December 2021 Vinyl Spin Challenge Thread: ‘Tis The Season Of Giving

Day 8 - South America

Still holding out hope that Pies Descalzos will get repressed because I have great memories of blasting that album when it came out and having sing-alongs to it in the back of overloaded rusty old pickup trucks. I can still smell the burning brakes and grilling roadside meats of Guayaquil when I listen to that album. Shakira was a big deal because she brought a new kind of music to the mainstream in South America that wasn't imported. Even with the success of Luis Miguel and Mana, they were still coming from outside the continent, and although there were popular and successful musicians in South America, most were fairly traditional and conservative in their sounds. Shakira broke through with her sound and really connected to a lot of the youth who had a foot in both their home countries' traditions and the increasingly globalized and Americanized world they were getting through television and a growing awareness, if minimal access at the time, of the internet.

My only complaint of this release is that VMP still uses jpeg quality images blown up and blurry for the covers.

Shakira - Donde Estan Los Ladrones?
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I'm bummed I didn't snag this and a couple of the Urban Outfitters reissues. Hopefully there will be a wider press for a lot of her albums in the future.
 
Love Gal! There have been a couple of Brazilian collections in great condition on eBay lately with individual record auctions, and the winning bids have been crazy. Been trying to find cheap reissues, but it's hard to find info on how good pressings are.
This is the one I have...I have no issues with it at all.
 
This is the one I have...I have no issues with it at all.

Yup! I have this one also. It’s quality.

I played the "What Will Amazon Actually Ship" game and went with this one...it say's its from Mr Bongo, but we'll see. At least I don't see any other pressing on DIscogs that it could be.

Amazon product ASIN B071YRQN6B
 
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Day 08: South America
Play something from South America


Jorge Ben - África Brasil
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Usually, I like to cede this album to others since it’s an album that likely many own (thanks to VMP) even if they don’t have many South American or Brazilian albums in their collections. This time I decided to just go for it and am glad I did, it’s such a banger!
 
Day 08: South America
Play something from South America


Jorge Ben - África Brasil
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Usually, I like to cede this album to others since it’s an album that likely many own (thanks to VMP) even if they don’t have many South American or Brazilian albums in their collections. This time I decided to just go for it and am glad I did, it’s such a banger!

Dammit, playing this right now too!
 
Day 08: South America
Play something from South America

Definitely thin on this day. and scooped on the ones I do have.

Going with this soundtrack. James Gunn always picks great tracks for his films, and Suicide Squad was no exception. This album features the Brazilian singer Céu on the track Samba Na Sola.

Various Artists ~ The Suicide Squad Soundtrack

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Day 8 - South America
Play something from South America

Marco Sanguinetti - Cómo desaparecer completamente

Between work and my daughter's concert tonight, I probably won't have time to play any vinyl, but that frees me up to go digital. Argentine jazz pianist Marco Sanguinetti has some great solo work, but for today's vibe I'm going with his Radiohead covers double album, which is full of little surprising turns worthy of the band he's interpreting.

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Day 5 - Love
Play something that makes your heart flutter


I don't know if it has made my heart flutter or if I love it, but I know I really, really like it. And since I just finished up the documentary, I felt like I needed to hear some other Beatles.

This one is my go-to, even over the mono, but I should play the version with the Esher Demos as I've only played the demos from that box.

The Beatles – The Beatles
Apple Records – 1C 172-04 173/74, 1968/1985

German DMM cut

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Day 6 - Strings
Play something that prominently features strings


When I think of an album with strings, this is always the first in my head.

This is the first release of the box, one that was reported to have bad IGD, I originally had some issues with it, but it may just have been the TT I used at the time as now it sounds/plays great.

The Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
Virgin – 5099997855316, 1995/2012

Cut by Stan Getz II at A & R Mastering Lab, Dallas, Texas
Pressed at Pallas

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Day 7 - Sports
Play something sports-related to celebrate Larry Bird’s birthday


This dapper young man was seen in some shots in a recently released documentary.

And I'm being lazy and re-using one of my posts from a past challenge thread....as I'm tired and need to eat something...and maybe take a nap.

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The Alan Parsons Project ‎– Eye In The Sky
Arista ‎– AL 9599, 1982

Columbia House pressing

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Day 8 - South America
Play something from South America


From Buenos Aires...I could have used this album for the Lust day, with all the naughty bits on the sleeve and in the gatefold.

The Black Furs – Stereophonic Freak Out Vol.1
Stoner Witch Records/Golden Dawn Recordings – SWR 007/GDR 013, 2019

Limited to 250

Cut by Levi Seitz at Blackbelt Mastering


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