Simone et Roberto Ribeiro avec Joao De Aquino
A Bruxelles Brasil Export/73
Odeon (Brazil) 1973
SMOFB 3803 (LP) Original pressing. Coated sleeve.
sleeve : EX-(SRW, light dirts.)
media : VG+/EX-(some slightly noise. A2 has some light noise.)
An album released in 1973 featuring Simone, one of the leading female voices of Brazil’s second generation of MPB who has been active since the 1970s, alongside singer-songwriter Roberto Ribeiro, a key member of the prestigious samba group Império Serrano who began to fully realize his talents as a composer from the 1960s onward. The album also features João de Aquino, Baden Powell’s cousin and a highly respected guitarist in his own right.
Side A is devoted to Simone’s vocals, while Side B centers on Ribeiro’s singing and Aquino’s guitar. The record offers a remarkably rich program, including songs deeply infused with primitive elements of Brazilian folk and ethnic music—textures rarely heard in Simone’s later work—alongside covers of historic classics by Baden Powell and Vinicius de Moraes, and beautifully crafted pieces highlighted by the supple tone and melodic elegance of nylon-string guitar. An outstanding album throughout. Original Brazilian pressing.
A2: Simone “Voltei Pro Morro
A3: Lamento Negro
B1: RobertoRibeiro & Joao De Aquino “Berimbau”
B2: Roberto Ribeiro “Manha De Carnaval”