Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass, Vol. 2

by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass

Overview

The follow-up LP to The Lonely Bull, in the great tradition of follow-ups, tries to duplicate its appeal right off the bat with another leadoff track featuring bullfight sounds and an authentic bullring tune, "The Great Manolete." Alpert is beginning to expand his reach beyond Baja, California without losing the ambience of "The Lonely Bull," sharpening his skills as a producer and exploring other moods and rhythms. In doing so, he comes up with the greatest stripper record this side of David Rose, "Swinger from Seville," a mocking version of Leonard Bernstein's "America" to a lively guajira beat in a wild simulated nightclub, and covers of '60s standards like "More" and "Spanish Harlem." He also receives some more haunting contributions from Sol Lake, including the wistful "Winds of Barcelona" (later recorded by Wes Montgomery) and a marvelously produced, Spanish-tinged tone poem, "Marching Through Madrid." Though released in 1963, this record didn't really start selling until 1966, when TJB albums were monopolizing the upper reaches of the charts en masse. ~ Richard S. Ginell

Product Details

Release Date:	09/09/2016
Label:	Herb Alpert Presents
UPC:	0814647020235
Rank:	23028

Tracks

1. The Great Manolete (La Virgen de la Macarena)
2. Spanish Harlem
3. Swinger From Seville
4. Winds of Barcelona
5. Green Leaves of Summer
6. More
7. America
8. Surfin' Se¿¿orita
9. Marching Thru Madrid
10. Crea Mi Amor (Believe My Love)
11. Mexican Corn
12. Milord

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass   Primary Artist
Herb Alpert   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

"Fast" Eddie Clarke   Composer
Jason Timoll   Composer
Marcello Ciorciolini   Composer
Lemmy Kilmister   Composer
Leonard Bernstein   Composer
Riz Ortolani   Composer
Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor   Composer
Jerry Moss   Composer
Jerry Leiber   Composer
Nino Oliviero   Composer
Norman Newell   Composer
Marguerite Monnot   Composer
Georges Moustaki   Composer
Herb Alpert   Composer
Stephen Sondheim   Composer
Phil Spector   Composer
Paul Francis Webster   Composer
Antonin Dvorak   Composer
Dimitri Tiomkin   Composer
Sammy Johns   Composer
Neil Diamond   Composer
Margueritte Angele Mannot   Composer
Sol Lake   Composer
Don Bowman   Composer