Tequila [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]

Tequila [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]

Track Listings

1. Tequila [Radio Mix]

2. Tequila [Gusanito Remix]

3. Tequila [Karaoke Version

4. Tequila [CD-ROM Track]

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Hip Hoppin Update of the Rock Classic with Dance Beats Behind It! Includes a Karaoke Version for all to Join In!

Tracks:

Toccata And Fugue In D Minor
Contradanza
Classical Gas
Theme From 'Caravans'
Warm Air
Jazz Will Eat Itself
Widescreen
Tequila Mockingbird
City Theme
Red Hot

Customer Reviews:

Innovative music.......2007-06-03

I have been listening to such contemporary artists as Bond, Yanni, Taleinsin Orchestra,... so I am not a new comer to contemporary fusion classical music. If I had listened to this CD when it first came out almost 10 years ago, I would probably have given it a 5. I am only giving it a four now (maybe a 3.5?) because there are simply other better albums out there - most of the songs here are more classically influenced than its purported to be. Also, while Vanessa-Mae is an accomplished violinist, she is not the most spectacular violnist. At times, she lackes the energy to propell her music to the next level. However, all in all, an enjoyable album, although nothing ground-breaking.

Slop from a slapper.......2005-03-01

This terrible and dull album launched the career of Über-nothing violinist, Vanessa Mae.

It is hard to describe the depth of the level to which this album stoops to be "popular". Low brow? You bet! Exploitative? Oh yeah! Dumbed down Classical Music? Well, that's what we've got here!

Value of this album? Hard to say. I am sure that Vanessa's parents and agent are happy with this prosaic product.

Very dumbed down dumb music - for the legions of philistines and musically naive of the world.

In one word, a "dud".

HO HUM --- REALLY NOT INTERESTING AT ALL.......2003-07-11

As violin technique goes, there is not much here in evidence to get all fired up about. She is an adequete violinist who does just fine with the material she is given, but the only people who are going to think that she is a violinist for the ages are people who don't know anything about violin playing.

That being said, this album had the potential to be interesting, except that the arrangements of Mike Batt are about as flat as one can get. This album seems to be more about Mike Batt's ego than about Vanessa Mae, as Mike perform, conducts, composes & produces practically every piece. This would be fine if the end product was remotely interesting, but of it sounds like it should be background music. The Bach arrangement, with gratuitous techno-pop flourishes thrown in at every opportunity, just bogs down in an effort to be "innovative." Most of Batt's compositions leave no impression whatsoever.

Any lunatic who puts this crossover album in the classical category truly needs to go back to Music Appreciation 101, to be reminded of what classical music is. File this one in the Fluffy Boring Pop category and forget about it.

Classical With a Twist.......2003-07-01

The first notes of Vanessa Mae's The Violin Player sound like a dramatic beginning to a classical composition, but it's not. This album in fact is anything but traditional classical. It's unique, creative, energetic and alive and I give Vanessa props for being brave enough to come out with it. It's hard to be different. The fact that Vanessa did make the music and did it so well says that she's a true artist, something sadly lacking in a world where technical mastery is considered more important than artistic invention. This is a fantastic, fun album that you'll want to listen to again and again, the music hitting something within you and bringing all sorts of energy you didn't know you had bubbling to the surface. If you won't buy it for that reason, then buy it for it's historical significance. It's already plain to me, Vanessa Mae with this album changed the one sided face of classical music forever.

Highly Listenable.......2002-11-13

Let's get this straight upfront: Vanessa Mae is a good violin player, but I've heard plenty better in the classical world today. You buy this CD not for Mae's technique as a violinist (frankly, I'd give her just a 6 or 7 out of 10), but for her innovation - her ground-breaking album that blends the old-style classical music with pop/techno/jazz, and gives that genre of music (which had there for a while even before Mae) the kind of visibility that it did not use to have. This album is novel and upbeat, and is highly listenable both to people who like classical music and those who find it intimdating (or boring). Would especially recommend this to people in their 20s and 30s.

