Herb Alpert - The Beat of the Brass (1968) and 50 similar items

Catalog Number: SP-4146 Condition Details: Vinyl plays with occasional light-crackles (play-graded). Gate-fold cover has light scuffing and a few discoloration spots (front/back/inner-gate). Inner-sleeve is original (A M ads); one seam partially split. Spine is easy-to-read with mild wear. Minor shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge; small split near right side of top. Some wear to corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use. (Not a cut-out.) Tracks: Monday, Monday A Beautiful Friend Cabaret Panama Mein Shtetele Belz (My Home Town) Talk To The Animals Slick She Touched Me Thanks For The Memory The Robin This Guy's In Love With You About The Record: The Beat of the Brass, by Herb Alpert, was released as a companion to the April 22, 1968 CBS television special by the same title. Tom Mankiewicz, who wrote the special, also provided two paragraphs of liner notes for the album. Explaining the concept behind the album, Mankiewicz writes, "The beat of America is more than a musical experience. It finds its pulse and rhythms in the very life of the country: the crack of a bat against a baseball, the spinning wheels and pounding machinery of a modern factory, a swinging crowd in New Orleans at Mardi Gras, a saddle twisting desperately against his rider..." The album includes Alpert's only major vocal hit, This Guy's in Love with You, which became an overnight success following its inclusion during the special in a sequence featuring Alpert and his then-wife Sharon. The song became the group's first No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, remaining there for four consecutive weeks. The other track from The Beat of the Brass to reach the Billboard Hot 100 was Cabaret, which peaked at No. 72 in May 1968.