Customer Reviews

Brasil '86

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I'm so glad I finally got to review this amazing CD by Master Sergio Mendes.
This CD originally released in 1986 will go on to history as a very rare release; you name the format; CD, Album, Cassette, this recording did not hit the markets massively, so now is as hard to get it, almost as it was back then.
Three special features make this CD very special;
1. The great collaboration Dori Caymmi brought to the recording (compositional-wise and performance-wise)
2. Three super hits in almost all Jazz radio stations from 1986 to mid 90's by three different vocalists in this same album:
- "Daylight" / Performed by Siedah Garrett
- "Your Smile" / Performed by Gracinha Leporace
- "No Place to Hide" / Performed by Lani Hall
and...
3. A great pop hit from the 80's that you can only find in this album: "Take This Love".

And finally I'd like to point out as customery, all the great musicians in this historical recording:

- Sergio Mendes / Piano, Keyboards, Sinclavier, Compositions, Arrangements, Production
- Jeff Porcaro / Drums
- Paulinho Da Costa / Percussions
- Gracinha Leporace / Vocals
- Siedah Garrett / Vocals
- Lani Hall / Vocals
- Joe Pizzulo / Vocals
- Dori Caymmi / Vocals, Guitars
- Peter Wolf / Keyboards, Sinclavier, Compositions, Production
- Michael McDonald / Additional Vocals
- Dann Huff / Guitars
- Ernie Watts / Saxophone
- Alphonso Johnson / Bass
- Nathan East / Bass
- Phil Perry / Additional Vocals
- etc. etc.

If you can find it, purchase it at once since it's almost impossible to find; own a piece of history.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Daylight
2. Take This Love
3. What Do We Mean To Each Other
4. Your Smile
5. The River (O Rio)
6. Nonstop
7. It Hurts A Whole Lot More
8. Flower Of Bahia (Flor Da Bahia)
9. No Place To Hide
10. Here Where I Belong

I'm so glad I finally got to review this amazing CD by Master Sergio Mendes.
This CD originally released in 1986 will go on to history as a very rare release; you name the format; CD, Album, Cassette, this recording did not hit the markets massively, so now is as hard to get it, almost as it was back then.
Three special features make this CD very special;
1. The great collaboration Dori Caymmi brought to the recording (compositional-wise and performance-wise)
2. Three super hits in almost all Jazz radio stations from 1986 to mid 90's by three different vocalists in this same album:
- "Daylight" / Performed by Siedah Garrett
- "Your Smile" / Performed by Gracinha Leporace
- "No Place to Hide" / Performed by Lani Hall
and...
3. A great pop hit from the 80's that you can only find in this album: "Take This Love".

And finally I'd like to point out as customery, all the great musicians in this historical recording:

- Sergio Mendes / Piano, Keyboards, Sinclavier, Compositions, Arrangements, Production
- Jeff Porcaro / Drums
- Paulinho Da Costa / Percussions
- Gracinha Leporace / Vocals
- Siedah Garrett / Vocals
- Lani Hall / Vocals
- Joe Pizzulo / Vocals
- Dori Caymmi / Vocals, Guitars
- Peter Wolf / Keyboards, Sinclavier, Compositions, Production
- Michael McDonald / Additional Vocals
- Dann Huff / Guitars
- Ernie Watts / Saxophone
- Alphonso Johnson / Bass
- Nathan East / Bass
- Phil Perry / Additional Vocals
- etc. etc.

If you can find it, purchase it at once since it's almost impossible to find; own a piece of history.

I will not request a return issue as these are hard to come by.I love Sergio Mendes and have 98percent of the collection of his albums,I won't return this cause of the rarity,but the physical quality of the tape was so poor,it sounded like it was taped in a fishbowl.As I said I won't request a return etc.one because of its rarity and also the cd's price of a hundred,fifty plus ,even with it being rare seems very outlandish to a fan of Sergio Mendes..

I did want to add one more thing,I was contacted back from vendor and he was very fair and offered compensation,the quality of the tape was the age no doubt,but I did want to clear this up that the vendor was more than fair and cooperative.

Once again I will add a CD @ 150.plus is stupid,unless it is a complete rarity of understandable reason,looking today on list 134. is still a stupid price.This CD was not a personal recording of Lennon and Yoko Ono @ the Dakota or something. I love Sergio Mendes but there is no reason for this price.

I'm so glad I finally got to review this amazing CD by Master Sergio Mendes.
This CD originally released in 1986 will go on to history as a very rare release; you name the format; CD, Album, Cassette, this recording did not hit the markets massively, so now is as hard to get it, almost as it was back then.
Three special features make this CD very special;
1. The great collaboration Dori Caymmi brought to the recording (compositional-wise and performance-wise)
2. Three super hits in almost all Jazz radio stations from 1986 to mid 90's by three different vocalists in this same album:
- "Daylight" / Performed by Siedah Garrett
- "Your Smile" / Performed by Gracinha Leporace
- "No Place to Hide" / Performed by Lani Hall
and...
3. A great pop hit from the 80's that you can only find in this album: "Take This Love".

And finally I'd like to point out as customery, all the great musicians in this historical recording:

- Sergio Mendes / Piano, Keyboards, Sinclavier, Compositions, Arrangements, Production
- Jeff Porcaro / Drums
- Paulinho Da Costa / Percussions
- Gracinha Leporace / Vocals
- Siedah Garrett / Vocals
- Lani Hall / Vocals
- Joe Pizzulo / Vocals
- Dori Caymmi / Vocals, Guitars
- Peter Wolf / Keyboards, Sinclavier, Compositions, Production
- Michael McDonald / Additional Vocals
- Dann Huff / Guitars
- Ernie Watts / Saxophone
- Alphonso Johnson / Bass
- Nathan East / Bass
- Phil Perry / Additional Vocals
- etc. etc.

If you can find it, purchase it at once since it's almost impossible to find; own a piece of history.

This whole effort was doomed from the beginning. The 80's were generally not kind to Sergio Mendes, his genre and his offerings. The MOR sound he was dumping out was quick to grab and quicker to disappear. Those of who know this genius' stuff, however, have found a diamond in the pile of banality here. The Dori Caymmi tune "The River (O Rio)" which is at the very least one of the best songs he wrote amoung the thousands.The Mendes treatment of this musical gem, with Caymmi himself doing voice and guitar, is worth the price of a ticket if it were not laced with so much lard.
Don't buy this unless you are a collector and need it to complete the discography..because unless I am wrong, there's a copy bootlegged, at a yard sale or another source's catalog for a lot better price.