🎵 AotW Herb Alpert - Rise (A&M Records SP-4790 / SP-3714)

Herb Alpert
Rise

A&M Records SP-4790

Reissued as SPJ-4790
in the A&M Audiophile series

Reissued as SP-3714

Reissued as SPX-3714
as a dbx-encoded record

Reissued by Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs
on vinyl as MFSL 1-053

Released 1979 (peaked #3 on jazz charts)

Format: Vinyl/8-Track/Cassette/CD

Produced by Herb Alpert and Randy Badazz
Associate Producer: Andy Armer

Songs:

1. 1980 (Herb Alpert) - 2:25​

2. Rise (Andy Armer/Randy Badazz) - 7:37​

3. Behind The Rain (Herb Alpert) - 5:34​

4. Rotation (Andy Armer/Randy Badazz) - 5:12​

5. Street Life (Joe Sample/Will Jennings) - 5:01​

6. Love Is (Bill Withers/Paul Smith) - 4:28​

7. Angelina (Pete Sinfield/Gary Brooker) - 4:13​

8. Aranjuez (Mon Amour) (Joaquin Rodrigo) - 6:42​

Musicians:
Herb Alpert - Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Vocals
Steve Schaeffer - Drums and Percussion
Harvey Mason - Drums
Louis Johnson - Bass (6)
Abe Laboriel - Bass, Acoustic Guitar (8 )
Jerry Knight - Bass (8 )
James Jamerson, Jr. - Bass
Tim May - Guitar
Chris Pinnick - Guitar
Carlos Rios - Guitar
Manolo Badrena - Percussion
Julius Wechter - Marimba
Andy Armer - Acoustic Piano, Rhodes, Clavinet and Synthesizers
Joe Sample - Acoustic Piano
Jay Dee Maness - Slide Steel Guitar (7)
Randy Badazz - Percussion, Tavia, Moog Drums and Insanities
Mike Lang - Fender Rhodes Piano
Michel Colombier - Piano (1, 8 ), Synthesized Bass (1)
Emil Richards - Percussion (8 )
John Bergamo - Percussion (8 )
Tom Tedesco - Lute (8 )
Tom Scott - Lyricon (8 )
Pete Jolly - Accordion (8 )
Bob Magnusson - Acoustic Bass (1)
Bob Findley - Trumpet (1)
William Reichenbach - Alto Trombone (1)
Michael Boddicker - Synthesizer Programming (1)

Orchestrations on "Aranjuez" - Herb Alpert, Michel Colombier & Gene Page
Concertmaster: Harry Bluestone

Orchestrations on "1980" - Herb Alpert & Michel Colombier

Orchestrations on "Behind The Rain" & "Street Life" - Tom-Tom 84
Concertmaster: Paul Shure
String Contractor: Ben Barrett

Musicians on "Rise" (Thank You - Herb Alpert)
Guitar: Tim May, Chris Pinnick
Drums: Steve Schaeffer
Bass: Abe Laboriel
Piano: Mike Lang
Fender Rhodes: Andy Armer
Marimba: Julius Wechter
Engineer: Don Hahn

Engineers: Don Hahn on "1980", "Rise" and "Aranjuez"
Assisted by: Don Kolden
All other tunes Engineered by: Mark Smith
Assisted by: Skip Cottrell and Steve Katz
Re-mixed by Don Hahn
Recorded at A&M Recording Studios, Studio D, Hollywood, CA
Mastered by: Bernie Grundman

All tunes except "1980" were recorded on the 3M-32 track digital machine and transferred to analog for editing.

Art Direction - Roland Young
Design - Amy Nagasawa
Photography - Barry McKinley

A&M Audiophile series release


dbx-encoded release


Mobile Fidelity release

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https://www.discogs.com/master/92986-Herb-Alpert-Rise

Rise, Herb Alpert - Qobuz

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Capt. Bacardi

 

[David S]

Yes--Qobuz has all the current remasters. If the label info shows as "Herb Alpert Presents," you have the genuine article. 👍

Qobuz really knocks it out of the park. Too bad not many know about it or use it. It's the only one I've ever tried and paid for.

i've been using Qobuz of late and quite pleased with it. Easy platform.

 

[Cuyler]

i've been using Qobuz of late and quite pleased with it. Easy platform.

To me, Qobuz wins out over HDtracks for the main reason that HDtracks (when I last used it) did not allow for the re-downloading of music. Once you download it, you better hope you have it archived somewhere...

 

[Rudy]

To me, Qobuz wins out over HDtracks for the main reason that HDtracks (when I last used it) did not allow for the re-downloading of music. Once you download it, you better hope you have it archived somewhere...

I think HDTracks offered a limited amount of time to download purchases, like 60 days...I forget. But it wasn't permanent. If you missed out, you had to purchase them again.

