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Sergio Mendes/Magic Lady CD

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2 LPs on 1CD: SERGIO MENDES (1975)/MAGIC LADY (1979).
Personnel: Sergio Mendes (piano, synthesizer, percussion); Sergio Mendes; Bonnie Bowden Amaro, Marietta Waters, Sondra Catton, Bonnie Bowden, Bonnie Bowden, Carol Rogers (vocals); Clifford Coulter (piano); Chuck Rainey, Nathan Watts (bass guitar); Raymond Lee Pounds (drums); Laudir DeOliveira, Steve Forman , Paolo Costa, Sebastian Neto (percussion); Oscar Neves (guitar, acoustic guitar); David T. Walker, Dennis Budimir, Michael Sembello, Benard Ighner, David Amaro (guitar); Jerome Richardson (flute); Tom Scott (saxophone); Chuck Findley (trumpet); Harvey Mason, Sr. (drums); Tower Of Power Horns.
Audio Mixer: Phil (Boogie) Schier.
Recording information: Kendun Recorders (1974-1979); Records Plant (1974-1979).
Photographer: Ed Caraeff.
Arranger: Sergio Mendes.
Sergio Mendes spent the '70s straying very far from his Brazilian roots. The Sergio Mendes album from 1975 is very much in the smooth soul/quiet storm bag and Magic Lady from 1978 is a straight disco record. Neither of the records are the disasters you might have already pegged them as. Sergio Mendes is actually a small pleasure and Magic Lady, while overly smooth, isn't an embarrassment. The best part about Sergio Mendes is the sweetly harmonizing vocals of Bonnie Bowden and Sondra Catton and the laid-back groove that percolates throughout the album. The songs are all covers. Some like the Beatles' "Here Comes the Sun" or Donny Hathaway's "Someday We'll All Be Free" have interesting arrangements, while some like Stevie Wonder's "I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)" have hackneyed or meandering arrangements. Best to call it a mixed bag and cherry-pick the three or four good songs. Unlike Sergio Mendes, which actually has some emotional weight, Magic Lady is total disco fluff that sounds like it was made by the house band on the lido deck of the Love Boat. Every track has the same frothy beats and cooing vocal combo topped off with shimmering strings, synth-drum fills, and choogling percussion. By the time the disc is over, you sort of have to admire Mendes and company for so fully appropriating the disco ethic and becoming a faceless disco machine. Only the occasional piano run that peeks out from behind the sequins gives any clue that Mendes was once a semi-respected musician. Not that respect will pay the bills. By the '70s, jazz sure didn't, nor did bossa nova. Mendes did the best he could and 30 years later Collectables was there to make sure the listening public knew it. ~ Tim Sendra
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List Price $13.98 (You save $3.33)
Category Rock/Pop Albums, Easy Listening CDs, Vocal, Jazz
Label Collectables
Orig Year 1975
All Time Sales Rank   25136  
CD Universe Part number 6837329
Catalog number 7670
Discs 1
Release Date Apr 12, 2005
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer Sergio Mendes; Dave Grusin
Engineer Phil Schier; Geoff Gillette
Personnel Chuck Rainey
Chuck Findley - trumpet
Harvey Mason
David T. Walker
Nathan Watts - bass guitar
Dennis Budimir
Michael Sembello
Sergio Mendes - piano, synthesizer
Raymond Pounds - drums
Paolo Costa - percussion
Bernard Ighner
David Amaro - guitar
Bonnie Bowden - vocals

Also: Tom Scott, Jerome Richardson, Tower Of Power Horns, Oscar Neves
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Sergio Mendes/Magic Lady Album Track Listing



Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample1.Davy
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample2.I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample3.All in Love Is Fair
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample4.Let Them Work It Out
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample5.Here Comes the Sun
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample6.If I Ever Lose This Heaven  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample7.Lookin' For Another Pure Love
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample8.Someday We'll All Be Free  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample9.You Been Away Too Long
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample10.Trouble With Hello Is Goodbye, The
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample11.I'll Tell You
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample12.Lonely Woman
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample13.You Get Your Love From Me
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample14.Magic Lady
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample15.Yes I Love You
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample16.Dream Come True, A (Can't Hardly Wait)
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample17.Let It Go
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample18.Summer Dream

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Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars) 5 stars

5 stars The Real Sergio
2 Albums! on one CD. Couldn't believe I found this. Had the original LP's and of course, they got away. These are two of his best works. I love all of his arrangements on this both.
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