Monday, September 04, 2006

Jose Mauro - Obnoxius (1970)

This great LP was recorded by Jose Mauro - who made just this single record - in 1970 with the participation of a constellation of Brazilian stars of that time. Unfortunately, Jose Mauro has died in a car accident before the record commercial launching.

Jose Mauro - Obnoxius is an orchestral LP with the regency and arrangements of Gaya and all songs composed by Jose Mauro and Ana Maria Bahiana. You will probably need to make several listens to get all this album beauty. The line-up is:

Jose Mauro: Guitar
Dom Salvador: Organ and Piano
Geraldo Vespar: Guitar
Paulo Moura: Sax
Maurilo: Trumpet
Altamiro Carrilho: Flute
Rildo Hora: Harmonica
Sebastiao Marinho: Bass
Wilson Das Neves: Drums
Juquinha E Mamao: Percussion
Naipe De Cordas De Roberto Quartim

Tracks include:

01 - Obnoxius
02 - Tarde de Núpcias
03 - Memória
04 - Ponto de Chamada
05 - As Aventuras Sentimentais de Espiroqueta Camargo
06 - Talismã
07 - Arraial Da Lua Cheia
08 - Ancoradouro
09 - Canção Da Casa Illuminada
10 - Apocalipse
11 - Exaltacão E Lamento Do Ultimo Rei

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7 comments:

  1. J Thyme...kindTuesday, 05 September, 2006

    There is a sadness to this record & all the more because of his early death.

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  2. AnonymousFriday, 08 September, 2006

    Obnoxius probably is in my top three brazilian records of all time. Yes, it takes a while to really grab hold of the beauty within the record but boy is it worth it. Joses mysterious, sad, magical melodies lives in a word of its own. I think if he would have lived he could have been bigger than edu, caeatano and the rest. I mean this was just his debut album. But he didn´t record anything else before the accident zecauloro ? And which other brazilian artist would you say sound most alike him ?

    calle

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  3. AnonymousMonday, 25 September, 2006

    Thanks, there are some lovely arrangements on here. I especially like the guitar playing and spoken word interlude on Memoria.

    Paul

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  4. AnonymousFriday, 03 November, 2006

    This is another excellent album. This one has been released on CD. I have a copy.

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  5. AnonymousSunday, 27 January, 2008

    Thank you, hard to find But I read in a lot of place how beautiful it is :-)
    Thanks

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  6. UnknownTuesday, 25 March, 2008

    do you know it this the same artist of ''viagem das horas'' album?

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  7. AnonymousTuesday, 13 January, 2009

    Does anyone know if the lyrics are transcribed/translated anywhere? I searched the net but no luck.

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