Average customer rating:

My favorite Wes album
A South-Of-The-Border SHOT OF WES (Lime Wedge Optional)
Every time ...
Music like good Tequila
Standard Montgomery Verve

Tequila
Wes Montgomery
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00002NDAD
Release Date: 1999-11-09

Tracks:

Tequila
Little Child (Daddy Dear)
What The World Needs Is Love
The Big Hurt
Bumpin' On Sunset
Insensatez (How Insensitive)
The Thumb
Midnight Mood
Wives And Lovers
Tequila (Alternative Take)
The Big Hurt (Alternative Take)
Bumpin' On Sunset (Alternative Take)

Customer Reviews:

My favorite Wes album.......2005-10-28

I've been a fan of Wes since the 60s and I saw him live. I've heard everything he's ever recorded and own most of it. I fell in love with this album when it was issued and it's my favorite. Yes there are strings on it but as soon as they shut up and Wes plays it is heaven. There isn't a bad song on it. My favorite Wes tune is The Thumb and I think it features his best solo ever. Eight choruses of pure imagination. So, if you can ignore the intrusive strings, which really aren't on it that much, I think you'll like this album. It's very mellow and laid back and Wes really swings.

A South-Of-The-Border SHOT OF WES (Lime Wedge Optional).......2005-05-26

I've never understood those so-called "purists" who raise a ruckus with shouts of "SELL OUT!" and "INAUTHENTIC!" as soon as a musician sails into previously uncharted waters. They called out the dogs when Richard Carpenter closed out 'GOODBYE TO LOVE' with a loud fuzz guitar solo. (He was later credited with having invented the "power ballad" formula with this blasphemy!) They were ready to crucify Bob Dylan when he started singing about Jesus with SLOW TRAIN COMING. (Never mind that it happened to be the freshest, most exciting and heartfelt music he'd created in years!) When WES MONTGOMERY allowed his innovative Jazz guitar style to explore modern Pop pieces, his fans began to abandon ship in droves. And when he went so far as to...(dare I even say it?)...add a dollop of strings on the TEQUILA set, they were ready to torpedo his boat themselves. He had "sold out" they said. Sold out to what? I'll tell you : MORE great music!

In the informative booklet notes, Montgomery's fellow Jazz guitarist, Steve Khan writes, "Like most Jazz fans, I prefer albums on which the tracks are timed at six minutes or more; anything less than that usually means limited space for improvising. But perhaps looking at the art of recording only in this manner causes one to miss works of extraordinary beauty and grace. TEQUILA is just such a recording." Khan later (courageously?) confesses that 'MIDNIGHT MOOD' is "one of the most beautiful pieces Montgomery ever recorded." Here's a person mature enough to realize that great music is great music, at six minutes, or less; with or without strings. It just so happens that my favorite track here is probably 'LITTLE CHILD (DADDY DEAR)', the shortest at just two and a half minutes, WITH strings (which only enhances the moving, melancholic melody.)

TEQUILA has a slightly Latinized feel to it, thanks to the title track, the inclusion of Antonio Carlos Jobim's classic, 'INSENSATEZ (HOW INSENSITIVE)', and especially the conga playing of Ray Barretto on half of the tracks. But make no mistake about it, this is genuine Jazz - there's Grady Tate on drums and the legendary Ron Carter on the stand-up bass (love that rhythmic "thumping" on 'WIVES AND LOVERS', which stays with me for hours!) This is wonderful stuff, and the sparingly used Claus Ogerman strings do not detract from the mood, but highlight it. As if all that wasn't enough, TEQUILA sports one of the coolest Jazz album covers ever conceived (right up there with Metheny's, AMERICAN GARAGE.)

WES MONTGOMERY was one of the most influential guitarists in the world of Jazz. By all accounts, he was a very classy and humble man. He certainly had good taste and knew good music. His musicianship elevated everything he played; transforming even minor Pop hits into compelling masterpieces. So smooth he was, but never sleepy! And this set is no exception. So what if this isn't Wes Montgomery poured straight from the bottle? Some folks like to add orange juice to their liquor and call it a Tequila Sunrise. Others prefer a mixture of lime juice and salt. They call that a Margarita. On TEQUILA, Wes didn't pour his guitar straight from the bottle, but stirred in some congas and some strings. It doesn't matter because, in short : if it says "WES MONTGOMERY" on the label, you can be sure that it's a damn fine drink. Uhm...no...that's not right. I mean, if it says "Wes Montgomery" on the COVER, you can be sure that it's damn fine music. Yeah, that's it...damn fine MUSIC!

