Steppin’ Out CD

Blair G.

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All of the other threads about Steppin’ Out appear to be closed so I’ll pose my question here.

I’m gradually collecting all of Herb’s CDs on the Herb Alpert Presents label.
Ordered Steppin’ Out from Amazon Canada and though the description says the label is HAP, the disc I received is actually on Shout! Factory.
Is this what others have experienced?
Maybe they’re blowing out old stock?
 
All of the other threads about Steppin’ Out appear to be closed so I’ll pose my question here.

I’m gradually collecting all of Herb’s CDs on the Herb Alpert Presents label.
Ordered Steppin’ Out from Amazon Canada and though the description says the label is HAP, the disc I received is actually on Shout! Factory.
Is this what others have experienced?
Maybe they’re blowing out old stock?
Hi Blair and welcome to the forum my guess is that there are some leftover unsold shout factory stockpiles that exist and as of a few years ago Herbs deal with Shout Ended and newer copies are now released by HAP I have steppin out on shout factory which is the original first release so you have an original version of the aforementioned album on CD so rejoice the shout versions being sold now are generally more expensive ( as I've seen on Amazon and other places)
 
When the big Herb Alpert Presents CD program got under way back at the end of 2015, I had resigned to buying everything all over again. I had all of the Shout product and all of the A&M product, so there was very little that I actually needed. But in the interest of being a completist, I just had to have it all. Well, almost all.

I drew the line at the later (2000+) albums that I already had through Shout and Concord. These were all too new to require any work in the studio in the way of remastering. So, my copies of ANYTHING GOES, and I FEEL YOU, come from Concord Jazz. STEPPIN' OUT and IN THE MOOD are from Shout! Factory, and everything after that is just Herb Alpert Presents.

I'm not even sure that those four albums really were ever issued by Herb Alpert Presents. Discogs doesn't show a separate Herb Alpert Presents label, but it's possible that so few have purchased those over again that no-one has uploaded the information to Discogs.

Perhaps our @Steve Sidoruk has some information on these.
 
ARTIST TITLE FORMAT ### UPC DATE
Herb Alpert Reimagines The Tijuana Brass Music Volume 3 CD HRB 197 814647021973 10/19/2018
Herb Alpert Reimagines The Tijuana Brass Music Volume 3 LP HRB 12/14/2018
Herb Alpert Music Volume 1 CD HRB 181 814647021812 2017
Herb Alpert The Christma s Wish CD HRB 177 814647021775 2017
Herb Alpert Steppin' Out CD HAP (no number shown)
Herb Alpert & Lani Hall Anything Goes (Live) CD HRB 151 814647021515 9/9/2016
Herb Alpert Beyond CD HRB 079 814647020792 9/9/2016
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass Christmas Album LP HRB 010 814647020105
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass Christmas Album CD HRB 012 814647020125
Herb Alpert Come Fly With Me CD HRB 001 814647020020
Herb Alpert Come Fly With Me LP HRB 002 814647020020
Herb Alpert & The T.J.B. Coney Island CD HRB 067 814647020679 9/9/2016
Herb Alpert Fandango CD HRB 087 814647020877 9/9/2016
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass Going Places CD HRB 031 814647020310 9/9/2016
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass Going Places LP HRB 032 814647020327 9/9/2016
Herb Alpert & Hugh Masekela Main Event Live CD HRB 071 814647020716 9/9/2016
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass Herb Alpert's Ninth CD HRB 047 814647020471 9/9/2016
Herb Alpert & Lani Hall I Feel You CD HRB 152 814647021522 9/9/2016
Herb Alpert Keep Your Eye On Me CD HRB 091 814647020914 9/9/2016
Herb Alpert Magic Man CD HRB 083 814647020839 9/9/2016
Herb Alpert Midnight Sun CD HRB 099 814647020990 9/9/2016
Herb Alpert North On South St. CD HRB 095 814647020952 9/9/2016
Herb Alpert Rise CD HRB 075 814647020754 9/9/2016
Herb Alpert Rise LP HRB 076 814647020761 9/9/2016
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass S.R.O. CD HRB 039 814647020396 9/9/2016
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass Sounds Like CD HRB 043 814647020433 9/9/2016
Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass South Of The Border CD HRB 027 814647020273 9/9/2016
Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass South Of The Border LP HRB 028 814647020280 9/9/2016
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass Summertime CD HRB 059 814647020594 9/9/2016
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass The Beat Of The Brass CD HRB 111 814647021119 9/9/2016
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass The Brass Are Comin' CD HRB 055 814647020556 9/9/2016
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass The Lonely Bull CD HRB 019 814647020198 9/9/2016
Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass Volume 2 CD HRB 023 814647020235 9/9/2016
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass Warm CD HRB 051 814647020518 9/9/2016
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass What Now My Love CD HRB 035 814647020358 9/9/2016
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass What Now My Love LP HRB 036 814647020365 9/9/2016
Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass Whipped Cream & Other Delights LP HRB 009 814647020099
Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass Whipped Cream & Other Delights CD HRB 011 814647020112
Herb Alpert & The T.J.B. You Smile - The Song Begins CD HRB 063 814647020631 9/9/2016
 
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Since I don't see STEPPIN' OUT on this list, then I might conclude that STEPPIN' OUT has not had a pure HAP release and that the Shout! version is all that there is. (?)
 
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Since I don't see STEPPIN' OUT on this list, then I might conclude that STEPPIN' OUT has not had a pure HAP release and that the Shout! version is all that there is. (?)
I saw on Amazon you can also still buy a download of STEPPIN OUT too Very interesting since I saw second wind passion dance and colors also availible for download too at least when I checked a couple days ago
 
On Spotify, the "Steppin' Out" album is "© 2015 Herb Alpert Presents". I'm guessing that the HAP release is digital only, at least for now. That could change in future, I suppose, once the remaining inventory of Shout! CDs is gone.
 
A closer look at the Shout Factory Steppin’ Out reveals that the bar code on the back has been carefully covered by a sticker with the number 814647021034 which fits right in with the numbering sequence shown in Steve’s list.
So it appears Herb Alpert Presents used Shout Factory stock for this HAP release.
I’ll try and find an actual HAP version, assuming such a thing exists
 
I just received my copies of 'steppin' out' and 'In The Mood' from amazon (Wednesday, March 27th). They are both from Shout Factory with pasted over white sticker bar codes.

'steppin' out' states, on the spine, product code 82663-14605 with the pasted over bar code of 8 14647 02103 4.
'In The Mood' states, on the spine, SF 15522 with the pasted over bar code of 8 14647 02107 2.

Both state: Herb Alpert Presents, Inc. under license to Shout! Factory LLC.

Having worked in the record business, it's not unusual that a label might buy up its old, licensed inventory and re-sell them with such a pasted on bar code, rather than have the licensee destroy such inventory. It's a bit confusing to us customers when the new label reissues most of its licensed product under its own moniker and then does something like what HAP did with these two examples. On top of that, there's also those couple of albums that HAP has chosen not to reissue. I understand, and appreciate, that Herb can choose what he wants to do with his own catalog and we just have to live with those decisions.
 
In addition to my previous post, if you follow the pattern of the bar codes on HAP releases, I believe that 'steppin out' is now HAP 103 and 'In The Mood' is HAP 107. I certainly don't mind if anyone feels I'm incorrect and would correct my assumption.
 
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