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!

Bossa 3 - Os Reis do Ritmo (1966)

I told you on Bob Fleming post that tcisalpino was uploading another contribution, however, I did not realize he was making this one. I'm surprised. This album was made available in the very first beginning of Loronix and such as Bossa Joe, I never understood why nobody left comments on it. Perhaps it was the low quality ripping offered at that time, but this is not a issue now, tcisalpino delivered FLAC files taken from a remastered CD reissue and once again offers this music to Loronix community.

This is Bossa 3 - Os Reis do Ritmo (1966), for Odeon, featuring the second Os Bossa Três line-up with Luiz Carlos Vinhas, the Loronix friend Ronie Mesquita and Octavio Baily. Another self-explanatory release. I'm not making large cover scans of back cover this time, if someone has the first vinyl issue and wants to contribute with these scans, our community really appreciates. Additionally, I'm reposting a video sent by Luiz Harding featuring Os Bossa Tres at Praia do Arpoador in Rio de Janeiro, just in case someone miss it. Tracks include:

Personnel

Luiz Carlos Vinhas
(piano)
Octavio Baily
(bass)
Ronie Mesquita
(drums)

Track List

01 - Onde Anda o Meu Amor (Orlann Divo / Roberto Jorge)
02 - Até o Sol Raiar (Baden Powell / Vinícius De Moraes)
03 - Não me Diga Adeus (Paquito / Luiz Soberano / João Corrêa Da Silva)
04 - Coisa Mais Linda (Carlos Lyra / Vinícus De Moraes)
05 - É (Luiz Carlos Vinhas / Ronaldo Bôscoli)
06 - Samba de Verão (Marcos Valle / Paulo Sérgio Valle)
07 - Le Bateau (Luiz Carlos Vinhas)
08 - Silk Stop (João Donato)
09 - Exaltação a Mangueira (Enéias Brites Da Silva / Aloisio Augusto Da Costa)
10 - Balanço Zona Sul (Tito Madi)
11 - Recado ao pé do Berco (Luiz Carlos Vinhas / Ronaldo Bôscoli)
12 - Cartaz (Roberto Menescal / Ronald Bôscoli)

Bob Fleming - Jovens Enamorados (1965)

Hello, good evening! Thanks for the nice response given to yesterday’s tcisalpino contribution to our community. By the way, tcisalpino is so kind that he is right now managing another release for today, equivalent to yesterday's Rio 65 Trio. Really great, I cannot wait longer until his upload finishes. Meanwhile we cannot go wrong with another favorite of Loronixers, Bob Fleming, also known as Moacyr Silva featuring this fantastic and weird cover of a sax inside a tunnel. Let's see.

This is Bob Fleming - Jovens Enamorados (1965), for Musidisc. Actually, I'm making a 1971 reissue by Phonodisc, exactly the same album first issued by Musidisc. I don't know Musidisc's cover artwork, but this Phonodisc cover with a sax inside a tunnel is really amazing. Bob Fleming / Moacyr Silva delivers an international repertoire on side A and Brazilian songs on side B. Tracks include:

01 - I Left My Heart In San Francisco (Cross / Cory)
02 - Blú (Cesari / Savilla / Mongol)
03 - Le Bateau Blanc (Vitalin / Gilbert Bécaud)
04 - Call Me Irresponsible (J. V. Heusen / S. Cahn)
05 - Dos Perdidos (Nilo Sergio)
06 - I Could Have Danced All Night (A. J. Lerner / F. Loewe)
07 - O Sol Nascerá (Cartola / Élton Medeiros)
08 - Nem Uma Luz Brilhou (Gilvan Chaves)
09 - Diga Que Sim (Silvio César)
10 - Canção Para Um Homem no Espaço (Nilo Sergio)
11 - É Demais (Nonato Buzar)
12 - O Amor do Amor (Luis Bittencourt / Alberto Paz)

Rio 65 Trio - Rio 65 Trio (1965)

From now on, I will announce my future plans at Loronix, such as I did a couple of days ago. I said I was looking for high quality media of some essential records already available at Loronix. The response came very fast this time, tcisalpino is the fast fish; he read my comment and decided to please our community with FLAC files, the second contribution in the new format. tcisalpino says that RIO 65 Trio is a present to our community. Let's thanks him.

This is Rio 65 Trio - Rio 65 Trio (1965), for Philips, one of the greatest Samba Jazz album ever recorded featuring Dom Salvador, Edison Machado and Sergio Barroso. Do I need to say more? I don't think so. This is the kind of album I would select to stay in the front page when leaving to a vacation. Thanks once again tcisalpino. Friends who are new to our community, don't think twice, this album should be listed on every serious list of top records of any kind. Tracks include:

Personnel

Dom Salvador
(piano)
Edison Machado
(drums)
Sergio Barroso
(bass)

