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| Samba 68 - Marcos Valle - 1967 |
Label: Verve/Polygram 559 516-2 (United Kingdom)
Format: CD
From: Brazil
My rating: 8/10
Entered: 06/17/2001
Last updated: 00/00/0000
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Search on GEMM |  | | Now quite well known thanks to its reissue in the Verve label's superb 'By request' series, this is an excellent album in its own right, but it sounds a little strange next to Marcos's Brazilian recordings, which made up the bulk of his work. This is Marcos (or more likely a record industry type)'s attempt to break into the American market. Some of his most catchy songs are here sung with English lyrics (almost exclusively by the much-reviled Ray Gilbert), backed by elegant but somehow slightly watered-down Eumir Deodato orchestrations. Don't get me wrong, the whole thing is really quite charming - Marcos's voice still sounds honey-like and wonderful when he's singing in English, and the strings seem to melt in and out of the mixes quite beautifully. The only sadness I have about it is that once again, 30 years later, this record is probably all that most American audiences will know him for - the Brazilian releases are reasonably well represented on compilations, but all are quite hard to find in the US. Anyway, being positive, it's a fun, breezy, sunny kind of record, with the great wordless vocal track 'pepino beach' (also featured on the 'espresso espresso' Karminsky brothers compilation), and some sweet vocal duets with Anamaria Valle. I just think WEA should release his 'Brazilliance' album as well... | Marcos Valle recommendations at Musical Taste
The Crickets Sing for Anamaria
Tiao braço forte
Garra
Berenice
Suite Imaginaria
previsao do tempo
She Told Me, She Told Me
Parabens
Nao Tem Nada Nao
| Comments:
delicado: “I actually have this on LP as well, but not in such great shape.”
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