It struck me this morning that the 7" Extended Play format - the "EP" - wasn't really much adopted in the USA. Here in Britain, however, EPs were very popular - indeed sometimes an EP would get into the singles chart.
The thought was prompted by the fact that I have a pile of Herb's EPs in front of me - and I thought you might find the details of mild passing interest. I don't know if I have all the EPs issued in the UK (in fact I suspect I don't) but what I have here are:-
MEXICAN CORN: Mexican Corn/Spanish Harlem; America/Winds of Barcelona Stateside SE1037, published 1963
Sleeve: colourful picture of Mexican puppets hanging on a street stall
Sleeve notes: the Hernando Cortes notes found on TLB
UP CHERRY STREET: Up Cherry Street/Numero Cinco; Mexican Shuffle/The Girl from Ipanema Pye International NEP44041, published 1964
Sleeve: save photo as on the front of "WNML"
Sleeve notes: the first two paragraphs of the Hernando Cortez notes but not credited to anyone.
MEETS ZORBA THE GREEK: Zorba the Greek/More and More Amor; A Walk in the Black Forest/Third Man Theme Pye International NEP 44052, published 1965
Sleeve: B/W casual pic of Herb sitting on crude stone steps with hands resting on his trumpet.
Sleeve notes: none
GETTING SENTIMENTAL: I'm Getting Sentimental Over You/Peanuts; And The Angels Sing/Las Mananitas Pye International NEP 44061, published 1966
Sleeve: colour pic of Herb and trumpet sitting against a light green background. (The same picture appears - with a blue background - on the sleeve of a EP of European origin titled HERB ALPERT AND THE TIJUSNS BRASS. Tracks were A Banda/Spanish Flea; Miss Frenchy Brown/Brasilia. A&M EP-25-3)Sleeve notes: very extensive biog indeed!
(SO WHAT'S NEW - Pye International NEP 44069 - I don't have)
WHAT NOW MY LOVE: What Now My Love/The Shadow of Your Smile; Five Minutes More/It Was a Very Good Year Pye International NEP 44079, published 1966
Sleeve: Colour pic of Herb standing on a stone balcony with other members of the TJB out of focus behind him, together with statues and a palm tree. Predominantly brown colour background. Still from a TV show? Close up of Herb on back sleeve - no sleeve notes.
FIVE MINUTES MORE: Work Song/Flamingo; Plucky/Cantina Blue Pye International NEP 44084, published 1967
Sleeve: same photograph as front of "WNML"
back sleeve; photo of Herb in profile. No sleeve notes
(I don't have the disc, but there was certainly an EP - possibly released in Spain - with The Happening/South of the Border; Town Without Pity/A Walk in the Black Forest A&M EP - 26 - 6)
I also have an interesting French EP:
THE MEXICAN SHUFFLE: The Mexican Shuffle/Numero Cinco; mexican Drummer Man/The Great Manolette Columbia ESRF 1569
Sleeve: Colour photo of a sleeping Mexican
Sleeve notes: Minimal biog of Herb
(there was an earlier French EP that I don't have:
THE LONELY BULL: The Lonely Bull/Acapulco 1922; El Lobo/Tijuana Sauerkraut Columbia ESDF 1452; I know there was also a "James Bon" EP which featured "Casino Royale".)
Interesting bits:
NEP 44084 is titled "Five Minutes More" but doesn';t feature that track. However the back sleeve has a label with the track listing that's stuck over what was obviously the originally intended tracks. Side 2 was the same as the eventual release, but side 1 was Five Minutes More/It Was a Very Good Year. Which, of course, was side 2 of NEP 44079!! The version of "Plucky" is the straight one without the bump 'n' grind.
Anyone want to add to the list?
The thought was prompted by the fact that I have a pile of Herb's EPs in front of me - and I thought you might find the details of mild passing interest. I don't know if I have all the EPs issued in the UK (in fact I suspect I don't) but what I have here are:-
MEXICAN CORN: Mexican Corn/Spanish Harlem; America/Winds of Barcelona Stateside SE1037, published 1963
Sleeve: colourful picture of Mexican puppets hanging on a street stall
Sleeve notes: the Hernando Cortes notes found on TLB
UP CHERRY STREET: Up Cherry Street/Numero Cinco; Mexican Shuffle/The Girl from Ipanema Pye International NEP44041, published 1964
Sleeve: save photo as on the front of "WNML"
Sleeve notes: the first two paragraphs of the Hernando Cortez notes but not credited to anyone.
MEETS ZORBA THE GREEK: Zorba the Greek/More and More Amor; A Walk in the Black Forest/Third Man Theme Pye International NEP 44052, published 1965
Sleeve: B/W casual pic of Herb sitting on crude stone steps with hands resting on his trumpet.
Sleeve notes: none
GETTING SENTIMENTAL: I'm Getting Sentimental Over You/Peanuts; And The Angels Sing/Las Mananitas Pye International NEP 44061, published 1966
Sleeve: colour pic of Herb and trumpet sitting against a light green background. (The same picture appears - with a blue background - on the sleeve of a EP of European origin titled HERB ALPERT AND THE TIJUSNS BRASS. Tracks were A Banda/Spanish Flea; Miss Frenchy Brown/Brasilia. A&M EP-25-3)Sleeve notes: very extensive biog indeed!
(SO WHAT'S NEW - Pye International NEP 44069 - I don't have)
WHAT NOW MY LOVE: What Now My Love/The Shadow of Your Smile; Five Minutes More/It Was a Very Good Year Pye International NEP 44079, published 1966
Sleeve: Colour pic of Herb standing on a stone balcony with other members of the TJB out of focus behind him, together with statues and a palm tree. Predominantly brown colour background. Still from a TV show? Close up of Herb on back sleeve - no sleeve notes.
FIVE MINUTES MORE: Work Song/Flamingo; Plucky/Cantina Blue Pye International NEP 44084, published 1967
Sleeve: same photograph as front of "WNML"
back sleeve; photo of Herb in profile. No sleeve notes
(I don't have the disc, but there was certainly an EP - possibly released in Spain - with The Happening/South of the Border; Town Without Pity/A Walk in the Black Forest A&M EP - 26 - 6)
I also have an interesting French EP:
THE MEXICAN SHUFFLE: The Mexican Shuffle/Numero Cinco; mexican Drummer Man/The Great Manolette Columbia ESRF 1569
Sleeve: Colour photo of a sleeping Mexican
Sleeve notes: Minimal biog of Herb
(there was an earlier French EP that I don't have:
THE LONELY BULL: The Lonely Bull/Acapulco 1922; El Lobo/Tijuana Sauerkraut Columbia ESDF 1452; I know there was also a "James Bon" EP which featured "Casino Royale".)
Interesting bits:
NEP 44084 is titled "Five Minutes More" but doesn';t feature that track. However the back sleeve has a label with the track listing that's stuck over what was obviously the originally intended tracks. Side 2 was the same as the eventual release, but side 1 was Five Minutes More/It Was a Very Good Year. Which, of course, was side 2 of NEP 44079!! The version of "Plucky" is the straight one without the bump 'n' grind.
Anyone want to add to the list?