Elizeth Cardoso - Falou e Disse (1970)

If you understand this cover artwork you will understand this LP. Look how Elizeth Cardoso is relaxed and dressing simple clothes on that picture. It seems like she just wake up, took the first thing she saw at her closet and quickly left to this photo session.

That's exactly the spirit of this record, a relaxed Elizeth Cardoso, not using all of her voice and that vibratos that we are use to listen, she sings Samba on an authentic way, such like on a meeting with friends on a bar to drink some beers. I don't know what Elizeth had in mind with this LP, probably a transition from the new decade or perhaps just an album that we wanted to make with Sambas together with her friends.

This is Elizeth Cardoso - Falou e Disse (1970), for Copacabana, directed by Moacyr Silva and featuring a top-notch team that should go better with highlights bellow, before tracks.

Personnel

Arrangements
Maestro Nelsinho

Violoes
Baden Powell, Geraldo Vespar, Meira and Dino 7 Cordas

Flute
Jorge Melacrino, Eugenio Martins and Antonio de Souza

Cavaquinho
Canhoto

Drums
Juquinha

Tumbadora
Jorge Arena

Atabaque
Alfredo

Pandeiro, Reco-Reco, Surdo, Cuica, Agogo e Tamborim
Mestre Marcal, Luna, Elizeu, Bezerra and Geraldo

Organ
Salvador (Dom Salvador?) e Wagner

Production
Herminio Bello de Carvalho

Tracks

01 - É de Lei (Baden Powell / Paulo César Pinheiro)
02 - Corrente de Aço (João Nogueira)
03 - Você Foi Um Atraso Em Meu Caminho (Picolino da Portela / Jair do Cavaquinho)
04 - Lua Aberta (João de Aquino / Paulo Frederico)
05 - Tudo Ok (Maurício Tapajós / Hermínio Bello de Carvalho)
06 - Refém da Solidão (Baden Powell / Paulo César Pinheiro)
07 - Foi Um Rio Que Passou Em Minha Vida (Paulinho da Viola)
08 - Degraus da Vida (Nelson Cavaquinho / Antônio Braga / César Brasil)
09 - Aviso aos Navegantes (Baden Powell / Paulo César Pinheiro)
10 - Camisa Branca (Élton Medeiros / Otávio de Morais)
11 - Carta de Poeta (Baden Powell / Paulo César Pinheiro)
12 - A Flor de Laranjeira (Humberto de Carvalho / Zé Pretinho da Bahia / Bernardino Silva)