Dorival Caymmi - Balaio Grande (samba) from Columbia 78rpm (1941) & LP (1975)

OK, my blog is called forró LP blah blah blah and this is a samba. True... but, Dorival Caymmi's early work shares a lot in common with many forró artists, including Jackson Do Pandeiro, who incorporated instruments like the violão de sete cordas into his work. The 7 string guitar / bass was used more often in samba. I love Dorival Caymmi's earliest work and his upbeat 78rpm singles. His later work is a bit maddening, because he tended to favor slow cançãoes with his heavy baritone singing. 

Dorival Caymmi - Columbia 78rpm (1941) & LP (1975)

Jackson Do Pandeiro - Boa Noite from Nortista Quatrocentão compacto - Columbia (1958)

Jackson Do Pandeiro's first compacto was a vinyl release of two 78rpm discs: Pacífico Pacato bw Tum-Tum-Tum and Nortista Quatrocentão bw Boa Noite. The song featured here is Boa Noite, which was later covered by Djalma Dias as Dono De Casa, Boa Noite and featured on this blog in 2013. This compacto is exceptionally scarce, and spun at 45rpm vs 33 1/3, which became the compacto standard in Brazil.