O Quarteto - Antologia da Bossa Nova | 20 Anos Depois (1977)

Do you like vocal groups? I do. It is nice to hear and understand arrangements made for voices and this group excels on this kind of thing. O Quarteto recorded only three albums, two are available here at Loronix, while the third, released in 1969, is totally unknown to my ears. This is a reposting with several improvements, including the FLAC files and high quality front and back cover scans. I will keep my original writing with a few and cosmetic adaptations.

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Hello, good evening! I feel great today. I think it was a snack that made me feel bad yesterday, nothing better than 12 hours of continuous sleeping to get yourself fixed. Since I feel good, let's have a great start today with a record that I like a lot, taking advantage of the last records picturing Bossa Nova 10, 29, 30 years after. Let's see what we have here.

This is O Quarteto - Antologia da Bossa Nova 20 Anos Depois (1977), for Philips. You probably remember the first O Quarteto LP released at Loronix, but if you don't, O Quarteto is a vocal group that released only two self-titled albums in the late 60's, in spite of the active participation they had on several Festivais da Cancao. Antologia da Bossa Nova 20 Anos Depois was released with an interval of 9 years between the second LP. I do not have available info of the reasons they do not made albums, since they are a great vocal group that is always backed up by renowned musicians, as you can check bellow at personnel listing. Tracks include:

Personnel

O QUARTETO

Paulinho Palarico Correa


Walter Gozzo


Carlos Alberto de Lima Vianna


Hermes Antonio Dos Reis

Vocal Arrangements
Carlos Alberto de Lima Vianna & Walter Gozzo

Arrangements
Cesar Camargo Mariano

Cesar Camargo Mariano
(bass, piano, fender, syntorchestra, percussion)
Dudu Fortes
(drums, percussion)
Carlos Alberto de Lima Vianna
(guitar)

Track List

01 - Zelão (Sergio Ricardo) -- O Nosso Olhar (Sergio Ricardo)
02 - A Morte de Um Deus de Sal (Roberto Menescal / Ronaldo Bôscoli) -- O Barquinho (Roberto Menescal / Ronaldo Bôscoli)
03 - Céu e Mar (Johnny Alf)
04 - Vou Deitar e Rolar (Quaquaraquaqua) (Baden Powell / Paulo César Pinheiro) -- Deixa (Baden Powell / Vinicius de Moraes)
05 - Corcovado (Tom Jobim) -- Insensatez (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes) -- Desafinado (Tom Jobim / Newton Mendonça)
06 - Preciso Aprender a Ser Só (Marcos Valle / Paulo Sergio Valle) -- Samba de Verão (Marcos Valle / Paulo Sergio Valle)
07 - Primavera (Vinicius de Moraes / Carlos Lyra) -- Maria do Maranhão (Carlos Lyra / Nelson Lins e Barros) -- Marcha da Quarta-feira de Cinzas (Vinicius de Moraes / Carlos Lyra)
08 - Oba-lá-lá (João Gilberto)
09 - Moça Flor (Durval Ferreira / Luis Fernando Freire) -- Tristeza de Nós Dois (Durval Ferreira / Maurício / Bebeto)
10 - Manhã de Carnaval (Luis Bonfá / Antônio Maria)

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Moraes Moreira - Cara e Coracao (1977)

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This is Moraes Moreira - Cara e Coração (1977), for Som Livre, which is the second solo LP of Moraes Moreira, founder and perhaps the most successful member of the legendary group Os Novos Baianos, a favorite of many Loronixers. This is the first Moraes Moreira career LP released at Loronix, kindly provided by AdHoc, which is a guarantee of an impeccable transfer, high quality scans and mainly, a very solid listen, as aways. Thanks AdHoc. Tracks include:


