Padrão 888.122
Thanks to
Zecalouro first of all, for opening my ears to the heavenly sounds of
Ribamar's piano (and accordion). When I heard
Ribamar for the first time I was fascinated. So were, by the way, my friends who heard his music at my place in Belgrade.
Needless to say that I started a frenetic search for more of him which resulted in two more career albums found on P2P as well as his collaborations with
Waleska,
Helena de Lima,
Tito Madi etc...
The remaining four career albums which I could not find anywhere I noted on my
Santa Claus list and although they seemed completely forgotten and lost, they were brought to light one by one thanks to dear friends
Edson Mendes and
Pedro.
But one album, found listed on
Mercadolivre, remained a mystery up to now:
...Depois do Motel, for which I was not sure if it was by
THE Ribamar (Ribamars are almost as frequent as Zezinhos) as no information, except for the front cover was displayed.
I searched the net for the title, but no result at all was obtained.
Just in case, I added it to my
Santa Claus list.
Opening the package received today from
Pedro & 300discos
resolved the mystery of
...Depois do Motel.
...Depois do Motel is the fourth edition of
Ribamar's
Duas Faces do Amor, released by
Equipe (EQ 804).
Equipe released the same music as
Nosso Encontro de Amor in 1969 (Equipe EQC 853).
There is also another (mono) release by
Spot recorded by the fictious
Quinteto Romantico called
Bastante Intimo.
Why four different releases, names and covers of the same music?
I do not know, but I can only guess:
Because it is one of the best instrumental albums ever recorded in Brazil...
All other career LPs by
Ribamar (except for one) and some collaborations you may find
HERE.
This gem you may enjoy now by downloading these tracks (with cover scans):
01.
A Noite do Meu Bem (Dolores Duran)
02.
Segredo (Herivelto Martins / Marino Pinto)
Nunca (Lupicínio Rodrigues)
03.
Duas Contas (Garoto)
Dó-ré-mi (Fernando César)
04.
Alguém Como Tu (José Maria de Abreu / Jair Amorim)
Não Tem Solução (Dorival Caymmi / Carlos Guinle)
05.
Cansei de Ilusões (Tito Madi)
Molambo (Jaime Florence "Meira" / Augusto Mesquita)
06.
Canção de Amor (Chocolate / Elano de Paula)
Canção da Volta (Ismael Netto / Antônio Maria)
07.
Não Tenho Você (Paulo Marques / Ari Monteiro)
Se Você Se Importasse (Peterpan)
08.
Folha Morta (Ary Barroso)
Prece (Vadico / Marino Pinto)
09.
Ninguém Me Ama (Fernando Lobo / Antônio Maria)
Se Eu Morresse Amanhã (Antônio Maria)
10.
Foi a Noite (Tom Jobim / Newton Mendonça)
Neste Mesmo Lugar (Klécius Caldas / Armando Cavalcanti)
FOURTH NIGHT AT THE MOTEL New link 22. May 2021
Créditos:
Pedro & 300discos
MEHR LICHT by
Brazilliance:
Actually, Padrão was a subsidiary of Equipe, releasing some records in
the seventies including this one in 1976. So, this reissue was published
practically "in-house".
To my knowledge, Spot was subsidiary of
Copacabana, which has no link to either Padrão or Equipe. According to
the general sources, Ribamar was not connected to Copacabana which makes
it quite strange why Spot reissued his album as Bastante Intimo by
Quinteto Romantico.
Unfortunately, Equipe’s catalogue numbers
don’t seem to be released chronologically, but the original album Duas
Faces do Amor was presumably issued in 1963 or 1964, the Spot reissue
circa 1965/66, and, as you mentioned, Equipe’s own reissue Nosso
Encontro de Amor in 1969. So, Depois do Motel is the fourth issue—but is
it the final one?
Another mystery which is yet unveiled: none of
the four covers credit the fine musicians that accompanied Ribamar on
guitar, organ, drums and the occasional vibraphone…
