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.
Gilberto Joao
Joo Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira (June 10, 1931-July 6, 2019) is a Brazilian guitarist, singer and composer who co-founded the new boss genre.
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.