Every time ..........2004-12-31

Every time I put a Wes record in my player I have to write a review here on Amazon. I have to say to the world how big was Wes talent and artistry. I have to shout out loud how much I love Wes music and how much I dig his improvisational skills and personality. I'm saying that Wes even if he's respected everywhere in the world actually he is still incredibly underrated. Every cat can tell you how big was Trane, Bill Evans or Miles and I obviously agree, don't get me wrong. But Wes? Can we talk a little bit about WES??? It seems that almost only guitarists consider him as he should be considered as one the overall best jazzmen of all times. I mean in the first best five probably. His musicality was a marvel from mother nature!!! His music has always been intense, deep, groovin and entertaining something you can't say of every cat's music ... His solos are incedibly touching, challenging and light years ahead. I mean, really no guitar player has ever come near Wes artistry except maybe George Benson but only in few occasions. Tequila is a favourite of mine in Wes's discography. It is one of the albums in which Wes had the best sound, full, big, touching, surrounding. The program is very very nice, 100% Wes. I mean, I love Riverside albums too obviously, but Verve's material is enormously underrated. verve's album contains some of the best Wes music ever. Insensatez, What the world, all the tunes contained in Verve albums are Wes unforgettable interpretations believe me. I'm listening to this album now for the thousand time, trying to imagine Wes playing with his thumb and smiling and enjoying music and the art of improvisation ... I mean, Wes. W-E-S !!! Every time I'm into another player that I love and listen to Wes I immediatly become again a Wes addicted because his music is .... special. Every time I play a Wes record I think that never ever will be another talent like him. And that there never has been. That will never be better music .. Let me say this. Wes has been one of the greatest music talents ever, together with Bird and few more. I really don't think I'm exaggerating .. Oh Wes !!!!!!

Music like good Tequila.......2000-11-18

For years, for decades, Wes's Verve records have been criticized by so-called jazz purists. Praising his Riverside output, they didn't come to grasp with the fact that what Wes did on Verve was FUSION, in the truest sense of the word. I prefer this masterpiece of laconic, sparse, deceptively simple guitar music to the tinny and sometimes tedious sounds he released on Riverside. Just one telling example: take the title track, on which he turns the Champs' pop instrumental into a stark, dynamic masterpiece. The band are excellent, too: the combination drums - congas (played by the Great Barretto himself!)works out splendidly.Best US jazz guitar album ever?

Standard Montgomery Verve.......2000-01-04

If you're a fan of Wes's Verve sessions, this is another one to add to your collection. For those who know Wes only as a be-bop guitarist, this album might surprise you. This album has never been critically acclaimed (and I do find it a bit uneven in quality) but for my money, the greatest guitar solo I've ever heard on a jazz record is on his version of "What the World Needs Now." I've actually never heard this CD--I own the LP, so I'm only commenting on the music itself.

The String Quartet Tribute to the Eagles

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The String Quartet Tribute to the Eagles

Manufacturer: Vitamin Records
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ASIN: B0000CC85T
Release Date: 2003-10-14

Tracks:

Peaceful Easy Feeling
Hotel California
Desperado
Lyin' Eyes
Best Of My Love
Take It Easy
Tequila Sunrise
I Can't Tell You Why
Take It To The Limit
Dustbound Train

Product Description

1. Peaceful Easy Feeling
2. Hotel California
3. Desperado
4. Lyin' Eyes
5. Best Of My Love
6. Take It Easy
7. Tequila Sunrise
8. I Can't Tell You Why
9. Take It To The Limit
10. Dustbound Train (Original Composition)

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Tequila
Average customer rating:

sucks

Buy it...

