The album was released in many formats, such as vinyl, 8-track, cassette, open reel and eventually CD. The song " Spanish Flea", composed by Alpert's friend and fellow mariachi band leader Julius Wechter, was one of several Brass tunes heard regularly on The Dating Game. The Piggly Wiggly supermarket chain also used it as a theme for its TV commercials. Two years later, the song was featured as the theme of a short-lived game show, Reach for the Stars. "A Walk in the Black Forest" was a cover of a better-known version of the song that same year by Horst Jankowski. The B-side of the "Taxi" single, "Zorba the Greek", was edited for length and was augmented by live-concert sound effects. "Tijuana Taxi" and "Spanish Flea" were included as part of the "Carmen" medley on the Herb Alpert's Ninth album. The single version of "Tijuana Taxi" features more of the bicycle-horn sound effects than does the album version. The songs on Going Places are a mixture of sessions featuring Alpert's touring band and those with other session musicians, according to the liner notes in the Shout!Factory CD release. While the first four Tijuana Brass albums were recorded by Alpert backed by studio musicians, demands for live appearances dictated that Alpert assemble an actual touring band. The group's title reverted to its original name for this album its second, third and fourth albums had been released as Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass. It was originally released by A&M Records in 1965 and has appeared in many formats. Going Places (stylized as !!Going Places!!) is the fifth album by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass chronology
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