Last year, I mentioned that two of Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass' tracks appeared in the movie MATCHSTICK MEN with Nicholas Cage. That movie is out on DVD now, so I did a couple of video captures where the A&M LPs are viewed spinning on the character's Technics turntable.
First up is a transition shot from one scene to another while "The Lonely Bull" is playing. The turntable and album are only in sharp focus while the transition is taking place, and as the turntable scene is firmly established, the focus moves away from the turntable while the camera is panning to the right. Thus, this picture is rather blurry, but the familiar A&M ochre-colored label can be identified, and the stylus is clearly on track one:
The second shot is clearer, and it occurs as Nicholas Cage's daughter, curious about her mysterious dad, familiarizes herself with what's in his home. She's seen looking through his record collection, and we hear "Tijuana Taxi" playing as this close-up appears:
On this one, we can clearly read the silver & tan label and identify the album as GREATEST HITS (must be a re-issue!). One can also notice that the stylus is nearing the end of track 3, which would have been "South Of The Border", yet it's "Tijuana Taxi" that we're hearing.
Both tracks are contained on the MATCHSTICK MEN soundtrack CD - "..Taxi" isn't the dropout-laden version from DEFINITIVE HITS, either.
I thought some of us A&M fans would find these interesting.
Harry
NP: MATCHSTICK MEN DVD
First up is a transition shot from one scene to another while "The Lonely Bull" is playing. The turntable and album are only in sharp focus while the transition is taking place, and as the turntable scene is firmly established, the focus moves away from the turntable while the camera is panning to the right. Thus, this picture is rather blurry, but the familiar A&M ochre-colored label can be identified, and the stylus is clearly on track one:
The second shot is clearer, and it occurs as Nicholas Cage's daughter, curious about her mysterious dad, familiarizes herself with what's in his home. She's seen looking through his record collection, and we hear "Tijuana Taxi" playing as this close-up appears:
On this one, we can clearly read the silver & tan label and identify the album as GREATEST HITS (must be a re-issue!). One can also notice that the stylus is nearing the end of track 3, which would have been "South Of The Border", yet it's "Tijuana Taxi" that we're hearing.
Both tracks are contained on the MATCHSTICK MEN soundtrack CD - "..Taxi" isn't the dropout-laden version from DEFINITIVE HITS, either.
I thought some of us A&M fans would find these interesting.
Harry
NP: MATCHSTICK MEN DVD
Now, if it had been a Rega P3 or Music Hall MMF9, I might have been a little more impressed... 
I doubt they own a VPI record vacuum and a set of Disc Doctor brushes. 
