Within the past few months, I spotted a German version of S.R.O. on eBay. It had a modified cover picture showing a girl hanging on the right-hand pole. The picture on eBay that I posted on another thread was cropped a lot on the right side, so I've been meaning to get a better shot of it. Using the digital camera and some sprucing up with PhotoShop, here's the way it looks:
What's interesting, in addition to the eye-candy, is the way the verbiage is distributed across the cover. The "Tijuana Brass" is relegated to a box in the lower right, just below another box with the "S.R.O." title. "Herb Alpert" is all alone at the top of the cover, with a "brandnew" designation underneath.
I suppose that "S.R.O." was too uniquely an American abbreviation, so the Germans re-titled it with "brandnew".
Sonically, the album is a winner. "Our Day Will Come" doesn't have the "crunchy" sound that we've gotten used to on so many LPs, CDs, reissues, etc. It's nice and clean here.
Harry
What's interesting, in addition to the eye-candy, is the way the verbiage is distributed across the cover. The "Tijuana Brass" is relegated to a box in the lower right, just below another box with the "S.R.O." title. "Herb Alpert" is all alone at the top of the cover, with a "brandnew" designation underneath.
I suppose that "S.R.O." was too uniquely an American abbreviation, so the Germans re-titled it with "brandnew".
Sonically, the album is a winner. "Our Day Will Come" doesn't have the "crunchy" sound that we've gotten used to on so many LPs, CDs, reissues, etc. It's nice and clean here.
Harry
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