MARCOS VALLE - Marcos Valle - LP - 180g Vinyl [MAY 9]

LP - 180g Black Vinyl. Remastered from the original master tapes.

Marcos Valle is one of the few artists you cannot miss if you have the slightest interest in Brazilian music. Whether your taste is focused on bossa jazz, samba, psych folk or soul, Valle has surely recorded a great album for you.

By the late 60s he had already put out enough quality records to secure a place within the top Brazilian songwriters of all time, but his career luckily did not stop there and he continued releasing amazing music over the following decades until this day.

By the dawn of the 1970s, the multi-talented Valle was entering a new era, ready to test the government censors (Brazil was under strict military rule since a coup d’état in 1964) and express a socially aware stance and a playful hodge-podge of musical styles including samba, bossa nova, baião (a rhythmic beat from the rural northeast of Brazil), black American music, and rock.

His much sought-after and stunning self-titled album from 1970 includes ‘Ele E Ela’, as sampled on Jay-Z’s ‘Thank You’, as well as some of his most popular songs like ‘Freio Aerodinamico’ and ‘Os Grilos’, swinging between sophistication and groove.

Remastered from the original tapes and pressed on 180g vinyl. This release is part of our new reissue series that comprises many other outstanding Brazilian classics by the likes of Evinha, Cassiano, Gerson King Combo, and Hyldon.

Tracklist: 

Side A 
1. Quarentão Simpático (Renatão) 
2. Ele E Ela 
3. Dez Leis 
4. Pigmalião 70 
5. Que Eu Canse E Descanse

Side B 
1. Esperando O Messias 
2. Freio Aerodinâmico 
3. Os Grilos (Crickets Sing For Ana Maria) 
4. Suíte Imaginária