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Saturday, July 11, 2020

Anastácia - Forró No Salão from Uai Uai & Anastácia No Tarrado - Continental (1965) & Disco Lar (1970)

Anastácia's early catalog features two records with nearly identical covers and nearly identical track listings, but there are variations between the 1965 Continental release, Anastácia No Tarrado, and the 1970 album, Uai... Uai. I can understand using the same cover, but varying the tracks is a bit maddening. This is fairly unusual for forró albums. The French label Sonodisc had a habit of releasing albums with similar covers and entirely different track listings. 

Forrófiá, Conselho da Umbigada, and Tá Nascendo Fio are only available in the original 1965 LP fully titled Anastácia No Torrado - Anastácia Com Conjunto É Côro

O Canoeiro, Assucena, and São João Está Chegando are exclusively available on the 1970 Disco Lar LP, Uai... Uai.

Forró No Salão is a brisk track featuring Anastácia's distinctive vocal. Mercifully, it appears on both version of this LP. 

Anastácia - Anastácia No Tarrado - Continental (1965)

Anastácia - Uai Uai - Disco Lar (1970)


Thursday, July 2, 2020

Luiz Gonzaga - Macapá (baião) from RCA Victor 78rpm (1950)

Macapá (baião) from 1950 by Luiz Gonzaga sounds electric and alive. It is punchy and direct, which must have sounded so refreshing at the time. This is another example of Luiz Gonzaga sounding like the future. Macapá is pure joy. 


Luiz Gonzaga - Macapá (baião) from RCA Victor 78rpm (1950)
Luiz Gonzaga - Macapá (baião) from RCA Victor 78rpm (1950)