Tracks from two LPs of Bossa Nova – a reissue of Capitol with somewhat blurred HF and Odeon that sounds clearer, but with strong overload. On Odeon only one normal track without distortion has been found – Bolinha De Papel.
Bossa Nova
Stan Getz – Joao Gilberto #2, 1964 LP mono
Live recording at Carnegie Hall. Gilberto’s voice is plastic and clear, double bass sounds deaf, the drummer – slurred, but the quality of vocals still makes the record a good example of 1960s live recordings.
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Stan Getz – Joao Gilberto, 1964 LP mono
The cult hi-fi Bossa Nova album, sound is not as beautiful as the previous one – it is colder and sharper, with distorted sibilants. In annotation he is praised as the best-sounding album, the master tape is recorded at a speed of 30 inches per second instead of the usual fifteen. The author of the annotation admires the sound of the piano, I confess, I can not understand why.
Antonio Carlos Jobim,1963 LP mono
The recording demonstrates the magnificent sound of the piano of Jobim – soulful, singing and expressive. Such a natural sound of piano is a big rarity.
Charlie Byrd – Brazilian Byrd, 1965 LP mono
Hi-Fi Brazilian sound of the 1960s, Excellent studio – the sound is clear and intonated. Corcovado is recorded almost flawlessly, on the other tracks there are noticeable errors in the tuning of the equipment — light overloads in some channels of the orchestra accompaniment and outright overloads in the channel of the guitar Byrd, in which the compressor is also unjustifiably rudely involved. Despite this, the recordings look interesting. Byrd’s chord technique and improvisations are on top.
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Walter Wanderley – Brazilian Blend, 1967 LP mono
Hi-Fi Brazilian sound of the 1960s. Wanderley is a wonderful organist who knows how to create a comfortable, positive atmosphere and has recorded many interesting albums. The disc is a late one, not the most revealing and thoroughly worn out, but “Red Roses” is great here.
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Laurindo Almeida – Viva Bossa Nova, 1962 LP mono
Hi-Fi Brazilian sound of the 1960s. In the United States, by the 1960s, the leading studios were already relatively flat and cold, while the Brazilians continued to produce warm, full-range recordings until almost the 1970s.
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