{"product_id":"lp-124","title":"Herb Alpert - Sounds Like... (1967) Vinyl LP • Casino Royale, Wade in the Water","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"display: inline-block ; margin-bottom: 0px ;\"\u003eCatalog Number:\u003c\/h3\u003e LP-124\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"display: inline-block ; margin: 0px ; padding: 0px ;\"\u003eMusical Styles:\u003c\/h3\u003e 1960s, Big Band \u0026amp; Swing, Cool Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Latin Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Vocal Jazz\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"display: inline-block ; margin-bottom: 0px ; padding: 0px ;\"\u003eSleeve Grade:\u003c\/h3\u003e Near Mint (NM or M-)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"display: inline-block ; margin: 0px ; padding: 0px ;\"\u003eRecord Grade:\u003c\/h3\u003e Very Good (VG)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n \u003ch3 style=\"margin: 0px ; padding: 0px ;\"\u003eCondition Details:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n \u003cp style=\"margin: 0px ; padding: 0px ;\"\u003eStill in ORIGINAL SHRINK-WRAP (opened). Vinyl plays with crackles and a few light-clicks (play-graded). Cover looks great; a couple creases near edges; no scuffing (front\/back); shrink is torn near top-left and slight discoloration on back. Inner-sleeve is original (A\u0026amp;M ads). Spine is easy-to-read (text is crooked) with very mild-wear. Little shelf-wear along top\/bottom-edge; minor wear to corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and a few divots. (Hole-punch in top-left.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n \u003ch3 style=\"margin: 0px ; padding: 0px ;\"\u003eTracks:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n \u003col style=\"margin-top: 0px ; margin-bottom: 0px ;\"\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eGotta Lotta Livin' To Do\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eLady Godiva\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eBo-Bo\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eShades Of Blue\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eIn A Little Spanish Town\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eWade In The Water\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eTown Without Pity\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe Charmer\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eTreasure Of San Miguel\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eMiss Frenchy Brown\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eCasino Royale\u003c\/li\u003e\n \n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n \u003ch3 style=\"margin: 0px ; padding: 0px ;\"\u003eAbout The Record:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n \u003cp style=\"margin: 0px ; padding: 0px ;\"\u003eFor one week in June 1967, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eSounds Like\u003c\/span\u003e was able to break the Monkees' 31-week hammerlock on the No. 1 slot on the charts – just two weeks before the Beatles' \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eSgt. Pepper\u003c\/span\u003e took over and changed the world. This shows, lest you forget, and many have, just how popular Herb Alpert \u0026amp; the Tijuana Brass were, still spanning the generations during the \"Summer of Love,\" still putting out records as fresh and musical and downright joyous as this one. Though not as jazz-flavored as \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eS.R.O.,\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eSounds Like\u003c\/span\u003e does preserve the feeling, particularly in the extended vamps on an updated slave song, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eWade in the Water\u003c\/span\u003e (a hit single). \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eGotta Lotta Livin' to Do\u003c\/span\u003e settles you into the record with nothing but a long vamp, a daring production decision. Yet Alpert was on a roll; everything he tried in the TJB's heyday seemed to work. The lesser-known tunes back-loaded on side two are a string of pearls: John Pisano's appropriately titled bossa nova \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eThe Charmer,\u003c\/span\u003e Roger Nichols' tense \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eTreasure of San Miguel,\u003c\/span\u003e Ervan Coleman's catchy \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eMiss Frenchy Brown.\u003c\/span\u003e Finally, Alpert takes a flyer and concludes the LP with an extravagant Burt Bacharach orchestration of his theme from the film \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eCasino Royale\u003c\/span\u003e – an artifact of '60s pop culture, to be sure, but still a perfectly structured record. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Record Vision","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52793860718873,"sku":"LP-124","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0992\/6937\/8329\/files\/LP-sounds_like_herb_alpert.jpg?v=1783555032","url":"https:\/\/record-vision.myshopify.com\/products\/lp-124","provider":"Record Vision","version":"1.0","type":"link"}