#79 Caetano Veloso: s/t (1968)
I have never heard of Caetano Veloso. But it is about time – I can hear a strong effort here. Tropicalia – the opening track – is latin progressive stuff – interesting strings with a nice melody. And the same goes on – challenging structures and rhytms, beautiful melodies with a laidback feel. Why, oh why I am not on the beach with an umbrella drink in my hand? Nice variation, too. Sometimes it gets psychedelic mambo – or something. This certainly isn’t your run-of-the-mill Cobacapana-entertainment. But his voice is very smooth with a lot of tape echo. I am sure this record is a grower, so I’ll mark it to the increasingly long wishlist.
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