Brazilian Guitar Fuzz Bananas: Tropicalia Psychedelic Masterpieces 1967-1976

by Brasilian Guitar Fuzz Bananas / Various

Overview

In the late '60s, where Gilberto Gil and Os Mutantes headed, many other groups followed. Thanks to the good folks at World Psychedelic Funk Classics, we have 16 more tracks to file right beside the best of Os Mutantes. Most of them are spot-on examples of the form, complete with wall-of-guitar fuzz, piercing lead guitar, reverbed vocals, psych organs, drum kits bashed beyond belief, and numerous references to pop culture or drugs (the opener is a cover of the Batman theme). Lloyce e Os Gnomes get in the best Mutantes impression, with a song from 1969 called "Era uma Nota De," but there's much more quality material than that, including Fabio's funky "LSD (Lindo Sonho Delirante)," rough-hewn Brazilian soul with Serguei's "Ourico," and the psychedelic female pop "Cinturao de Fogo" by Marisa Rossi. Some of the tracks here from the '70s feature a bluesier, funkier backing than Mutantes -- in similar company to their earlier volume, Psych Funk 101 (1968-1975) -- often sounding as much like Rare Earth as Sly Stone. And, although virtually all of the tracks come from a four-year window between 1968 and 1972, the compilers wisely chose an odd track from 1976 that turns out to be a mostly unrecognizable cover of "God Save the Queen" by a group named 14 Bis (likely not the same 14 Bis that formed later in the '70s). ~ John Bush

Product Details

Release Date:	02/23/2010
Label:	World Psychedelic Funk Classics
UPC:	0933654010210
Rank:	79109

Tracks

1. Tema de Batman  - Celio Balona
2. Era Uma Nota De  -  Loyce e os Gnomes
3. I Want to Be Your Man  -  Youngsters
4. Ourico  -  Serguei
5. Lindo Sonho Delirante  -  Fabio
6. O Carona  -  Tony e Som Colorido
7. God Save the Queen  -  14 Bis
8. Dia de Chuva  -  Banda De 7 Legues
9. Vou Sair de Cateveiro  -  Ton & Sergio
10. As Turbinas Estao Ligadas  -  Ely
11. Ele Seculo XX  -  Com os Falcoes Reais
12. Cinturao de Fogo  - Marisa Rossi
13. Som Imaginario de Jimmi Hendrix  -  Pops
14. Que E Isso?  -  Loyce e os Gnomes
15. Heroi Moderno  - Piry Reis
16. The Lantern  - Mac Rybell

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Banda De 7 Legues   Primary Artist
Ely   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Mac Rybell   Primary Artist
The Youngsters   Primary Artist
14 Bis   Primary Artist
Fabio   Primary Artist,Vocals
Piry Reis   Primary Artist,Vocals
Ton & Sergio   Primary Artist
Tony e Som Colorido   Primary Artist
Loyce e os Gnomes   Primary Artist
Com os Falcoes Reais   Primary Artist
The Pops   Primary Artist
Celio Balona   Primary Artist
Serguei   Primary Artist
Banda De 7 Leguas   Primary Artist
Piry   Primary Artist
Marisa Rossi   Primary Artist
Elisea Da Silva Barra   Keyboards,Vocals
Serguei Augusto Bustamante   Vocals

Technical Credits

Neal Heasf   Composer
Joel Stones   Producer,Research,Liner Notes,Camera Operator
Loyce e os Gnomes   Composer
Sergio Mendes   Composer
Paul McCartney   Composer
John Lennon   Composer
Keith Richards   Composer
Mick Jagger   Composer
Sergio Magrao   Composer
Carlos Imperial   Composer
Celio Balona   Instrumentation
Tony Bizarro   Composer
Paulinho Machado   Composer
Piry Reis   Arranger
Frankye Arduini   Composer
Trevor Gendron   Design,Art Direction
Chico Xaves   Composer
Arthur Ratton Kummer   Direction,Camera Operator
Marville Froes   Composer
Juan Senon Rolon   Composer
Paulo Imperial   Composer
Diana Foxwell   Camera Operator
Luiz Serginho   Composer
Juan Brisola   Composer
Pedro Roberto Tonnera   Composer
Claudio Venturini   Composer
Hely Rodrigues   Composer
Ricardo Monteiro   Composer
Fabio   Composer
Piry   Composer
Piriquito Sem Asa   Camera Operator
Lilka Hara   Editing