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Tudo Ben (Jorge Ben Covered)

    Jorge Ben is surely one of the world's greatest all-round musical artists He is internationally renowned and vastly influential as a vocalist, musician, performer and phenomenal songwriter. Famed for penning 'Taj Mahal', which was the source for Rod Stewart's 'Do You Think I'm Sexy?', and also 'Mas Que Nada', one of Brazil's most iconic anthems, Jorge Ben is a powerful musical force. A simple glance at his impressive back catalogue reveals a master of his craft, with a depth and quality that is seldom paralleled. For 'Tudo Ben' we take a side-step, focusing on Jorge Ben's songs that have been performed by other artists. Complied by Mr Bongo, Greg Caz and Sean Marquand, this collection features the Brazilian legends Elza Soares, Claudette Soares, and Wilson Simonal, alongside prodigious artists such as Marijô, Os Brazoes, and Doris Monteiro to name but a few. The selection covers a wide range of genres including samba, bossa nova, MPB and batacuda workouts. Many of the songs featured have become staples in Mr Bongo DJ sets over the years and are some of our most loved classics. As with many of history's great songwriters, Jorge Ben's songs transcend genres and styles, they can be covered and reinterpreted, yet the quality of the writing holds up to the standard of the original. In the dark days of the mid to late 2000s when the end of vinyl seemed inevitable, Mr Bongo released 'Tudo Ben' on CD only. Years later, they finally get to put this right and present it for the first time on vinyl with alternative artwork by Mr Krum.

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    Tracks: Salinas - Tenha Fé, Pois Amanhã Um Lindo Dia Vai Nascer
    Elza Soares - Pulo, Pulo
    Sonia Santos - Speed
    Osmar Milito - Rita Jeep
    Wilson Simonal - Zazueira
    Osmar Milito - Quem Mandou
    Doris Monteiro - Se Você
    Quiser Mas Sem Bronquear
    Wilson Simonal - Que Pena
    Osmar Milito - Morre O Burro, Fica O Homem
    Os Originais Do Samba - Lá Vem Salgueiro
    Os Brazões - Carolina, Carol Bela
    Wilson Simonal - Crioula
    Claudette Soares - Eles Querem É Amar
    Os Incríveis - Vendedor De Bananas
    Wilson Simonal - Brasil, Eu Fico
    Cyro Aguiar - Rei Do Maracatu
    Wilson Simonal - Resposta
    Elza Soares - Mas Que Nada
    Wilson Simonal - País Tropical
    Os Originais Do Samba - Cadê Tereza
    Marijô - Fio Maravilha
    Os Originais Do Samba - Tenha Fé, Pois Amanhã Um Lindo Dia Vai Nascer
    Os Brazões - Que Maravilha
    Os Mutreteiros Grilados - Cosa Nostra
    Os Originais Do Samba - Falador Passa Mal

    Jorge Ben

    Ma Ma Ma Ma Ma

      Number 81 in the Brazil.45 series sees further digging into the magical world of Jorge Ben’s lesser-explored 1980’s productions. ‘Ma Ma Ma Ma Ma (A Lingua Dos Anjos)’ is taken from his ‘Al Al , Como Vai?’ album from 1980, which is arranged, produced, and features keys by the don, Lincoln Olivetti. The song contains trippy lyrics singing about flying saucers and angels.

      ‘Dona Culpa’ finds Jorge featuring on a cool mid-tempo groove track taken from Cauby Peixoto’s ‘Cauby! Cauby!’ album (also from 1980). Singer Cauby Peixoto had a long and stellar career, recording and releasing music from the mid-1950’s all the way up until his passing in 2016.

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      Ma Ma Ma Ma Ma
      Dona Culpa (featuring Cauby Peixoto)

      Jorge Ben / Baby Consuelo

      Waimea 55.000 / Curto De Veu E Grinalda

        Jorge Ben can do it all - vocalist, songwriter, musician, producer and to many their ‘all-round’ favourite Brazilian artist. Jorge has had an amazing career, involved in music from the early 60s through to the current day, writing countless classic songs for him and other artists. This awesome samba-disco-funk joint ‘Waimea 55.000’’ is a lesser-known production, taken off a 7” B-side released on Som Livre in 1978. This is a gem which needed to be dusted off and given the wider audience it deserves.

        Baby Consuelo with her distinctive voice is one of Mr Bongo’s favourite Brazilian singers. The only female founding member of the mythical group Os Novos Baianos, Baby is a real innovator and pioneer, changing her persona and musical styles over the years, but still staying unique. Here we have Baby at the start in raw psychedelic hippy mode, giving a powerful vocal delivery where she manages to sound simultaneously badass and lovable. This early song was released in 1970 on RGE records on a compacto 7” credited to Baby Consuelo and additionally featured on Os Novos Bahianos’s debut album ‘ Ferro Na Boneca!’ in the same year (re-issued on Mr Bongo in 2019).

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        Jorge Ben - Waimea 55.000
        Baby Consuelo - Curto De Veu E Grinalda

        One of Brazil’s greatest songwriters, Jorge Ben rarely dwelled on any particular musical style, even the ones he helped create. By the mid 1970s, Ben had already innovated several groundbreaking new twists on the classic samba sound, in the process creating many tunes that became epoch-defining hits for South America’s biggest country — not to mention the world at large. For 1977’s Tropical, he made the controversial decision to rework an album’s worth of his most beloved songs in the new, disco and funk influenced Afro-Samba style he was exploring at the time. As a result, classics like “Chove Chuva,” “Taj Mahal” and “Mas Que Nada” get polished updates, alongside deeper rarities like “Georgia” and “Jesus de Praga,” making Tropical a sensual, sultry counterpoint to other Jorge Ben collections. 

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        1. Taj Mahal
        2. Os Alquimistas Estao Chegando Os Alquimistas
        3. Chove Chuva
        4. Georgia
        5. O Namorado Da Viuva
        6. My Lady
        7. Jesus De Praga
        8. Mas Que Nada
        9. País Tropical


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