| ABOUT SABADABADA:
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.
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