Garoto - Garoto Revive em Alta Fidelidade Ary Barroso (1957) 10-inch

It is truly amazing that Caetano has the 10-inch version of this record that has beautiful facts to comment. Let's make it straight that time presenting this real jewel, introducing artists and telling the story behind this album.

This is Garoto - Garoto Revive em Alta Fidelidade Ary Barroso (1957), for Odeon. Garoto (Anibal Augusto Sardinha) was a musician ahead of his time, very underrated and considered a genius. Garoto started very early, making his first recording in 1930 for Parlophon, under artistic direction of the Maestro Radames Gnattali. Garoto was a violonist in a time where violao players were considered outsiders, living in the margin of society. He has the honor of being the first musician to play a violao inside the elitist theatre Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro.

This album recorded and released two years before Garoto's passing in 1955 and has the participation of Maestro Leo Peracchi with orchestra. Actually, Garoto was not in the set at the recording sessions of 1957. You will hear Garoto violao in all tracks and these recordings were found lost on a closet two years before his passing.

Maestro Leo Peracchi decided to make orchestra arrangements to the tapes found and the record was finally built. With the modern technology of today this technique is business as usual, however, in 1967, it was something close to impossible, this session was built with orchestra playing on top of Garoto's recording with microphones capturing the environment sound.

Anyway, an anthological album of Brazilian music history with Garoto playing with Maestro Leo Perachi Ary Barroso compositions. Tracks include:

01 - Maria (Ary Barroso / Luis Peixoto)
02 - No Rancho Fundo (Ary Barroso / Lamartine Babo)
03 - Tu (Ary Barroso)
04 - Na Baixa do Sapateiro (Ary Barroso)
05 - Terra Sêca (Ary Barroso)
06 - Risque (Ary Barroso)
07 - Aquarela do Brasil (Ary Barroso)

Challenge | Who are these friends?

I did not have time for the challenges in the last two days and I was missing them. There is also a new kind of contributors at Loronix, the challenges contributor. This one is really special and was sent by Mr. I, his first challenge sharing to Loronixers. Let's see, very difficult.

Question: Who are these friends?

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Annoucement | Loronix Find It! is up and running

Hello Friends! Good Night! I wish I could be less tired to announce this major new feature to Loronixers. I have been working very hard to make it for today and I'm really glad to present it to Loronixers. You are probably wondering how we did it so fast typing 997 records in less than a week. The answer has a name, Pablo, The Magnificent.

Pablo was among the 46 friends who decided to spend a time of their life to Loronix. Pablo is also an IT professional and without asking developed a computer program that "grabs" Loronix website to collect the information needed from the volunteers friend on the announced worldwide typing effort. Thanks Pablo and thanks everybody who engage our typing initiative.

My feelings are now contradictory, I'm happy to have Loronix Find It! up and running and frustrated to do not take a great time with friends working together. I hope we will have another chance to make that, I will find a way to work together with Loronixers. It is time to celebrate and it is time to thanks Fabio, The Magnificent.

If you are living in Brazil and if you need IT services from Pablo, just reach his website agency, Konb, at http://www.konb.com.br. Thanks Pablo, you made my week and the week of Loronixers

Let's talk about Loronix Find It. It is easy to reach it, a permanent icon is now positioned at the right, please use that icon to get access to the system. When inside Find It, the easier way to find records is typing the desired information at Quick Seach and and then click on it Loronix Find It will return records and you are done, a blue globe was strategically placed on each record and you should click at the globe to reach the information you need. Loronix Find It is smarter then zecalouro, finding the information needed examining the post title, artist name, genre, etc.

There are some improvements to be made. Record labels are empty, I will be filling it with data in the forthcoming days and Genre needs some clarification, minor details that should not spoil the use of Find It. That's it.

Thanks Pablo! Thanks everybody! Thanks a MILLION volunteers! Please give us your feedback on this new feature and do not miss Loronix Find It, just click at the vinyl bellow.

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Roy Budd - Buddin' Bossa (1970)

I spoke with Caetano about an hour ago and I forgot to get his always-useful briefing on this LP, so I'm making zecalouro's first impressions on it. Once again, Caetano sent to us a truly obscure LP that makes you run to Google additional information. Let's see how it goes.

