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Classic AOTW: Sergio Mendes Brasil 66 LOOK AROUND SP-4137

Discussion in 'Look Around: Sergio Mendes/Brazilian Music Forum' started by Harry, Jun 19, 2009.

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What is your favorite track?

With A Little Help From My Friends 0 vote(s) 0.0%
Roda 4 vote(s) 10.8%
Like A Lover 12 vote(s) 32.4%
The Frog 4 vote(s) 10.8%
Tristeza (Goodbye Sadness) 0 vote(s) 0.0%
The Look Of Love 4 vote(s) 10.8%
Pradizer Adeus (To Say Goodbye) 0 vote(s) 0.0%
Batucada (The Beat) 2 vote(s) 5.4%
So Many Stars 7 vote(s) 18.9%
Look Around 4 vote(s) 10.8%
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  1. TommyM New Member

    I was doing a little Google research on "Look Around" ("Like a Lover") and found this site...

    I was spinning my 33-year-old LP recently, and LaL just knocked me over like a ton of bricks. I always liked the tune. And, of course, I loved Lani Hall's singing.
    But...the Alan and Marilyn Bergman lyrics! As a stand-alone poem, it's one of the most heart-rendering expressions of love in the Queen's English, IMO. In the song, with all of the notes, it might be a little "wordy," but who cares?

    But my main reason for the Google search was to find out who did the actual arranging. Dick Hazard could just flat-out write for strings. Beautiful!
    TommyM, Jun 24, 2011
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  2. Harry Administrator

    Thanks for your input Tommy and welcome to the forum. "Like A Lover" is truly a fan favorite and deservedly so.

    Harry
    Harry, Jun 24, 2011
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  3. Rudy Spinning The Wheels Of Steel

    Welcome Tommy!

    And I still can't pick a favorite. There's the buttery smooth "Like A Lover" but in contrast, "Batucada" is one of the tracks I play most often as well.
    Rudy, Jun 24, 2011
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  4. Mr Bill Administrator

    While I love "Like A Lover" I had to vote for the title track. "LAL" was already way out in the lead and (given my penchant for supporting the underdog (unless there's a "D" after their name)) the rest of the tunes don't really "do it" for me... :wink:
    Mr Bill, Jun 28, 2011
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  5. lj Member

    For me the two musical bookends are Like a Lover and The Look of Love thanks to Lani and Janis awesome efforts. However, playing this album straight through, the best three songs in a row/triple play if you will are Roda, Like a Lover and The Frog. In my large music collection I keep coming back to this album. If a person had to start his or her Brazilian music catalog, I would suggest they begin with the album Look Around.
    lj, Jul 1, 2011
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  6. Harry Administrator

    I've mentioned before about the different versions of album favorite "Like A Lover", but there's nothing like hearing it for yourself. The mono 45 has some echo applied to the vocals and is a bit more compressed sounding for AM radio. And the two stereo versions, the standard album version and the one that appeared on FAMILY PORTRAIT are clearly different mixes. On FAMILY PORTRAIT, John Pisano's guitar is on the right channel, whereas on on the standard album (and all other versions on CD), his guitar is on the left. At first I thought the stereo channels might have been reversed, but no - the percussion sounds are anchored on the left in both versions. On FAMILY PORTRAIT, Sergio's piano doesn't enter until around 20 seconds in, and is sort of slightly left of center of the stereo soundstage. On the standard album version, Sergio's piano is in the right channel and begins right away. And then there's Sergio's missing piano riff entering the instrumental bridge on the FAMILY PORTRAIT.

    Here are the three versions to compare:

    MONO 45:
    http://min.us/mpOQY1oUS

    FAMILY PORTRAIT version:
    http://min.us/mbr4J7FJtl

    SP 4137 album version:
    http://min.us/mnXGOwwp0

    One could argue of even more versions. The GREATEST HITS version has HAECO-CSG applied, but at its root it's the standard album version. And I'm not sure about a mono LOOK AROUND album as I've never run across one, so that could be just a mono folddown of the stereo.

    Harry
    Harry, Dec 31, 2011
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