I backup my purchases to OneDrive anyways, as a safety measure.

 

[Cuyler]

This mix of “Rotation” is fantastic.



Anyone know where I could find it on CD?

 

[Cuyler]

Action shot. And actually a bit posed since I normally do not play records without the weight on the label...

Also… me neither. 🤣

 

[Rudy]

Anyone know where I could find it on CD?

Far as I know, only on the CD in the YouTube video, and it was a French CD release.

 

[Harry]

Supposedly, it's on this one too.

Ben Liebrand - Grand 12-Inches 12

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2014 CD release of "Grand 12-Inches 12" on Discogs.

www.discogs.com

 

[Rudy]

I have a lot of those Grand 12-Inches sets. Just checked--I have up to #8, and it looks as though it goes up to #16. So I have some catching up to do.

Frustrating sets. There are always a handful of tracks from each one I want, but many I've never heard of (and some of those just aren't all that good), and some I don't like at all. Then there is always a track or two that I'd heard before but never knew the name of--always a pleaseant surprise. That's how it goes with most compilations though--the gems are worth getting it for, but there's a lot to wade through.

"Beyond" is also on #12. The 12" version is just a promo of the album cut...?

These were all released through Sony in the Netherlands, with cooperation of the original labels, so these are not cheap knock-off sets.

 

[Harry]

"Beyond" is also on #12. The 12" version is just a promo of the album cut...?

Correct. For "Beyond" all I see is an edited version down to 4:17 on SP-12034.

 

[Rudy]

The current remaster is true to the sound of the original release--@badazz restored Herb's entire catalog to that standard, so I know it's "pure" and not doctored with. The original LP pressing I own and played dozens of times over the past few decades, and the old A&M Audiophile pressing I replaced it with sounds identical, but on cleaner vinyl. So that's my reference point. 🙂

The HD version on Qobuz is peak limited.

I listen with my ears, not pictures of waveforms or monitoring by the "DR police." BTW, it's high-res, not "HD."

 

[Harry]

I have no issue with any of the many versions of RISE that I own, well, except for the juggling of tracks on the Shout! issue, but even that's not a big deal.

 

[alpertfan]

For me, the only dog in the bunch is, "Love Is".

 

[abstract_fan]

On page 9 of the Shout Factory booklet: "Alpert has always noted if Rise had not been a success there would be no subsequent album."

That is odd since he and Jerry were noted for sticking with an artist; obvious example - the first Carpenters album vs. the second.

And, in his own case, Volume 2 wasn't as big as The Lonely Bull at the time of its release, and then a little later things really took off with album #3.

It's late at night; mind is wandering.

 

[Harry]

I found this picture on the web showing part of the "Rise Wall". The story there was that it was designed by one or more of "The Tubes".

 

[Bobberman]

I found this picture on the web showing part of the "Rise Wall". The story there was that it was designed by one or more of "The Tubes".

I love this "Rise " wall I wish I had several pictures of it but the Rise album cover somehow really inspired Me the way the records were placed and the way the sun shined on them to me was pure perfection artistically and stylistically thanks for sharing this one.

 

[Rudy]

Rise was reissued as SP-3714, and was previously featured as an AotW when SP-4790 was our weekly album feature. A friendly bump to highlight it!

If the discussions appear a bit repetitive, that is because I combined three threads into one. There are comments here from 2006, 2008, and 2011, as all were duplicate AotW features.

 

[Rudy]

The funny part is that SPJ-4790 and MFSL 1-053 were both pressed at the same JVC plant in Japan, on the same vinyl compound. It would be interesting to compare the run-out grooves to see if the stampers are different. I can tell from the initials who mastered the discs: for example, "SR/2" is Stan Ricker. I don't have the MFSL version yet.

Stan Ricker cut the Mobile Fidelity version--SR/2 is scribed in the runout.

There appear to be two different lacquers for the A&M Audiophile version--one is scribed DWJ/2 and the other GJ/2. I'm still trying to track down who these two engineers were; DWJ is most likely Darrell Johnson.

 

[Harry]

Like fine wine, the RISE album just gets better and better each year for me. I regret not discovering it when it was a current title, but as they say, better late than never.

And it turns out that the "1980" theme was indeed used by NBC for their 1986 World Cup coverage:

 

[bob knack]

Like fine wine, the RISE album just gets better and better each year for me. I regret not discovering it when it was a current title, but as they say, better late than never.

And it turns out that the "1980" theme was indeed used by NBC for their 1986 World Cup coverage:

Is it my imagination or does 1980 sound a lot like Treasure of San Miguel?

 

[Harry]

Is it my imagination or does 1980 sound a lot like Treasure of San Miguel?

I think "Behind The Rain" melodically sounds a lot like Giorgio Moroder's theme from MIDNIGHT EXPRESS.