Whipped Cream And Other Delights Album Review for the vinyl community
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- Опубліковано 19 сер 2024
- I put the question out "What album do you want me to review in a full video?" The most popular answer, by far, was Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - Whipped Cream & Other Delights. So here it is! The 1965 album that everyone already owns in a review. But, why is this album so popular in dollar bins and yard sales? Why did so many people buy it, to only discard it later? I have theories... This video has an exceptionally long into, the review starts after 2 minute mark.
My wife came in to me watching a grown man covered in whipped cream talking about vinyl … She looked at me funny...
She think my vinyl obsession is getting out of hand!!
I'm new to this community but I'm loving it thus far.
During the production of the album cover the whipped cream did not work as they hoped they ended up using shaving cream instead robert it was worth it you are a brave man love the cutaways
Barbasol. I mixed some in to be true to the original, you may notice the can under the Rolling Stones poster. lol
& she was about 5 months pregnant!
This was definitely bachelor-pad music back in the day. "Surfin' with the Astronauts" was another one. Both not bad albums. Trivia: The song Whipped Cream was used as part of the music for the ABC television show The Dating Game.
Funny review! I can't wait to see you tackle The Ohio Players - Honey album.
What a nice surprise! How did I miss this? I asked for this review two years ago and completely forgot about it. Well done, sir!
Loved this one! You are soooo right, this album is EVERYWHERE. I saw at least 6 of them in one record store going through their $1 bins, so I thought "ok, why not" I mean there were at least 6, so it must be a sign, right? So yes, I have one now. I've seen a few of your vids and honestly, anyone who covers himself in whipped cream for a video deserves my subscription :)
Yeah, I had a couple of theories as to why this was so popular. Part of me thinks they just handed these out for free in 1965! Thanks for subscribing!
I will never be able to think about the Herb Alpert cover quite the same again. Thanks for the background information. I must be getting old, as all I can think about is how hard is that going to be to clean up.
My brother was into all those other bands from 1965…
…but he was also into this one.
Eclectic personified.
I wanted to add a story about the quirky phenomenon that records like this end up in collections even if we don’t buy them, they just somehow magically appear. It’s like a Carpenters or John Denver album that won’t go away it just keeps popping up. They have a way of hiding you know…
A friend of mine had a big antique store that even have a vinyl record department. She would buy storage locker units and go to Auctions and buy a few dozen boxes of LPs. She would cherry pick for the ones that were a value and put them in the store for sale But then she would be left with thousands of LPs that she didn’t want and most of them had no value. After a few years of filling up her own storage unit with stuff she didn’t want to keep, she had me run a big weekend yard sale for her in a college town near Portland.
During the weekend only about 50 LPs have been sold. There were literally 6000 records left over by Sunday afternoon. I was about to start loading the boxes of LPs into a truck to take to you a thrift store. These three college guys pulled up in a pick up truck. One of them said “we’re thinking of doing our own pirate radio station and we need some old records, can you make us a deal?”
I told him I could go as low as $2.
He replied “two dollars each? Can you do a little better than that?“
I replied “oh yes I can do much better than that. It’s two dollars for all of them, but you have to take every single box, that’s the deal.” They cheered and did high-fives and then began what took them an hour and a few trips with their truck to get them all moved out of there. I was thought that was the deal of the century for me in record selling. Think about it, I would’ve spent much more than two dollars in gas just to take those LPs to the thrift store and they might not have wanted all of them. Not to mention, I would’ve been headed for the chiropractor after that much work.
Thanks for the great review, I especially like your comment that it is “bump and grind music but really just bump music without the grind.“ Seriously considering that as my epitaph…
Thank you for mentioning the dating game and two Herb Alpert songs used on the show, not to name drop or anything but… OK, I knew Jim Lang, the host of the dating game show, he lived in a small town north of San Francisco, really cool guy used to see him at the flea market digging through record bins probably hoping to find another copy of whipped cream and other delights. In that same town there were lots of music related celebrities that live there including Dan Hicks, Maria Muldaur, members of the Jefferson airplane, members of the Grateful Dead, and the late great hipster DJ Al Jazzbo Collins.
You are certainly a brave person to re-create the whipped cream pose and fashion statement on live UA-cam that’s pretty impressive and I think it’s cool that you used actual whip cream since the original album cover photo shoot was done with shaving cream, they say that the only actual whipped cream was on the models finger.
