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