Track List

01 - Meu Fraco é Café Forte (Dom Salvador)
02 - Preciso Aprender a Ser Só (Marcos Valle / Paulo Sérgio Valle)
03 - Farjuto (Dom Salvador)
04 - Desafinado (Newton Mendonça / Tom Jobim)
05 - Sonny Moon For Two (Blues em Samba) (Sonny Rollins)
06 - Espera De Você (José Luiz de Oliveira / Dom Salvador)
07 - Mau, Mau (Art Farmer)
08 - Tem Dó (Baden Powell / Vinicius de Moraes)
09 - Azul Contente (Walter Santos / Tereza Souza)
10 - Manhã de Carnaval (Luiz Bonfá / Antônio Maria)
11 - Minha Namorada (Carlos Lyra / Vinicius de Moraes)

Antonio Maria - Historia da Musica Popular Brasileira Nr. 36 (1971)

I'm really amazed by this series of 10-inch released by Abril Cultural in the early 70's as Historia da Musica Popular Brasileira. The first album with made with Billy Blanco had a really positive reaction. The repertoire selection is very well done and the eight-track format provides a really solid listening experience. It is now time to make the second, featuring a very important artist, a songwriter of Bossa Nova tunes that we like most. Let's see.

This is Antonio Maria - Historia da Musica Popular Brasileira Nr. 36 (1971), for Abril Cultural, featuring Antonio Maria compositions performed by Nora Ney, Maria Bethania, Dolores Duran, Joao Gilberto, Os Cariocas, Sylvia Telles and Dircinha Batista. I think this is a nice choice, Antonio Maria had a very important participation on Bossa Nova with no recording releases, let's celebrate Antonio Maria. Tracks include:

The Performers

Nora Ney
Os Cariocas
Sylvia Telles
Joao Gilberto
Dolores Duran
Maria Bethania
Dircinha Batista

Track List

01 - Ninguém Me Ama (Antônio Maria / Fernando Lobo) - Nora Ney
02 - Frevo Nº 2 do Recife (Antônio Maria) - Maria Bethânia
03 - Manhã de Carnaval (Antônio Maria / Luis Bonfá) - João Gilberto
04 - Menino Grande (Antônio Maria) - Nora Ney
05 - Valsa de Uma Cidade (Antônio Maria / Ismael Netto) - Os Cariocas
06 - Canção da Volta (Antônio Maria / Ismael Netto) - Dolores Duran
07 - Suas Mãos (Antônio Maria / Pernambuco) - Silvinha Telles
08 - Se Eu Morresse Amanhã (Antônio Maria) - Dircinha Batista

Tia Amelia com a Banda Vila Rica - Velhas Estampas (1959)

Hello, good evening! I'm really late today, busy and also dueling with my Internet connection since yesterday. Sorry for using Loronix to say such things, but I really feel better sharing, instead of pretending that everything is fine. The quality of services in Brazil has been a tragedy, getting worse everyday. Anyway, let's talk about happy things now.

This album is all about happiness, it is the first album recorded by this extraordinary Brazilian pianist and composer, Amelia Brandao Neri, also known as Tia Amelia. Last year we made her last album, released in 1980 when Tia Amelia had the age of 83. You can see part of Tia Amelia LP photo in your left and reach her last album here.

This is Tia Amelia com a Banda Vila Rica - Velhas Estampas (1959), for Odeon, a nice and late first album by Tia Amelia, featuring only compositions of her own. The album title was taken from a TV show hosted by Tia Amelia in TV-RIO, where Tia Amelia played piano and remembered stories from the old time. Velhas Estampas brings nice music to Loronixers, really different from everything we are used to hear. Tracks include:

01 - Bordões ao Luar (Tia Amélia)
02 - No Passo (Tia Amélia)
03 - Sorriso de Bruno (Tia Amélia)
04 - Recordando Pattápio (Tia Amélia)
05 - Coco de Alagoas (Tia Amélia)
06 - Carmélia (Tia Amélia)
07 - Chora Coração (Tia Amélia)
08 - Presidente Carmona (Tia Amélia)
09 - Dois Namorados (Tia Amélia)
10 - Gratidão (Tia Amélia)
11 - Sem Nome (Tia Amélia)
12 - Dulce (Tia Amélia)

Tito Madi - Cancao de Amor | A Fossa Vol. 4 (1974)

Yesterday, my Internet connection got lost in the middle of the night and I could not make the final post of the day, being back only a couple of hours ago. That's why I'm back in the middle of this Wednesday to show friends another recorded by Tito Madi in the "A Fossa" series, the last album from the sequel. Let's see.

