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Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Greatest Hits
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 List Price: $9.98 Our Price: $7.97
Audio CD - 25 October, 1990
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Number of Media: 1
CD Tracks:
Mais Que Nada (Ma-sh Kay Nada)
Scarborough Fair
With A Little Help From My Friends
Like A Lover
Look Of Love
Night & Day
Fool On The Hill
Going Out Of My Head
Look Around
So Many Stars
Daytripper
Pretty World
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| Audio CD Description A bridge between bossa nova and 1960s pop, Sergio Mendes' music was easy listening, vaguely psychedelic pop, light jazz, and bossa nova all rolled into one. Mendes and Brasil '66 (which featured Mendes on keyboards and a revolving cast of two female vocalists, bass, guitar, drums and percussion) had a number of hits from the mid-'60s to the early-1970s that are included here. Getting his professional start playing and arranging for Antonio Carlos Jobim and Joao Gilberto, Mendes typically filled out his proper albums with updated versions of popular songs written by the Brazilian masters as well as some of his own tunes ­ his tunes "Look Around" and "So Many Stars" are included. But this collection really surveys his interpretations of pop tunes of the day, some of which were never hits for Mendes. The small combo's light touch and rich vocal harmonies make for pleasant if kitschy covers of hits like the Beatles' "Fool On The Hill" and "Day Tripper," Burt Bacharach's "The Look Of Love," and others. ­ |
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Try it with new ears Mais Que Nada came on the radio in my local coffee shop today, and I had to dredge my memory for "flyover AM radio pop songs from 40 years ago" to come up with the name Brasil 66. What a surprise to hear this song again -- what a rare delight. It hasn't just aged well, it shines brighter in 2006 than when it was released. Lead singer Lani Hall may not be Astrud Gilberto, but the similarity in their voices is remarkable. She is superb. Mendes's piano is damn near perfect, sliding from background to foreground with fluidity and precision, always on the edge of some breakaway improvisation, barely restraining himself. Talk about a clean arrangement! What a fun song. Too bad I barely noticed it the first time around.
just like the first time The first time I bought this album, it was on 8 track, I was in college, and it was quite a departure from the usual 60s music. The CD sounds much better, but, then again, my stereo system is much better than the speakers in my old Mustang. The songs seem a little old now, makes me feel like I'm listening to an oldies station, but the vocals and instrumentals are still great to hear.
Brazil '66 Deserves Better Than This Inferior Collection This 1983 reissue of the best selling 1970 "Sergio Mendes & Brasil'66-Greatest Hits", while being a perfectly a enjoyable compilation of Mendes and Brazil'66 is a marginal collection. It's not even an adequate snapshot of Brazil'66 music for a casual or novice fan.
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