Tequila wets your appetite for old style rock

An excellent follow up to RFD

Excellent follow up to "Recipe of Disaster"!!!

Tequila
Brand New Sin
Manufacturer: Century Media
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000HCPSMG
Release Date: 2006-10-03

Tracks:

Said and Done
Did Me Wrong
Spare the Agony
Ice Man
Proposition
Old
Worm Wh*re
See the Sun
Motormeth
Numero Dos
Elogio
Reaper Man
Acehole
House of the Rising Sun
Crank It Up [Multimedia Track]

Customer Reviews:

sucks.......2007-02-20

what else can I say. The peter steal song is decent. The rest of the CD stinks

Buy it..........2006-11-28

This is another brutal metal assault CD by BNS. They are a perfect combination of metal and heavy rock. I can't help bangin' my head everytime I listen to it. They are a must see live band. I think they have a great heavy unique sound. They also actually know how to play their instruments -- great solos, great drums, and love the knarly lead vocals. The only band I have ever traveled six hours to see. If radio would stop stooping done to coorporate interests and sucky pop metal, these guys would rule.

Tequila wets your appetite for old style rock.......2006-11-27

A fine display of the style of songs Brand New Sin brings to fans at
their 'live' shows. This is a 'bare bones' type of recording not for all
those 'perfect, clean & tweaked' studio kind of listeners. For those folks
who don't like the production -'You don't get it!' Brand New Sin set out
to give fans a recording they can play, learn the words and come to a show
and sing along and it all sounds the same. This band is making it's mark
at every live show. 'See The Sun' and the song with their 1st video from
this cd 'Motormeth' are fan favorites. The remake of 'House of the Rising Sun' recorded by many '50's & '60's folk singers and a hit for Britian's
Animals in the mid '60's has a little twist to it and is a great treat at
a live show.

An excellent follow up to RFD.......2006-11-27

This album shows the growth of the band over there 4 year career. Music wise much more technical with more maturity. Excellent guitar work with very catchy riffs. Have seen BNS live around 25 times and every time they get better. What you here on there albums is what you get live. They do not layer and make music they can not play live. This is a kick you in the butt album and makes them a better band.

Excellent follow up to "Recipe of Disaster"!!!.......2006-11-04

Is different, leave behind the south influences to more hard rock, but rocks in the same way!! The guitar work is great, the vocals outstanding and the drums really good too!!! Recommended!!!

Average customer rating:

a great party album!

Champs - Greatest Hits-Tequila
The Champs
Manufacturer: Curb Special Markets
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Absolutely the Best!
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ASIN: B000000D8O
Release Date: 1994-04-19

Tracks:

Tequila
El Rancho Rock
Too Much Tequila
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Midnighter
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Customer Reviews:

a great party album!.......1998-10-05

This is just a spectacular collection of ten hits from the Champs, the instrumental group from the 50's. This will be sure to liven any party up and get the dancing in gear. Tequila! Although the CD is 22.5 Minutes it does not get boring, and just hit the replay button on the CD player and dance the night away.

Average customer rating:

Great stuff!
Wonderful arrangements of music from all over the world.
Beautiful collection of Music

Fiesta!
Erich Kunzel , and Cincinnati Pops
Manufacturer: Telarc
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B000003CWL
Release Date: 1990-10-10

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Granada
La Virgen De La Macarena
Espana Cani
Estrellita
El Carretero
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Brazil
Carioca
The Girl From Ipanema
South Of The Border
Sweet And Gentle
Tequila
Lambada
Siboney
Desafinado
Besame Mucho
Chiquita Banana Song
Mexican Hat Dance
Cielito Lindo
Copacabana

Customer Reviews:

Great stuff!.......2002-10-24

Erich kunzel has recorded a wonderfully exhilerating item this time! Wonderfully exhuberant is mild compared to the lively playing Kunzel always gets from this great orchestra! Arrangements are mostly by Tommy Newsome who knows how to write charts of varying degrees of excellence, particularly the winsome "Girl from Ipanema" which compliments the lyrics endless reflections on a beautiful, bikini-clad young woman. "Sweet and Gentle" is a saucy number while Eric Knight, the only arranger to get the Boston Pops under Fiedler to swing to new heights, contributes an unforgettably boisterous account of "Lambada." The sound is full of punch and contrast. And Doc Severinsen plays in "Virgen" a marvelous soloistic stratospheric account. My advice is to buy this immediately. It's one hot album!

