Although there was a point with the Tijuana Brass where we were playing for such huge crowds that I kind of lost contact. At one point, the only connection I had with the audience was with people out there lighting cigarettes.

S. That same year the Guinness Book of World Records recognized that Alpert set a new record by placing five albums simultaneously in the top 20 on the Billboard Pop Album Chart an accomplishment that has never been repeated. Most recently Alpert and his wife (Lani Hall) signed with Concord Records and released a new (live) album in the summer of 2009 Anything Goes which was Alpert's first release of new material since 1999's Herb Alpert and Colors.

 1 on the U. As of 1996 Alpert had sold 72 million albums worldwide.