After a long winter hibernation (I'm too embarrassed to admit I had "fallen off the wagon" with this blog so I'll tell you that what really happened is that I went on a three-month LP-buying frenzy, and didn't have time to post an entry. Sorry about that, but we're back now).For those who are just about to take, are currently taking, or have just returned from, a trip to a sunny destination like Mexico, here is a 5-LP set of "Mexicali Brass" performed by the Longines Symphonette, a symphony orchestra sponsored by the Swiss watch company Longines (and mentioned in the song "Birdhouse in Your Soul" by They Might Be Giants: "My story's infinite / like the Longines Symphonette / it doesn't rest").
Described on the cover as "more ... of the new sound of gay Fiesta" (ya heard me), this is somewhat similar in style to the "Tijuana Christmas Party" album posted on this blog before, without the holiday themes. There's a whopping 50 songs here over the course of the 5 albums, so take your pick, you're likely to know at least a few of them.
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4 comments:
Actually mate, it's a 6 record set.
and in the 6th record is "El Choclo" included? One more question if I may.. Mexicali brass is just the name of the alboums, right?
There was actually more than one group using the name "Mexicali Brass." The Longines records carry the credit "Produced by Tangerine Music Corp." which seems to indicate Ray Charles being involved at least in a business sense. (Anyone know who the "hands-on" producer really was?)
The (in?)famous budget-price label Crown Records had their own "Mexicali Brass," which they also packaged in multi-LP box sets thru a subsidiary, ARA (American Recording Artists.) The Longines records are much superior to Crown's both in performance and production.
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