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There is a dreamy-eyed wonder about Herb Alpert's debut album. Within its Latin-esque affectations, the album is a moodily romantic concoction of easy listening and progressive sounds. "El Lobo" is a portrait of love's sorrow, tenderly painted with trumpets, guitars, and ghostly vocal choruses. "The Lonely Bull" is cinematic, with imagery of bullfights vividly implied by the opening sound effects of a roaring crowd. The deep electric guitar sounds like the Ventures, a popular 1960s instrumental rock group.
Even at the outset, Alpert's style has the elements that he carried with him over the succeeding years. There's a preference for solid and dominant percussion and tempos, making all his work specifically geared for the dancing set. The Mexican melodies lend a cross-cultural vitality that was to persist in the trumpeter's work.
The colossus that is A&M Records starts right here with the first album by the 1960s instrumental juggernaut known as the Tijuana Brass. True, there was no "Tijuana Brass" per se at this time; just Herb Alpert and a coterie of Los Angeles sessionmen, with Alpert overdubbing himself on trumpet to get that bullring effect. Also, Alpert was just getting the TJB concept underway; the textures are leaner, the productions less polished, and the accent is more consciously on a Mexican mariachi ambience -- the relatively square rhythms, the mandolins, the mournful, wistful siesta feeling -- than the records down the road. The hit title track (originally a tune called "Twinkle Star"!) is a cleverly structured, exciting and haunting piece of record-making -- and its composer, Sol Lake, becomes the charter member of Alpert's team of TJB tunesmiths with several more ethnic-flavored numbers. In accordance with the newly emerging bossa nova movement, Alpert does a nice, straightforward, authentic cover of "Desafinado," even departing a bit from the tune with some spare jazz-inspired licks, and "Crawfish" pleasingly adapts the mariachi horn sound to a bossa beat. [In 2005, Shout! Factory reissued The Lonely Bull as part of their Herb Alpert Signature Series, featuring remastered sound, a deluxe digipack, and new liner notes from Josh Kun.] ~ Richard S. Ginell
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass: Herb Alpert (trumpet).
Recorded at Conway Recorders, Hollywood, California.
Audio Remasterer: Ted Jensen.
Liner Note Authors: Herb Alpert; Josh Kun.
Recording information: Conway Recorders, Hollywood, CA.
Photographer: Herb Alpert.Mojo (Publisher) (p.114) - 3 stars out of 5 - "It's a guilty pleasure...but an easy one once you stop resisting." Herb Alpert / Tijuana Brass The Lonely Bull Songs The Lonely Bull Music Review Average Rating: (4.3 out of 5 stars)    List All Reviews Hurray! Been looking for along time for this DVD. Thanks. When will others of Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass be coming out? Love their music. Brings back good memories. Submitted by ilv28pua1 (Redlands, CA, USA)  Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
Excellent cd Another Herb Albert classic Submitted by Lee (Memphis,TN)  Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
The First in a Classic line of historic CDs This is the one that started it all off for Herb Alpert, if you are looking for good melodies and with great arrangements this is the CD.
Lonely Bull is the first track and Herbs first big hit recorded in his home made studio in his garage back in 1962.
The rest of the songs hold up well and the last album track "A Quiet Tear" written by Mr Alpert is for me the highlight, a beautiful way to close this first of many classic CDs of Herb Alpert from "Shout Factory". Submitted by chapter.one.music (Scotland, UK.)  Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
Herb Alpert,always fine music! This CD is one of their best albums,recently rereleased. It's The Tijuana Brass's first album,and it is a great one.And with songs like it's title song The Lonely Bull,El Lobo,Mexico,A quiet Tear,Struttin With Maria,and Crawfish,you cant go wrong purchasing it. Well,.you cant go wrong with any of the albums Herb Alpert has put together.Going Places,and South of the Border are every bit as outstanding as this one is. His new ones are so beautiful they can take your breath away.
Sandra Submitted by zazueira (Phoenix,Az.)  Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
It's like falling in love,.. Listening to this album is a little like falling in love. You can feel it deep within you,especially "A Quiet Tear". This man's music lives with you once you've heard it. It can make you weak inside,and every time you catch it on the radio,it feels the same,...every time.
Corazon Mio Te Amo,Herb. Submitted by zazueira (Phoenix,Az.)  Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
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