Going Places [Original recording remastered]

Product Description
Released in October 1965, hot on the heels of the landmark Whipped Cream & Other Delights, Going Places spent 100 weeks in the Top 40, including six weeks at #1. Includes the hit singles "Tijuana Taxi," "3rd Man Theme," "Zorba the Greek," and "Spanish Flea" (later used as the Bachelor’s Theme on The Dating Game).

Each album in the Herb Alpert Signature Series features meticulously remastered sound, deluxe packaging, detailed liner notes, and an intro by Herb Alpert containing personal recollections and anecdotes.

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Average customer rating: PASS THE TEQUILA! AND LISTEN TO THE BRASS! MY FAVORITE! A musical piñata that'll have you sold !!! The Tijuana Brass, Going Places Why do people mock Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass? Still The Best in Time

Going Places Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Manufacturer: Shout Factory ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Whipped Cream & Other Delights (40th Anniversary Edition) South Of The Border What Now My Love The Lonely Bull S.R.O. ASIN: B0009I7O4S Release Date: 2005-06-07

Tracks:

1. Tijuana Taxi
2. Im Getting Sentimental Over You
3. More And More Amor
4. Spanish Flea
5. Mae
6. 3rd Man Theme
7. Walk, Dont Run
8. Felicia
9. And The Angels Sing
10. Cinco De Mayo
11. A Walk In The Black Forest
12. Zorba The Greek

Album Description

Released in October 1965, hot on the heels of the landmark Whipped Cream & Other Delights, Going Places spent 100 weeks in the Top 40, including six weeks at #1. Includes the hit singles "Tijuana Taxi," "3rd Man Theme," "Zorba the Greek," and "Spanish Flea" (later used as the Bachelor's Theme on The Dating Game).

Each album in the Herb Alpert Signature Series features meticulously remastered sound, deluxe packaging, detailed liner notes, and an intro by Herb Alpert containing personal recollections and anecdotes.

Customer Reviews:

PASS THE TEQUILA! AND LISTEN TO THE BRASS! MY FAVORITE!.......2007-07-12

I am repeating this story you are about to read as it gives an explanation of why I love this music so much! "Going Places" has many songs on it used on the ride you are about to read about. It is my favorite Herb albums and contains my personal favorite "More and More Amor". That being said....Please read on.....I have fond memories of the music of Herb Alpert! I was introduced to him at an early age as my parents were fans of his records. I didn't hear much of him again until I was coming of age in Wildwood N.J. at the age of 15 when I used to party under the boardwalk with my friends and our girlfriends underneath Hunt's Pier's "El Scrambler" ride. The ride played Herb Alpert tunes non stop! I guess you could say I became a "Man" underneath that pier with my first love listening to the Tijuana Brass. Later in life in my 30's I was taking a break from playing in a band in the local bars,I became a DJ and I would mix Herb Alpert in my mixes and buy shots of Tequila for my fans! To this day when I play these songs at parties we all look for the Tequila bottle! This is a one of a kind sound and if I were stranded on a desert island with only a few albums, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass would be included in that collection! This is one of his best albums. I no longer own the original records so, I can not say if the new cd's are true to the originals. They sound fantastic to my ear! I no longer own the original records so, I can not say if the new cd's are true to the originals. They sound fantastic to my ear!

A musical piñata that'll have you sold !!!.......2007-04-03

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass put out yet another great album when they released Going Places. This album contains 12 tracks full of pep and vitality that'll make you want to jump up and dance and then beg for more!

The CD starts off with "Tijuana Taxi." This familiar theme features the horns and percussion doing a great job of carrying the bulk of the musical arrangement. The peppy feel of "Tijuana Taxi" sets the tone for a very enjoyable album with lots more to come.

The next track, "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You," is a cover of the instrumental classic number originally performed by Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra. The guitars, percussion, drums and horns featured in this number reflect an excellent arrangement.

"Spanish Flea" justly earned its popularity because of its relentless happy arrangement that also had a romantic feel to it. No wonder this was the Bachelor's Theme on The Dating Game! The horns on "Spanish Flea" pop out at you and you will enjoy this number. In addition, "Walk, Don't Run" has a certain '60s rock and roll flavor to it that is mixed together with the signature sound of The Tijuana Brass. This produces a great effect and "Walk, Don't Run" has a certain punch to it that I rarely hear these days.

