Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Elza Soares - Somos Todos Iguais (1985)

Hello, good evening! This is one of the most requested albums by Elza Soares since the beginning of Loronix. The reason is quite simple; approximately the whole Elza Soares discography was reissued on CD in 2002, covering all albums recorded by Elza Soares for Odeon between 1960 and 1988. Everything was released on a single box set featuring 12 CDs, containing 22 LPs. This stupid parrot did not get one, now out of print. Two albums were left outside this box set, Elza Negra Elza (1980), already available at Loronix and Somos Todos Iguais (1985), which is this one we will have the chance to know right now, a sought after album and perhaps the only Elza Soares career album never released on CD. Let’s see.

This is Elza Soares – Somos Todos Iguais (1985), for Som Livre. Little I know about this album, considered an above the average Elza Soares release. I read several things today about this record and several sources says that Caetano Veloso and Lobao are in charge of production, which is something that needs to be confirmed since they are not credited here, and Caetano Veloso only appears as special guest on track 09 – Sophisticated Lady (Duke Ellington). Musicians were not credited by Som Livre, except the arranger, Glaucus Xavier. Tracks include:

01 - Osso Pele e Pano (Jorge Aragão)
02 - Mais Uma Vez (Carlos Dafé / Lourenço)
03 - Da Fuga Fez Sua Verdade (Sombrinha / Sereno / Adilson)
04 - Cacatua (Ronaldo Barcellos)
05 - Daquele Amor Nem Me Fale (João Donato / Martinho da Vila)
06 - Heróis da Liberdade (Mano Décio da Viola / Silas de Oliveira)
07 - Somos Todos Iguais (Elza Soares)
08 - Antes do Sol (Ronaldo Barcellos / Pi)
09 - Sophisticated Lady (Duke Ellington / Vrs. Augusto de Campos) with Caetano Veloso
10 - Exagero (Elza Soares / Glaucus Xavier)
11 - Milagres (Cazuza / Roberto Frejat)

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

zeca,

thank you for everything that you do. you have brought endless joy to my listening time. one thing that confuses me though. i can´t find the links to this album anywhere on the page. i used the find it application and somos todos iguais was not there as well.

i´ve been a long time visitor to the page and have always found the links to the album somewhere towards the bottom, but this time i can´t find them. how do i go about getting this album?

obrigado zeca.

jean lafite said...

zeca-you continue to bring us great music. i am also a long time visitor and as much as i have always loved loronix, i loved it even more when you began to include FLAC files. i have not been able to load any of them for some time now because the bottom of your posts seem to be cut off and i cannot see the link to the flac files. perhaps if you left a few blank lines at the bottom before you publish? i don't know what the answer is, but i can't load the jacob do bandolim and it is killing me.

thanks, jean lafite

Alice Salles said...

Ai que delicia!
Baixando já!
Você é algum tipo de anjo que veio pra salvar a música brasileira!?

ahahha
Um abraço

Anonymous said...

Ola,
Bem, tomo coragem e escrevo.
Se bem que o comentario acima ja disse tudo.
Bem, tentei baixar mas algo saiu errado.
Tentarei mais tarde.
Sobre o disco a minha lembrança de 1985 era que a produção e ou direção artistica era do Caetano, por isso me surpreendi também por não constar nos creditos.
Hum...sera que alguem vai desvendar o misterio?
Loronix obrigado por mais essa!
abraços
Umberto