Jacinto Silva - Na Base Do Tamanco (côco) - Mocambo (1964) - Passarela (1973)

Na Base Do Tamanco (côco) sounds like what Jacinto Silva is best known for. This song came out on a Mocambo 78rpm in 1964, which is absolutely amazing. I would not be surprised if this is one of the last 78s to ever be released in any region. It is also interesting that this is the amazing, futuristic, forward-sounding forró that Jacinto Silva would become famous for. If this is the last 78rpm ever, the format went out with a bang. By 1965, Silva was began recording his incredible solo trilogy of LPs for CBS. 

The original 78rpm records are agonizingly rare. Fortunately, this tune was reissued on a compilation on the Rozenblit Passarela label in 1973 along with other scarce sides from the early 60s by other northeasterners.

Na Base Do Tomanco O Bom É Êsse - Rozenblit Passrela - 1973

Walter Damasceno - Po De Mico from Bossa ai é mato - Odeon (1959)

I am aware of two big Odeon artists that released great 78rpm records in the 1950s and were lucky enough to get vinyl reissues in the 1960s, Saci and Walter Damasceno. Damasceno's LP, for some reason, seems to have been pressed in larger quantities and is much easier to find. Although Saci is revered by collectors, song-for-song, I would say that Damasceno has a far stronger catalog. Po De Mico, like songs by Ary Lobo and Saci, sounds like modern forró. There is not a trace of tame, middle class vocal group stylings or more reserved baião that dominated the 1940s and early 1950s. This is all-out, balls to the wall forró.

Damasceno's final 78rpm record was on CBS. This is his scarcest record because it was never reissued on vinyl. It will feature here in the coming years.

Walter Damasceno - Po De Mico from bossa ai é mato - Odeon (1959)

Trio Nortista - Ding-Ding from Se Eu Te Contar, É Chato - Musicolor (1979)

Trio Nortista created a number of excellent LPs for numerous labels beginning in the 1960s on Mocambo. This is my favorite version of the group featuring singer Jonas de Andrade. 

Trio Nortista - Se Eu Te Contar, É Chato - Musicolor (1979)