Artist: Marcos Valle
Title: Previsão Do Tempo
Year: 1973
Label: Odeon Fonográfica
Format: Vinyl LP (Original)
Flwrpt Rating of this Record: 4.5/5.0
Review
This is one of the best Brazilian records that I’ve come across. Surprisingly, this one is heavy in synthesized instrumentation, which is wild considering this record was released in 1973. The synthesizer wasn’t used as much during the early 70′s, and even when it was, the outcome of the sound was not as dope as what’s displayed on this record. Previsão Do Tempo is mellow music for sure…feel-good music, very versatile as far as style is concerned, with a few standard sounding tracks here and there. But this album has innovation written all over it. It’s said to have influenced the acid jazz scene in Europe.
An interesting fact, Brazilian jazz masters, Azymuth, originally formed as a band to back Marcos Valle at live shows. Anyway, Jose Roberto Bertrami, the lead keyboardist for the group, played the synthesizers (mini-moog and arp), as well as the fender rhodes for this album.
Check out the sound!
Não Tem Nada Não Pt.1
Não Tem Nada Não Pt.2
Tiu-ba-la-quieba
Design
How can anyone argue with how great this cover is? Interesting and curious to say the least. I believe that the title of the LP suggests that Previsão (not sure what this means in Portuguese – Thanks PAN!) Gave Tempo…but gave tempo to whom or what? Maybe one of you readers can help me out with this one?
I’m into the type here, it’s nice how the two fonts are completely different, but still seem to work. One of them feels like it could be ITC Busorama (which was designed by Tom Carnase, a design partner of the master, Herb Lubalin). The real winner here is the photography…that underwater shot is great! Not sure what point it’s trying to get across, but it’s striking, and I believe it would make anyone want to pick it up, and add it to their collection. Just so happens that the music is awesome as well.
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11 Comments
This is good stuff D, I’ve been listening to a lot of bossa nova over the past year but this is “Brazillian Soul”
Thanks J…
Yea I’ve been getting into a lot of Bossa Nova lately, in fact some of Marcos Valle’s earlier work is Bossa style, he’s one of the pioneers of it. Glad you enjoyed…
Peace.
I can definitely appreciate this sound! From kindergarten through 8th grade I went to school in a predominately Brazilian community (the language is actually Portuguese, not Spanish, as many would think…). If you haven’t already, you might want to check out another Brazilian band called Os Mutantes, form the late 60′s -early 70′s. They combined rock, soul, and psychadelic with traditional bossa nova and samba, and were some of the best to do it
What’s up PAN!
Thanks for dropping that jewel..I corrected the error.
Good lookin’ out on the Os Mutantes referral as well, because I’ve never heard of them…I bet they’re pretty dope.
Peace!
Great sounds! I’m really into Brazilian stuff right now but I’ve never heard about Marcos Valles before… thx for the discovery. I think Dj Spinna sampled Nao Tem Nada Nao on one of the track from “Here to There”, can’t remember which one though… i’ll look it up.
And also I learned portuguese for a year in high school and the title means “weather forecast”
Lily!…
That’s what’s up, thank you for the translation, lol
Put me on to the Spinna track if you can dig it up, I’d like to hear that one.
Thanks!
All three tracks = FIRE!
Them Brazilian dudes ALWAYS are sick with the Keys man. Specially with the Rhodes and Clavs & in this case the Synthesizer too. CRAZY.
Been returning back to your blog for about a month now, this is the first time i’ve responded. Anyways, you have a great taste for music and obviously a great collection. Thanks for posting. This one in particualr. I’ve seen it around and seems to be hot with groove collectors. Glad to finally hear it.
Hotness! Can I get an MP3 player!?!
okay it’s the track called “glad you’re mine”
sorry i don’t have a link :/
Just bumped at your blog, looking for Ed Motta’s Entre e Ouça cover art. As a brazilian myself, I thought I should help you out with the translations: “Previsão do Tempo” means simply “Weather Forecast”. “Águia não come mosca” translates as “Eagle does not eat fly”.