"And The Angels Sing" shows Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass doing another cover of this great song by Mercer and Elman. Awesome!

The CD ends on a celebratory note with the theme from Zorba The Greek. The arrangement and tempo hold your attention very well; and this number ends the CD on an especially strong note.

The liner notes have great art work and Herb Alpert himself contributes an essay about him and The Tijuana Brass. The quality of the sound is excellent, too.

I highly recommend this for fans of Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass; and people who enjoy easy listening music will also enjoy this CD.

The Tijuana Brass, Going Places.......2007-03-04

By the time of this recording, Alpert's success was here to stay for the rest of the sixties. This album basically picks up where Alpert left off on the previous, Whipped Cream record, but with one difference. Herb Alpert had formed a permanent group lineup of musicians known as the Tijuana Brass.
Tonni Kalash, trumpet; Bob Edmondson, trombone; John Pisano, guitar; Lou Pagani, piano; Julius Wechter, marimba; Pat Senatore, fender bass; Nick Ceroli, drums.
The album opens up with the smash hit, Tijuana Taxi, then floats right in to the standard by Tommy Dorsey, I'm Getting Sentimental Over You. Herb takes this tune at uptempo, unlike the original version, something he liked to do with a lot of tunes. Track 4 is Spanish Flea, probaly one of the biggest hits ever recorded. The tune was written by the Tijuana Brass' own, and leader of Baja Marimba Band, Julius Wechter. This song has been recorded by over 60 artists, so they say.
On the original lp, side one came to a close with Third Man Theme. A pretty wild number. Side two opened up with a rocker. The Ventures' Walk Don't Run. John Pisano's Felicia is a very beautiful track. Some other highlights are the happy Cinco De Mayo and the pretty And the Angels Sing. The album comes to a close with the wacky, Zorba The Greek.
A transitional record, Alpert was on his way to outselling the Beatles, with his next release, What Now My Love.

Why do people mock Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass?.......2006-10-10

For many reasons, all unjustified. For starters, they were briefly more popular than the Beatles. It was a studio band and its lead performer overdubbed himself. Its success bred bad imitators, dozens of them, from the Nashville Brass to Ray McKinley's Glenn Miller ghost band (shouldn'ta done it). Then Alpert licensed his music to the Longines Symphonette Society for a multi-disc LP box set. Bad move: it identified the Brass with "easy listening" and a-Lawrence a-Welk. His sound showed up on albums by (among others) Dionne Warwick, the Carpenters, and Burt Bacharach (who enlisted him for "Casino Royale" and briefly owned A&M stock), and on "The Newlywed Game", "The Dating Game", and those atrocious Ant and the Aardvark cartoons. ("Hey Ant!") He also sold chewing gum. Then, as quickly as it came, the Brass went. Alpert became a pop elder statesman and supposed the platinum-selling solo MUZAK he subsequently churned out was better, and some CD transfers in the late eighties came and went too. A&M's huge sale to PolyGram (now Vivendi) and a resulting lawsuit didn't help. Finally, several years ago, prodded by an online Brass fan club, Alpert relented (thank you, Internet), and reissued almost all his output for CD a second time, and are we Brass fans glad he did.

It's stuff you can never tire of. This may seem strange given how the Brass's albums got played to death; but after they disappeared they almost never showed up on the radio again, thus avoiding the fate of most pop hits, which can be tiresome solely for lurking wearily around any corner. It's not just Alpert's musicality that shines through, it's his versatility; you could never pigeonhole him, and nowhere is that more evident than on "Going Places", perhaps his best album. Herb wasn't afraid to tackle anything. We see it especially in his covers: the lively "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You," which happily doffs TD's formal wear; the very go-go "Walk, Don't Run", better than the Ventures' version (yes it is); "And the Angels Sing", with its suave strings; and "A Walk in the Black Forest", snappy and eloquent. He used top-notch backers like Julius Wechter who make the guy sound even better. And if Alpert's trumpet playing may be a matter of debate -- he was certainly not a "muscular" player, yet his style identifiably owes something to Harry James, who was -- he could work clever and stylish effects out of his horn, and he deserves more credit for his fine work than he'll ever get.

