An obvious error when Randy is considered Herb's "son"....
Goes well with their sloppy reporting on the remasters.An obvious error when Randy is considered Herb's "son"....
It makes you wonder doesn't it? And as another example some discography listings on Herb Alpert's albums still wrongly list his Greatest Hits volume 2 as being released in 1973 when it was really was released in 1977. I kind of wonder "What are They Thinking?".Does everyone over there have a couple of belts before they start writing or something?Copy editing is a dying art. It's sad.
When I now see this in major news outlets (local newspapers, CNN, etc.), it does make me wonder. It's either that or they don't bother having anyone on staff to proofread (which saves money). Sometimes there are entire words that are wrong.Does everyone over there have a couple of belts before they start writing or something?Copy editing is a dying art. It's sad.
Great strategy i think. And understandable too.The first album number was LP 101; the first single ("The Lonely Bull") was 703 with a matrix number of 1005. It's b-side was matrix number 1006.
Yeah, the story I always heard was that Jerry didn't want to be promoting a new song, new artist, new label. He wanted to make it sound as if this was all well-established - and not something out of someone's garage!
Harry
Here's a video I posted on YouTube some time back when Herb was on "Video Soul" in 1989, right before the sale of A&M that talks about Jerry's strategy:
Here's a video I posted on YouTube some time back when Herb was on "Video Soul" in 1989, right before the sale of A&M that talks about Jerry's strategy:
Maybe that critic sould work for the All music guide since most of their reviewers have done similarly negative reviews on much of Herb's musicSounds more like he didn't eat his prunes!![]()
The likely reason for this is because the only song on that compilation which had a copyright or patent date was "Last Tango In Paris", marked with a tiny asterisk. And the asterisk was listed below with 1973 as a date. People invariably mistook this as the date of the Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 release, and there you have it. Some later releases have the 1977 date on them. But the damage was already done.It makes you wonder doesn't it? And as another example some discography listings on Herb Alpert's albums still wrongly list his Greatest Hits volume 2 as being released in 1973 when it was really was released in 1977. I kind of wonder "What are They Thinking?".
True That. And i think considering that the vinyl version was originally only availiable through record clubs until at least 1980 with the the 1977 date and other similar situations. IMO possibly kept this from selling as well as the first Greatest hits lp which sold much more in its first run.The likely reason for this is because the only song on that compilation which had a copyright or patent date was "Last Tango In Paris", marked with a tiny asterisk. And the asterisk was listed below with 1973 as a date. People invariably mistook this as the date of the Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 release, and there you have it. Some later releases have the 1977 date on them. But the damage was already done.