01 - O Que É o Que É (Moraes Moreira)
02 - Pombo Correio (Double Morse) (Dodô / Osmar Macedo / Moraes Moreira)
03 - Yogue de Ouvido (Armandinho Macedo / Moraes Moreira)
04 - Às Três da Manhã (Herivelto Martins)
05 - Samba da Bahia de Todos os Santos (Moraes Moreira / Rogério Duarte)
06 - Hino Nordestino (Moraes Moreira)
07 - Meiufin (Moraes Moreira / Chacal)
08 - Davilicença (Armandinho Macedo / Moraes Moreira)
09 - Acordei (Moraes Moreira)
10 - Cara e Coração (Moraes Moreira)

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Help Needed: Loronix Dedicated Server - Year 2!

Loronix dedicated server contract is about to expire and once again I would like to engage the community to another year. This is a very important and critical milestone to Loronix. A little bit of history in case you have missed this story.

About a year ago, Loronix was surprised by an attack, leaving entire archive off-line. It was a very difficult time, solved through the mobilization of our community to purchase a dedicated server that enabled Loronix to be most stable of all music blogs.

This aid came through a raising funds campaign, guaranteeing this server for a period of one year. This server transformed Loronix significantly and today I the website cannot survive alone.

A year has gone and now it is necessary to renew our contract. And as I said, your help will be essential. Our objective is a little bit easier; we need to achieve a US$ 686.38 goal for a whole new year. My PayPal US$ 21,62 current balance is already included.

Our deadline is on July 27 and contributions will be collected using this widget below, which will be always available in our side bar until we reach our goal.

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Jorge Ben - Samba Esquema Novo (1963)

Hello, good evening! I would like to send my apologies to Loronix's friends that sent contributions in the last weeks. For reasons that I really don't know, several new contributions and contributors came out of the blue recently. This is really fine! Thank you.

It was very difficult to choose something among several alternatives available. The last posts were mostly by singers and I was looking for an instrumental release. I decided to take this one, for several reasons. It is the first album recorded by one of the most acclaimed artists we made available at Loronix. It is also a classic album that can be taken under an instrumental perspective since it has the participation of the legendaries Copa 5 and Os Bossa Três, lead by J.T. Meirelles and Luiz Carlos Vinhas, respectively. And it is a Jorge Ben album never released before at Loronix. Let's see.

This is Jorge Ben - Samba Esquema Novo (1963), for Philips, with well-known Jorge Ben compositions in a short and solid session featuring best of bread Samba Jazz combos from the early 60's. Jorge Ben had also Maestro Carlos Monteiro de Souza and Lindolpho Gaya in charge of arrangements. Anyway, I feel stupid writing about an album that everybody loves and that everybody wrote wonderful things about. That's why I will let with Jorge Ben and his Samba Esquema Novo. Tracks include:

Personnel

J.T. Meirelles e os Copa 5
(01, 12, 09, 07, 04)

Lindolpho Gaya
(arrangements on 03, 08, 11, 06)

Carlos Monteiro de Souza
(arrangements on 02)

Os Bossa Três
(10, 05)

Track List

01 - Mas Que Nada (Jorge Ben)
02 - Tim Dom Dom (João Mello / Clodoaldo Brito)
03 - Balança Pema (Jorge Ben)
04 - Vem Morena Vem (Jorge Ben)
05 - Chove Chuva (Jorge Ben)
06 - É Só Sambar (Jorge Ben)
07 - Rosa Menina Rosa (Jorge Ben)
08 - Quero Esquecer Você (Jorge Ben)
09 - Uala Ualalá (Jorge Ben)
10 - A Tamba (Jorge Ben)
11 - Menina Bonita Não Chora (Jorge Ben)
12 - Por Causa de Você Menina (Jorge Ben)

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Emilio Santiago - Feito para Ouvir (1977)

Hello, good evening! It has been a long time since we spoke for the last time, then it's time to talk a little about several things that are happening around our community. To begin, I would like to apologize AdHoc for skipping his new collaboration due small technical problems from my side. I would also like to welcome several brand new friends that are reaching Loronix for the first time referred by Bing, a new and very good search engine by Microsoft. Loronix is very well positioned at Bing and this is really nice.

