PAÊBIRÚ (1975)

(2LP)
(2LP gatefold 180gr pressing) Paêbirú is an album by Brazilian artists Lula Crtes and Zé Ramalho. It is one of the most sought after by collectors but also one of the most interesting records to come out of the 70's Psychedelic music era.
Genre Rock Latin
StyleExperimental, Psychedelic, Folk
FormatVINYL
Cat. no334141
Label POLYSOM (BRAZIL)
Artist LULA CÔRTES E ZÉ RAMALHO
Release Date26/07/2019
Carrier2LP
Barcode7898324317415
Tracklisting
PAÊBIRÚ (1975)
vinyl Album or track playing
The album is a collaboration between Brazilian artists Lula Côrtes and Zé Ramalho, a wonderfully off-kilter record full of fantastic hooky and strange tunes that range from full-on freakouts to quiet pastoral numbers displaying the entire range of 1970s hippie Brazilian musician culture. Paebiru is an obscure Brazilian psych concept album about the four elements that was lost to time in a warehouse fire in 1974. This led to it becoming a massively sought-after classic, fetching up to $4,000 for original vinyl copies. Lula, who composed and played on the tracks sadly passed away in 2011 after fighting a long battle with cancer. Paebiru offers a very atmospheric blend of both artists' sensibilities: sung and chanted vocals are no more or less important than any of the other elements, which include classical acoustic and fuzzy electric guitar, piano, organ, flute, sax and a range of percussion. It's free and psychedelic, but just reigned in enough to keep it tense and exciting.