Olivia - Anjo Vadio (1980)

Hello, good evening! This is a really solid start for this Friday, an album that easily deserves a closing post, but I'm so excited with this music that I could not wait longer to show Loronixers. This is the second solo LP of this truly awesome Brazilian singer that started as member of the Brazilian progressive band A Barca do Sol. By this time, Olivia Byington had the artistic name of Olivia, which makes me feel confused sometimes with Francis Hime wife, Olivia Hime. This is a pretty solid record. Let's see.

This is Olivia - Anjo Caido (1980), for Som Livre, never released on CD and a very difficult to find album. I'm sure you will remember Olivia Byington participation as singer on Encontro, an album recorded live together with Turibio Santos, Paulo Moura and Clara Sverner. Encontro was almost chamber music, but Anjo Caido was recorded at a time Olivia Byington was still pursuing a career as a MPB singer. I think she made the right decision; Olivia Byington is a really gifted singer that performs wonderfully on classical and popular music. Anjo Vadio has also a beautiful participation of Egberto Gismonti at 10 - Mais Clara, Mais Crua, playing piano to Olivia Byington singing. Really breathtaking, you should not miss this one. Tracks include:

Personnel

Lincoln Olivetti
(arrangements, keyboards)
Robson Jorge
(guitar)
Alexandre, Fernando Leporace
(bass)
Picole
(drums)
Ariovaldo
(percussion)
Jorginho, Netinho, Aurino
(sax alto, tenor, baritone)
Marcio Montarroyos, Bidinho
(trumpet)
Ed Maciel
(trombone)
Olivia
(vocal)
Mauricio Maestro
(arrangements)
Beto Resende, Nando Carneiro, Octavio Burnier
(violao)
Jose Menezes
(arrangements, violao)
Dino 7 Cordas
(violao 7 cordas)
Neco
(cavaquinho)
Gordinho
(surdo)
Doutor
(repique)
Jorge Jose
(pandeiro)
Jorge Arena
(ganza)
Dori Caymmi
(arrangements)
Oscar Castro Neves
(rodhes, violao)
Muri Costa
(piano)
Egberto Gismonti
(piano)

Track List

01 - Anjo Vadio (Olivia Byington / Geraldo Carneiro)
02 - Onde o Sol Bate e Se Firma (Luis Melodia)
03 - Olha a Lua (John Neschling / Geraldo Carneiro)
04 - Lua Branca (Olivia Byington / Charles)
05 - Uva de Caminhão (Assis Valente)
06 - Dengo Tengo (Luli / Lucina)
07 - Doce de Pimenta (Rita Lee / Roberto de Carvalho)
08 - Primeiro Jornal (Sueli Costa / Abel Silva)
09 - Nossa Senhora dos Aflitos (Nando Carneiro / Geraldo Carneiro)
10 - Mais Clara Mais Crua (Egberto Gismonti / Geraldo Carneiro) with Egberto Gismonti

This is Olivia - Anjo Vadio (1980), at Loronix, here.

FLAC files are also available here as part ONE and TWO.

Attention: A fix to track 10 - Mais Clara, Mais Crua is now available as MP3 and FLAC with direct link.

Hope uEnjoy!