Another Sergio Comp with 60s, 70s, 80s.

[Trevor]

Coffee & Bossa: The Chillout Sound of Sergio Mendes [IMPORT]

From the UK

Tracks:
1. Where Is Love
2. Waters of March
3. Mais Que Nada
4. Agua de Beber
5. Pretty World
6. Fool on the Hill
7. Night and Day
8. Look of Love [From Casino Royale]
9. Like a Lover
10. Hey Look at the Sun
11. Put a Little Love Away
12. Scarborough Fair
13. This Masquerade
14. Waiting for Love
15. Take This Love
16. Let's Give a Little More This Time
17. Never Gonna Let You Go
18. What Do We Mean to Each Other
19. Rainbow's End

It appears to be a Bell and A&M compliation from Universal in the UK.

Weird that 15-19 is the 80s A&M all by itself... Almost a Joe Pizzulo tribute. (yawn!)

 

[JMAR5]

That first track, should it be "Where Is The Love" from the 1973 Bell album?

 

[JMAR5]

Bell is part of BMG and A&M is now Universal. I am surprised they have these songs together

 

[Mike Blakesley]

Actually you have Bell, A&M AND Elektra stuff on there. I'm surprised they didn't cram in one of Sergio's Atlantic instrumental tracks somewhere.

 

[Harry]

I found this disc today in the Virgin Megastore down in Disney World. It's listed as an import from Universal Phillipines though, not the UK, so perhaps it's been released in multiple regions.

It's not something I NEEDED, but since it was right there in front of me, and I couldn't find the Astrud Gilberto import, I picked it up.

The disc is housed in a bare-bones digipak with no notes other than a track listing inside the cover. It's an interesting compilation spanning a large portion of Sergio's career.



Harry

 

[Trevor]

"Love Music", "Vintage 74" and "Brasil 88" had big hits in the philippines.

 

[JMAR5]

I know the 2 singles from Love Music, but what were the singles from Vintage 74?

 

[Harry]

I noticed something different about this compilation when I played it in the car. It has CD-Text encoded on it.

Unfortunately, many times just the last word of the title is encoded, so "Night And Day" displays as just "DAY".

"Pretty World" just shows as "WORLD".

And oddest of all is the display "WATERS OF MARS". I guess this is the Jobim song about melting Martian icecaps...

Harry

 

[Harry]

UPDATE:

According to an eBay seller, this COFFEE & BOSSA disc has been withdrawn. He mentions that it was only a Universal Phillipines release and that rights-ownership issues with the Bell/Arista stuff has caused its withdrawal.

I'll take that for what it's worth (no pun intended), but this remains an interesting compilation, and is still listed on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0009I8AUK...veASIN=B0009I8AUK&creative=373489&camp=211189

Harry