PAWAL ST-P-70016 (Stereo version)
One of the first albums ever that I have found on
Loronix was
Sandra's only career album. I also re-posted it from
Loronix into another reality some 5-6 years ago. Last night I received it in a
STEREO version from
Edson Mendes, accompanied with a text about
Sandra and some additional infromation about this album as well as two bonus tracks.
Here is
Edson's complete text:
Sandra was a night club singer that sang with pianist and composer
Newton Mendonça in boites such
La Boheme and
Carroussel, in Copacabana (RJ). She also worked at
Djalma Ferreira's
Drink.
With this album
Samba 35mm,
Sandra won the "
Sambista - singer female newcomer" award from the Brazilian Association of Record Critics in 1961. But a few days before receiving the award in December of that year,
Sandra died in a car crash. The cab she was traveling in skidded on the streetcar rails in Vila Isabel and crashed into a lamp-post.
As a highlight, this disc features two exclusive compositions by
Newton Mendonça: "
Nuvem" (the only one recording) and "
O Tempo não Desfaz" (released in the previous year by singer
Geny Martins).
01.
Caminhando (Luis Bandeira)
02.
Dói... Dói... Dói... (João Mello)
03.
Tão Bom (Hercílio Silva - Edgardo Luiz)
04.
O Tempo Não Desfaz (Newton Mendonça)
05.
Devagar Com A Louça (Luis Reis - Haroldo Barbosa)
06.
Era Bom (Hianto de Almeida - Macedo Netto)
07.
Se Você Gostou (Fernando Cesar - Carlos Imperal)
08.
A Sandália Da Nêga (a.k.a.
Deixa a Nega Gingar) (Luiz Claudio)
09.
Sem Bossa (Wenceslau Netto)
10.
Luluzinha Bossa Nova ( Ronaldo Boscoli - Roberto Menescal)
11.
O Maioral (Sylvio Vianna)
12.
Nuvem (Newton Mendonça)
Bonus tracks (from
Celso Murilo's album
Férias no Drink - Pawal 20014 -1961):
13.
Menino desce daí (Paulinho Nogueira)
14.
Chiclete com banana (Gordurinha - Almira Castilho)
Technical data (incomplete):
Produção:
Américo Raimundo Nogueira Lima
Arranjos:
Celso Murilo e
Marco Ruppi
Piano e órgão:
Celso Murilo
Baixo:
Tião Marinho
Bateria:
Fernando Careca
Saxofone:
Marco Ruppi
IN STEREO
Créditos:
Edson Mendes
TRIVIA FOR THE DISTINGUISHED CONNAISSEUR by
Brazilliance:
Tenor saxophonist
Marco Ruppi aka
Marko Rupe reutilized all arrangements
except “
Nuvem” the following year on the album
Sambalanço credited as
Orquestra Moderna de Sambas. For comparison you may listen
here
and
here.
More
of
Sandra’s fine talent can be found on
Celso Murilo’s
ISTO É O DRINK
from 1960
with her performing exquisite renditions of
Poema das Mãos and
A Tua
Volta.
