Hi.  Welcome to sabadabada.com.  For over fifteen years I have been collecting records from Brazil.  My reasons for building this sight were simple.  I set out to build the site that I wished somebody else had built before I started collecting.  I wanted to post some information, without opinion or commentary, and to share some of the music that I thought was worth collecting.  I chose to arrange the cover art galleries by label and catalog number because, like all collectors, I'm a little compulsive about it, but also because I found collecting by label to be a fairly reliable way of discovering new artists and growing the collection.

UPDATE FOR FALL 2009:

     Hello Again.  This Fall marks the Fifth Anniversary of Sabadabada.com!  It's hard to believe that it's been so long. 

      To celebrate I've posted 15 new LPs and 3 singles, starting off with Abilio Manoel "Entre Nos."  A nice pop MPB record, "Entre Nos" has arrangements by Milton Miranda, Lindolfo Gaya and Jose Briamonte.  I've posted some of his singles in the past, but here is a whole LP of Abilio's bossa/pop hits. 

     "William The Blue" is a Bertrani LP recorded under a pseudonym for Tapecar.  Check out his versions of "Aguas de Marco" and "Where is the Love." 

      "Algo Novo" is a rare Equipe release from Gilmonny.  I haven't found anything else by Gilmonny but parts of it have an early Ed Lincoln sound, but it's a great record with nice female vocals and a groovy feel.  I've also posted a fun Ed Lincoln single as well from that period where he uses the weird squirrel sounding vocals.

     "Incrementado" is a nice piece of Brazilian  flower-pop with excellent covers of "Stoney End" and "With More Than 30" recorded with those great Parlophone studio musicians - loud, clean electric bass.  "The Time Has Come" has a cool fuzzy guitar solo before the band kind of falls apart at the end.

     The Wilson Simonal selection is more upbeat than most of his other work thanks to arrangements by Milton Miranda, Lindolfo Gaya, Erlon Chaves, Sergio Carvalho (can it get any better?). 

      The Musidisc sampler has some Ed Lincoln, Waltel Branco, Orlann Divo and, my favorite, "Nos E O Mar" sung by Toni Vestane. 

      Eumir Deodato out-Mancinis Mancini on two nice LPs, one with the Os Catradaticos line up on "Samba Nova Concepcao" which is a little less organ-infused than the earlier LPs and closer to his Odeon "Ideias" release, and then once more on "Os Gatos" which features members of the legendary Os Cobras. 

     Orquestra Brasil Moderno "A Revolucao" is Lyrio Panicalli's masterpiece of super orchestrated bossa nova classics. 

     Sergio Mendes offers up nice versions "Pais Tropical" and "Na Tonga Da Mironga Do Kabulete." 

     "Na Tonga" is also on the "Brasa Bicho Brasa" LP which is a nonstop samba/soul/funk explosion recorded in "Super Stereo Discoteque" and includes performances by Os Caretas, Cacique de Ramos, Salguiro, Gerson Combo e os Diagonais, and Som Bateau.  I had to record each side in its entirety because there was just no way to break up the tracks.

     "Chico Fim De Noite Apresenta" is a true bossa nova classic from Oscar Castro Neves that I've been meaning to post-up for a while.  There aren't many of those Forma LPs, but they are all so nice!

     Finally, I've included three tele-novela soundtracks with lots of fun stuff by Osmar Milito, Quarteto Forma, Betinho, Nonato Buzar, etc.

     See you on the flip side,

     Peter.

UPDATE FOR FEBRAURY 2009:

        Hello everybody.  I just found out from my friend Kiko Serra at the Caipirinha Appreciation Society that both our websites were featured in the Nov./Dec. issue of Mondomix - a French music and arts magazine.  The issue features Milton Nascimento on its cover, and our websites are reviewed on pages 15 and 16.

        Sabadabada was also named in the UK Guardian a few months back in a short feature on album cover art. 

        Hooray for us!

        So what's new for February?  I started with new - cleaner - recordings of three LPs that I may have posted before:  The "G/9 Group" features Dom Salvador, and Wilson Das Neves and an almost perfect sampling of classic bossa nova and modern-pop hits; "Briomonte Orchestra" is another great pop offering by Jose Briamonte and Roberto Menescal on the Elenco label with lots of fuzzy guitar and airport-love-theme-type-stuff; and "Som Okey 5" is a soulful Celso Murilo/Walter Arid collaboration.

      Next Up, two versions of "Assim Na Terra Como No Ceu."  One, the original soundtrack released on Phillips with lots of Umas & Outras.  The other, a rare Waltel Branco exclusive on the Fermata label. 

      The Trio Mocoto and Wilson Neves LPs are both spot-on, recorded from mint LPs with very little mucking around by me.  Sonically, the Regininha LP wasn't recorded very well to begin with and sounded kind of dull (which usually isn't the case with Polydor), but its arranged by Nonato Buzar and I think I managed to punch it up alright. 

      Finally, my favorite.  A rare compilation of Osmar Milito Telenovela hits.  This LP is perfect from beginning to end, with every track a winner. 

     And of course, don't forget to check out the singles.  The Brazuca 7" has a brief wash-out in the very opening seconds of side A, but I know its a rare and collectable single, and side two is perfect - although not as groovy.  Also, the A-Side of the Waldirene single is a fuzzy funky pop bomb.  Enjoy!

      Until next time,

      Peter.