I think I’ve collected every single parity LP cover, and treasure them, wanted to clarify something for many who may not know it, the basic reason that we keep seeing this particular record album at every yard sale, every thrift store and yes in every dumpster or free box at a large record store, is that this LP was a multi million seller. Of course the biggest sellers end up in a great quantity many decades later at the thrift stores. I even find them sealed and in pristine condition but they’re still not really worth more than about eight dollars after you pay for shipping and professional record box shipping materials.
Thanks for informing others that this was Herb Alpert on trumpets and the rest is the wrecking crew. At this point Julius walked her and other members of the Tijuana brass had moved on to form the sort of parity group called the Baja marimba band. Also produced and issued on A&M records.
Anyone interested can learn a lot more about the history of Herb Alpert and the TJB On Wikipedia and other sites. Interesting to note that no one in the original band was from Mexico and certainly not from Tijuana. As I recall Herb tales of Middle Eastern or Mediterranean descent.
In my final comment which I hate to be nitpicky but with all due respect to herbs legendary band and two the fourth largest city in Mexico, it would be nice if people would start pronouncing Juana correctly.
Iris not Tiajuana, it is Tijuana. Tee/eanna. I realize that people have been saying that their whole life the wrong way it’s hard to correct that.
Thanks again for your great video, always a cool thing for someone to review and celebrate a record that literally came out over five decades ago. I probably on 25 copies of this vinyl LP as well I have it on cassette, eight track, reel to reel and CD. I’m still looking for more for impressing us of it I understand there was a Chinese pressing, German, Greek and other languages with the same artwork but the foreign title spelling
Yes, I realize I made a few typos, and I actually see herbs last name misspelled frequently so I’m not the first nor the last to do it.
I have seen this album many times in any trift store and always wondered what it sounded like but definitely loved the cover.
Edit: I actually looked through my records and behold I actually do have the record. (I swear I never bought one) so ya the part about the record being there is true lol.
CLASSIC! You rock Robert Fithen. best vinyl reviewer ever. (We appreciate the serious effort and time it took to do this album cover reproduction)
Thanks!!
I must admit Whipped Cream & Other Delights is a guilty pleasure of mine (along with Going Places). Several cuts off those albums were used on British TV and Radio shows during my childhood, so it’s largely sentimental. I agree Let it Bleed is top 5 - it might even be the best album ever made BUT it never fails to irritate me that Honkey Tonk Women and Midnight Rambler (live version from Get Yer Ya-Ya’s out!) are vastly superior to the album versions. Great video by the way 😂
You absolutely NAILED it mate!!! Funniest thing I've seen in ages....... 😂
Love HA...have most of his Lp,s ,many from around the world.
my grandma had this album back when it first released, im trying to find one here in tampa, there are none
Uh-oh, you are doing the goofy 🤪 stuff I do in my vids. My kids call me "the king of cringe". So fun! I love it! Yeah, this record definitely belongs to 007 hangin' at a tiki bar in the Dominican Republic but without the 007 credentials. In fact, he is probably hangin' with Dr. No's henchmen thinking that they are cool because of the female attention they are getting. Somewhere in the background this record is playing (yes, probably on a record changer). Again, great content and cheers!
I really respect your commitment. While I prefer chloroform to records for heavy dating purposes, I do have Tom and John Gary and Al Hirt albums. Shirley Jones believed that Mantovani was serious swingin' music on The Partridge Family. I may never be able to look at a bowl of strawberries the same way again.
Some of the Al Hirt has similar effects to chloroform. lol
I like The Red Shoes album. I think it's great. Just wanted to say that.
Look some of us were just kids in the sixties. I was born in 1960. As a figure skater and gymnast I ended up doing a whole routine at 7 yrs old in white with pink sequins and Pom poms swirling in a big group at the community centre. In the next couple of years, in gymnastics my friends floor music was Taste of Honey, and mine was Thank Heaven for Little Girls from Gigi. So depending on your childhood exposure or adolescence, a big audience was under 18 and mostly aware it was “ sexy” . I found this embarrassing to contemplate at 7, but I liked the short skirt with the sequins and the Kleenex Pom Pom hat.
Props for the props! I don’t have this anymore, and now I miss it …
Wonderful, plus a Bowie reference. I love these videos Robert.
Yup Robert, like you I picked up all my Herb Alpert & TB records from Goodwill Stores and bargain bins in used record shops. But that's because I first heard them from borrowed library records - liked them, taped them, and decided I wanted vinyl copies of my own. As you mentioned, "Spanish Flea" (from the Going Places album) was popularized by the "Dating Game" and "Casino Royale" (from the Sounds Like album) was the theme song from the original "Casino Royale" James Bond movie. And of course, there's Herb Alpert himself singing "This Guy's In Love With You" (from the Beat of the Brass album) which was a #1 song in 1968.
