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The fourth album by Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, 1968's FOOL ON THE HILL, managed to maintain the high quality of previous Brasil '66 outings, while introducing some new compositions from the relatively unknown Edu Obo--one of which, "Casa Forte," has since become a bossa nova standard. Although arranger Dave Grusin supplies tasteful orchestral backing on the slower numbers ("Canto Triste," "When Summer Turns To Snow") as well as on the title track, it's the Afro-derived groovers like "Upa, Neguinho" and "Lapina" which stand out, especially with their infectious choruses sung in Portuguese. As usual, star vocalist Lani Hall confidently takes the lead on the hit singles "Fool On The Hill" and the definitive cover version of Simon & Garfunkel's "Scarborough Fair." But it's the Brazilian-born guest vocalist Gracinha Leporace (later a regular member of Brasil '77) who steals the show on "Lapina," though Hall gets some of her own back leading the group vocal on the lively closer, "Laia Ladaia (Reza)."
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66: Sergio Mendes (vocals, piano); Gracinha Leporace, Lani Hall, Karen Philipp (vocals); John Pisano, Oscar Castro-Neves (guitar); Dom Um Romao (drums, percussion); Rubens Bassini, Sebastian Neto (percussion). Sergio Mendes Fool On The Hill Songs Fool On The Hill Music Review Purchase Fool On The Hill CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Sergio Mendes Equinox CD (1967) Special Packaging; Remastered
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EQUINOX (1967) was the second LP that Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 recorded for Herb Alpert's A&M label, immediately after HERB ALPERT PRESENTS SERGIO MENDES & BRASIL '66, which yielded the group's first smash hit, a brisk cover of Jorge Ben's driving "Mas Que Nada." True to form, the new LP opens with yet another Jorge Ben rhythm tune, "Chove Chuva (Constant Rain)," sung in English this time and given the gently percussive Brasil '66 treatment, highlighted by deft neo-psychedelic production touches like harpsichord and sitar. Indeed, this altogether successful followup boasts solid material throughout--Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Triste" and "Wave," Michel Legrand's "Watch What Happens," and a swinging '60s version of Cole Porter's "Night And Day," which translated perfectly ...
| | Herb Alpert's Ninth CD (1967) Remastered; Special Edition
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The cover art of Herb Alpert's Ninth is hilarious -- a bust of grim old Beethoven wearing a Herb Alpert sweatshirt, a parody of the pop icon fad going around at the time and maybe a comment on the rock world's newfound pretensions in the wake of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper. In any case, Herb Alpert's Ninth does introduce some highbrow pretensions of sorts to Alpert's Ameriachi sound -- some very subtly applied strands of strings on several numbers and a madcap, multi-sectioned fantasy of tunes from Bizet's Carmen that is full of in-jokes from the opera and the TJB's hits. Alpert is also quite aware of the brave new world around him; he does a spare, lazy, yet entirely novel-sounding cover version of Sgt. Pepper's "With ...
| | Herb Alpert Beat Of The Brass CD (1968) Remastered; Special Edition
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Meant as the companion album to a Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass television special of the same name and packaged in a fancy double-fold LP jacket, The Beat of the Brass came out amid signs that Alpert's hot streak was finally beginning to run out. Not quite. Viewer requests for a new Burt Bacharach song, "This Guy's in Love with You" -- featuring an Alpert vocal -- were so strong that A&M released it as a single, which shot up to number one and took The Beat of the Brass with it to the top. Herb's vocal is touching in its strained naïveté; he sounds sincere, and that overrides the lush, overbearing Bacharach orchestral arrangement. The rest of the album generated an often nostalgic quality then and now; the tunes by John Pisano and Sol Lake are exquisite, and Alpert's arrangements of songs like "Thanks for the Memory" seem autumnal in quality, as if an era were about to close. The band ...
| | Sergio Mendes Crystal Illusions CD (1969)
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The remastered rerelease of the 1969 recording features the Stellar Bossa Lounge and Dave Grusin.
The 1969 follow-up to the immensely popular FOOL ON THE HILL, CRYSTAL ILLUSIONS finds Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 sticking to their successful formula of buoyant, lounge-ready bossa nova. This time around, the high-profile cover tune is Otis Redding's "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay," which showcases Lani Hall's sensual voice and Mendes's agile electric-piano lines. Other highlights of this entertaining outing include the lively, expressive "Empty Faces" and the dreamy "Crystal Illusions (Memorias de Marta Sare)," an extended string-laden number.
Mendes's follow-up album to his monster "Fool On The Hill" album finds the band in equally fine form, continuing to spin its magic touch on unexpected material like "Dock of the Bay" and "You Stepped Out of a Dream." The album's flower power is in full bloom in the delicious ...
| | Sergio Mendes Ye-Me-Le CD (1969)
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YE ME LE is a 1969 efford by Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, including covers of Jimmy Webb's "Wichita Lineman," and the Beatles' "Norwegian Wood."
Released the same year as CRYSTAL ILLUSIONS, 1969's YE ME LE presents another set of highly accessible bossa nova by pianist Sergio Mendes and his Brasil '66 ensemble. Loaded with more pop covers than past outings, this set is most notable for Mendes's take ...
| | Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 CD (1966)
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| | Magnolia Jazz Band Anytime CD (1995)
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| | Sodom Get What You Deserve CD (1998)
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Come 1994's rather dreadful Get What You Deserve album, Germany's Sodom weren't just treading creative water, they seemed to be taking a piss! Seriously, or are we to take clever ditties like "Jabba the Hutt" and "Tribute to Moby Dick" with anything but an industrial-sized, proverbial grain of ...
| | John Petter's Red Hot Seven CD (1994)
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| | Kenny Ball Pye Jazz Albums CDs (2003) Box Set
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Excellent six-CD set representing the first half-dozen albums by the Kenny Ball band, with the sleeves from each album -- including Kenny Ball in Japan -- re-created in miniature and the digital audio quality excellent. As most of these albums (totalling over four hours of music) were never issued intact outside of England, and are unlikely to become available any other way, this box is an essential acquisition for any fan of trad or Dixieland jazz, and it's easy to understand -- after hearing everything here -- how and why Ball's career has extended across nearly five decades since the recordings here were made. ~ Bruce Eder
6 LPs on 6 CDs: INVITATION TO THE BALL (1960)/LONNIE DONNEGAN PRESENTS KENNY ...
| | Che Arthur All Of Your Tomorrows Were CD (2004)
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Che Arthur is the non-singing lead guitarist of Chicago post-rockers Atombombpocketknife, making his almost entirely solo (everything but the drums, that is) debut with 2004's All of Your Tomorrows Were Decided Today. Where his day gig is much more into lengthy explorations of different instrumental textures, time signatures and loud/soft dynamics, Arthur is a far more straightforward singer/songwriter on his own, essaying ten brief, catchy pop songs in just barely half-an-hour. Comparisons to Foo Fighters aren't wide of the mark -- the jangle-fuzz indie rock of the opening "Sunrise Motel" will be as surprising to Atombombpocketknife fans as Dave Grohl's initial ventures into the driver's seat were to Nirvana fans -- but for the most part, All of Your Tomorrows Were Decided Today has more in common with ...
| | Bomb Factory Another Day Another Life CD (2004)
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| | Clacton Garston No Answer CD (2006)
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| | Take That Circus CD (2009) (Import) Import
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