(MPB, Samba, Samba-Jazz) Jorge Ben - O Bidu - Silencio no Brooklin (1967) - 1992, FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

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EAC extraction logfile from 30. August 2012, 12:20
Jorge Ben / O Bidú - Silêncio No Brooklin
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Wow! What a gorgeous record! Layered, lavish production, mixing '60s psych, blues and Herb Alpert-style pop with killer African percussion and slinky samba rhythms. One of his best, most creative and catchy albums, and worth looking hard for. Apparently, the backing band on this album is the rock-pop outfit, Os Fevers... at least that's the rumor, although this disc sounds much wilder and imaginative than anything I've heard them do elsewhere. In his autobiography, Tropical Truth, Caetano Veloso talks at great length about this album, how it anticipated many of the genre-crossing feats that the tropicalia crowd wanted to try, and how greatly he and Gilberto Gil admired Ben's amazing musical vision. (Unfortunately, the mastering on both the 1992 Movietone (sic) CD and the 2010 MP3 reissue is a bit iffy -- thin in one case, murky in the other. Still, this is worth picking up... Even with the crappy sound quality, this album is an absolute must-hear.) (slipcue.com)
Jorge Ben's early works (1963-1976) were recently released in the "Salve Jorge! Box Set", which is relatively easy to find (in proper lossless releases).
Unfortunately, "O Bidú - Silêncio no Brooklin" (recorded in 1967 with The Fevers' band) is a completely different history. It's not easy - if not impossible - to find in lossless format, and it's the only album from those years that was not included in the Salve Jorge! Box Set. It's a shame, because the music in this "crappy sound quality" CD obviously deserves a much better treatment.