Gal Costa - LE GAL (1970)

This is the Explosion I was looking for. Inside this cute cover, we have one of the best Tropicalia album recorded by Gal Costa, several different atmospheres, Rock with distorted guitars, acoustic cuts with violao and voice, ballads and lots of experimental music. This is a very different album we are used to hear with Loronix and you will need several hearings until getting the whole spirit of Legal. Let's see.

This is Gal Costa - Legal (1970), for Philips, a truly amazing Tropicalia album with a very reduced accompaniment made of bass, guitar (lots of distortion), piano, drums and piano throughout the whole album. A not credited musician plays accordion on track 02 - Lingua do P (one of my favorites), as well an orchestra and a brass section in some cuts. Track 03 - Love Try and Die features vocals of the special guests Erasmo Carlos, Tim Maia, Jards Macale and Lanny Gordin, which is also in charge of arrangements with Maestro Chiquinho de Moraes. I urge Loronixers to feedback this really unusual release. Check the panorama blending front and back cover created by Helio Oiticica. Tracks include:

Personnel

Claudio
(bass)
Lanny Gordin
(guitar, arrangements)
Norival D'Angelo
(drums)
Chiquinho de Moraes
(piano, arrangements)
Gal Costa
(voice, violao)

Special Guests at Love, Try and Die

Erasmo Carlos
Jards Macale
Lanny Gordin
Tim Maia
(vocal)

Track List

01 - Eu Sou Terrível (Roberto Carlos / Erasmo Carlos)
02 - Língua do P (Gilberto Gil)
03 - Love Try An Die (Jards Macalé / Gal Costa / Lanny)
04 - Mini Mistério (Gilberto Gil)
05 - Acauã (Zé Dantas)
06 - Hotel das Estrelas (Jards Macalé / Duda)
07 - Deixa Sangrar (Caetano Veloso)
08 - The Archaic Lonely Star Blues (Jards Macalé / Duda)
09 - London London (Caetano Veloso)
10 - Falsa Baiana (Geraldo Pereira)