Astor e Sua Orquestra – Os Boleros Eternos (1975)

Tropicana/CBS 01375

A 1975 Tropicana “Best of Bolero” type of release containing Astor Silva‘s orchestral rendition of songs classified as Boleros, collected and published around 8 years after his latest career album.

I am sure you will enjoy:

01. Sabrás Que Te Quiero (Teddy Fregoso)
02. Esperame En El Cielo (Francisco Lopez Vidal “Paquito”)
03. Palavras de Amor (Paulo Borges)
04. Sin Ti (Pepe Guizar)
05. Nunca Jamás (Lalo Guerrero)
06. Contigo (Cláudio Estrada)
07. Nono Mandamento (René Bittencourt / Raul Sampaio)
08. La Barca (Roberto Cantoral)
09. Un Minuto de Amor (Álvaro Carrillo)
10. Volverás (Agustín Lara)
11. Obsesión (Pedro Flores)
12. Arrancame La Vida (Agustín Lara)
13. Nuestro Amor (J. Davis / R. Ramirez)
14. Caminhemos (Herivelto Martins)

THE BOLERO COLLECTION

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Astor e Sua Orquestra – Isto e Orquestra (1963)

CBS 37278

The orchestral renditions of:

01. Vola Colomba (Carlo Concina / Bruno Cherubini)
02. My Shawl (Berrios / Cugat)
03. Desafinado (Tom Jobim / Newton Mendonça)
04. Ginga das Palmas (Ivan Paulo da Silva “Carioca”)
05. Jersey Bounce (Plater / Bradsh / W. Johnson / Wright)
06. Bouncin’ With Basie (Bert Paige / Pol Stone)
07. Apito no Samba (Luiz Bandeira / Luis Antônio)
08. Marina (Dorival Caymmi)
09. Harlem Nocturne (Earle Hagen / Dick Rogers)
10. Bolero (Balakirev)
11. El Dia Que Me Quieras (Carlos Gardel / Alfredo Le Pera)
12. Et Maintenant (Gilbert Bécaud / Pierre Delanoé)

THAT’S THE ORCHESTRA

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Astor e Sua Orquestra – Fox Blues Cha-Cha-Cha (1964)

CBS 37374

Astor Silva with orchestra, released in 1964.

The international repertoire:

01. Drum-drone (B. Paige)
02. Swinging The Kings (J. Say)
03. Top-cha-cha (D. Baker)
04. Chase It Brother (B. Paige / P. Stone)
05. Peggy (D. Baker)
06. Poor Richard Blues (P. Laine / F. Bay / P. Stone)
07. Blue Interlude (Bert Paige / Pol Stone)
08. Hello Mr. Conniff (J. Brik / P. Stone)
09. Jamaica-skies (P. Stone / G. Pelter / H. King)
10. Midnight Riff (B. Paige / P. Stone)
11. Top-special (P. Laine / P. Stone)
12. Trumpeter’s Holiday (B. Paige)

THE BLUESY FOX CHA-CHA-CHA

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Haroldo de Almeida – Nosso Romance (1961)

Columbia LPCB 37172

Presenting Haroldo de Almeida for the first time on Parallel Realities, with his, as far as I could find out, only career album, released 1961. He has also recorded several 78 rpms during the period from 1956 to 1961.
Why only one LP is a mystery to me, as Haroldo‘s voice is pleasant and his way of singing superb. The acompanhamento by Astor e Sua Orquestra is perfect.
By the way, this album was already presented on the net on Raridades Musicais Brasileiras, a fine blog which started very promising, but abruptly stopped posting without any explanation why.
Now we have it in front of us again but this time as a transfer by Pedro from a quite clean LP.

If you have never before heard Haroldo singing, don’t hesitate to add Nosso Romance to your collection. I am sure you will enjoy and play these songs over and over:

01. Triste Não (Jorge Smera / Othon Russo)
02. Dia de Nós Dois (Newton Ramalho / Almeida Rego)
03. Receita Pra Sofrer (Hianto de Almeida / Otávio Teixeira)
04. Brinquedo de Você (Hianto de Almeida / Macedo Neto)
05. Chuva Fria (Haroldo de Almeida)
06. Vestido de Adeus (Luis Antônio)
07. Vai de Mim (Hianto de Almeida / Edson Borges)
08. Pedaço de Mau Caminho (Haroldo de Almeida / Hélio Marinho)
09. Neste Mundo de Deus (Hianto de Almeida / Macedo Neto)
10. Hoje Quem Chora Sou Eu (Haroldo de Almeida)
11. Vai Com Deus (Luiz Bandeira / Silvio César)
12. Resto de Vida (Haroldo de Almeida)

COLD RAIN

Créditos: Pedro & 300discos