Alas, these reissues don't seem to have inspired a new wave of mass Brass shining, but so long as Sony/BMG can keep them active, we diehards will be happy -- and with luck, at least a few new listeners will get to know and love this most musical of pop sensations.

Two minor drawbacks: Alpert's insistence on issuing each album separately at a fairly high price point (with luck it will come down over time), and the @#$%&* DIGIPAK packaging, which deserves a one-star review of its own.

Still The Best in Time.......2006-08-28

!!Going Places!! is a classic album. Herb Alpert's music is an easygoing blend of jazz and Dixiland with the flavor of South-of-the-Border charm. This album is a product of a time when the Tijuana Brass was truely !!Going Places!! The songs haven't lost a bit of their excitement, and they are, and always will be, timeless in their popular appeal.

Average customer rating: Adding various contributing artists was a bad move.

Going Places Montag Manufacturer: Carpark Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Electronic Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Canada | North America | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Alone, Not Alone Mirrored We Can Create God Save the Clientele Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters ASIN: B000PAAI8E Release Date: 2007-06-05

Tracks:

1. I Have Sound
2. Best Boy Electric
3. Mechanical Kids
4. Alice
5. 322 Water
6. Softness, I Forgot Your Name
7. Safe In Sound
8. Hi-5 Au DJ
9. Hands Off, Creature!
10. Greater Than (Plus Grand Que)
11. No One Else
12. Going Places

Customer Reviews:

Adding various contributing artists was a bad move. .......2007-06-12

I must say first off, I'm a HUGE fan of Montags first two albums "Alone, Not Alone" and "Goodbye Fear" (sadly I cannot find this CD anywhere, if anyone knows where I can buy it, please add it into the comments section). With nobody but himself and that women's background pure voice (who I think is Amy Millan) made for two perfect albums. Listening to tracks "Best Boy Electric" and "Going Places" off of Going Places really got me excited for this albums release. Those songs are great but everything else is a little weak in vocals and overall sound. These "contributing" artists don't add much to Montags image but just add "blah" to the songs (and make his album seem like the album was up for grabs to any artist willing to work with him). Unlike the other albums, I've only grown on 4 songs. Personally I find albums including different artists make that album more of a "Various Artists" album then their "own" album. It's great to have some others do "remix's" on a separate album but Montag shouldn't have focused half his album to "who-are-they" artists. 4 stars for trying something new and the songs he did himself were fine, but the rest of this album needs to be more of his own.

Listen to the songs first if you like his other two albums, otherwise if your new to his sounds, don't bother listening to this album. It's not the "real" Montag.

Average customer rating: joe took a long five, but with this cd, he's ever so back Joe Morello is one of a kind. Joe Morello: simply the best! Joe Morello is Fantastic One of best recordings ever!!!

Going Places Joe Morello Manufacturer: Digital Music Prod ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Cool Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Master Studies II: More Exercises for the Development of Control and Technique Joe Morello: Drum Method 2 -- Around the Kit Joe Morello: Drum Method 1--The Natural Approach to Technique Natural Drumming: Lessons 5 & 6 Mel Bay's Natural Drumming: Lessons 1 & 2 ASIN: B000003DE0 Release Date: 1993-09-12

Tracks:

1. Sweet Georgia Brown
2. Parisian Thoroughfare
3. Secret Love
4. Skylark
5. Topsy
6. Mission Impossible Theme
7. I Should Care
8. Calypso Joe
9. Autumn Leaves
10. Sweet & Lovely

Customer Reviews:

joe took a long five, but with this cd, he's ever so back.......2007-03-27

---the first few bars of sweet georgia brown--instantly recall the scatty rhythmic signature of joe's contributions to the classic "time out" brubeck collaboration--again and againn, through the first six cuts we savor the accommodating sweetness or throaty surliness of the superior sax/flute front,a signature bass that refuses to stay too far back tii often, a now percussive, now pouty piano, the interactive live feel and bright energy that makes the driving skins leap for our inner ear when they're not coaxing sensuality--

-- generally consistant and often fresh interpretations throughout a solid half dozen cuts passing beyond a mundane respite beyond the midpoint until surging through the final stretches with autumn leaves/sweet and lovely --overall, a pleasure!

