Os Balanceiros – Sucessos No 1 (1965)

Fantasia / Philips FLP 2002

The last remaining album, their first one, finally completes the five career albums discography of the mysterious Os Balanceiros.

Enjoy:

01. Deixa Isso Pra Lá (Alberto Paz / Edson Menezes)
02. Trop Beau (Gilbert Bécaud / Louis Amade)
03. Na Onda do Berimbau (Oswaldo Nunes)
04. Scrivi (Charlie Rich / Carlo Rossi)
05. Dandara Hei (Jorge Ben “Jorge Benjor”)
06. Io Che Amo Solo Te (Sergio Endrigo)
07. Diz Que Fui Por Aí (Zé Keti / Hortêncio Rocha)
08. From Russia With Love (Lionel Bart)
09. Opinião (Zé Keti)
10. La Bamba (Tradicional)
11. Una Lacrima Sul Viso (Lunero / Mogol)
12. La Mamma (Charles Aznavour / R. Gall)

STRAIGHT FROM MY SANTA CLAUS LIST

Créditos: Pedro & 300discos

Os Balanceiros – Sucessos No 5 (1966)

Fantasia/Philips FLP 2031

Another item from my Santa Claus list just jumped out of his bag: The latest album by the spectacular but mysterious Os Balanceiros about whose identity we are still in the dark…
The arrival of this gem narrows their still unheard albums list to only one, their first in the Sucessos series of five.

Here we go with:

01. Capri C’est Fini (Hervé Vilard / Marcel Hurten)
02. Il Silenzio (Guglielmo Brezza / Nini Rosso)
03. Shame And Scandal In The Family (Huon Donaldson / Slim Henry Brown)
04. The Sound Of Music (Richard Rodgers / Oscar Hammerstein II)
05. Quero Que Vá Tudo Pro Inferno (Roberto Carlos / Erasmo Carlos)
06. Está Morrendo o Nosso Amor (Rubens Machado)
07. Luar de Nápoles (Bert Kaempfert)
08. Help (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
09. Canto de Ossanha (Vinicius de Moraes / Baden Powell)
10. Hello, Dolly! (Jerry Herman)
11. Il Mondo (Jimmy Fontana/Gianni Meccia / Carlo Pes)
12. Festa De Arromba (Roberto Carlos / Erasmo Carlos)

HELLO DOLLY !!!!!

Créditos: Pedro & 300discos 

Os Balanceiros – Sucessos No 2 (1965)

Fantasia/Philips FLP 2005

The second volume of the Santa Claus listed albums by the mysterious Os Balanceiros which found their places on the list the moment I heard their music for the first time about a year ago.
Their albums are all called the same: Sucessos… and there are five of them, identified so far, which leaves two more to be brought to light.
The musicians of the band have not been identified yet and chances are that their names will remain a secret.

What is not a secret is that the compositions are rendered brilliantly:

01. My Boy Lollipop (Morris Levy / Johnny Roberts)
02. Reza (Eduardo Lobo / Ruy Guerra)
03. Sabor A Mi (Álvaro Carrillo)
04. Calhambeque (Road Hog) (Gwen / Loudermilk)
05. Obsesión (Pedro Flores)
06. Twist no Samba de Branco (João Roberto Kelly)
07. Trem das Onze (Adoniran Barbosa)
08. Michael (Dave Fisher)
09. Rancho da Praça Onze (João Roberto Kelly / Chico Anysio)
10. Perfidia (Alberto Dominguez)
11. Nanã (Moacir Santos / Mario Telles)
12. Meglio Stasera (It Had Better Be Tonight) (Henry Mancini / Johnny Mercer)

Want to grab this gem?

IT HAD BETTER BE TONIGHT!

Tomorrow you might be advised to do the download last night.

Créditos: Pedro & 300discos

Os Balanceiros – Sucessos No 3 (1965)

Fantasia/Philips FLP 2013

The third album from the Sucessos series of five by Os Balanceiros.
Still no information about who they might be and I strongly suspect that Fantasia/Philips has kept this secret throughout the complete series.

The music is para dançar at it’s best: Cool, relaxed and unpretentious sounds, ideal for dancing and listening pleasure.

Beautiful:

01. Menino das Laranjas (Théo)
02. Amore scusami (Pallavicini / Mescoli)
03. Bigú (Sebastião Gomes / Paquito / Romeu Gentil)
04. La Playa (Jovan Wetter)
05. Rancho do Rio (João Roberto Kelly / J. Rul)
06. Não me esquecerás (Otto Borges)
07. Rosas vermelhas para Uma Dama triste (Red roses for a blue lady) (Sid Tepper / Roy Brodsky)
08. Arrastão (Edú Lobo / Vinicius de Moraes)
09. Preste Atenção (Fais Attention) (Chauby / Bob du Pac)
10. Garota moderna (Jair Amorim / Evaldo Gouveia)
11. O Trovador (Jair Amorim / Evaldo Gouveia)
12. Por um Amor maior (Ruy Guerra / Francis Hime)

LA PLAYA – AMORE SCUSAMI

Créditos: Pedro & 300discos

Os Balanceiros – Sucessos No 4 (1965)

Fantasia/Philips FLP 2025

Os Balanceiros for the first time with their fourth album out of five, all called Sucessos Nº 1 – Nº 5. That is about all I know about them, except for impressions which can be obtained by listening to their music, but that is something you’ll have to do yourself:

01. Carcará (João do Vale / José Cândido)
02. Nunca Mais Brigarei Contigo (Elias Soares / Sebastião Rodrigues)
03. História De Um Homem Mau (Ol’man Mose) (L. Armstrong / Z. Randolph)
04. Sinfonia da Mata (Adelino Moreira)
05. Das Rosas (Dorival Caymmi)
06. Não Quero Ver Você Triste (Roberto Carlos / Erasmo Carlos)
07. Barracão (Luis Antônio / Oldemar Magalhães)
08. Falhaste Coração (Fallaste Corazón) (Cuco Sanchez / Vrs. Luis Carlos Gouveia)
09. Ma Vie (Alain Barrière)
10. O Neguinho E A Senhorita (Noel Rosa de Oliveira / Abelardo da Silva)
11. Preciso Aprender A Ser Só (Marcos Valle / Paulo Sérgio Valle)
12. Sentimental Demais (Jair Amorim / Evaldo Gouveia)

Nº 4

Créditos: Pedro & 300discos