Friday, March 02, 2007

The Girls from Bahia - Pardon my English (1967)

Today at 7pm, I started the upload of what was supposed to be the last post of the day. Now it is twenty past midnight and the gauge shows 93% complete. Just read an email from g picanco demonstrating what I thought it was a rumor: an abnormal activity of people using Brazilian government tax application at the same time is making traffic overload. Anyway, it is late, so I'm giving up that choice. However, the day is not ruined, just the opposite, this is a most wanted release and everybody will enjoy it. Thanks once again Caetano for this very hard to find LP.

This is The Girls from Bahia - Pardon my English (1967), for Warner. The Girls from Bahia is the name used for Quarteto em Cy on their initiative to conquer USA audiences in the late 60's. This LP was recorded and released in the United States, featuring arrangements by Oscar Castro Neves and produced by Ray Gilbert and Aloysio de Oliveira. For the convenience of everybody, that nice Quarteto em Cy video with Marcos Valle at the Andy Williams Show is also being reposted bellow. Tracks include:

01 - Pardon My English (Samba Torto) (Tom Jobim / Aloysio de Oliveira / Vrs. Ray Gilbert)
02 - Makin' Whoopee (Donaldson / Kahn)
03 - Tears (Razão de Viver) (Eumir Deodato / Paulo Sergio Valle / Vrs. Ray Gilbert)
04 - Oh Susannah (Tradicional)
05 - Você (Roberto Menescal / Ronaldo Bôscoli / Vrs. Ray Gilbert)
06 - Tup-a-tup (Até Londres) (Oscar Castro Neves)
07 - Surfin'in Rio (Vamos Pranchar) (Marcos Valle / Paulo Sergio Valle / Vrs. Ray Gilbert)
08 - Bye Bye Blackbird (Dixon / Henderson)
09 - Useless Landscape (Inútil Paisagem) (Tom Jobim / Aloysio de Oliveira / Vrs. Ray Gilbert)
10 - The Face I Love (Seu Encanto) (Marcos Valle / Paulo Sergio Valle / Vrs. Ray Gilbert)
11 - Image (Imagem) (Luis Eça / Aloysio de Oliveira / Vrs. Ray Gilbert)
12 - Canto de Ossanha (Baden Powell / Vinicius de Moraes)