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And to close, I would like to say that the unplanned and not communicated slow pace of updates is now over. From now one, we will have at least 1 new release every two days and that is something that makes me feel great. It is important to get close again with friends and the awesome past of Brazilian music. I'm back. Let's see.

This is Emilio Santiago - Feito para Ouvir (1977), for Philips, featuring Emilio Santiago on his early and acclaimed initial career LPs. Such like Erasmo Carlos - Convida, Feito para Ouvir is a very old demand made by several Loronix friends. It is the third album recorded by Emilio Santiago and according to specialists, landmarks the end of his best years before making his commercially oriented releases. Philips made a great job providing personnel information at the back cover, and we have a constellation of Brazilian musicians in this session. Tracks include:

Personnel

J.T. Meirelles
(arrangements, flute, sax)
Laercio de Freitas
(arrangements, piano, eletric piano)
Luizao
(electric bass)
Sergio Barrozo
(acoustic bass)
Ary Piassarollo, Luiz Claudio Ramos
(guitar, violao)
Nelsinho, Zequinha
(drums)
Roberto Menescal
(repertorie selection)

Track List

01 - Beijo Partido (Toninho Horta)
02 - Maria (Gilberto Gil)
03 - Ponto Final (José Maria de Abreu / Jair Amorim)
04 - O Que É Amar (Johnny Alf)
05 - Última Forma (Baden Powell / Paulo César Pinheiro)
06 - Tristeza de Nós Dois (Durval Ferreira / Maurício Einhorn / Bebeto)
07 - Rua Deserta (Dorival Caymmi / Carlos Guinle)
08 - Mentiras (João Donato / Lysias Ênio)
09 - Se Pelo Menos Você Fosse Minha (Roberto Menescal / Paulinho Tapajós)
10 - E Agora (O Que Faço Pra Esquecer) (Silvio César)
11 - Olha Maria (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes / Chico Buarque)

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Erasmo Carlos - Convida (1980)

Hello, good evening! I would like to share an album that has been requested by many friends since the beginning of Loronix, which is perhaps the first album recorded in Brazil following this concept of summarizing the main songs of an artist career with the help of special guests, a very common practice today. Everybody says this one has something special and I totally agree. The repertoire is great and the guests that Erasmo Carlos joined in this session are much more than regular special guests. Let's see.

This is Erasmo Carlos - Convida (1980), for Polydor, Bringing twelve Erasmo Carlos compositions, most of them written in partnership with Roberto Carlos. Together, the duo forms one of the most successful composer partnerships of Brazilian popular music. Roberto Carlos opens the show and is followed by renowned artists, with some others that were in evidence only on that period; such like As Freneticas and A Cor do Som. This is a solid and really pleasant listen that has been out of print for many years. Tracks include:

THE SPECIAL GUESTS

A Cor do Som
As Freneticas
Caetano Veloso
Gal Costa
Gilberto Gil
Jorge Ben
Maria Bethania
Nara Leao
Rita Lee
Roberto Carlos
Tim Maia
Wanderleia

Track List

01 - Sentado à Beira do Caminho (Erasmo Carlos / Roberto Carlos) featuring Roberto Carlos
02 - Detalhes (Erasmo Carlos / Roberto Carlos) featuring Gal Costa
03 - Além do Horizonte (Erasmo Carlos / Roberto Carlos) featuring Tim Maia
04 - Mané João (Erasmo Carlos / Roberto Carlos) featuring Gilberto Gil
05 - Minha Fama de Mau (Erasmo Carlos / Roberto Carlos) featuring Rita Lee
06 - Sou Uma Criança Não Entendo Nada (Erasmo Carlos / Ghiaroni) featuring A Cor do Som
07 - Cavalgada (Erasmo Carlos / Roberto Carlos) featuring Maria Bethânia
08 - Quero Que Vá Tudo Pro Inferno (Erasmo Carlos / Roberto Carlos) featuring Caetano Veloso
09 - O Comilão (Erasmo Carlos / Roberto Carlos) featuring Jorge Ben
10 - Café da Manhã (Erasmo Carlos / Roberto Carlos) featuring Nara Leão
11 - Na Paz do Seu Sorriso (Erasmo Carlos / Roberto Carlos) featuring Wanderléa
12 - Se Você Pensa (Roberto Carlos) featuring As Frenéticas

