Saturday, October 28, 2006

Os Diagonais - Os Diagonais (1969)

It is hard to write about this post and this band. The first Os Diagonais was released on the very beginning of Loronix and was responsible for bringing many friends to Loronix. It has been more than three months since then and it is a great pleasure to present Os Diagonais first LP to the fans of this legendary group.

Os Diagonais started in 1964 as Bossa Trio. They had a very short career, recoding several singles, this first LP in 1969 and the last one in 1971, making a mix of Samba and Soul music blended with nice vocal harmonies. Among several members during these years, it is very easy to highlight several names that became later renowned artists, such as: Cassiano, Luizao, Hyldon, Osmar Milito, among others. Tracks include:

01 - Baby Baby (Santos Dumont)
02 - Na Baixa do Sapateiro (Ary Barroso) -- Helena Helena (Antônio Almeida / Constantino Silva "Secundino")
03 - Não Dá Pra Entender (Cassiano)
04 - Solução (Raul Sampaio / Ivo Santos) -- Cabelos Brancos (Marino Pinto / Herivelto Martins) 05 - Meu Sonho É Você (Altamiro Carrilho / Átila Nunes) -- Sabe Deus (Sabrá Dios) (Álvaro Carrillo / Vrs. Nely B. Pinto) 06 - Meu Cariri (Rosil Cavalcanti / Dilú Mello)
07 - Clarimunda (Cassiano)
08 - Praça Onze (Herivelto Martins / Grande Otelo) -- Bat Macumba (Gilberto Gil / Caetano Veloso)
09 - O Trem Atrazou (Arthur Villarinho / Estanislau Silva / Paquito) -- Atire a Primeira Pedra (Ataulfo Alves / Mário Lago)
10 - Terezinha de Jesus (Tradicional) -- Cala a Boca Etelvina (Antônio Almeida / Wilson Batista) 11 - Siga (Fernando Lobo / Hélio Guimarães) -- Célia (José Rodrigues de Resende / Augusto Calheiros)
12 - General da Banda (Sátiro de Melo / Tancredo Silva / José Alcides) -- Vai Que Depois Eu Vou (Adolfo Macedo / Zé da Zilda / Zilda do Zé / Airton Borges)