Wonderful arrangements of music from all over the world........2001-10-26

Telarc and Eric Kunzel never fail to amaze at the quality of their selections.

Even tough some of the arrangements here have a little too much
fanfare at the start they are still great to listen to.

Most of these melodies you have heard them at least once in you life. And they are reproduced here with the Kunzel magic.

Beautiful collection of Music.......2001-10-26

A Beautiful collection of music from all over the world.
(latin world that is)

I little grandiose on some selections (that's kunzel) but GREAT nonetheless.

Tequila Sunrise
Average customer rating:

Soundtrack better than the Movie by a joint!

i loved it!

Painfully horrible duet with Ann Wilson and Robin Zander...

Tequila Sunrise
Original Soundtrack
Manufacturer: Capitol
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ASIN: B000008LHF
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Surrender to Me - Ann Wilson, Robin Zander
Do You Believe in Shame? - Duran Duran
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Don't Worry Baby - The Beach Boys, The Everly Brothers
Dead on the Money - Andy Taylor
Unsubstantiated - The Church
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Jo Ann's Song - Dave Grusin, David Sanborn

Customer Reviews:

Soundtrack better than the Movie by a joint!.......2006-01-05

Soundtrack: The best cut here is of course the
title cut with Cheap Trick's Rob Zander taking
turns sobbing over mic with Heart's burely Ann
Wilson! It went to number #4 in Pop. music
countdown. Dave Grusin is good here as well
as the rest of artists on this soundtrack.***
stars

The Movie: Cleancut Mel Gibson (the perpetually
confused man) is miscast here as a drug dealer
('Snake' Russell [see Escape(s) From New York /
L.A.] is miscast as a clean cut cop! Michelle
Pfeiffer (Above Average 'Baker Boys' ["Fabulous"
is too strong a word. Just like "Fabulous Thun-
derbirds"!] is miscast as the woman caught in
between! Aside from that and a bad ending, this
was A GOOD MOVIE! *** stars

i loved it!.......2005-09-05

But i love every thing by Dave Grusin!
The duet "Surrender to me" is a beautiful ballad.
the whole soundtrack has different music genres in it.
My favorite song in this album is "Jo Ann's song"
which was the reason i bought this soundtrack in the first place.
David Sadborn and Dave Grusin come together and they create one of the most romantic and sensual songs you ll ever hear.

Painfully horrible duet with Ann Wilson and Robin Zander... .......2004-10-27

Some decent songs by Crowded House, Ziggy Marley, Bobby Darin, Andy Taylor and The Church. Some very bad songs by Duran Duran, Dave Grusin and The Everly Brothers with The Beach Boys doing "Don't Worry Baby". And a painfully horrible duet with Ann Wilson and Robin Zander.

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Nothing But The Finest!
A Modern Jazz Treasure
Excellent Performance
Sunny Days
Lewis is for love

Tequila Mockingbird
Ramsey Lewis
Manufacturer: Sony
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Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Tequila Mockingbird
Wandering Rose
Skippin'
My Angel's Smile
Camino El Bueno
Caring For You
Intimacy
That Ole Bach Magic

Customer Reviews:

