Herb Alpert - The Lonely Bull (1962) Vinyl LP •PLAY-GRADED• Debut, Tijuana Brass

Catalog Number: ST-101

Record Grading: Excellent (EX), Sleeve Grading: Very Good Plus (VG+)

Condition Details:

Vinyl plays with occasional crackles (play-graded). Cover looks good; a few creases near edges; moderate scuffing and surface impressions (front/back); tiny surface abrasions on front; slight discoloration with darker discoloration spots on back. Inner-sleeve is generic white. Spine is mostly easy-to-read with wear; split near top. Some shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge and corners. Split near right of bottom-edge. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

• The Lonely Bull (El Solo Toro)
• El Lobo (The Wolf)
• Tijuana Sauerkraut
• Deasfinado
• Mexico
• Never On Sunday
• Struttin' With Maria
• Let It Be Me
• Acapulco 1922
• Limbo Rock
• Crawfish
• A Quiet Tear (Lágrima Quieta)

About The Record:

The Lonely Bull, by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, is their debut album. Most of the tracks on the album were geared toward the TJB's Mariachi sound. There were also a few cover versions of popular songs, a trend which would grow in their next two albums, Volume 2 and South of the Border. Limbo Rock covered a novelty dance song that had been a calypso-style hit by Chubby Checker. Struttin' With Maria was later used as the theme for a TV game show called Personality, hosted by Larry Blyden. The tune Acapulco 1922 uses the old song Oh, You Beautiful Doll (by Seymour Brown and Nat D. Ayer, 1911) as a starting point, with a mariachi spin.