Artist : Marcos Valle
Title : Selftitled (1970)
Genre : Latin
Year : 2013
Date : 03/2013
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 10
Label : Light in the Attic Records
Source : Vinyl
Encoder : Lame 3.98.4
Length : 32:14 min
Size : 59,0 MB
Tracklist:
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01.quarentao simpatico 02:22
02.ele e ela 02:24
03.dez leis (is that law) 04:18
04.pigmaliao 02:56
05.que eu canse e decanse 03:16
06.esperando o messias (com golden boys) 02:50
07.freio aerodinamico 02:43
08.os grilos 02:33
09.suite imaginaria 03:36
10.cancao corrente toada danca 05:16
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32:14 min
Evolving from sambaÆs percussive pulse
in the late 1950s, bossa nova (literal
translation: new trend), is BrazilÆs
internationally accepted gift to the
global melting pot of music. Initially
brought to prominence by the likes of
Ant⌠nio Carlos Jobim, Joπo Gilberto, and
Joπo Donato, by the mid-1960s, there was
an emerging pool of youthful talent
ready to make their voices heard. Marcos
Valle and his lyricist brother Paulo
Sergio were no exception. After signing
to Odeon Records (a subsidiary of EMI)
the pair penned a classic of the South
American songbook, ôSamba De Verπoöù
known in English as ôSo Nice (Summer
Samba).ö A musical trip to the United
States in 1966, where the singer worked
with Sergio Mendes and jazz giant Verve
Records, provided even more inspiration.
By the dawn of the 1970s, the multi-
talented Valle was entering a new era,
ready to test the government censors
(Brazil was under strict military rule
since a coup dÆΘtat in 1964) and express
a socially aware stance and a playful
hodge-podge of musical styles including
samba, bossa nova, baiπo (a rhythmic
beat from the rural northeast of
Brazil), black American music, and rock.
Marcos Valle was originally released in
1970 and not only features a seductive
cover image of Marcos reading the local
papers with a bottle of liquor on a side
table, but a dynamic musical backing
from some of BrazilÆs most gifted
players. Hip-hop fans may even recognize
the opening horn blasts of ôEle E Ela,ö
sampled to great effect on Jay ZÆs
ôThank You.ö Any way you spin it, we at
Light In the Attic are extremely proud
to present Marcos Valle as part of our
four-album Marcos Valle reissue
campaign.
Consisting of an ambitious string of
early 1970s landmark studio sessions
(sympathetic in spirit to Stevie Wonder
and Marvin GayeÆs game changing work
from the same era) and released on CD
and LP, Marcos Valle (including a rare
bonus track on the CD version) features
extensive liner notes by San Francisco-
based writer Allen Thayer (Wax Poetics)
with exclusive interview content and
song-by-song breakdown from Marcos
himself. Fans new and old will finally
have easy breezy access to these once
hard-to-find Brazilian classics.
With legendary progressive rock group
Som Imaginßrio backing the Valle
brothersÆ animated music and lyrics,
Marcos Valle is a welcome addition to
any South American friendly record
collection and sits proudly with the
best of Brazil. File after Os Mutantes
and before Caetano Veloso.
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