Conjunto Melodico Norberto Baldauf - Parole (1968)

You probably remember our last Challenge, a picture of a female singer with a group. People who tried to answer the challenge were successful on guessing the singer, Elis Regina. However, with a single exception nobody could even say the name of the group.

This posts comes to introduce you to a new Loronixer, Marcello Campos, Journalist, author of the book Week End no Rio - Cinco Decadas (e meia) de Conjunto Melodico Norberto Baldauf and a friend that comes to play an important role at Loronix, improving our knowledge of the music from the South Region of Brazil, the nest of several renowned artists.

Everybody can easily name the artists that came from that region, but nobody can say how things happened and what is the background the artists from that region had before they got famous. Marcello is the right guy to share these things that we do not know. He has a book, written in Portuguese, portraying one of those artists, Conjunto Melodico de Norberto Baldauf, which has a broaden approach of those years, with additional details on Elis Regina, Primo, among many others. The book can be purchased with Marcello though his telephone number, which is +55-51- 9833-0162 or by email, noticia@portoweb.com.br, you can optionally reach zecalouro at zecalouro@gmail.com. Caetano Rodrigues performs the role of main contributor on Marcello's book, as several other music books in Brazil.

This is Conjunto Melodico Norberto Baldauf - Parole (1968), for Philips, the second LP of this band, active for more than 50 years. Parole is a delicious and dancing album from a group that I never had the chance to hear before, full of organ and vibes influenced by Beatles, Italian music, etc. Marcello says that Parole has the first recording of With a Little Help from my Friends, a Beatles song from the legendary album Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. I think you can get further details with Marcello and his book. Just want to warn Loronixers to stay tuned, Marcello's collaborations are coming and it is a unique chance to improve our knowledge of the music from Brazilian South. Tracks includes:

Personnel

Norberto Baldauf
(piano, organ)
Raul Lima
(guitar)
Victor Canella
(accordion, organ)
Leo Belloni
(drums)
Heitor Barbosa
(vibrafone, organ)
Fausto Touguinha
(percussion)
Edgar Pozzer
(singer)
Studio Musician
(bass)

Track List

01 - Ate Segunda Feira
02 - Viver Pour Vivre
03 - Marcha para um Novo Amor
04 - Onda (wave)
05 - Imagem
06 - Malaysha
07 - Parole
08 - Januaria
09 - Never Ever Leave me
10 - Eu e a Brisa
11 - Como e Grande o meu Amor por Voce
12 - With a Little Help from my Friends



PS.: Ruy Castro said to Marcello that this cover has something wrong with the picture. Who knows what it is?