Vinyl Me Please Essentials

Captainfog said:
Lyrics are the lyrics. If they're in a foreign language then that is how they should be presented.

I've lots of foreign language records and none have lyric translations. Do you think English language albums get a lyric translation in the booklet when sold in Brazil???
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When I was a kid in Argentina (I live in Brazil, but I'm Argentinian) I remember they used to translate the album and song titles to Spanish. Every breath you take - The Singles was called Cada vez que respiras - Los Simples.
That was as far as it went, no translated lyrics.
Never saw that kind of thing in Brazil.
 
gafacaode said:
When I was a kid in Argentina (I live in Brazil, but I'm Argentinian) I remember they used to translate the album and song titles to Spanish. Every breath you take - The Singles was called Cada vez que respiras - Los Simples.
That was as far as it went, no translated lyrics.
Never saw that kind of thing in Brazil.
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Unless you're Abba... then you do the whole greatest hits album over in Spanish!

 
gafacaode said:
Cool! I had never seen one of those!
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I know, I'll be looking for a copy during my next visit to Sao Paulo. I've had pretty good luck at Galeria Nova Barao (and to a lesser extent Galeria do Rock) in recent years, despite the increasingly salty prices.

As for the Jorge Ben record: I finally received my copy earlier this week. It was delivered on a very hot day but fortunately it is perfectly flat. Having grown up in Brazil I know I'm a bit biased (even though I didn't like Brazilian music when I lived there), but this could end up being my favorite ROTM ever. I've been pretty happy with my discrete VMP haul for 2019 so far (Caetano swap, De La Soul, Nat Turner Rebellion, Experience Unlimited, Oneness of Juju swap, and now Jorge Ben). I've learned that less is more when dealing with them.
 
bettim84 said:
I know, I'll be looking for a copy during my next visit to Sao Paulo. I've had pretty good luck at Galeria Nova Barao (and to a lesser extent Galeria do Rock) in recent years, despite the increasingly salty prices.

As for the Jorge Ben record: I finally received my copy earlier this week. It was delivered on a very hot day but fortunately it is perfectly flat. Having grown up in Brazil I know I'm a bit biased (even though I didn't like Brazilian music when I lived there), but this could end up being my favorite ROTM ever. I've been pretty happy with my discrete VMP haul for 2019 so far (Caetano swap, De La Soul, Nat Turner Rebellion, Experience Unlimited, Oneness of Juju swap, and now Jorge Ben). I've learned that less is more when dealing with them.
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I visited Galeria do Rock late last year, did not like the prices.

Do you have the Africa Brasil 2010 reissue? If so, how does it compare to VMP's pressing?
 
gafacaode said:
Do you have the Africa Brasil 2010 reissue? If so, how does it compare to VMP's pressing?
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Curious to know this as well. BTW, I'm pretty sure this happened recently or I may just be completely out of it, but the album is now on US streaming platforms. The streaming master sounds pretty identical to the VMP copy. Any EQ differences could easily be the difference in my phono chain vs my DAC. I've come around to the sound, very vocally forward but not bad at all. It's already seen a few spins, and is one of my favorite recent ROTMs.
 
zombie.modernist said:
Curious to know this as well. BTW, I'm pretty sure this happened recently or I may just be completely out of it, but the album is now on US streaming platforms. The streaming master sounds pretty identical to the VMP copy. Any EQ differences could easily be the difference in my phono chain vs my DAC. I've come around to the sound, very vocally forward but not bad at all. It's already seen a few spins, and is one of my favorite recent ROTMs.
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Africa Brasil and Tabua de Esmeraldas are my favorites from Jorge Ben.
 
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