venturaguy49
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So I'll use this self-reply to delve into my next heart-stopping fun-filled topic: the long-awaited c.d. re-issues (can I come up with another hyphenated duo of words, as I've racked-up a virtual string of 'em so far...wooweee duz that hookah have an effect, but meanwhile, back at re-issuez.venturaguy49 said:I'll address two issues from two separate features, which will be somewhat like either crosstalk, or perhaps Cert' Mints: two, two, two topics in one
On the issue of those various wnml version, there's also the possibility that Herb just couldn't completely settle of which to use, as records are things that most artists would redo before they hit the market, and in the case of a band like the Beatles, things would be altered appreciably, and noticeable whenever one aquired an 'import', so that one version of "And I Love Her" will feature a dual-voiced Paul, and in others a triple track...and then there's the legandary "Sgt. Peppers" with not only minor to moderate differences, but tracks such as "She's Leaving Home" would be a different key for the mono issue, compared to stereo, and so and so forth. The Fab Four lead
the way in modifying album tracks, so it's not all that irrational that an
artist such as Herb Alpert would indulge his desire to present a differing version here and there...after all, the guy began introducing such changes
with the two 'obligatos' of "Crawfish" on his debut disk, so anyone that's comfy with notably altering their music on their first album, by the time that they're on their sixth, most likely would delight in totally buggering it...ala Beatles, with two distinctly separate albums...and then somewhere, there is a far differnt version of "Great Manolete" (single version) and an version of "Mexican Corn" with an overdubbed piano in bass clef playin over the bass viol, so this seems to be something that Alpert enjoyed doing.
Now onto my 'other' topic, which I'll postpone for the moment, so that
I may post this 'fore this dumb thing crashed, cuz we don't have 'save draft' available here.
Warm Wishes,
sleepy_from_seattle
I suppose that, for as much as most of us will eagerly await treasured faves on c.d., it show-stopper will be those rarities. and a chance to enjoy some quality performances that failed
to make their way to the final stage of pressing, but none-the-less (three hyphens, there
should prove an opportunity to dig some 'also-ranz'...in the rarities division, what I'd love to hear again, is a single that was issued as 'Herbie Alpert' and not the more familiar 'Dore' A.
The first and last time that I'd heard it, what struck me was that it didn't sound even remotely like Herb. After all, his vocal on "Mame" had already been issued, so I knew what his singing voice was
like, and this Herbie A. for all practical matter, only shared the name, but sonically, one would never guess it to be the T.J.B.'s leader doing a pop vocal...actually, it wasn't that impressive, or maybe I would've bought the thing, which now I wish that I had...good ole 20/20 hindsight again.
Also, during that evening at the same store, I auditioned an appreciably varied "Great Manolete"
ala the single, which I'm assuming •will• be incl. on this proposed c.d...but that early vocal is one that I'd love to hear again, and prob'ly be as unimpressed with it a second time as back then.
Funny it is, though, for a guy that couldn't achieve any success with vocals at the beginning, that
fate would have it that his only #1 hit during the '60s was with a vocal, and some decade later, his only #1 instrumental was "Rise", and part of that popularity was the bizarre fact that the 12" single was (in Europe) played at 331/3, rather than 45 r.p.m., which musta sounded awfully weird, and awfully AWFULL, but it was a hit, nonetheless (kept hyphens outta that one:-O <----surprised!
So, anywhey, with that I'll make like a banana and split, and drop by and ? out the other various topics. Maybe there'll be a recording of the Brass's '64 Crescendo date, maybe done ala the notorious Beatles Star Club with the sound virtually washed-out, but at least a sampling of what it consisted of, and maybe an early version of material that made subsequent albums, along with some live renditions of selections that otherwise may not have been used in concert.
Warm Wishes,
sleepy_from_seattle who's also bombed_on_my_caboose_in_ventura
from that hookah...hey, this is a quick one 'for I'm outta here, but me learned recently
that Ford Motors was considering naming their automotive disaster (Edsel) the Ventura.
As they say, praise the Lord for small, or mebbe not so small faves that Henry F.
DIDN'T curse our fair So. Malifornia coastal city with such association...lol cuz Jesse of
Minn. did that for us...oh, and the reason that Edsel was such a bomb was that factory
workers didin't appreciate being taken from their familiar line making one auto
(let's say Mercury), and switched to a Ford to make Edsel, so their way of showing their
displeasur was by sabataging Edsel...thought that you'd enjoy that exciting bit of F.Y.I.
and now I'll disappear faster than