Nothing But The Finest!.......2004-04-23

"Tequila Mockingbird"'s excellent title cut,"Wandering Rose",
"My Angel's Smile" and the more classically inclined "That Old
Bach Magic" all have a very (mid-period) Earth,Wind & Fire sound
to them,courtesy of the group's keyboardist Larry Dunn who produced some of these tracks.Even as "Camino El Bueno" has a funky little latin-funk feel and Ramsey's swepping piano arpeggio's are in fine style throughout one particular cut is of
special historical interest to me,being from Bangor Maine.Here there was a local television celebrity named Eddie Driscol and when I was a child WLBZ TV in Bangor (an NBC station) was using
the song "Skippin'" from this album as the theme music for
Drisol's "Grover Swale Show".It is a pleasant piece of lite jazzy
R&B with a sprightly little melody.Even though I would rate several of the albums that proceeded this as Ramsey's best 70's
work [counting 1973's "Funky Serenity",1975's "Don't It Feel Good" and this same year's "Love Notes"] this album has a little
orchestral magic to it and begins using synthesizers to a greater
extent.Also worth checking out if you still have your turntable
is Ramsey's 1978 LP "Legacy" containing the fine "All The Way Live" and the grooving "Moogin' On".Until you locate that however you'll enjoy this for sure!

A Modern Jazz Treasure.......2001-05-18

I must admit I have several Ramsey Lewis projects, but this one has to be my all time favorite. The title track is simply awesome! I'm talking real strings, "tight" horns, incredible rhythm. Ramsey's virtuous Piano work is as always in top form! Very nice music arrangements and Synthesizer work by Larry Dunn. A delight for the modern jazz Lover's ears. Many other tunes are stand outs as well - Skippin', Camino El Bueno. This CD is not just a great buy, but a complete buy.

Excellent Performance.......2001-02-27

Keyboardist Larry Dunn of the great Earth, Wind and Fire produces a few excellent songs on this album. The opening title track gets the album going with late 70's EWF style synthesizers and the distinctive horns. Ramsey Lewis on the piano delivers an excellent performance for new brand of sound and music.

Sunny Days.......2000-05-27

I remember as a youg musician exploring different avenues of musical expression, my english teacher introduced us to various forms of Jazz. It is one of the best early days of music where people played 'real' instruments. Played thier musical imagination and opened new highways. If you're overloaded with the electronic information highway take your special someone explore some private quality time and plug this album in. Your heart will dance and you will be young again.

Lewis is for love.......1999-11-03

Tequila Mockingbird is one of the greatest albums I've ever had the pleasure of enjoying through candle lit dinners. It has the essence of love, without words to distract you from your dinner partner's conversation, or their eyes!

Average customer rating:

clasic !!!
Great single disc Champs comp from the Album Collection + 10

Tequila: The Very Best of the Champs
The Champs
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ASIN: B000009QJE
Release Date: 1998-08-19

Tracks:

Tequila
Telstar
Chariot Rock
Rebel Rouser
Go Champ Go
Raunchy
Percolator
La Cucaracha (Traditional)
Tequila Twist
Istanbul
Honky Tonk
Too Much Tequila
Bristol Stomp
Night Train
The Twist
Beatnik
Hokey Pokey
I'll Be There
Alley Cat
El Rancho Rock
Limbo Rock
Bunny Hop
Anna
Last Night

Customer Reviews:

clasic !!!.......2005-02-24

clasic,the word what can describe this cd,there is "la cucaracha"
,"hokey pokey" "tequila",so if thats not clasic i dont what its
buy this cd and......rock and roll !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great single disc Champs comp from the Album Collection + 10.......2004-12-17

If you can't find the Challenge Album Collection 2 CD set on One Way or if you have it and want a best of comp that is mainly from the material on the albums, this is a great single disc that is mainly culled from the album collection except for 10 additional songs including their versions of Istanbul, Rebel Rouser, La Cucaracha to name a few. The songs that appear on this disc culled from the album collection are the cream of the crop when it comes the Champs and as such, this earns 5 stars. If I were to recommend any of their albums for those who want to go further, I'd recommend "Go Champs Go" and "Everybody's Rockin'" which do remain in print as a twofer on Ace and are both equally great but this is the cream of the crop.

