Série Grandes Nomes was a series of box sets issued in Brazil (and Japan) of various Brazilian artists. Most were 4-CD sets (there are apparently some 2-CD sets, too) that spanned the careers of various Brazilian artists. These were issued by Polygram Special Markets back in the mid-1990s.
I had never heard of this one for Sérgio Mendes until logging onto the Corner back in the late 1990s and at that time, unless you knew where to get these, or your local record store (remember those?) carried expensive imports, it was tough to find. A couple of years ago I spotted one on eBay and bought it. It was sealed - NOS - (new old stock), but from age, the glue that held the disc spindles to the book cover had dried and separated. I used some kind of adhesive to repair it.
The version I found looks to be from Japan. It has a Japanese sticker that was on the outside, and an insert with Japanese notes and the typical Japanese penchant for the song lyrics in their respective languages. But the set itself has all sorts of indications that it's exactly what sold in Brazil other than the extra booklet. The main booklet contains notes in Portuguese and English. Logos on the back indicate A&M and Polygram Special Marketing, with a few internal 'thank you' notes to Warner Music.
At the time this had a pretty good reputation for sounding good. I've since noticed that there are some tracks that unnecessarily were transferred from a master with CSG processing (probably from the old green GREATEST HITS disc). The set covers Sergio's work from the early pre-'66 days all the way through the BRASILEIRO album.
I tried looking this up on Discogs, but there was no entry at all. The series was there, but not this entry. So I went ahead and entered this one. You can see my scans and all of the track listings and credits at:
I had never heard of this one for Sérgio Mendes until logging onto the Corner back in the late 1990s and at that time, unless you knew where to get these, or your local record store (remember those?) carried expensive imports, it was tough to find. A couple of years ago I spotted one on eBay and bought it. It was sealed - NOS - (new old stock), but from age, the glue that held the disc spindles to the book cover had dried and separated. I used some kind of adhesive to repair it.
The version I found looks to be from Japan. It has a Japanese sticker that was on the outside, and an insert with Japanese notes and the typical Japanese penchant for the song lyrics in their respective languages. But the set itself has all sorts of indications that it's exactly what sold in Brazil other than the extra booklet. The main booklet contains notes in Portuguese and English. Logos on the back indicate A&M and Polygram Special Marketing, with a few internal 'thank you' notes to Warner Music.
At the time this had a pretty good reputation for sounding good. I've since noticed that there are some tracks that unnecessarily were transferred from a master with CSG processing (probably from the old green GREATEST HITS disc). The set covers Sergio's work from the early pre-'66 days all the way through the BRASILEIRO album.
I tried looking this up on Discogs, but there was no entry at all. The series was there, but not this entry. So I went ahead and entered this one. You can see my scans and all of the track listings and credits at:
Sérgio Mendes - Sérgio Mendes
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1995 CD release of "Sérgio Mendes" on Discogs.
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