Sorry if this topic has been discussed before - but I think it could be interesting to hear what is your small 'Herb Alpert-pride' back home on your shelf. It certainly doesn't have to be expensive items - just something that has a special story connected to it and therefore is precious to you.
Let me start by mentioning just one thing from 'my shelf':
In 1970 I was 12 years old and had been writing (in broken English) a letter to Herb Alpert. About a month after I had posted the letter from Denmark, I received a large envelope with a typed message telling me, that unfortunately the fan club had been closed. Inside the official A&M envelope was also two promotional pictures. Unfortunately there was no autograph, which was what I originally had asked for.
Well, 28 years later I decided to contact Herb again, and this time I was allowed to send a few record sleeves to him for his autograph. Together with the sleeves I sent the yellow A&M envelope that I had received in 1970 (still with the date/year postmark vissible). And to my big joy I received the autographed items shortly after, and perhaps for some nostalgic reasons the most fantastic thing was to see Herb's autograph and greetings on that old envelope. Somehow things came full circle.
P.S. I have given up explaining to my wife and kids how a grown-up man can have sentimenal feelings towards an envelope - so therefore I turn to you, my fellow-Herb-Alpert-addicts.
Let me start by mentioning just one thing from 'my shelf':
In 1970 I was 12 years old and had been writing (in broken English) a letter to Herb Alpert. About a month after I had posted the letter from Denmark, I received a large envelope with a typed message telling me, that unfortunately the fan club had been closed. Inside the official A&M envelope was also two promotional pictures. Unfortunately there was no autograph, which was what I originally had asked for.
Well, 28 years later I decided to contact Herb again, and this time I was allowed to send a few record sleeves to him for his autograph. Together with the sleeves I sent the yellow A&M envelope that I had received in 1970 (still with the date/year postmark vissible). And to my big joy I received the autographed items shortly after, and perhaps for some nostalgic reasons the most fantastic thing was to see Herb's autograph and greetings on that old envelope. Somehow things came full circle.
P.S. I have given up explaining to my wife and kids how a grown-up man can have sentimenal feelings towards an envelope - so therefore I turn to you, my fellow-Herb-Alpert-addicts.