This is Roy Budd - Buddin' Bossa (1970), for NSPL, international late Bossa Nova by the pianist Roy Buddy. It seems that Roy Budd understands the Bossa Nova business. He spent several holidays in Brazil and simply adores Brazilian Music and Buddin' Bossa is considered the album that Roy Budd wanted to make all of his life. He was so confident that you will see at back cover a Budd statement saying that Buddin' Bossa is the best Bossa Nova LP recorded outside Brazil and this record was not released in 1970, a time that several others excellent records in the same style were already released. I think this LP will be a treat to several Loronixers. Tracks include:

Personnel

Chris Karan
(drums, percussion)
Jeff Clyne
(bass)
Ike Isaacs
(guitar)
Vic Ash
(flutes)
Harr Pitt
(harmonica)
Roy Budd
(piano)

Track List

01 - The Girl from Ipanema
02 - How Insensitive
03 - Desipilado (taken from back cover)
04 - I Appreciate so Much
05 - Meditation
06 - A Man and a Woman
07 - Quiet Nights
08 - One Note Samba
09 - It Only Goes to Show
10 - Little Boat
11 - So Nice
12 - The Girl from Southend on Sea

Don Junior e Seu Sax Maravilhoso, Conjunto e Orquestra - Sambas Nr. 2 (1963)

Hello, Good Night! I don't want to bother everybody with these off-topic issues, but I cannot start today without telling how awful my Internet connection is since yesterday nights. I'm unable to upload big files and the start of the collaboration with Loronixers to create our discography is being postponed. I'm not sad, only amazed and really surprised with such long outage, spoiling Loronix a little bit and my living with a great impact.

Anyway, I'm happy to be here with you to start another day of great Caetano music, as Caetano's days always uses to be. This is the record that I have been postponing daily, so I decided to make it happen as the first one just to guarantee.

This is Don Junior e Seu Sax Maravilhoso, Conjunto e Orquestra - Sambas Nr. 2 (1963), for RGE. Musicians on the recording session are not credit, but everybody knows that Don Junior is the might Argentinean born sax player Hector Costita with the supervision and musical direction of Maestro Pocho, also known as Ruben Perez. If you had the chance to watch the last video with vintage Rio de Janeiro images, you will remember the wonderful sax as background music by Don Junior. Now it is the chance to have it on a solo LP. Tracks include:

01 - Só Danço Samba (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
02 - Ah Se Eu Pudesse (Roberto Menescal / Ronaldo Bôscoli)
03 - Nós e o Mar (Roberto Menescal / Ronaldo Bôscoli)
04 - Raízes (Denis Brean / Osvaldo Guilherme)
05 - Sambossa (Agostinho dos Santos / Ayres dos Santos)
06 - Boa Noite Rio (Haroldo Barbosa / Luis Reis)
07 - O Barquinho (Roberto Menescal / Ronaldo Bôscoli)
08 - A Mesma Rosa Amarela (Capiba / Carlos Penna Filho)
09 - Samba de Uma Nota Só (Tom Jobim / Newton Mendonça)
10 - Volta Por Cima (Paulo Vanzolini)
11 - Foi a Saudade (Djalma Ferreira / Iza Ferreira)
12 - Samba do Avião (Tom Jobim)

The Girls from Bahia - Pardon my English (1967)

Today at 7pm, I started the upload of what was supposed to be the last post of the day. Now it is twenty past midnight and the gauge shows 93% complete. Just read an email from g picanco demonstrating what I thought it was a rumor: an abnormal activity of people using Brazilian government tax application at the same time is making traffic overload. Anyway, it is late, so I'm giving up that choice. However, the day is not ruined, just the opposite, this is a most wanted release and everybody will enjoy it. Thanks once again Caetano for this very hard to find LP.

