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Sergio Mendes - Sergio Mendes (1975) & Magic Lady (1979) [Reissue 2005] (Re-up)

Sergio Mendes - Sergio Mendes (1975) & Magic Lady (1979) [Reissue 2005]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 480 MB | Covers (9 MB) included
Genre: Soul, Pop, Disco | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Collectables (COL-CD-7670)

Sergio Mendes spent the '70s straying very far from his Brazilian roots. The Sergio Mendes album from 1975 is very much in the smooth soul/quiet storm bag and Magic Lady from 1979 is a straight disco record. Neither of the records are the disasters you might have already pegged them as. Sergio Mendes is actually a small pleasure and Magic Lady, while overly smooth, isn't an embarrassment. The best part about Sergio Mendes is the sweetly harmonizing vocals of Bonnie Bowden and Sondra Catton and the laid-back groove that percolates throughout the album. The songs are all covers. Some like the Beatles' "Here Comes the Sun" or Donny Hathaway's "Someday We'll All Be Free" have interesting arrangements, while some like Stevie Wonder's "I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)" have hackneyed or meandering arrangements…

Sergio Mendes - Sergio Mendes (1983) {A&M Records}  Music

Posted by tiburon at Feb. 19, 2024
Sergio Mendes - Sergio Mendes (1983) {A&M Records}

Sergio Mendes - Sergio Mendes (1983) {A&M Records}
EAC 1.3 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 600dpi | 250MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 80MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Jazz, Funk, Soul, Latin Jazz

Sérgio Mendes is the 1983 studio album by Sérgio Mendes on A&M Records, his first Top 40 album in nearly a decade and a half, and was accompanied by his biggest chart single ever, "Never Gonna Let You Go", a song written by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil that reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.
Sergio Mendes - Sergio Mendes' Favorite Things (1968) {Atlantic}

Sergio Mendes - Sergio Mendes' Favorite Things (1968) {Atlantic}
EAC 0.99pb3 | FLAC Image level 6 | Cue+Log | Scans 300dpi | 175MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 70MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Bossa Nova, Latin Jazz

As Sergio Mendes reached the peak of his first A&M period with Brasil '66, his old company, Atlantic, continued to release new instrumental Mendes albums, of which this was the last. As on the Brasil '66 recordings of the time, Mendes exposes fresh material from the '60s bumper crop of great Brazilian songwriters: Edú Lobo, Dori Caymmi, Baden Powell, Chico Buarque, and Caetano Veloso. Dave Grusin returns with his swirling, ambitious orchestral arrangements; John Pisano is back on rhythm guitar (along with a lounge-like bossa nova take of his "So What's New"); and Mendes continues to toy with the Fender Rhodes electric piano and electric harpsichord on a number of cuts. Yet this album has an entirely different sound than Mendes' A&Ms, with a typically trebly Nesuhi Ertegun production and more varied rhythm tracks (only on the title track does the rhythm section sound like that of Brasil '66).
Sergio Mendes - In Person at El Matador! (1965) / Pelé (1977) / Sergio Mendes' Favorite Things (1968) [2001]

Sergio Mendes - In Person at El Matador! (1965) / Pele (1977) / Sergio Mendes' Favorite Things (1968) [2001]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 563 MB | Covers - 5 MB
Genre: Latin Jazz, Bossa Nova, Soundtrack | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Collectables Records (COL-CD-6837)

Three original Atlantic LPs by the biggest Bossa Nova star of the '60s - 34 tracks of Latin jazz-pop crammed into one 2-CD set! Pele is Mendes' accompanying music to the documentary about the soccer star; the other two LPs bring you live performances of Black Orpheus Medley; Samba De Jose; Noa Noa , and more and studio versions of I Say a Little Prayer; May Favorite Things; Comin' Home Baby, and more!
Sergio Mendes - The Great Arrival (1966) & The Beat Of Brazil (1967) [Reissue 2000]

Sergio Mendes - The Great Arrival (1966) & The Beat Of Brazil (1967) [Reissue 2000]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 370 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 147 MB | Covers - 14 MB
Genre: Latin Jazz, Bossa Nova | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Warner Music (8122754402)

This two-fer from WEA International features a pair of out of print Sergio Mendes LPs: Great Arrival and Beat of Brazil. Originally issued on Atlantic Records in 1966 and 1967, respectively, these 22 easy listening, Latin pop songs include "Monday, Monday," "Desafinado," "Garôta de Ipanema (The Girl from Ipanema)," and "Here's That Rainy Day." This is a nice sampler of familiar items that should satisfy the needs of casual fans.

Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Equinox (1967) [Reissue 2002]  Music

Posted by gribovar at Nov. 14, 2021
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Equinox (1967) [Reissue 2002]

Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Equinox (1967) [Reissue 2002]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 156 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 60 MB | Covers - 7 MB
Genre: Latin Jazz, Bossa Nova | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Verve (394 122-2)

Equinox continues the scrumptiously winning sound that Sergio Mendes cooked up in the mid-'60s, this time a bit more fleshed out with John Pisano's guitar, a slightly thicker texture, and even an imitation sitar (this was, after all, 1967). Again, the mix of American pop tunes old and new and Brazilian standards and sleepers is impeccable (although it didn't yield any substantial hits), and the treatments are smooth, swinging, and very much to the point. While Mendes reaps a predictable harvest from Antonio Carlos Jobim - he was one of the first to discover and record "Triste" and "Wave" - he also likes to explore the work of other outstanding Brazilian writers like Jorge Ben, Joao Gilberto, and especially Edu Lobo (whose "For Me," with its bright flashes of combo organ, is one of the album's highlights)…
Sergio Mendes & Bossa Rio - Você Ainda Não Ouviu Nada! (1964) [Reissue 2002]

Sergio Mendes & Bossa Rio - Voce Ainda Nao Ouviu Nada! (1964) [Reissue 2002]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 187 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 70 MB | Covers - 38 MB
Genre: Latin Jazz, Bossa Nova | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Dubas Musica/Universal Music (325912004092)

Sérgio Mendes & Bossa Rio's Você Ainda Não Ouviu Nada! (1964) is a true milestone in the evolution of Brazilian instrumental music post-bossa nova. Infinitely sophisticated, but still full of swing, Bossa Rio (Tiao Neto, bass; Edison Machado, batteries, Edson Maciel, Raul de Souza and Hector Costita, metals) deal here with the reinvention of bossa classics and original songs.
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 (1966) [Japanese Edition 2006]

Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 (1966) [Japanese Edition 2006]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 170 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 60 MB | Covers - 31 MB
Genre: Latin Jazz, Bossa Nova | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Universal Music (UICY-93145)

After bouncing around Philips, Atlantic, and Capitol playing Brazilian jazz or searching for an ideal blend of Brazilian and American pop, Sergio Mendes struck gold on his first try at A&M (then not much more than the home of Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass and the Baja Marimba Band). He came up with a marvelously sleek, sexy formula: dual American female voices singing in English and Portuguese over a nifty three-man bossa nova rhythm/vocal section and Mendes' distinctly jazz-oriented piano, performing tight, infectious arrangements of carefully chosen tunes from Brazil, the U.S., and the U.K. The hit was Jorge Ben's "Mas Que Nada," given a catchy, tight bossa nova arrangement with the voice of Lani Hall soaring above the swinging rhythm section…

Sergio Mendes Trio - Bossa Nova York (1964) Remastered 2004  Music

Posted by Designol at Feb. 1, 2023
Sergio Mendes Trio - Bossa Nova York (1964) Remastered 2004

Sérgio Mendes Trio - Bossa Nova York (1964) Remastered 2004
Special Guests: Antonio Carlos Jobim, Art Farmer, Phil Woods, Hubert Laws

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 161 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 94 Mb | Scans included
Label: Elenco/Universal | # MEV-2, 0731452695321 | Time: 00:38:47
Latin Jazz, Bossa Nova, Samba Jazz

Digitally re-mastered reissue of Sergio's debut album with his trio. Initially, Sergio moved from Brazil to New York to work as pianist with Antonio Carlos Jobim and Art Farmer (amongst others). He recorded this album plus a second album entitled Girl from Ipanema before forming the band that would eventually become Brasil '66. Bossa Nova York is closer to authentic Brazilian music than his later, more commercial recordings and these early sides are adored by Jazz purists. Originally recorded in New York and released in 1964.

Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 - Look Around (1968) [Reissue 1993]  Music

Posted by gribovar at March 18, 2020
Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 - Look Around (1968) [Reissue 1993]

Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 - Look Around (1968) [Reissue 1993]
EAC Rip | APE (image+.cue+log) - 186 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 80 MB | Covers (8 MB) included
Genre: Latin Jazz, Bossa Nova | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Polydor (POCM-1881)

Sergio Mendes took a deep breath, expanded his sound to include strings lavishly arranged by the young Dave Grusin and Dick Hazard, went further into Brazil, and out came a gorgeous record of Brasil '66 at the peak of its form. Here Mendes released himself from any reliance upon Antonio Carlos Jobim and rounded up a wealth of truly great material from Brazilian fellow travelers: Gilberto Gil's jet-propelled "Roda" and Joao Donato's clever "The Frog," Dori Caymmi's stunningly beautiful "Like a Lover," Harold Lobo's carnival-esque "Tristeza," and Mendes himself (the haunting "So Many Stars" and the title track). Mendes was also hip enough to include "With a Little Help From My Friends" from the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper LP…