Sunday, 27 May 2012

Lennon And McCartney Tijuana Style - Torero Band (1969)





A very nice summery tijuana brass feel to these arrangements of 12 classic Beatles tracks.

It doesn't say on the sleeve, but I am sure these were arranged by Alan Moorhouse, as I believe he arranged the classic Tijuana Christmas album, also by Torero Band on MFP, and also the version of Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da (see below) is very similar to his arrangement performed by the Joe Loss Orchestra, I think.

This album has been out there before, but doesn't seem to be now, so here is my rip!

I have had this one for quite a long time, have seen it in the charity shops several times since I bought it, and just never got round to digitising it until now.

The arrangements are exactly what you may expect, no surprises, just excellent 60s brass arrangements of these well-known songs.

I hope you enjoy it and please comment if you do!

Album Preview - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da

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18 comments:

  1. Mark27 May 2012 at 12:58

    http://www.mediafire.com/?0fyfazdmzh9vzdh

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  2. Dusty27 May 2012 at 15:58

    Thank you, Mark
    This is a great one for my Beatles-In-All-Styles collection.
    Cheers!

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  3. Phillip28 May 2012 at 00:29

    Many thanks, Mark.

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  4. Jeremy Rice28 May 2012 at 19:53

    Yay! I've had this on vinyl since 1987 and play Please Please Me whenever I want to dance away the blues. It's a gas to have a quality rip. Thank you.

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  5. marite29 May 2012 at 18:58

    EXCELENTE!!! LA OBRA MUSICAL DE "THE TORERO BAND".
    THANK YOU, MISTER D.J.
    GOD BLESS YOU.*

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  6. teledyn30 May 2012 at 00:15

    what Mark said, ditto, and a very welcome edition it is, combining two passions in one :)

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  7. MrM2 June 2012 at 15:34

    This is delicious kind of The Beatles music! Tastes great! Thank you.

    The 'Yellow submarine' sounds fun - very fast tempo =)

    Some few question: Tell me why this album tagged as 'Alan Moorhouse'?

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  8. Mark2 June 2012 at 15:54

    MrM,

    I am fairly sure that this was arranged by Alan Moorhouse, as I speculated in the post.

    Mark

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  9. Any middle-aged German Witch in Amerika18 June 2012 at 20:42

    Thanks for the upgrade and the update, too. I didn't know Moorehouse was involved here. But it makes perfect sense what you wrote.

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  10. Mike Hobart23 June 2012 at 02:39

    Yes, I had this one too! (In fact it might still be in the attic...)

    Can't wait to hear it again after all these years.

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  11. Anonymous17 July 2012 at 16:05

    Thanks for the rip, I still have this album, buried deep in the Beatles boxes.

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  12. Anonymous11 August 2012 at 08:47

    Hi, this was the first record I ever owned - was bought for me by mum at a Woolworths...my eight or nine year old self thought it was an actual Beatles album and I was dissapointed it was instrumental. I no longer have it but for years now I was convinced it was by Tijuana Brass, just goes to show how reliable my memory is. So the first record I owned was actually by the Torero band. I'm glad I came across this site.

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    1. Anonymous16 December 2013 at 23:45

      I'm afraid that like Anon above this was the first album I ever bought ( from John Menzies) - I was 9 or 10 and I thought that I had bought a real Beatles LP as well !!! I still have it !! I have a friend in Aberdeen who did the same!!! John

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  13. W. PAURA12 March 2014 at 19:20

    HI MARK
    CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR WONDERFUL BLOG
    GOD BLESS YOU MY FRIEND
    REGARDS FROM BRAZIL - WILSON PAURA
    wpaura@hotmail.com

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  14. Anonymous10 May 2014 at 21:36

    MERCI BEAUCOUP ! J'ADORE !

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  15. Anonymous30 December 2014 at 06:30

    Hola, y muchas gracias por este disco,muy bueno el sonido latino de las trompetas.
    Jorge Morales

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  16. Francisco Ortiz Archila25 August 2022 at 23:29

    Magnífico disco, muchas gracias por compartirlo, saludos.

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  17. Anonymous23 February 2023 at 00:20

    Just stumbled upon your blog, Mark. It's hard work with little appreciation shown in the comments, but it seems to be true of most music blogs. But thank you anyway. John.

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