This is The Girls from Bahia - Pardon my English (1967), for Warner. The Girls from Bahia is the name used for Quarteto em Cy on their initiative to conquer USA audiences in the late 60's. This LP was recorded and released in the United States, featuring arrangements by Oscar Castro Neves and produced by Ray Gilbert and Aloysio de Oliveira. For the convenience of everybody, that nice Quarteto em Cy video with Marcos Valle at the Andy Williams Show is also being reposted bellow. Tracks include:

01 - Pardon My English (Samba Torto) (Tom Jobim / Aloysio de Oliveira / Vrs. Ray Gilbert)
02 - Makin' Whoopee (Donaldson / Kahn)
03 - Tears (Razão de Viver) (Eumir Deodato / Paulo Sergio Valle / Vrs. Ray Gilbert)
04 - Oh Susannah (Tradicional)
05 - Você (Roberto Menescal / Ronaldo Bôscoli / Vrs. Ray Gilbert)
06 - Tup-a-tup (Até Londres) (Oscar Castro Neves)
07 - Surfin'in Rio (Vamos Pranchar) (Marcos Valle / Paulo Sergio Valle / Vrs. Ray Gilbert)
08 - Bye Bye Blackbird (Dixon / Henderson)
09 - Useless Landscape (Inútil Paisagem) (Tom Jobim / Aloysio de Oliveira / Vrs. Ray Gilbert)
10 - The Face I Love (Seu Encanto) (Marcos Valle / Paulo Sergio Valle / Vrs. Ray Gilbert)
11 - Image (Imagem) (Luis Eça / Aloysio de Oliveira / Vrs. Ray Gilbert)
12 - Canto de Ossanha (Baden Powell / Vinicius de Moraes)

Pat Thomas - Desafinado

It is amazing that Caetano has this LP and I'm very happy to share and introduce Pat Thomas and the music of Lalo Schifrin by this rare and obscure record. This is the first release of an international singer at this new journey of international Bossa Nova music. I'm not sure, but I think that many friends all around the world never had the chance to hear Pat Thomas. Let's see what happens here.

This is Pat Thomas - Desafinado (60's), for MGM, featuring the obscure Chicago singer Pat Thomas, the arrangements of Lalo Schifrin and the production of Creed Taylor. Personnel listing is also of note, which includes the guitar of Laurindo Almeida and the flute of Bud Shank, among others. This is self-explanatory, a true jewel kindly sent by Caetano to Loronixers. Tracks include:

Personnel

Bud Shank (flute), Al Hendrickson and Laurindo Almeida (guitar), Buddy Clark (bass), Mel Lewis (drums), Frank Flynn, Mel Lewis, Frank Guerrero and Jack Del Rio (drums and percussion), Gerald Vinci, Amerigo Marino, Victor Arno, Paul Shure, Erno Neufeld and Robert Barene (violin), Joseph DiFiore and Alvin Dinkin (viola), Armand Kaproff and Edgar Lustgarden (cello) and Lalo Schifrin (arranger and conductor).

Track List

01 - Carnival
02 - Desafinado
03 - Baia
04 - One Note Samba
05 - C'est si Bon
06 - Recado Bossa Nova
07 - Could Be
08 - I Wish I Love You
09 - Samba de Orfeu
10 - Once Again
11 - Soft Nights
12 - To Welcome the Day

Luiz Eca & Jerzy Milewski Ensemble - Duas Suites Instrumentais de Luiz Eca (1988)

I think everybody will be surprised to see this post, supposed to be available at the next Caetano Rodrigues MD transfer and anticipated by zecalouro, lucky parrot that found this vinyl for less than a glass of tea on his last hunt at the old vinyl stores in Copacabana. Let's see what happens. Maybe I'm wrong, instead of excited by a unknown release, everybody would know it, but don’t throw tomatoes at zecalouro, please. I'm curious.