My parents had all the Herb Alpert albums. As a young kid, I was enamored with the Whipped Cream cover. I still have the album and like it. Cool to know about the wrecking crew.
When I was on Facebook I was a member of a vinyl group. Everyone seemed to think this was a trail album to find. They were disgusted when I told people I'd found it several times and never bought it. Never will, either.
That album is absolutely everywhere.
I never bought a Herb Alpert record (of 3,000 albums), but I liked his vocal on “This Guy’s In Love With You” and, from a UA-cam documentary, learned that he’s an artist and a mensch. A&M records gave a home to Phil Ochs and Joan Baez.
I don't think I've ever bought a Herb Alpert album, either. Yet, there are several in my collection somehow. They just appear.
@@RobertFithen Is it a vinyl curse? ;-)
(best way to (re)watch this video: have the album streaming (or spinning) in the back ground).
Great video. I'm sure the cleaning part afterwards was fun...
yeah, somehow I own about 6 Herb LPs. Really don't know how/why.
I do recommend one that I did not see your collection.
"Christmas Album"
Timely...
Excellent choice and art direction! An album everyone seems to 'know', but rarely gives a spin. Ultimate cheeky sixties tv music.
Hahaha, really amazing, fun and... odd way to review this album. I'm thinking like we should be very thankful that they suggested this album and not Prince "Lovesexy" or Roxy Musics "Country life". ;)
"The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking", not only naked, but on the side of the road! lol
I’m willing to wager that you have heard the phrase “put your pants on!” more than once.
She was also several months pregnant when she did the cover photo...hence the nice ta-ta's...
Here's a bit of trivia: another fairly common A & M thrifter is Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66. One of the female singers, Chicago's Lani Hall, has been married to Herb Alpert for nearly fifty years.
I agree. I always pictured everything back then with a "cheesecake" cover was headed straight for a hip bachelor pad with mid-century modern decor.
Hahaha! That would make a great Halloween costume if you could figure out how to attach a life sized cover backdrop. 👏👏👏👏
I've never seen it in the usual places. I did see it at a neighboring city's library though, on CD. And having borrowed it from there and then zip zap zoom it's now on my phone's microSD, that's how I ended up having it in my collection, sort of.
- Red
I love anything Herb!!!!!
This is a very fun sounding album. Like I mentioned in the video, it's hard to be gloomy with this music on. The more I listened, the more I began to realize the different styles, even some Dixieland, on the album. So you've probably seen that I have a lot of the original albums., what's the next one to listen to?
@@RobertFithen Do you have Main Event Live with Hugh Masakela?
One of the only ones I don't have.
You had to live through the Sixties to realize how successful Herb's TJB was. The mariachi style in pop music was novel for the time and was very catchy that appealed to teens and adults alike. The provocative album jacket was a definite eye catcher. Whipped Cream was TJB's fourth and biggest selling lp -- over 6 million sold. It contains two popular Hot 100 hits -- Whipped Cream and A Taste of Honey, (which was paired with Third Man Theme in late 65).
It took about 5 seconds to find a copy among my records, a mono one I can't recall buying or finding.
Swear these were a dime a dozen until they all got snatched up. Or maybe its just location. I remember scoring his first 4 A&M albums in mint shape for a buck each a long time ago, but gave away 2 Herb box sets to friends. I used a UK London album of his to look at that last big eclipse that went across the states, but it was because it was see through brown. I think i had 6 Whipped Creams at one point. Like when does it end. I remember once seeing it on a reel to reel for 50 bucks and was like, oh, why do i want that. Theres blue and red Quality Records pressings here in Canada. With original and reissued back covers. Its out of hand.
Soul Asylum has an EP mocking this album cover too
I actually have some of the parodies but do not have this album. I'm holding out to get a picture disk. Dad has gotta be the most hilarious thing I've ever seen. Did you have to have your friends drag you out still on top of that tarp to avoid making a disaster?
No, I did it all myself. It was quite a mess. I thought about uploading the "making-of", but since I'm in my underwear, I thought better not to. lol
Delightful and creamy review! I think I would never be aware of such album If wasn't for vinyl community. Now Robert, go get a shower!
Here in Sydney Australia I never saw this in a thrift store ever. I ended up getting it from overseas through Discogs. Mono version of course.
Ahhh record changers.I remember the family Motorola console record changer which malfunctioned and crushed my album playing.
They definitely had problems.
Not that I've been actively looking but I've only seen one really clean copy of this at a thrift store. Most look like they were part of the orgy.
This was a wonderful video!
