Vinyl Album - Sergio Mendes And Brasil '66 - Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes And Brasil '66 - A&M

Vinyl Album

Artist:	Sergio Mendes And Brasil '66
Title:	Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes And Brasil '66
Label:	A&M
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	LP-116
Date:	Aug 1966
Format:	Mono LP
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	6 Own
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	Sergio Mendes And Brasil '66	Mais Que Nada (Ma-sh Kay Nada)	Jorge Ben	Rate
A2	Sergio Mendes And Brasil '66	One Note Samba / Spanish Flea	Jobim, Mendonca / J. Wechter	Rate
A3	Sergio Mendes And Brasil '66	The Joker	Newley, Bricusse	Rate
A4	Sergio Mendes And Brasil '66	Going Out Of My Head	Randazzo, Weinstein	Rate
A5	Sergio Mendes And Brasil '66	Tim Dom Dom (Chim Dome Dome)	Joao Mello, Coda	Rate
B1	Sergio Mendes And Brasil '66	Day Tripper	Lennon, McCartney	Rate
B2	Sergio Mendes And Brasil '66	Agua De Beber (Agwa gee Beberr)	Jobim, De Moraes, Gimbel	Rate
B3	Sergio Mendes And Brasil '66	Slow Hot Wind	Mancini, Gimbel	Rate
B4	Sergio Mendes And Brasil '66	O Pato (O Pawtoo)	Silva, Teixeira	Rate
B5	Sergio Mendes And Brasil '66	Berimbau	Powell, Gilbert, de Moraes	Rate

Notes

The establishment of Brasil ’66 had begun in Ipanema in 1961 when Sergio Mendes had formed the sextet Bossa Rio and had recorded his first album which was called “Dance Moderno.” As Mr. Mendes had continued to frequently travel to North America, he became so impressed with the United States/Latin musical fusion of Stan Getz that Mr. Mendes became motivated by musical desires and money to make Brazilian jazz popular music a prosperity for him.

Near the end of 1964, Mr. Mendes had relocated to the United States with a lawyer named Richard Adler, who became his manager. Both Mr. Mendes and Mr. Adler had founded the group, Brasil ’65, which consisted of the Sergio Mendes trio and two songstresses named Wanda Sa and Rosinha de Valenca. Also, this group had recorded discs of 33.33 giri by means of Atlantic and Capitol records.

Even though every jazz record that Mr. Mendes had recorded for Atlantic Records had low sales, Mr. Adler had suggested that Mr. Mendes and his group sing in both the Portuguese and English languages. Furthermore, Mr. Adler had advised that the group find two American songstresses who could sing in both English and Portuguese. Afterward, Herb Alpert had arranged an audition for the Brasil ’65 group, which eventually became the Brasil ’66 group name.

After Herb Alpert had signed the Brasil ’66 group to the A and M label, this group had a prosperous hit “Mas Que Nada”, which was the a-side of their first disc of 45 rpm. At this point, the group members were Sergio Mendes (piano), Lani Hall and Bibi Vogel (vocals), Bob Matthews (bass), Jose Soares (percussion) and Joao Palma (drum).

This is the first A and M disc of 33.33 rpm of Brasil ’66 which had sold so well that this disc was certified platinum. Though this disc not a highly sought-after collectible, this disc had marked the first time that Mr. Mendes became a big prosperity of the music industry in the United States.

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mojofilter 19th Feb 2022		I just happened upon this page after a long time, and PaythePiper's question led me to look up this album on CD. It was still being released on A&M as late as 2014. Of course, now A&M has been folded into Universal, and Herb Alpert has (had?) his own label that reissued some of the A&M material. Qobuz.com offers Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 music as CD-quality FLAC files now, from A&M masters, and Concord Records reissue masters, and they are still calling it "Mais Que Nada."



PaythePiper SUBS 8th Aug 2020		May be mere coincidence that recently same discussion went on in the single entry. Although the mistake can be easily made, mas - mais, the correct way is Mas Que Nada. Workers at plants and proofreaders would not have known the difference even if they had been proficient in Portuguese. They would not have known which one was intended unless at the time they knew the song very well, unlikely cause the song had just come out. What should have been done is if the tiny difference in adding one more letter had been noticed, someone go find out, too much trouble. Now more recently is a different story, they could have corrected it like in the 80's and 90's. Today? Is this even being pressed/made in any form anymore?



mojofilter 16th Jun 2020		This group's first big single was from this album. In nearly every mention of the song in print or on the web, it is referred to as Más Que Nada, which translates to "More Than Anything." However, it is still being titled on every LP and CD issue where included as "Mais Que Nada," which translates to "More Than Nothing." You'd think that if it was just a typo, someone in any one of dozens of pressing plants or graphic designers would have corrected it in the last 50-odd years. Maybe someone extremely proficient in the language could clear this up for us.

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