COURTESY ALISON DYER / SHOUT! FACTORY
Guess? model Bree Conden poses with Herb Alpert.
Hits ‘Rewhipped’
A delightful 1960s album by Herb Alpert has been updated with new treats
By Gary C.W. Chun
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It must be good to be Herb Alpert these days.
His series of pop instrumental records with the Tijuana Brass, indicative of the buoyant mood and spirit of the 1960s when they were first released, was well received a second time around when they were reissued on CD last year. And the trumpeter, along with his business partner, A&M Records co-founder Jerry Moss, will be honored with a lifetime achievement award at induction ceremonies at the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame next Tuesday.
"Whipped Cream & Other Delights Rewhipped"
Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass
(Shout! Factory)
Alpert's most popular '60s album, "Whipped Cream & Other Delights" from 1965, has been remixed, re-imagined and "rewhipped," and is in stores this week. Also taking a cue from the teasing original cover shot, which featured a shaving cream-covered Dolores Erickson, "Rewhipped" features a couple of yummy photos of Guess? model Bree Conden in all her cream-bikinied splendor.
Once you can pry your gaze away from the comely Ms. Condon, the music contained is basically a dreamy, down-tempo selection of confections that uses the spry and bright original songs for inspiration. Speaking of inspiration, Alpert himself laid down some new trumpet solo tracks on most of "Rewhipped."
Half the album's selections feature the work of veteran studio musician and movie score composer Anthony Marinelli, with two of them collaborations with local favorites, the Los Angeles-based Latin-Mexican collective Ozomatli.
The title track is slowed to a hip-hop, head-bobbin' groove, a nice touch being the Mexican-flavored bridge, complete with "tres" and group vocals. Their contemporary take on "Love Potion No. 9" is the most aggressive rhythmically on the album, with band member Asdru Sierra singing the famous Lieber-and-Stoller lyrics.
COURTESY ALISON DYER / SHOUT! FACTORY
Bree Conden provides a visual link with the orginial 1965 album cover "Whipped Cream & Other Delights."
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