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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
Half of a good compilation, March 26, 2004
Reviewer: "hgn2001" (North Wales, PA USA) - See all my reviews
Others have expressed surprise at some of the song choices on this import CD called GOLD SERIES 2 for Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass. Looked at by itself, it IS rather surprising to see such choices as "Mexican Road Race" and "Third Man Theme." These were not hits after all, so what are they doing on a hits compilation?
Well they ARE great tunes - and this disc is only half of a two-disc set as originally conceived. In 1991, PolyGram, the new owners of the A&M Records back catalog, decided to mine those older records by putting out a series of discs called the GOLD SERIES in Europe and Japan. Australia got a similar series called STARTRAX.
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, originators of the A&M label, got two discs, since I suppose one wasn't felt to be long enough to hold all of the great songs. Somehow though, in label consolidation and titles going in and out of print since then, this title, Volume #2 in the set survived. Perhaps it was the more popular of the two, since it contains Herb's standout vocal on "This Guy's In Love With You." Though it was indeed Volume 2, nowhere on this disc is that designation found. Thus it seems that the powers that be decided it was good enough to stand on its own.
For the curious, the rarer and harder-to-find Volume 1 contained these tracks: The Lonely Bull / What Now My Love / Tijuana Taxi / The Maltese Melody / Bittersweet Samba / Casino Royale / Flamingo / Zorba The Greek / Our Day Will Come / The Girl From Ipanema / My Favorite Things / Wade In The Water / Spanish Harlem / So What's New / Without Her.
Harry from amcorner.com