Going Places [Original recording remastered]

Herb Alpert, Tijuana Brass, tijuana Brass Herb Alpert | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 7, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Shout Factory
• ASIN: B0009I7O4S
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (48 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,735 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #78 in Music > Pop > Easy Listening > Orchestral Pop

Editorial Reviews

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

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

34 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The definitive Tijuana Brass album!, June 24, 2005

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David Kenner (Fort Worth, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Going Places (Audio CD)

It was #1 in Billboard the week I was born. I've owned this album in mono and stereo LPs, jukebox mini-LP, 8-track and the previously issued A&M CD.

But I've never heard it like this before! This newly remastered version from Shout Factory blows all previous incarnations away in sound quality. The clarity and depth of tracks like "More And More Amor", "3rd Man Theme", "Walk Don't Run" and "Felicia" make me feel like I'm really hearing them for the first time.

And this album is loaded with classic TJB: "Tijuana Taxi", "Zorba", "3rd Man", "Spanish Flea", "Mae", "Getting Sentimental"...if you added "The Lonely Bull" and "Taste of Honey" to the track listing you'd practically have a collection of greatest hits spanning Herb's first 5 years (which is actually all the 1970 TJB "Greatest Hits" release covered anyway.)

Now, if I had my way, the single versions of "Taxi" and "Zorba" would be included as bonus tracks but my way isn't everyone's way and I won't take off any stars for a lack of extra material.

As the Shout Factory Herb Alpert reissue program continues, I am anticipating each new release more than the previous.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thanks Shout Factory!, June 8, 2005

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P. Dunlop "pdxtomct" (PORTLAND, OR United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Going Places (Audio CD)

I listened to Going Places as a youngster and loved it. Tijuana Taxi, 3rd Man Theme, Spanish Flea, Walk Don't Run...this album is loaded with great stuff. Several years ago, I realized it was virtually impossible to purchase Going Places on CD. Huh? I couldn't believe it. When I learned the Shout Factory label was reissuing Tijuana Brass albums, I ordered my favorites right away, including this one. This is a terrific reissue...good remastering job, classy packaging, informative liner notes that take you back. Finally.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Growing up with Herb Alpert, January 11, 2000

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Tony Ginnetti (Murfreesboro, TN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Going Places (Audio CD)

During the 60s, I grew up with all the various music of that decade, but Herb Alpert and the TJB were so different in that they were able to arrange and perform popular songs in a way which in effect made them their own. Going Places may well be their best work, containing one classic song after another. For years, I thought their version of "Walk, don't run" was the original. Listen to the musicianship on "Mae" and "Felicia". And with the classic "Tijuana Taxi", "Spanish Flea", and "Zorba the Greek", this could be a greatest hits album. This is a truly wonderful album and even though I own the entire catalog of TJB on vinyl, I had to get this cd in my collection. It still sounds as fresh today as it did 35 years ago.