Joe Morello is one of a kind........2006-03-20

There are two classes of drummers - Joe Morello is one and the second includes all the other guys. His total command of his drum kit enables him to improvise cleverly and appropriately with no apparent effort, and he seems to create new licks for each piece he participates in. LIke most geniuses, he leaves his listeners thinking "why didn't I come up with that?" He's been doing this for about 50 years and seems not to be losing his touch.

Joe Morello: simply the best!.......2005-08-31

IF all the great drummers that ever lived were assembled in an auditorium, and Joe Morello walked in...they would all stand!
"Going Places" is simply one example of why he's the best in the business. And, as expected, surrounded by the greatest musicians in this world..or any world!
"Going Places" will take you through a universe of great Jazz and where Joe Morello rules supreme.

Joe Morello is Fantastic.......2005-03-16

This album is one more piece of evidence that Joe Morello is one of the all-time greats of jazz drumming. The music (and Morello's drumming) is tasteful, dynamic and swinging throughout, Morello shows his marverlous technique, his good taste and his sense of humor as well. My only regreat is that Joe didn't start recording albums such as this one as soon as he left the Brubeck Quartet in the late 60's.

One of best recordings ever!!!.......2003-11-08

Joe Morello is hands down one of the most musical drummers. The songs on this cd never suffer from heavy handedness (or footedness for that matter). He very well has aquired some of the best chops and technique on the planet but always plays for the song and gets out of the way of the other musicians when they take a solo or a few bars. This is a recording for anyone who enjoys jazz, whether a fellow drummer or not. Beautiful tasty musicianship and a beautifully recorded album.

Average customer rating: Great set of wartime rarities Cure for the Blues Standard Transcription Collection

(Not) Your Standard Spike Jones Collection Spike Jones Manufacturer: Collector's Choice ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Contemporary Comedy | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Novelty Music | Comedic Music | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedic Music | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Strictly for Music Lovers Fonk Spike Jones - Greatest Hits Spiked!: The Music of Spike Jones The Spike Jones Story ASIN: B00007JR3K Release Date: 2003-04-08

Album Description

Holiday blues comin' on? Well, put a spike in `em! Here's the zaniest, wildest and just plain sickest Collectors' Choice Music exclusive yet—79 tracks from Spike Jones and his City Slickers! These represent Spike's complete Standard Transcription sides, but these tunes are anything but standard; Mr. Jones brought his full bag of tricks for these non-commercial recordings (made in Hollywood during the early `40s). Add to that the fact that most of these have never been on CD or even LP, and any lover of Spike's mayhem-filled mixture of laughs and hot licks is going to flip over this set! Notes and great pictures accompany this 3-CD walk on the wacky side from the greatest novelty band of all time.

Customer Reviews:

Great set of wartime rarities.......2003-05-14

Spike Jones was the king of the novelty song performers, with hits like "Der Fuehrer's Face" and the parody version of "Sheik of Araby" becoming huge hits during World War II. This is a swell 3-CD set, gathering a full eighty-one of Jones' best tracks from his 1940s heyday, drawn from an extensive archive of radio broadcasts made for the Standard Transcription service. The tightness of his City Slickers band is amply demonstrated in these manic, kookily orchestrated performances. Toots, squonks, blatts and bleats whiz by at lightning speed, as one daffy song after another will delight devoted fans. Amazingly, Jones had the unusual, almost unique ability to perform a repertoire almost entirely made up of comedic material, and yet still be quite listenable and engaging. His jazz chops were hardly in question, and from time to time Jones would dash off a non-novelty ballad or two, just to give the rubes something to think about. Of course, just as often he would perform a song that *sounded* like a straight ballad, but would turn out to be another goof. (One great example of this is the sultry "Serenade To A Jerk," sung in slinky, burlesque tones by Myrtle Horwin.) This collection may seem a little overwhelming, but like his studio recordings, these radio performances have a certain brilliance and joie de vivre about them that will leave you enchanted. Definitely worth checking out!

Cure for the Blues.......2003-04-25

Here's the zaniest, wildest and just plain sickest Collectors' Choice Music exclusive yet-79 tracks from Spike Jones and his City Slickers! These represent Spike's complete Standard Transcription sides, but these tunes are anything but standard; Mr. Jones brought his full bag of tricks for these non-commercial recordings (made in Hollywood during the early `40s). Add to that the fact that most of these have never been on CD or even LP, and any lover of Spike's mayhem-filled mixture of laughs and hot licks is going to flip over this set! Notes and great pictures accompany this 3-CD walk on the wacky side from the greatest novelty band of all time.

