Last post of the season and last post in our series of Tijuanabees today, this record is perhaps the most common of the Christmas Herb Alpert ripoffs I see in the racks at thrift stores. Pretty sure even my parents had a copy when I was growing up, though I never paid any attention to it at the time. And curiously enough, all the tracks are instrumental versions of ten of the songs from that last Tijuanabee share by Tijuana Voices. I guess they were saving money by releasing two different versions of the same thing under two different names. Nothing that a budget label does surprises me anymore. But what of the other two songs that are missing here, why didn't they get included to make a slightly longer record? I have no idea, such things are beyond me. But if you want to listen while you pontificate such important questions, this is
The Border Brass-
Tijuana Christmas (Design DLPX-18/SDLP-X-18, Stereo, 1967). And that's the end of the 2023 Christmas season. Happy Epiphany or Three Kings Day or whatever you want to call it. It's the twelfth day of Christmas and I'm very tired. It's been a great season and I appreciate all the kind comments and cards and check-ins I've gotten from so many of you. I probably won't see you until Christmas in July, or maybe Christmas-and-a-Half, but we'll see. Until then, remember to keep Christmas in your heart all year 'round! Ciao!
1. We Wish You A Merry Christmas
2. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
3. What Child Is This
4. Deck The Halls
5. Jingle Bells
6. Tijuana Christmas
7. Jolly Old St. Nicholas
8. Christmas Bells
9. The First Noel
10. Silent Night
MEGA
Thank you so much, It's been a Great season... You make it that much better, Ernie. Now, I have to work on all the downloads, and put them into the correct labels, genre, etc... As of always, constantly working on Christmas. You added over 3000 tracks to my playlist :)
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't want you to not have anything to listen to. :)
DeleteYou are awesome, but... I noticed, that two of your Christmas Tease tracks by "Stanley Adams And The Chicken Flickers" & "The Phil Woods Quintet" - you didn't share the albums, but that's alright - Ernie
DeleteMaybe, you'll share them in Christmas in July?
Those albums turned out to have been reissued and available for legit download or on CD. I try to stay away from things that are available and who's purchase can benefit the artist (or their record company...).
Deletehttps://www.amazon.com/Chanukah-Carols-Sid-Wayne/dp/B000BO87L4
https://www.amazon.com/More-Mistletoe-Magic-VARIOUS-ARTISTS/dp/B000000I67
Thank you, Ernie. I figured there was a reason. No problem.
DeleteYou are incredible, Ernie. I’m astounded and unbelievably grateful for all of your hard work and generosity. Please get some well deserved rest! Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteThanks, and Happy New Year!
DeleteAs always, it's been a joy to be on the sleigh with you. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteThis sleigh needs to get the the runners rotated and the joints greased. It's been a long busy season. :)
DeleteSure was. Actually saw another copy of this last week at a thrift store--the Mono version! I was given a Stereo copy by a friend of mine in 2019.
DeleteThanks again for another great season! Weirdly, I enjoy these Tijuanabee albums better than the actual TJB Christmas Album.
ReplyDeleteYes, they certainly sound more like Tijuana than the real thing. :)
DeleteErnie! Man! Gosh! Dude! So much great music! So much passable music! Your ongoing contributions to the seasonal content library are MASSIVE! Thanks so very much for all your hard work and generosity! See you next time! Stay great!
ReplyDeleteQuantity has a quality all it's own. :)
DeleteIt will probably take me until July to go through all this fascinating music. THANK YOU for another amazing year!
ReplyDeleteThat'll keep the Christmas spirit going that much longer!
DeleteThank you once again for bringing a fair bit of joy to the whole world (nice map by the way) with these shares - I can't believe all the hard work you do on these, dates, label correction and of course, the effort on the actual music it self - you've brightened my holidays for sure
ReplyDeleteI like to do things the right way when I can. :)
DeleteHave a wonderful 2024, Ernie, and thank you so much for all of the wonderful shares this year. Your dedication and hard work putting these together is appreciated immensely!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I just do it to give myself something to listen to. :)
DeleteThis was a feat of endurance and dedication like no other. Great job, buddy! Have a wonderful new year.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I'm just deeply obsessed, I think. :)
DeleteHi Ernie, thank you for all your hard work. You truly did a lot of it. Enjoy you much needed rest and relaxation.
ReplyDeleteWhile, I have not listened to them yet, thank you for sharing more Tijuanabee's.
The Christmas before my mother's unexpected death, I bought her the only Tijuana Brass album she did not own.
We only had 2 soundtracks, 2 Christmas, and those Tijuana Brass albums in our home, and no recorded player. My eldest sister was the only one that had a recorded player, so I have no idea why my parents had these albums. But I have always enjoyed The Tijuana Brass. But I still believe Herb Alpert was only passable as a trumpet player, but he made good playing it.
So, I am sure I will enjoy listening to these too.
I hope these records give you some good memories of your mother. :)
DeleteThanks for the kind words. They have. I got teary eyed listening to them. I sought out my The Tijuana Brass CDs, and cuddled under a blanket on the sofa. I needed a good cry, especially at Christmas time.
DeleteThank you Ernie. Another great swamp of xmas music. See you whenever it is that you decide that you miss us. We'll certainly miss you
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting!
DeleteThank you for sharing the beautiful recordings for a fantastic Christmas time...I wish you the best for 2024...
