I Think This Vinyl Collection Has You All Beat...

[fleasbaby]

If I had a penny for every copy of Whipped Cream I saw in the Thrift store boxes...what was it with So Cal kids in the sixties and Herb? Was he this popular across the States or just here?

[Alec124c41]

Herb Alpert, James Last, Mitch Miller, Nana Mouskouri, - the list goes on, and on, and on!

Cheers,
Alec

[blackwaterrisin]

If I had a penny for every copy of Whipped Cream I saw in the Thrift store boxes...

amen...what is it about that record?
It seems that at one point every citizen of the planet earth had a copy..

[bogle111]

Herb the Alpert was popular in Britain and Germany. I have some (inc Cream) bought new in the 60's in Germany - mint. Good to play once a decade, or checking tracking with.

I could say the same though about Elvis and Neil Sedaka at thrift stores in Wales, knee deep. Recently given some albums and Neil Sedaka is in there about 8 times.

"OH CAROL!!!! where is that guy that makes vynil bowls?"

Now that Englebert is reping for UK at Eurovision, maybe time to sell those (they were my mother's - honest!). Any offers? - didn't think so.

Regards
Pete

[Cabbage Patch Elvis]

When I was in college in the mid 90s, my roommate was picking up every copy of Whipped Cream and other Delights he found cheaply, in the hopes of decorating a wall of the house with the covers. He said the most that he paid for any copy was 99 cents. I moved out before he was able to put them up, but at that time he had approximately 4 dozen, and he'd been working on his collection for 8 months. I don't think it has made any sort of a dent in the Herb Alpert vinyl surplus.

[MonkeyBoy]

Herb Alpert was popular all over the US.

[D.]

I actually picked up a copy of HA&tTB GH today. First copy of any of their albums I've seen for sale. Now I did come across loads of Englebert, Johnny Mathis, & Jim Nabors LPs. Not to mention Roger Whittaker.

[chosenhandle]

My mother loved the guy.

I look at it this way, thanks to all those crappy Herb Alpert LP's, we now have A&M records!

[KentT]

And Herb Alpert's music then was loved by adults and teenagers alike and all points in between. Whipped Cream & Other Delights and Going Places are still superb records even now.

[Cabbage Patch Elvis]

I've got a fondness for Herb Alpert as well. I just always see a ton of the stuff. The Lonely Bull is my personal favorite. There is a great Yuletide collection from the golden age of A&M called Something Festive that I also come across at thrift stores with regularity.

It also features Sergio Mendes and Brazil '66, Burt Bacharach and Claudine Longet. Pretty swingin' stuff!

[Dr Pan K]

THE biggest collection, from someone who actually likes records is the one by Paul Mawhinney (3M and counting)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4S9tV8ZLcE

[tdat7192]

I'll have to catch that episode. Herb Alpert was pretty popular here on the east coast as well. Was a band that parents and kids enjoyed. Although there are tons in the bins, which has worked out well for me, since I was able to get better copies than my old originals. Whipped Cream was scandalous when it first came out.
There used to be this tv show where folks went into a supermarket to fill their carts in a short period of time. Imagine if you had 10 minutes to rifle through that collection! That could be a show I would watch. People gathering what they can in 10 mins and then interviewing them afterwards. Sort of like the New Vinyl thread on steroids.

[D.]

THE biggest collection, from someone who actually likes records is the one by Paul Mawhinney (3M and counting)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4S9tV8ZLcE

I know the host, Ben Friedman. He fronted The Cigar Store Indians, a band that began as a rock-a-billy outfit here in Georgia. The song after the theme and the outro music is him.