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4.0 out of 5 stars Carmen Miranda's best recordings of her brazilian period.
Before coming to America in 1939, Carmen Miranda was the biggest female radio star in Brazil, with already a career of 10 years.This CD presents 25 of her greatest hits in those times, and we can see that her malicious way of singing was not a Hollywood creation, but something of her own.Most of the songs are delicious...
Published on December 9, 1999 by Joćo Carlos Rodrigues

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I love the songs of Carmen Miranda, not the Hollywood version, but the Brazilian earlier versions that made her famous.
This is a good compilation, but I can't listen to this CD very long. In this age of digital sound is there any way to remaster a better quality?
Published on December 19, 2005 by James N. Holland


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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Carmen Miranda's best recordings of her brazilian period., December 9, 1999
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Joćo Carlos Rodrigues (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Brazilian Recordings (Audio CD)
Before coming to America in 1939, Carmen Miranda was the biggest female radio star in Brazil, with already a career of 10 years.This CD presents 25 of her greatest hits in those times, and we can see that her malicious way of singing was not a Hollywood creation, but something of her own.Most of the songs are delicious and Carmen is always superb.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Always Buy The Original, September 29, 2000
This review is from: Brazilian Recordings (Audio CD)
Very brazilian! No pseudo-brazilian music but one of the really brazilian music styles.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing collection, February 24, 2010
This review is from: Brazilian Recordings (Audio CD)
Carmen Miranda
"The Brazilian Recordings"
(Harlequin Records)
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This is an amazing collection of Carmen Miranda's best classic recordings, made in the 1930s, before she moved to the United States. This is possibly the finest "samba cancao" (song-samba) music ever made, one great, perky, super-fun song after another. She is backed by many of the top musicians of the era -- Benedito Lacerda, et. al -- and the arrangements are a blast.

It looks as though the Harlequin/Interstate label has gone out of business, which is a shame since they had the best taste and widest range of any reissue label I've ever seen. Snap this disc up if you get a chance. (DJ Joe Sixpack, Slipcue Guide To Brazilian Music)
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3.0 out of 5 stars I guess so..., December 19, 2005
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James N. Holland (Heredia, Costa Rica) - See all my reviews
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I love the songs of Carmen Miranda, not the Hollywood version, but the Brazilian earlier versions that made her famous.
This is a good compilation, but I can't listen to this CD very long. In this age of digital sound is there any way to remaster a better quality?
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