Old Enough to Forget

The '60s, baby. They were the best of times, they were the worst of times. On today's instalment of what the fudge were they thinking , we have the Tijuana Voices Sing Merry Christmas , an album that's deliberately packaged to make you think this is The Tijuana Brass, or a cheaper knock off of Julius Wechter and The Baja Marimba Band. The difference was that Julius was on A&M, the home of the Tijuana Brass, and Mr. Alpert was the A in A&M. Whereas the Tijuana Voices were on Pickwick/33, a budget label known for repacking stuff at a discount. Yeah, we have the pseudo Mexican moustaches and sombreros that scream '60s kitsch. You could be forgiven for thinking this was Herb Alpert, at least that's what I'm telling myself, because I feel like I got suckered. Except that it's exactly what I had hoped it would be, so I guess it all worked out in the end. For all that, it was a dollar well spent. Like I said, this delivered exactly what I was expecting to h...