STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - HERB ALPERT &THE TIJIUNA BRASS - SUMMERTIME

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Good morning Friday people and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again . Wednesday (08/16/23) brought us the sad news that New York City native, Army Veteran,  and record executive, Jerry Moss, had passed away at age 88. He is perhaps best known for cofounding the A&M Records in 1962 with Herb Alpert (Who is the "A")  and is the "M" in A&M Records . Today we have him on the 15th studio album by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass. Summertime was released in 1971 on the aforementioned A&M Records and was produced by Alpert and Moss. It peaked at #111 on the Billboard 200 and sees Herb cover the like of The Beatles, Gordon Lightfoot, The Beach Boys,  Little Anthony & the Imperials', as well as a couple of pieces by George Gershwin.

"Hurt So Bad" (Teddy Randazzo / Bobby Wilding / Bobby Hart) – 2:20

"Jerusalem" (Herb Alpert) – 2:33

"Martha My Dear" (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) – 2:07

"If You Could Read My Mind" (Gordon Lightfoot) – 2:39

" Darlin'" (Brian Wilson / Mike Love) – 2:50

"Summertime" (George Gershwin / DuBose Heyward, "adapted from ideas by" Ahmad Jamal, Gil Evans, Miles Davis, Lani Hall and Lambert, Hendricks & Ross) – 2:10

"The Nicest Things Happen" (Julius Wechter / Cissy Wechter) – 3:12

"Montezuma's Revenge" (Sol Lake) – 2:41

"Catch a Falling Star" (Paul Vance / Lee Pockriss) – 3:00

"Strike Up The Band" (George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin) – 2:33

Herb Alpert - Trumpet, piano, vocals, Arranged By

The Tijuana Brass

Roland Young  - Art Direction

Chuck Beeson - Design

Larry Levine - Engineer

Bernie Grundman - Mastered By

Jim McCrary - Photography By

Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss - Producers