Tropicalia comp on Soul Jazz

DJ_NevilleC

Listening to the new Soul Jazz Tropicalia comp right now. Very nice collection of songs (nice to hear some of these without pops), great liner notes and pics and interviews with Tom Ze and Sergio Dias but it seems to me like it's all the usual suspects (Caetano, Gil, Gal, Tom Ze, Jorge Ben and Os Mutantes). Don't get me wrong it's great to have all these great tunes on one LP but I wish they had dug a little deeper. Maybe that'll be volume two. Thoughts?

DJ_NevilleC

Here are the tracks:

1. Bat Macumba
2. Minha Menina
3. Domingo No Parque
4. Tuareg
5. Alfomega
6. Gloria
7. Sebastiana
8. Procissao
9. Irene
10. Ave Genghis Khan
11. Quero Sambal Meu Bem
12. Take It Easy My Brother Charles
13. Tropicalia
14. Quem Tem Medo De Brincar De Amor
15. Vou Recomecar
16. Panis Et Circenses
17. ;Ost In Paradise
18. Ando Meio Desligado
19. Jimmy, Renda Se
20. Bat Macumba

BigSpliff

I wish they had dug a little deeper. Maybe that'll be volume two. Thoughts?

Is this like the Gospel comp thread? Maybe they are out to make money from clothing stores, restaurants, hotel lobbies, and regular folks who don't know much about music but know what they like.

But, yeah, I'm sure ss could come up with a better/raerer one.

JoeMojo

Yeah, pretty much the usual suspects. But Tropicalia was an oddly self-limiting movement. For some reason all the artists outside that core group are counted as MPB or Brazilian psych. Consider how close Marcos Valle was in tone, attitude, and production to the Tropicalistas, and yet he's never mentioned in the same context.

Does anyone have the Gutemberg Guarabyra record? I think he's actually on the 'Panis et Circenses' LP in some capacity, but I've never checked out his solo LP.

slush

uhhh... what artists? that could be a tracklisting for pretty much any MPB comp ever made

ariel_calmer

Don't get me wrong it's great to have all these great tunes on one LP but I wish they had dug a little deeper.

I'm generally a fan, but I've had this same response to the last few compilations they did. (the studio 1 ones like roots were an exception) It's not they were bad, but I prefer LPs, and if the LPs are affordable or I already own most of the tunes, it's just not worth it.

p_gunn

Here are the tracks:


9. Irene

which version?

JoeMojo

1. Bat Macumba - Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso
2. A Minha Menina - Os Mutantes
3. Domingo No Parque - Gilberto Gil
4. Tuareg - Gal Costa
5. Alfomega - Caetano Veloso
6. Gloria - Tom Ze
7. Sebastiana - Gal Costa
8. Procissao - Gilberto Gil
9. Irene - Caetano Veloso
10. Ave Genghis Khan - Os Mutantes
11. Quero Sambal Meu Bem - Tom Ze
12. Take It Easy My Brother Charles - Jorge Ben
13. Tropicalia - Caetano Veloso
14. Quem Tem Medo De Brincar De Amor - Os Mutantes
15. Vou Recomecar - Gal Costa
16. Panis Et Circenses - Os Mutantes
17. Lost In Paradise - Caetano Veloso
18. Ando Meio Desligado - Os Mutantes
19. Jimmy, Renda Se - Tom Ze
20. Bat Macumba - Os Mutantes

slush

cool if this means that members of crap indie bands will play this at hipster parties instead of their other Soul Jazz records that they bought that day, im all for it.

MoogMan

Here's the tracklist & artists:



1. Bat Macumba-Gilberto Gil & Caetano Veloso



2. A Minha Menina-Os Mutantes



3. Domingo No Parque-Gilberto Gil



4. Tuareg-Gal Costa



5. Alfomega-Caetano Veloso



6. Gloria-Tom Ze



7. Sebastiana-Gal Costa



8. Procissao-Gilberto Gil



9. Irene-Caetano Veloso



10. Ave Genghis Khan-Os Mutantes



11. Quero Sambal Meu Bem-Tom Ze



12. Take It Easy My Brother Charles-Jorge Ben



13. Tropicalia-Caetano Veloso



14. Quem Tem Medo De Brincar De Amor-Os Mutantes



15. Vou Recomecar-Gal Costa



16. Panis Et Circenses-Os Mutantes



17. Lost In Paradise-Caetano Veloso



18. Ando Meio Desligado-Os Mutantes



19. Jimmy, Renda Se-Tom Ze



20. Bat Macumba-Os Mutantes





Ooooooooooops! JoeMojo beat me on the tracklist. Fast finger man.







Judging by the tracklist it's obvious they made this comp for those who know nothing about Tropicalia. For starters, it's a good comp though.



If there will be a vol. 2 they could include something from this record:









This shit is at the same level as any good Tropicalia/psyche record, but people sleep big time on it.









Peace

bull_ox

Yeah, pretty much the usual suspects. But Tropicalia was an oddly self-limiting movement. For some reason all the artists outside that core group are counted as MPB or Brazilian psych.

Tropicalia wasn't just a movement but a specific group of people who got together, named their movement and collaborated right?

Forgive me, I haven't read the book yet...

bull_ox

I think its really silly that they weighed it down with a bunch of Mutantes stuff... everybody who cares already owns or at least has heard that stuff...

MoogMan

Yeah, pretty much the usual suspects. But Tropicalia was an oddly self-limiting movement. For some reason all the artists outside that core group are counted as MPB or Brazilian psych.

Tropicalia wasn't just a movement but a specific group of people who got together, named their movement and collaborated right?

Forgive me, I haven't read the book yet...

DigDug


We talked a little about Tropicalia last week.






Peace

parsec

Anybody have a tracklisting?

MoogMan

Anybody have a tracklisting?

Go to the top of the page and scroll down a little.





Peace

parsec

Anybody have a tracklisting?

Go to the top of the page and scroll down a little.





Peace

Which of the 3 track listings should I check for?

MoogMan

Anybody have a tracklisting?

Go to the top of the page and scroll down a little.





Peace

Which of the 3 track listings should I check for?

Better check those with artist & song; they will give you a good idea on the comp.






Peace