This is Tito Madi - Cancao de Amor | A Fossa Vol. 4 (1974), for London. It was nice to hear Tito Madi rendition to Sangue Latino, a 1974 blockbuster by Secos e Molhados, he made it really different from the original. Little I know about personnel in this recording session and it seems it is a rule at the sequel, although we could not check what we have at A Fossa Vol. 2, which is the one with the nicest cover. Tracks include:

01 - Canção de Amor (Elano de Paula / Chocolate)
02 - Até Quem Sabe (Mercedes Chies / João Donato / Lysias Ênio)
03 - Maria (Ary Barroso / Luis Peixoto)
04 - Pede Passagem (Sidney Miller)
05 - Nada Mais Lindo (Tito Madi)
06 - Sangue Latino (João Ricardo / Paulinho Mendonça)
07 - Suas Mãos (Antônio Maria / Pernambuco)
08 - Foi Ela (Ary Barroso)
09 - Valsa de Uma Cidade (Ismael Netto / Antônio Maria)
10 - Canto Puro Amor (Tito Madi)
11 - Samba Canção Antigo (Tito Madi)
12 - Vem É Primavera (Tito Madi / Arnoldo Medeiros)

Challenge | Rio de Janeiro photo (1966)

Wow! The last Sacha Rubin post made me feel missing Rio de Janeiro from the old times, a challenge should make you also feel in my mood. I want to know several things about this nice photo taken in 1966.

1) The name of the restaurant in the background
2) The Car, what a car, who knows the name of this car
3) Who is the nice girl on top of this car?

I will tell later on where we will find more photos like this one.

The Answers:

1) Bar Restaurante Castelinho, owned by Sacha Rubin.
2) I don't have a clue, probably JimR made it right.
3) The nice girl is the Brazilian journalist Hildegard Angel.

Hope uEnjoy!

Sacha Rubin - No Balaio (1967)

This is the third album from the pianist Sacha Rubin at Loronix. Sacha was also the owner of the legendary Sacha's nightclub, in Rio de Janeiro, Leme, open for business throughout decades in the building left to mine. This album has a great difference from the others already released, it was recorded live, on a manner that you hear people talking to each other and the sounds of the nightclub routine such like glasses hitting each other, people calling waiters, etc. Let's see.

This is Sacha Rubin - No Balaio (1967), for London, featuring Sacha piano and not credited crooners, probably nightclub guests singing together with Sacha at the piano. In spite the music, this cover alone deserves to be at Loronix, truly beautiful and ahead of time. The repertoire features two big medleys. Tracks include:

Side A

01 - Manhattan (R. Rodgers / L. Hart)
02 - You're My Everything (Discon / Young / Warren)
03 - This Is My Song (Charles Chaplin)
04 - Marie Marie (Charles Trenet / Chauliac)
05 - I Left My Heart In San Francisco (D. Cross / G. Cory)
06 - Red Roses For a Blue Lady (S. Tepper / R. Brodsky)
07 - Apelo (Baden Powell / Vinicius de Moraes)
08 - Quem Te Viu Quem Te Vê (Chico Buarque)
09 - As Time Goes By (H. Hupfeld)
10 - Autumn In New York (V. Duke)
11 - Que Reste-t-il de nos Amours (Charles Trenet / L. Wilson)

Side B

01 - Wien Wien Nur Du Allein (R. Sieczynisk)
02 - Rossana (Sette Uomini D'oro) (A. Trovajoli / S. Simoni)
03 - Somewhere My Love (M. Jarre / Paul Francis Webster)
04 - The Shadow Of You Smile (J. Mandel / Paul Francis Webster)
05 - Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup (A. Sosenko)
06 - Chez Moi (Sievier / Feline / Misraki)
07 - Danke Schoen (Kaempfert / Ilene)
08 - I Get a Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter)
09 - Amor de Carnaval (Zé Keti)
10 - Roses Of Picardy (H. Wood / F. E. Weatherly)
11 - I'll See You In My Dreams (I. Jones / G. Kahn)

Sexteto Espetacular - Para Sua Festa (1959)

Hello, good evening! I want to start today with a great find, which is an obscure group assembled by Copacabana label in 1959, probably to give a response to Prestige and other record labels that were making a lot of money with their releases in the Para Dancar style. Copacabana created Sexteto Espetacular, featuring not credited musicians from their cast to deliver this album, really above the others.

This is Sexteto Espetacular - Para Sua Festa (1959), for Copacabana. Little I know about Sexteto Espetacular, except it is the first and only album released by this sextet of not credited musicians that includes, piano, bass, drums, guitar, vibes and accordion performing a repertoire of Brazilian and international standards grouped as four medleys. Tracks include:

01 - Viva o Samba (Altamiro Carrilho)
02 - Exaltação a Bahia (Vicente Paiva / Chianca de Garcia)
03 - Casadinhos (Luis Bittencourt / Tuiú)
04 - É Luxo Só (Ary Barroso / Luis Peixoto)
05 - Ruega Por Nosotros (Ruben Fuentes / Alberto Cervantes)
06 - L'edera (S. Seracini / V. D'Acquisto)
07 - Accarezzame (P. Calvi)
08 - Nada Mais Existe (Lina Pesce)
09 - Concerto D'autunno (Bargoni / Danpa / P. Siegel)
10 - You do Something To Me (Cole Porter)
11 - Melodie D'amour (H. Salvador / M. Lanjean)
12 - Se Todos Fossem Iguais a Você (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
13 - Martha (Leal Brito "Britinho")
14 - Suas Mãos (Pernambuco / Antônio Maria)
15 - Eu Sou Assim (Lina Pesce)