Djalma Pires - Forró Em Caruaru from Sucesso Tranquilo - RGE (1971)

Djalma Pires - Forró Em Caruaru from Sucesso Tranquilo - RGE (1971)

This LP was a nice surprise. Most of the music from this blog comes directly from Brazil and occasionally Discogs / eBay. I have never walked into a record store, even in New York City, and found anything forró until I lucked upon this. Djalma Pires is mainly a samba and MPB star, but tucked away on Sucesso Tranquilo is a fantastic and unusual version of Forró Em Caruaru. 

Djalma Pires - Forró Em Caruaru from Sucesso Tranquilo - RGE (1971)

Genival Lacerda - Cõco De Roda from Eu Vou prá Lua compacto duplo - Mocambo (1962)

Genival Lacerda - Cõco De Roda from Eu Vou prá Lua compacto duplo - Mocambo (1962)

Genival Lacerda had been recording 78 rpm records since 1956 but did not appear on vinyl until this promotional compacto from Mocambo. Like the similar compacto duplos on Mocambo from Luiz Wanderley, Eu Vou Prá La and Tomaram O Meu Amor (an LP previously featured on this blog) are his only vinyl compilations of his 78 period. They cover MOST of Lacerda's work on shellac, but, maddeningly, not all.

Genival Lacerda - Eu Vou prá Lua compacto duplo - Mocambo (1962)

Benedito Nunes - Trabalha Paulista from compacto duplo - Continental (1972)

Benedito Nunes - Trabalha Paulista from compacto duplo - Continental (1972)

It's probably fair to call Benedito Nunes' version of Trabalha Paulista an early 1970s forró / baião classic. An earlier version (perhaps the first) was recorded by Luiz Wanderley. It was likely a 78rpm, although I can not find an exact date of that release. It appeared on Wanderley's 1961 LP O Forró Do. Benedito Nunes' version was released as a compacto simples and duplo. 

Benedito Nunes - Trabalha Paulista from compacto duplo - Continental (1972)