Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
The Brass Are Comin'
Rare & Collectible Vinyl Records

Sealed 1969 US Gatefold Original. Unable To Confirm Exact Label/Press. Pristine Copy, Crisp Corners. "The Western Motif On The Double-fold Album Jacket -- With Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass In Costume -- Signals This As Another Companion Album To A Tv Special. But There Is A Deeper Significance To This Lp, For Shortly After Its Release, A Burned-out, Personally Troubled Alpert Disbanded The Brass And Retired From Music For Awhile. Indeed, Stretches Of This Record Reveal A Tired Group And A Leader Whose Trumpet Has Lost Much Of Its Old Zip. Even So, As On All Tjb Albums, There Are Several Gems -- The Stunning Shifts In Texture And Tempo That Enliven The Worn-out "Moon River," The Chugging Bluegrass-tinged Arrangement Of Villa-lobos' "The Little Train Of The Caipira" That Masquerades Under The Name Of The Title Track, A Haunting Rendition Of The Beatles' "I'll Be Back," The Fast Samba Treatment Of "Anna." Dave Grusin And Shorty Rogers Contribute An Occasional Orchestration, And Alpert Does A Modest Vocal Turn On The Lush "You Are My Life." But This Time, The Old Sales Magic Was Gone; The Tijuana Brass Had Suddenly Become Unhip In Polarized 1969." AMG Review By Richard S. Ginell.