S.R.O.

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S.R.O.
S.R.O. cover
Studio album by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
Released November 1966
Recorded 1966
Genre Jazz / Easy Listening / Instrumental Pop
Length  ?
Label A&M Records
Producer(s) Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass chronology
What Now My Love
(1966)
S.R.O.
(1966)
Sounds Like...
(1967)


S.R.O., issued in 1966, was Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass' seventh album. It included work by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, as well as the band's cover of "Mame" (from the hit musical of the same name), one of the few TJB recordings during this period to include vocals from Alpert. Released as a single, "Mame" reached the U.S. singles top 40. The album reached number 2 on the U.S. album chart.

[edit] Track listing

  1. Our Day Will Come (Garson-Hilliard)
  2. Mexican Road Race (Sol Lake)
  3. I Will Wait For You (Jobim-Mendonca-Gimbel)
  4. Bean Bag (Pisano-Wechter-Alpert)
  5. The Wall Street Rag (Ervan Coleman)
  6. The Work Song (N. Adderley-O. Brown)
  7. Mame (Jerry Herman)
  8. Blue Sunday (Julius Wechter)
  9. Don't Go Breaking My heart (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
  10. For Carlos (Pisano-Ceroli-Alpert)
  11. Freight Train Joe {Joh Pisano)
  12. Flamingo (Grouya-Anderson)