Don't have any Herb Alpert, Obviously i need it!.Great video, love how your records are well loved, played and some are in beat up jackets.( Like mine ).
Get a bit tired of people showing expensive records - " This is the pile of records I bought Today " .
That particular section behind me was used as a scratchpad by a cat. I cover them up now. lol
Came for the vinyl, stayed for the whipped cream! lol.
OMG! This video was soooo good!!! 😂😂😂😂
Thanks! I was wondering what the response would be. So far, so good...
I’ve framed my sleeve of Whipped Cream and Other Delights. Well it looks good next to my framed copy of Quicksiver Messenger Service Happy Trails. But seeing your version of the cover is….. alarming and hysterical. What on Earth did you use !
The same as the original crew... Brylcreem shaving lotion. I also put two containers of whipped cream on top so I could eat some in the video.
fantastic!
Thanks!
I, personally, prefer more reviews during one sitting... Whip-creamed, or not. ;)
Gotta give this some applause. 👏👏👏🍒
Thanks!!
Fun Fact. Delores was pregnant when the cover was shot. Also the only whipped cream on her is on her finger.
This deserves more views considering you had to lay down tarp ( presumably all the way too the bathroom )
And cover yourself with crème
You done it right 😂
Thanks! It was a mess! lol
yes, it was definitely worth it! and next week please be careful when you do Pink Floyd‘s „Wish You Were Here“...
Being on fire would make for a very quick video. Maybe enough time to yell "5 stars!"
😂😂😂
And please not The Black Crowes' "Amorica"! Lol
Challenge acceped!
@@RobertFithen oh no 🤦♂️ I didn't mean... never mind.
Hard to top that review except with some whipped cream! Do you see what I did there!?
PEACHES???!!!
No joke, I was thinking about Peaches sometime in the last 24 hours. Are there any Peaches around anymore?
I think they're all closed.
@@RobertFithen Dang. Thanks to you (and your shirt) for providing a nice little stroll down Memory Lane. Really enjoy your vids.
soul asylum did this cover too.
Hahaha! great video Robert!
The album cover has been spoofed many times. It's iconic for the cover but not Herb Alpert and the TJB's best.
PS - How ‘bout a vid of 10 records with food ‘themes’ on the cover. 😁
What a mess that would be. lol
@@RobertFithen I mean just a selection of 10 records that have food on the cover. Not actually dressing up like the food. Indeed that would be messy. 😂
You should make a video about your favorite album from the 2010's.
What are some suggestions to listen to?
@@RobertFithen
Khruangbin
Bon Iver
Mogwai - As The Love Continues
War on Drugs
Tame Impala
Idles
The Weeknd - Beauty Behind
Big Thief
Billie Eilish
The National - High Violet
Arctic Monkeys
LCD Soundsystem
Grizzly Bear - Painted Ruins
Alt-j - An Awesome Wave
Michael Kiwanuka
Kendrick Lamar
J Cole - 2014 Forest Hill
Beach House
Lana Del Rey
@@RobertFithen
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
The XX
Jamie XX
Future Islands - Singles
King Krule - 6 Feet Beneath The Moon
Rhye - Woman
Jake Bugg
James Blake
Foals - Total Life Forever
The Drums
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
Radiohead - Moon Shaped Pool
Metronomy - English Rivera
Taylor Swift - Folklore
I will definitely do this, but it won't be the next couple of videos, because this will take awhile. I don't want to review new music half-heartedly, so it will be a long-term project with a video much later. Thanks for the suggestions! Excellent.
@@RobertFithen That's great! Start with Khruangbin, their album Con Todo El Mundo was my favorite album of 2018.
Rob ,I think you have this video "Licked"..............!!
A lot of it is Brylcreem shaving foam (like the original). I had to be very careful which parts I licked!
alot of the songs on this album were on the dating game so sexy describes it i think the game show boosted this album its kinda boring to me the dating game was a big show back in 68 or so
"Please don't UNsubscribe." This f**king guy. 12:17
YYYYUUUUUUKKKKK!!
Sorry ,rob you yuk, not the music..lol
Ahh, the album that was playing during the conception of a million GenXers.
Also, every time you meet a woman in her late 20s to early 40s named Rhiannon, you know her parents got busy to Fleetwood Mac.
I honestly believe that!
I've always wondered about this album. Now I know the truth. 😂😂😂
I'm still waiting on confirmation, but that's my theory.
1:44
A sentence about King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard? I do review that album in a later video.
Just reading through the comments to get confirmation on whether this was or was not the sound of sex in the 60s.
I'm hoping for some validation.