:
Johnny Mathis – Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – Hollywood Bowl –...
It was part of a once-yearly series dating back to 1959 called "Stereo at the Bowl", featuring various artists and sponsored (at least by 1965) by the House of Sight and Sound...and emceed by KMPC, Los Angeles personalities Johnny Grant, Johnny Magnus and Roger Carroll.
According to Past Daily's Gordon Skene, the tape was a reference tape made by the Hollywood Bowl. It had been ordered destroyed in 1968. Thankfully, someone ignored that order and it found its way into Gordon's hands:
Johnny Mathis – Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – Hollywood Bowl –...