Average customer rating:

Like listening to The Mariachi Brass live in the studio
CD coupling of first two Baker/Mariachi Brass albums

A Taste of Tequila/Hats Off
The Mariachi Brass
Manufacturer: Beat Goes Public
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000G6H3VM
Release Date: 2006-08-07

Tracks:

Flowers on the Wall
Tequila
Mexico
Love Me with All Your Heart (Cuando Calienta el Sol)
Hot Toddy
Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa
Speedy Gonzalez
Come a Little Bit Closer
Paso
Bamba
Happiness Is
Sure Gonna Miss Her
Band Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
Phoenix Love Theme (Senza Fine)
These Boots Are Made for Walking
On the Street Where You Live
Armen's Theme
Spanish Harlem
Chiquita Banana
When the Day Is All Done
You Baby
It's Too Late
Colonel Bogey March [*]

Product Description

1. Flowers On The Wall
2. Tequila
3. Mexico
4. Love Me With All Your Heart (Cuando Calienta El Sol)
5. Hot Toddy
6. Twenty-Four Hours From Tulsa
7. Speedy Gonzales
8. Come A Little Bit Closer
9. El Paso
10. La Bamba
11. Happiness Is
12. Sure Gonna Miss Her
13. Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
14. Phoenix Love Theme (Senza Fine)
15. These Boots Are Made For Walking
16. On The Street Where You Live
17. Armen’S Theme
18. Spanish Harlem
19. Chiquita Banana
20. When The Day Is Done

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Like listening to The Mariachi Brass live in the studio.......2007-04-24

Simply outstanding in every way. The sound on this collection is perfect. I have LP copies of all the Mariachi Brass albums in stereo and mono and they sound pretty horrible. This CD was obviously mastered from the original with great care. It sounds as if you are listening to them live in the studio. I know that a lot a Baker fans have shunned The Mariachi Brass albums but I love them. Many say that he only did it for drug money and they used him as a Tijuana Brass knockoff but I disagree. Chet puts his own style into these standards and they have such warmth and feeling it gives me goosebumps. Yes, they came out at the height of the T.J.B. but I would not call it a knockoff by any means. A little pricey yes, but well worth the money!

CD coupling of first two Baker/Mariachi Brass albums.......2007-01-22

I've wanted the Mariachi Brass' first LP on CD ever since I got my first CD player in 1986. It finally arrives on this very nice twofer that also contains the second LP plus one additional track.
Chet Baker fans have dismissed these albums for decades because of their pop appeal, the fact that the Mariachi Brass was one of many brass oriented groups thrown together by a record company to capitalize on the success of Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass in the mid-60s, and also because it has been widely speculated that Baker only agreed to record these LPs to get money to support his drug habit (and it was that habit that led to his untimely demise). But in my opinion, if you judge the music on it's own merits then the only question is: do you like mid-60s easy listening covers of pop hits or not? If not, pass this by -- even if you're a Chet Baker fan. If you don't like Tijuana Brass, Living Brass, Brass Ring and the like, you won't like this. If you do like this type of thing though, there's no real reason for you to dislike this. It's some very familiar hit tunes from the 60s, masterfully arranged, played by fantastic studio musicians (including members of the Wrecking Cru and some Tijuana Brass regulars) and perfectly balanced with Chet's wonderful flugal horn riding over the top of the other instruments. It sounds to me that he was having a good time recording these tracks -- I really can't believe he got nothing out of these sessions other than the money.
The standout tracks are "Flowers On The Wall", "Tequila" (which contains one of my all time favorite drum fills about 1:44 into the track), "Hot Toddy", "24 Hours From Tulsa", "Speedy Gonzalez", "La Bamba", "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'", and a rocking cover of the "Colonel Bogey March" from "The Bridge On The River Kwai". The latter wasn't included on either of the LPs featured here but has been included as a bonus track.
Overall, A TASTE OF TEQUILA is a more satisfying album than "HATS OFF" but there's nothing here that isn't enjoyable if you like 60s instrumental pop.
It should be noted that all tracks appear on this CD in mono. According to the liner notes, the stereo tapes have been lost. I've had TASTE OF TEQUILA in both mono and stereo versions for years though and always preferred the mono version, so you'll hear no complaint from me. And if there's any concern about the cover being different for this CD, the original covers (both front and back) are recreated inside the booklet.
This was the reissue of 2006 for me. I'm thrilled to have it on CD and highly recommend it to fans of brass-led 60s instrumental combos.

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