This is Luiz Eca & Jerzy Milewski Ensemble - Duas Suites Instrumentais de Luiz Eca (1988), produced by Nestle, Brasil. This album was never commercially available; it was produced by Nestle Brazil for a marketing campaign, that's why I think it is widely unknown outside Brazil. Duas Suites Instrumentais de Luiz Eca, features two Eca compositions, one for each side. Jerzy Milewski is a Polish violin player and also producer of this LP. Tracks include:

Personnel

Luiz Eca
(piano)
Jerzy Milewski
(violin)
Luizao Alves
(bass)
Robertinho Silva
(drums)

Track List

01 - Suíte Nº 1 Duro na Queda (Luis Eça)
02 - Suíte Nº 1 Imagem (Luis Eça)
03 - Suíte Nº 1 Alegria de Viver (Luis Eça)
04 - Suíte Nº 1 Sempre Será (Luis Eça)
05 - Suíte Nº 1 Danielle (Luis Eça)
06 - Suíte Nº 2 Lá Vamos Nós (Luis Eça)
07 - Suíte Nº 2 Tranqüilamente (Luis Eça)
08 - Suíte Nº 2 Dolphin (Luis Eça)
09 - Suíte Nº 2 Três Minutos Para Um Aviso Importante (Luis Eça)
10 - Suíte Nº 2 Melancolia (Luis Eça)
11 - Suíte Nº 2 Mestre Bimba (Luis Eça)

Special Post | Rio de Janeiro 442nd Anniversary Celebration

Hello, Good Night! While Loronix scientists are working hard on tonight posts, let's celebrate Rio de Janeiro 442nd Anniversary (yes, it is today) with this video featuring really nice vintage images of this wonderful city in the 50's. The background music is Chorou Chorou, performed by Don Junior and carefully selected by this humble parrot.

Meanwhile, I'm leaving to buy batteries for taking cover pictures.

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Awesome Helicopter Flight in 1967 - Rio de Janeiro


Here we go again on a complimentary celebration of Rio de Janeiro 442nd Anniversary. This is an really amazing video that .is being reposted. It was released at the beginning of Loronix and I think many of our new friends did not have the chance to watch.

This is an awesome helicopter flight music video with Roberto Carlos in Rio de Janeiro, 1967. Probably, the only film where a helicopter flights inside a tunnel with no special effects or cheating. Even if you don't live in Rio de Janeiro, this is amazing by the music and landscapes. How the city has changed in 40 years.

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Manfredo e Seu Conjunto - Evolucao (1964)

I happened again, not a tragedy and no big deal, just the willing to make things perfect, but the post we decided to be the great close of the day is cancelled. Perhaps tomorrow. But I'm not bored, the replacement is great. Look at the picture. This is a very hard to find album, requested by several Loronixers. Sent by Caetano Rodrigues, The Great.

This is Manfredo e Seu Conjunto - Evolucao (1964), for RGE, perhaps one of most sought after album released by Manfredo Fest. Take a special attention to the quality of these MP3s, ripped by Caetano Rodrigues on best of breed equipment. Caetano is also an expert on those mysterious cartridges, stylus, tone arms brands and serial numbers. It is amazing. He knows everything by heart and I learned a lot with him. This is all for the benefit of our community, the deliverables were improved a lot in the last weeks and issue reporting are being kept to a minimum.

I was supposed to speak about Manfredo Festand I'm here talking about equipments. It's because the music is self-explanatory, missing on several serious collections and essential. Mr. JimR will be pleased. Thanks Caetano. Tracks include:

Personnel

Dorimar Vasconcelos
(piston)
Álvaro Brito
(vibrafone)
Luis De Andrade "Boneca"
(flute)
Humberto Klaiber de Souza
(bass, harmonica)
Antônio Anunciação and Antoninho Pinheiro
(drums)
Renato Cauchioli, Roberto Gagliardi, Benedito P. dos Santos and Antônio Cecato
(trombones)

Track List

01 - Evolução (Pery Ribeiro / Geraldo Cunha)
02 - Samba Torto (Tom Jobim / Aloysio de Oliveira)
03 - Rio (Roberto Menescal / Ronaldo Bôscoli)
04 - Mas Que Nada (Jorge Ben "Jorge Benjor")
05 - Madrugada (Luis Bonfá)
06 - Adoro o Samba (Manfredo Fest / Lili Galiteri Fest)
07 - Fuga (Durval Ferreira)
08 - Vagamente (Roberto Menescal / Ronaldo Bôscoli)
09 - Pra Que Chorar (Baden Powell / Vinicius de Moraes)
10 - Insensatez (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
11 - O Que Eu Gosto de Você (Silvio César)
12 - Chora Coração (Denis Brean / Osvaldo Guilherme)