Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Luiz Claudio - O Romantico Luiz Claudio (1961)

It is always great to show an album recorded by this great Brazilian singer. It is also amazing how people get surprised when take Luiz Claudio for a first hearing. In spite of being an acclaimed singer in the 60's, Luiz Claudio is almost unknown today, even some friends have a good knowledge of the music from Brazil -- I'm talking about respectful people here -- never had the chance to hear Luiz Claudio and they use to write enthusiastic emails with many thanks for revealing Luiz Claudio. Their albums are not easy to find and I think this one will take everybody by surprise, except the bossanovadreamer, I sent this one to him last year. Let's see.

This is Luiz Claudio - O Romantico Luiz Claudio (1961), for RCA Victor. Little I know about this album and I could not find a single reference when searching e-bay, popsike and Gemm. The back cover brings only track listing with lyrics with no credits to arrangers and musicians in this set. Tracks include:

01 - Basta Olhar Pra Mim (Édson Menezes / Roberto Faissal)
02 - Foi Num Trem (Luis Cláudio de Castro / Nazareno de Brito)
03 - My Funny Valentine (Rodgers / Hart)
04 - Barqueiro Triste (Newton Pereira / Ivan Paulo)
05 - Fingimento (Marco Antônio Prates)
06 - É Melhor Esquecer (Artur Barbosa)
07 - Duas Contas (Garoto)
08 - Tira Esse Sorriso do Caminho (Ivon Cury)
09 - Quando Te Encontrar (Luis Cláudio de Castro)
10 - Canção de Amor (Elano de Paula / Chocolate)
11 - Bem (Daisy Amaral)
12 - Lábios Vermelhos (Almeida Rego / Newton Ramalho)

3 comments:

  1. Hi Zeca,

    this is a very nice LP by Luiz Claudio, whose voice is the right choice for romantic songs. Another
    interesting LP by Luiz Claudio is "Reportagem" (1975, Odeon MOFB 3882). On this LP he sings not so well known songs by artists like Jobim, Chico Buarquw, Tito Madi, Veloso & Nascimento. Each artist participate with short comments about the songs before the songs
    starts.

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  2. Hello Zeca,
    my tea is ready now and I do the first thing i do every day after sleeping, to visit Loronix.
    I am very happy that this nice album is here now. Luiz Claudio's voice has this special thing- his warm style of singing-It is no secret , yes I am specialk fan of Luiz.
    the parrot has a good memory with this album and sending it to bossanovadreamer

    Best wishes

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  3. thank you very much for everything you upload! without this amazing work i wouldn't download "Lenita Bruno - Modinhas fora de Moda (1958) arrangements by Leo Peracchi". then visit this site, they made a list of the 100 most fundamentals cds from brazilian music: http://www.luizamerico.com.br/fundamentais.php

    worth the trip

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