Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Joao Bosco - Galos de Briga (1976)

Caetano Rodrigues was absolutely right last week when he recommended to take a look at this classic early material by the Brazilian singer and songwriter Joao Bosco, brand new artist at Loronix, in response to the last Neusa Maria release. Thanks for it Caetano, actually, I would say this album is performed by two artists, Joao Bosco and his longtime lyrics partner, the legendary Aldir Blanc. Let's check what we have inside this truly amazing cover.

This is Joao Bosco - Galos de Briga (1976), for RCA Victor, very nice produced album by Joao Bosco with mysterious boleros and ballads and very good Samba tunes. Aldir Blanc lyrics are all about the way of life in Rio de Janeiro with surrealistic scenes of futebol (soccer), wife and husband matters, favelas, etc. There is also a lot of the legendary Luiz Eca contribution to Galos de Briga, he is in charge of arrangements, conduction and also piano playing. Galos de Briga is another of those Brazilian albums from the 70's with that never ending personnel listing that makes you feel curious about when reading, made available just bellow. Tracks include:

Personnel

Luiz Eca
(arrangements, piano)
Paschoal Meirelles
(drums)
Luizao
(bass)
Toninho Horta
(guitar)
Everaldo, Moura and Chacal
(percussion)
Joao Bosco
(voice, violao)
Toots Thielemans (11)
(harmonica)
Dino
(violao 7 cordas)
Neco
(cavaquinho)
Maestro Nelsinho (01)
(trombone)
Manoel Ferreira (09), Leonel Villar (09), Carlos Silva e Souza (09)
(violao)
Wagner Dias (09)
(bass)
Chico Batera (03)
(percussion)
Radames Gnattali (12)
(arrangements)
Barao (09 / 12)
(pratos, castanholas)
Luciano Perrone (12)
(caixa, castanholas)
Gilberto D'Avila (12)
(bombo)
Maestro Formiga, Heraldo and Hamilton (04 / 12)
(piston)
Manoel, Joao Luiz and Azevedo (04 / 12)
(trombone)
Netinho (12)
(clarinet)
Moacyr Marques "Bijou" (12)
(clarinet)
Luiz Antonio Ferreira (12)
(bombardino)
Zenio de Alencar (12)
(tuba)
Coro do Joab
(choir)
Rildo Hora
(production)

Track List

01 - Incompatibilidade de Gênios (João Bosco / Aldir Blanc)
02 - Gol Anulado (João Bosco / Aldir Blanc)
03 - O Cavaleiro e os Moinhos (João Bosco / Aldir Blanc)
04 - Rumbando (João Bosco / Aldir Blanc)
05 - Vida Noturna (João Bosco / Aldir Blanc)
06 - O Ronco da Cuíca (João Bosco / Aldir Blanc)
07 - Miss Sueter (João Bosco / Aldir Blanc) with ANGELA MARIA
08 - Latin Lover (João Bosco / Aldir Blanc)
09 - Galos de Briga (João Bosco / Aldir Blanc)
10 - Feminismo no Estácio (João Bosco / Aldir Blanc)
11 - Transversal do Tempo (João Bosco / Aldir Blanc) with TOOTS THIELEMANS
12 - Rancho da Goiabada (João Bosco / Aldir Blanc)

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6 comments:

  1. J Thyme...kindTuesday, 05 June, 2007

    Zeca, You just know I love this guy & I love that cover art too.

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  2. J Thyme...kindTuesday, 05 June, 2007

    Classy rip. Scans too. Archiving is much improved too. Bravo.

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  3. zecalouroTuesday, 05 June, 2007

    Hey Justin,

    It is a great pleasure to receive such feedback from you. Your last times were of a great improvement on archiving matters.

    Cheers, zeca

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  4. Mr BWednesday, 06 June, 2007

    more joao bosco !! thanks

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  5. Good GrooveTuesday, 12 June, 2007

    I was waiting a long time to get my ears into this 3rd JB album. The first two are absolutely outstanding. The 2nd, "Caça à Raposa" (1975) is perhaps my favourite 'samba' album of all-time.

    Will have to give this one further listening, but at first glance "Galos de Briga" flirts more with mainstream than the previous albums. However, there are a lot of great cuts here and a lot of great musicians. And, yes, a great cover art.

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  6. FlabbergastSaturday, 29 September, 2007

    funny, I discovered this album also last summer! and this is the first time I've been to your blog (i know, disgraceful isn't it? given how famous you are and everything.. But i had no idea blogs like this existed until a few weeks ago!!)

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