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Challenge | Who are they?

Hello, good evening! Let's play the challenge game tonight. We have well-known people to be identified here, and a Rapidshare one-month Premium account is the great price for the first non-anonymous user who write at the comments section who are they. Get the chance. It is a very easy challenge.

Hope uEnjoy!

PS.: a high-res version can be taken from this link

Moacyr Silva e Seu Conjunto - Sax Sensacional Nr. 5 (1964)

Hello, good evening! It is good to be back to Loronix after a long and unplanned break. The villain was that recurrent upload speed problem I now have on my new place. As I was really busy, I decided that a break would be appropriate to accelerate certain things here. Now it is time to resume Loronix. Fellows, I'm back and I'm back with some solid records in a row. Although unplugged, kept the habit of transferring old records, even as a kind of occupational therapy. Let's see.

This is Moacyr Silva e Seu Conjunto - Sax Sensacional Nr. 5 (1964), for Copacabana, which is the last album recorded by Moacyr Silva on his successful "Sax Sensacional" series of five albums, and the fourth of the series at Loronix. I really enjoyed this fifth volume, which unfortunately did not bring credits for the Conjunto members that certainly brings Chaim Lewak at the piano, delivering great duels with Moacyr Silva tenor sax. Tracks include:

PS.: A few years ago I decided to get rid of TV sets, but I decided to install a TV at home this week. I am positively impressed with the musical programming, which now shows Marisa Gata Mansa and Carlos Lyra singing Bossa Nova together. Good.


01 - Diz Que Fui Por Aí (Zé Keti / Hortêncio Rocha)
02 - Jogado Fora (João Mello)
03 - Fly Me To The Moon (In The Words) (B. Howard)
04 - Days Of Wine And Roses (Henry Mancini / J. Mercer)
05 - Garota de Icaraí (Avarese / Jean Pierre)
06 - Sabor a Mi (Álvaro Carrillo)
07 - I'm So In Love (H. Land)
08 - Eu Sei Tu Não Sabes (Carlito / Romeo Nunes)
09 - The Right Thing To Say (S. Gallop / Chester Cann)
10 - Bossa na Praia (Pery Ribeiro / Geraldo Cunha)
11 - Acorrentados (Encadenados) (C. A. Briz)
12 - Lado Bonito de Um Mal (Billy Blanco)

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Walter Wanderley e Portinho - Orgao, Sax e Sexy (1964)

Hello, good evening! As told, Walter Wanderley is among us and bringing Maestro Portinho, delivering a blend of organ and sax, really unusual. In case you missed something about these giants, Walter Wanderley was a legend, acknowledged as one of the best Brazilian organists. He also made a solid career in the United State, releasing several records. Walter Wanderley passed away in 1986, United States, almost forgotten to the masses. It is sad that nobody remembers who Walter Wanderley was. Make a test, ask about Walter Wanderley for your friends with less than 30. Only a few will be able to say.

Maestro Portinho, is also a well-know musician to Loronix community and one of my favorite maestros. According with Zarville - Loronix Official Orchestra Music Advisor - Portinho is the Brazilian Maestro who is the best on mixing Samba and orchestral arrangements. Portinho is also an instrumentalist, play sax and clarinet. He also recorded some Choro albums. If there is something in common between these two musicians, I believe it is their constant work in studios, they were very active. Let's see.

