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DAN BOLTON said:So they went back to the old tapes in preparation for a new record, huh? Did Larry just spill some beans, or what? C'mon,reissues!!
Dan, hoping some of those outtakes will be included...
thetijuanataxi said:I also have a version of ATOH by Tom Jones on his LP "GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME", and Barbra Streisand on "THE BARBRA STREISAND ALBUM". But the song will always belong to Herb.
David,
NP: Captain & Tennille's Greatest Hits........
So they went back to the old tapes in preparation for a new record, huh? Did Larry just spill some beans, or what? C'mon reissues!!
Mike Blakesley said:So they went back to the old tapes in preparation for a new record, huh? Did Larry just spill some beans, or what? C'mon reissues!!
Since that article was published in February of 2002, I would bet the interviews were conducted in mid-2001, and the "new record" he meant was DEFINITIVE HITS, which came out in March 2001.
Mike Blakesley said:So they went back to the old tapes in preparation for a new record, huh? Did Larry just spill some beans, or what? C'mon reissues!!
Since that article was published in February of 2002, I would bet the interviews were conducted in mid-2001, and the "new record" he meant was DEFINITIVE HITS, which came out in March 2001.
Mike Blakesley said:Since that article was published in February of 2002, I would bet the interviews were conducted in mid-2001, and the "new record" he meant was DEFINITIVE HITS, which came out in March 2001.
Alpert couldn't resist reminding Levine that the engineer had at one point suggested that Alpert put strings on the track. “So, he laughs and he asks me, ‘Do you still think it needs strings, and do you still think it's a B side?’” Levine laughs. “But I still think strings would have sounded good on it.”
Harry said:In the video of The Very Best Of Herb Alpert, the song is excized from one of the TV specials (I forget which one, probably the first) - shown with the group playing on the rocks on the beach, with an added giant string section playing at the water's edge. Though as we've commented here about the key being slightly off, it's a great way to sample what Levine probably envisioned.
timbrown said:Maybe this is way off but just wondering....dolores Ericson on the "whipped cream" cover. Don't know what her age was but maybe not too far off. THis is a link to an obiturary with her name. Died at the age of 77 in 2001.
http://www.nctimes.net/news/2001/20010907/yyyy.html
Born in '23, she would have been 42 when the album was out.
Tim