Margareth Menezes and Music of Brazil

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if you like things on the lounge side, i'm sure the good dr. exotica can recommend some stellar sergio mendes and walt wanderly lps.

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If you are looking for a single Sergio Mendes album, go for Greatest Hits of Brasil '66. This album has his biggest as well as his classic covers of Scarborough Fair as well as some Beatles stuff (With a Little Help From My Friends, Fool on the Hill, and Day Tripper. His covers are without doubt far superior to the originals by Lennon and that other Beatles guy... Go for the LP, don't bother with the CD if you are interested in true sonic superiority.

Walter Wanderly is also pretty easy - his debut album Rain Forest (green with a weird bird and tiki on the inset) is the one to grab. It contains Summer Samba (the summer song of 1966 according to numerous Gemini astronauts) as well as his cover of The Girl from Ipanema. Again, go for the vinyl. If you must buy a CD, Verve released what looks like a pretty good compilation of his work. It has a weird piece of cheesecake (or some other mystery food/cake) on the front.

Erik

Thanks Erik, teck and soundzero. Can't wait for the weekend to check this lot out at record shops!

Jeremy

Lou's is probably the best, as you say it gets picked over but it definitely improved a little, about a year or so ago so may be worth going back if you haven't been. I live right close by, and the new stuff comes along in waves, like the ocean near it! I think what happens is that the new stuff comes in and goes out rather quickly and is even intercepted before it hits the racks. The big problem is they don't have a "just in" section for LPs like they do for CDs.

Have you tried Spin in Carlsbad? Their CD selection is actually far better than Lou's (can you believe it) for some CD genres, they have well stocked racks LPs for $3 up. The give-away section is better than lous - 25c up. I've made some pretty good finds here but of course it's picked over. Oceanside Spin was no comparison to Carlsbad the last time I went there about 2 years ago, but things could have changed.

Best out of town used record shop for cheap/good quality used is probably Rockaway in Phoenix or LA (also in Australia but I haven't made it there yet!) both of which are considered "local" to San Diego.

There's one place I've never been to, I think it is in El Cahon and is more collector oriented (inc 78s) so I would expect, over-priced.

Rockaway used to be great for classical, but the owner seems to keep nearly everything he comes across for himself. I gave up after buying about 100 classical LPs there without seeing any restocking. Look out for their 50% off sales though which makes it worth the visit.

Good luck!

Jeremy

You want recommendations? Hey, I got your recommendations right here ...


Milton Nascimento - Milton (Minas) [1976], and its companion, Wayne Shorter's Native Dancer

Milton Nascimento - Clube da Esquina, Vol. 1 & 2

Ivan Lins - Awa Yio

Ivan Lins - Juntos


I could go on and on about these albums, but suffice to say that they are all chock full of some of the most life-affirming music I've ever heard in my life.