This is Walter Wanderley e Portinho - Orgao, Sax e Sexy (1964), for Philips, released just after Entre Nos, the first Walter Wanderley album recorded for Philips, which is one that I like very much. This cover artwork explains the repertoire of romantic tunes. Personnel listing was not made available by Philips. I hope you Enjoy this really hard to find Walter Wanderley LP. Tracks include:




01 - Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
02 - Castigo (Dolores Duran)
03 - Fale Baixinho (Portinho / Heitor Carillo)
04 - A Noite do Meu Bem (Dolores Duran)
05 - Por Causa de Você (Tom Jobim / Dolores Duran)
06 - Meu Sonho É Você (Altamiro Carrilho / Átila Nunes)
07 - Suas Mãos (Pernambuco / Antônio Maria)
08 - Ouça (Maysa)
09 - Contando Estrelas (Alfredo Borba / Édson Borges)
10 - Canção de Amor (Elano de Paula / Chocolate)
11 - Ninguém Me Ama (Antônio Maria / Fernando Lobo)
12 - Risque (Ary Barroso)

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Joao Gilberto - Joao Gilberto (1973)

Esse disco é dedicado a Roberta. Ela disse coisas que eu não sabia, mostrou revistas e riu (várias vezes) das minhas histórias. Isso faz a gente se sentir vivo. Valeu Roberta! zecalouro@gmail.com

PS.: Amanhã teremos Walter Wanderley no Loronix. Inédito. Não percam!

Hello, good evening! It has been a month or two since I felt in love again with this masterpiece. Maybe I heard this record more than a thousand times and it is amazing how it gets better and better after each spin. It is one of the most impressive records I ever heard in my whole life. I bringing it back to the first page just to please friends who never get tired of crying for an upgrade. If you miss this one, stop reading and get yourself ready for a really lovely album. I'm keeping my original writings, including a new transfer, hi-quality cover scans and some other minor improvements.



One of the most difficult things I face when introducing Bossa Nova to new friends is to explain why Joao Gilberto is considered a genius. I know how hard it is to understand Joao Gilberto as a whole. Luiz Harding has providing us with some "basics", which is the second and third Joao Gilberto albums released in 1960 and 1961, recently made available at Loronix.

This MASTERPIECE was recorded ten years after these two releases (if you agree the albums recorded with Stan Getz for Verve are not Joao Gilberto solo LPs) and it seems that a century has passed; Joao Gilberto is at his peak, taking to studio only his violao and a reduced percussion set. Joao Gilberto renditions of these ten songs are such like heaven on earth; take this album as something very special that will be with you for the rest of your life. I love this album and I'm now with a blend of two contradictory feelings, the happiness of showing to my friends at Loronix and the disappointment of knowing that it is out of print again.

This is Joao Gilberto - Joao Gilberto (1973), for Polydor. This is one of best albums made available at this website ever and it is very hard for me to describe it. My apologies, I think is better stop here, take it and listen with your heart and with all the love you have for the music from Brazil. Tracks include:

Personnel

Joao Gilberto
(voz, violao)
Sonny Carr
(percussion)

Track List

01 - Águas de Março (Tom Jobim)
02 - Undiú (João Gilberto)
03 - Na Baixa do Sapateiro (Ary Barroso)
04 - Avarandado (Caetano Veloso)
05 - Falsa Baiana (Geraldo Pereira)
06 - Eu Quero Um Samba (Haroldo Barbosa / Janet de Almeida)
07 - Eu Vim da Bahia (Gilberto Gil)
08 - Valsa (Como São Lindos os Youguis) (Bebel) (João Gilberto)
09 - É Preciso Perdoar (Carlos Coquejo / Alcyvando Luz)
10 - Izaura (Herivelto Martins / Roberto Roberti) - Special Guest: Miúcha

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