ReplyDeleteMay everything go well for you with the peace and joy of Christmas in your heart all year long
Thanks for the kind words!
DeleteYou really outdid yourself this Christmas Season. Many, MANY thanks. I've mentioned it to you before, but I will say it again: I really didn't get into the Christmas Spirit this year, but your music sure did help. Stay healthy and looking forward to NEXT year!!!
ReplyDeleteSometimes it's hard to find the spirit, but you've got to keep looking!
DeleteThank you so much for another (and such a generous!) holiday season filled with retro gems. It's very much appreciated. Now please enjoy some well deserved rest before you start the machine up again!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Pete. Have a good one!
DeleteThank you Ernie, for a great season- I learned a lot, and got exposed to a diverse grouping of artists, all due to your hard work. Enjoy the new year!
ReplyDelete- Steve in PA
I don't know what I could possibly teach anyone, but it was certainly diverse this year. Thanks for stopping by. :)
DeleteThank you very much for a wonderful Christmas season of music Ernie!!! You did a masterful job of bringing old vinyl to like again. I am sure you are one of the major reasons record companies are finally revisiting and remastering the wonderful things we listened to as children.
ReplyDeleteThe record companies are finally starting to get to the good stuff. They'll put me out of business before too much longer, and that's a good thing. :)
DeleteThank you, Ernie, for another year of sharing wonderful Christmas music, artwork, and commentary. Hope 2024 is a happy, healthy one for you and your family.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by!
DeleteErnie, Thanks for another great Season of Music!! Stay well. Robert in NYC
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure! :)
DeleteAs ever, it's been a joy listening with you... And what a great way to finish out the year! (Not sure why this posted as 'anonymous' before, so I'm repeating myself here.)
ReplyDeleteThanks! I wasn't going to share these since I needed to find a couple more, but I figured it was a good way to finish out the season. And I removed your other comment, so no worries. Blogger is a little messed up lately, Google doesn't seem to be interested in fixing it.
DeleteIt truly was "A Crate Diggers Christmas" this year here. Thanks for bringing so many new-to-me Christmas records to my attention.
ReplyDeleteI dig so you don't have to. :)
DeleteI might check out one that I did not get to during the season. In the meantime, I will look out for your comments on Lee's blog.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for another season of shares. And what a great one to go out on.
ReplyDeleteI love it when a plan comes together! :)
DeleteYou are a special person, and I thank you for adding so much happiness to the Christmas season over and over again. I've tailed off lately, but I'll continue to dig through the mountain of music you've shared. "See" you around!
ReplyDeleteI think it's a touch of OCD, but it seems to work out for the best. Good luck digging a tunnel through that mountain. :)
DeleteErnie! I finally got signed in. Thanks for all the goodies! I snagged a copy of Brazilian Cocktails, now I just need to dust off the phonograph. Thanks for the decades of stories, photos, shares and more. Your tab is pinned! I hope you have a Happy New Year and many many more.
ReplyDeleteCheers, mate. Glad you got a copy, you won't regret it. :)
DeleteI only just finished sorting through your uploads from 3 years ago! I guess I'll have to wait 'til next Christmas to take care of the ones I downloaded in 2021... :p
ReplyDeleteWhat was three years ago? Oh, the 78s from Internet Archive. That was a good season. Then I did 78s every week for a whole year as a follow-up. :) You'll catch up someday, don't worry.
DeleteHi Ernie, in case you are wondering on a theme for next year, here is a suggestion. If you have any of these types of things in your vast collection, it could be an idea.
ReplyDeleteDepartment/Retail Stores, Gas/Service/Automobile Stations, Grocery Stores, Record Clubs, etc. I know you have offered a few in the past. Some, I have collected.
The reason I suggest this is because I just typed in Firestone and only one item came up. They seem to have released special Christmas sets.
I have various folders of these things already; they all seem to have been released in the 1960s and early 1970s. These sets seem to me at least like Greatest hits packages. All the ones you offered this year, I am sure I have downloaded already.
Maybe, if you have others to share, you could offer as one a day, or just a link to a past share.
But I will continue to search your blog for others I have missed in the last few years.
I have plenty of them, but most consist of tracks you can find elsewhere, and as legal downloads. I try not to get into them. The bonus William Loose/Hollywood Symphony stuff was cherry picked from a lot of those this season.
DeleteYou are right, I never thought of Copyright.
DeleteMuchas gracias Ernie, feliz año 2024.
ReplyDelete¡Mi placer!
DeleteThanks for all your hard work and generosity Ernie -- I don't know how you do it! I can't even keep up reading the blog (it's a month later now and I've just finished catching up!). Hope you enjoy some much deserved R&R.
ReplyDeleteGlad you made it to the end. I'm already hard at work on next year. ;)
DeleteHappy birthday, Ernie!
ReplyDeleteWhat, no Christmas-and-a-half this year?
Thanks. My act is far from together this year. I'll be lucky to get anything up for Christmas in July... :(
DeleteWell, just do what ya gotta do. If your act needs a pause button, then hit it. There's plenty of time until next Christmas.
DeleteHard to do either way.
DeleteHappy Birthday, Ernie. Thanks for digging up all of this great hard-to-find Christmas music and posting it here for us to enjoy.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteSomehow I missed your final updates for 2023. I have followed you for years now, and truly appreciate all that you do, Ernie.
ReplyDeleteStay tuned, 2024 starts in just a few months! :)
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