Captain Bacardi
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I just read this about the upcoming TJB reissues from Billboard. Notice the different release date:
Alpert's Brass Polished for Re-Release
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - It's easy to remember the '60s filtered through the music of the Beatles, Elvis Presley, the Beach Boys or Frank Sinatra, but there was another act that ruled the chart.
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass spent an amazing 32 weeks at No. 1 between 1962 and 1968 and scored a slew of hits including "This Guy's in Love With You" and "A Taste of Honey."
Through a licensing deal with Shout Factory, at least 14 titles will hit stores again come February via the "Herb Alpert Signature Series," Billboard has learned. The albums all originally came out on A&M, the label Alpert and Jerry Moss founded in the early '60s. Although reissued on CD in the late '80s, many have been out of print for years.
On Feb. 8, 1962's "The Lonely Bull" and 1965's "South of the Border" will be re-released. Also arriving that day is "Lost Treasures," a collection of previously unreleased songs recorded during the group's heyday.
The program will continue through May 2006, with releases scheduled to hit stores approximately every two months, including the iconic "Whipped Cream and Other Delights" in April. For those too young to remember, that album's cover -- a comely young woman covered in whipped cream -- was considered quite risque at the time and, as Alpert says, was "pinned up in the bathroom" of many hot-blooded American males.
Alpert oversaw the remastering of the sets and the expanded liner notes, all of which contain additional reflections by him.
The journey back in time was a pleasant one for Alpert. "It has been wonderful," he says. "It caught me off guard. I try not to live in the past, (but) when I heard these tapes, I just felt it would be nice for people to be able to experience it."
The music, a melange of jazz, pop, tropical, R&B and Latin sounds, captured a period in time.
"There was a certain naturalness that was happening in the '60s and '70s that felt more like a happening," Alpert says. "Production wasn't as clean and neat as I'm hearing these days. They're not perfect, but they have an honest feeling, which is what I was going for."
Alpert and Moss regained control of Alpert's catalog when they sold Rondor Publishing to PolyGram in 2000.
For Shout founding partner and COO Bob Emmer, the project serves as a reunion. "My first job was as a college rep for A&M between 1969 and 1972," he says. Emmer and Moss occasionally saw each other while vacationing in Maui, and, recently, Moss approached him to discuss the potential pairing.
"Shout Factory has put out some wonderful compilations that look great, so we were looking for their expertise," Moss says. "We wanted to represent Herbie in a really, really substantial and tasty way."
The primary audience for the Brass' music, Emmer believes, is the 35- to 55-year-old demo, but Emmer says the label's outreach includes much younger fans. "It basically comes down to publicity and making people aware," he says. "It's hitting people over the head with a two-by-four."
The releases are the original recordings, except Alpert says he did re-record a few of his trumpet parts.
In addition to the Tijuana Brass catalog, Sony-distributed Shout Factory also plans to reissue Alpert's solo albums.
Capt. Bacardi
...now awaiting an extra week for the reissues, online...
Alpert's Brass Polished for Re-Release
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - It's easy to remember the '60s filtered through the music of the Beatles, Elvis Presley, the Beach Boys or Frank Sinatra, but there was another act that ruled the chart.
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass spent an amazing 32 weeks at No. 1 between 1962 and 1968 and scored a slew of hits including "This Guy's in Love With You" and "A Taste of Honey."
Through a licensing deal with Shout Factory, at least 14 titles will hit stores again come February via the "Herb Alpert Signature Series," Billboard has learned. The albums all originally came out on A&M, the label Alpert and Jerry Moss founded in the early '60s. Although reissued on CD in the late '80s, many have been out of print for years.
On Feb. 8, 1962's "The Lonely Bull" and 1965's "South of the Border" will be re-released. Also arriving that day is "Lost Treasures," a collection of previously unreleased songs recorded during the group's heyday.
The program will continue through May 2006, with releases scheduled to hit stores approximately every two months, including the iconic "Whipped Cream and Other Delights" in April. For those too young to remember, that album's cover -- a comely young woman covered in whipped cream -- was considered quite risque at the time and, as Alpert says, was "pinned up in the bathroom" of many hot-blooded American males.
Alpert oversaw the remastering of the sets and the expanded liner notes, all of which contain additional reflections by him.
The journey back in time was a pleasant one for Alpert. "It has been wonderful," he says. "It caught me off guard. I try not to live in the past, (but) when I heard these tapes, I just felt it would be nice for people to be able to experience it."
The music, a melange of jazz, pop, tropical, R&B and Latin sounds, captured a period in time.
"There was a certain naturalness that was happening in the '60s and '70s that felt more like a happening," Alpert says. "Production wasn't as clean and neat as I'm hearing these days. They're not perfect, but they have an honest feeling, which is what I was going for."
Alpert and Moss regained control of Alpert's catalog when they sold Rondor Publishing to PolyGram in 2000.
For Shout founding partner and COO Bob Emmer, the project serves as a reunion. "My first job was as a college rep for A&M between 1969 and 1972," he says. Emmer and Moss occasionally saw each other while vacationing in Maui, and, recently, Moss approached him to discuss the potential pairing.
"Shout Factory has put out some wonderful compilations that look great, so we were looking for their expertise," Moss says. "We wanted to represent Herbie in a really, really substantial and tasty way."
The primary audience for the Brass' music, Emmer believes, is the 35- to 55-year-old demo, but Emmer says the label's outreach includes much younger fans. "It basically comes down to publicity and making people aware," he says. "It's hitting people over the head with a two-by-four."
The releases are the original recordings, except Alpert says he did re-record a few of his trumpet parts.
In addition to the Tijuana Brass catalog, Sony-distributed Shout Factory also plans to reissue Alpert's solo albums.
Capt. Bacardi
...now awaiting an extra week for the reissues, online...
Guess we'll have to wait and see if the Billboard article is "hot air" or not. 
