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Classic AOTW Classic AOTW: BOSSA RIO (SP-4191)

Discussion in 'Look Around: Sergio Mendes/Brazilian Music Forum' started by Harry, Nov 15, 2011.

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What is your favorite track?

SAIUPA (Por Causa De Voce Menina) 2 vote(s) 28.6%
DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSE 1 vote(s) 14.3%
WAVE 0 vote(s) 0.0%
DAY BY DAY 0 vote(s) 0.0%
TODAY, TOMORROW (Boa Palavra) 1 vote(s) 14.3%
UP, UP AND AWAY 0 vote(s) 0.0%
NANA 0 vote(s) 0.0%
OLD DEVIL MOON 1 vote(s) 14.3%
VELEIRO (Sailboat) 0 vote(s) 0.0%
GENTLE RAIN 0 vote(s) 0.0%
CANCAO do SAL (Sultry Song) 2 vote(s) 28.6%

  1. Harry Administrator

    Bossa Rio
    BOSSA RIO
    A&M SP-4191

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    Also released on CD in Japan as POCM-1883 and on Cherry Red/Rev-Ola in the UK as CRREV277

    Tracks:

    Side One:
    1. SAIUPA (Por Causa De Voce Menina) (Jorge Ben) 2:08
    2. DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSE (Bacharach-David) 2:43
    3. WAVE (Antonio Carlos Jobim) 3:07
    4. DAY BY DAY (S.Cahn-A.Stordahl-P.Weston) 2:35
    5. TODAY, TOMORROW (Boa Palavra) (Caetano Veloso-Norman Gimbel) 2:47
    6. UP, UP, AND AWAY (Jim Webb) 3:08

    Side Two:
    1. NANA (Moacir Santos-Mario Telles) 2:00
    2. OLD DEVIL MOON (E.Y.Harburg-Burton Lane) 3:15
    3. VELEIRO (Sailboat) (Edu Lobo-Torquato Neto) 3:10
    4. GENTLE RAIN (Luiz Bonfa) 4:53
    5. CANCAO do SAL (Sultry Song) (Milton Nascimento) 4:53

    This album also available on stereo tapes / BOSSA RIO / SP 4191

    Credits:
    BOSSA RIO acknowledges the use of the LOWREY ORGAN / Producer: SERGIO MENDES / A SERRICH PRODUCTION / Recording Engineer: LARRY LEVINE / Recorded at A&M Recording Studios / Art Direction: TOM WILKES / Photography: JIM McCRARY / This recording employs the HAECO-CSG System and may be played either monaurally or stereophonically. Write for a free full color A&M Record Catalogue / A&M Records, 1416 North La Brea, Hollywood, California 90028

    (uncredited on the LP)
    BOSSA RIO is:
    Vocals: Gracinha Leporace and Pery Ribeiro
    Flute: Pery Ribeiro
    Drums: Ronald Mesquita
    Piano: Osmar Milito
    Organ: Manfredo Fest
    Bass: Octavio Bailly,

    Additional musicians:
    Guitar: Oscar Castro Neves
    Percussion: Rubens Bassini
    Harry, Nov 15, 2011
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  2. Rudy Spinning The Wheels Of Steel

    This is a mixed one for me. The cover versions of pop songs sound a bit trite to me. But the Brazilian tracks are indispensible. I tend to play only "Saiupa," "Boa Palavra," "Veleiro" and "Cancao do Sal" on this album, and they make me wish they'd done more of the same. Their follow-up Blue Thumb album also has some highlights--they do a unique arrangement of "Spinning Wheel" in 7/4 time, reminding me more of Mendes's more inventive arrangements on the Brasil '66 albums (such as "Norwegian Wood").

    Interesting that the English translation for "Cancao do Sal" is wrong--I believe it is the "Saltworker's Song", as I've seen this song listed elsewhere (including on Milton Nascimento's own album, Courage).

    Too bad we did not see more of this group...

    P.S. HAECO-CSG must die. :uhhuh:
    Rudy, Nov 15, 2011
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  3. LPJim Active Member

    It would be nice to know what happened to Manfredo Fest's planned solo album, SP 4193. I've got a promo copy of a single, "Misturada"/"O Ovo (the Egg)" on A&M. His instrumental albums for other labels are quite interesting too.
    JB
    LPJim, Nov 16, 2011
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  4. Rudy Spinning The Wheels Of Steel

    Fest had some excellent albums on the dmp Records label. I felt that his debut album there, Braziliana, was the best of the bunch. I believe he also recorded for Concord after leaving dmp. I've used Braziliana as a demo disc when auditioning audio components.
    Rudy, Nov 16, 2011
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  5. Dave Active Member

    You mean this?:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGhDM94_Xp0

    -- Dave :winkgrin:
    Dave, Nov 17, 2011
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  6. Harry Administrator

    I remember hearing a couple of songs from the album on the radio and putting it at the top of the list to buy the next tie I was at a record store. The sound was so close to Brasil '66 that I just naturally went for it. Finding out that the album was not only on A&M, but produced by Sergio Mendes made it all the more appealing.

    Today, given the fact that Gracinha Leporace has graced so many of Sergio's albums, it really *is* like another Sergio Mendes album.

    Though the cover songs grabbed be early on, today I'd list "Saiupa" as my favorite.

    Harry
    ..."Down With HAECO-CSG!", online...
    Harry, Nov 17, 2011
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  7. JMK Active Member

    Sergio told me A&M pulled the plug on the Fest album, he didn't say why.

    There are a ton of gorgeous Fest releases from Brasil, I highly recommend all of them.
    JMK, Nov 18, 2011
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  8. Rudy Spinning The Wheels Of Steel

    The one I really want is Brazilian Dorian Dream. A few of the songs on that album he would re-record on this dmp Records releases, including the title track, "Facing East" and "Jungle Cat."

    You'd think with all the attention A&M's Brazilian music has gotten in recent years, that they would have issued the Fest album. Thing is, how many (except ardent A&M or Fest fans) even know it exists in the vaults?
    Rudy, Nov 18, 2011
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  9. Dave Active Member

    How this group never made the same impact as Sergio is a mystery... I thought the 2nd album on Blue Thumb was equally good, although A&M was clearly not in support of it other than it being recorded at their studios...

    But this LP has its quaint offerings in its cover versions of pop songs such as the wayward "Do You Know The Way To San Jose?", "Up, Up And Away", "Old Devil Moon", "Day By Day" and I, too, am a fan of the many versions of "Cancao de Sal (Saltworker's Song)"...

    My nomination of a favorite goes to "Saiupa (Por Causa De Voce Menina)", the only song I had liked at first, but I have grown more appreciative of this group & their works more 'n' more over the years...

    Somehow I can picture a promo copy of this w/ white LP label & the gold "HAECO CSG" sticker on it; I'm fairly open to the "mastering concept" as I've had A&M's with it, of varying quality... Although it's hard, in my opinion to really see the grooves where a next song starts & the previous one ends--that's really the one fault I find...

    -- Dave
    Dave, Nov 21, 2011
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  10. JMK Active Member

    There's actually no album, just the two sides that were released as a 45, at least that was my understanding.
    JMK, Nov 29, 2011
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  11. seashorepiano Active Member

    This is one album that I've thought about getting for some time, but kept putting it off and forgetting about it. From the clips I've heard on YouTube, I like their sound. It's different from SM & B'66 and has its own verve to it. I'll have to make a point of getting this for Christmas.
    seashorepiano, Nov 30, 2011
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