Standard Transcription Collection.......2003-04-12

This collection has remastered material from the large stack of Standard Transcription discs from the early 1940's. There are many songs not recorded on RCA, many on the theme of wartime ("48 Reasons Why"), and the quality is excellent. The packaging is threadbare but this is an essential CD package for true music lovers.

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Going Places Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass Manufacturer: King Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Whipped Cream & Other Delights ASIN: B0009S8FPA Release Date: 2005-08-17

Tracks:

1. Tijuana Taxi
2. I'm Getting Sentimental over You
3. More and More Amor
4. Spanish Flea
5. Mae
6. Third Man Theme
7. Walk, Don't Run
8. Felicia
9. And the Angels Sing
10. Cinco de Mayo
11. Walk in the Black Forest
12. Zorba the Greek

Album Description

Japanese Limited Edition paper sleeve version of the classic 1965 release features 'Tijuana Taxi', 'Spanish Flea', 'Third Man Theme', 'Zorba the Greek' and eight more. Seven Sea. 2005.

Album Details

Japanese Limited Edition Issue in a Deluxe LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Album Artwork.

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Going Places Manufacturer: Etcetera Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Children's Music | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAGB2Y Release Date: 2001-03-27

Tracks:

1. Ten Little Ducks
2. Big Farm
3. Clap Your Hands With Me
4. Play The Game
5. Dance Merengue (Spanish & English)
6. Lullaby For An Afternoon
7. Going Places
8. First Day At School
9. Big Farm (Spanish)
10. Happy To Be In School
11. Play The Game (Spanish)

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Symphony 9: Introduction to Dvorak Dvorak Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Instructional | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: An Introduction to Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2 Classics Explained: Pastoral Symphony An Introduction to Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" Classics Explained: Rite of Spring Classics Explained: Brandenburg Concertos 4 & 5 ASIN: B000069HGK Release Date: 2002-09-17

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Going Places Doing Things Bob Crosby Bobcats Manufacturer: Nagel-Heyer Germany ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00006CFKM Release Date: 2002-09-23

Tracks:

1. When My Dreamboat Comes Home (Big Apple Dance)
2. Dogtown Blues
3. Stumbling
4. Mournin' Blues
5. Digga Digga Doo
6. Ec-Stacy
7. Call Me A Taxi (Honeysuckle Rose)
8. Savoy Blues
9. You're Bound To Look Like A Monkey When You Grow Old
10. Medley Of Crosby Hits: Cherry, Coquette, Pinch Me, Nice Work If You Can Get It,
11. It's Wonderful
12. Mark Hop
13. Big Foot Jump
14. High Society
15. Streaky Rasher
16. Smokey Mary

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Going Places Allen Toussaint Manufacturer: CRT ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CBWPE6

Product Description

The full title of this 2004 release is "Allen Toussaint's Jazzity Project," and features the legendary Toussaint in a jazz combo setting, playing hits old and new.

Average customer rating: John Harrison is going places! excellent piano work!

Going Places John Harrison Manufacturer: Tcb Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Roman Sun ASIN: B000003Y75 Release Date: 1995-10-17

Tracks:

1. You Say You Care
2. I Have Dreamed
3. Three Views Of A Secret
4. Never Let Me Go
5. I Hear A Rhapsody
6. When I'm With You
7. On The Street Where You Live
8. A Nightingale Sang In Berkley Square
9. Alone Too Long
10. If I Should Lose You
11. I'll Remember April
12. Cedar's Blues

Customer Reviews:

John Harrison is going places!.......2004-08-25

For superb melodies that raise improvisation to a high art, listen to "I have Dreamed" cut on this CD! Old tunes take on new meaning when this trio plays them!

The rhythm and "flow" on all these cuts is way above average.
I played and replayed this CD on a very long train trip and enjoyed it through the long evening. Check it out!

excellent piano work!.......2004-02-12

This CD is excellent! Listen to "I have Dreamed" cut for a real treat. The pace and rhythm are all good and the choices of tunes is far above average! If you like piano trios, you will definitely like this one.

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