Vinicius & Toquinho / Toquinho & Vinicius (1974) 320kbs

1 Como é duro trabalhar (Toquinho – Vinicius de Moraes)

2 Samba da volta (Toquinho – Vinicius de Moraes)

3 A carta que não foi mandada (Toquinho – Vinicius de Moraes)

4 Triste sertão (Toquinho – Vinicius de Moraes)

5 Carta ao Tom 74 (Toquinho – Vinicius de Moraes)

6 Canto e contraponto (Toquinho – Vinicius de Moraes)

7 Samba pra Vinicius (Chico Buarque – Toquinho)

8 Sem medo (Toquinho – Vinicius de Moraes)9 Samba do jato (Toquinho – Vinicius de Moraes)

10 As cores de abril (Toquinho – Vinicius de Moraes)

11 Tudo na mais santa paz (Toquinho – Vinicius de Moraes)

I hope this entry to Flabbergasted Vibes brings some joy to your weekend. This is a fantastic record from start to finish from a duo that could do no wrong during the early 70s. The album starts out with the best use of a Moog on a bossa nova song, Como é duro trabalhar. If you speak or read any Portuguese, the lyrics are as brilliant as you might expect from Vinicius de Moraes. “The Letter That Was Not Sent” is a fine example of piece that stands alone as poetry just fine, but comes alive with music. The two tracks I’ve included as samples are particular high points for me. “Triste Sertão” is some of the funkiest post-bossa nova you will ever hear, with a slightly-gritty Fender Rhodes jamming away under the fingers of who I suspect is João Donato. “The Colors of April” is one of those perfect compositions of Vinicius and Toquinho that tend to run through my head for hours and hours after hearing it. If there is anything annoying going on here, its that RGE tended to not credit musicians on many of these records. Aside of Donato, I can only guess at what other heavy-hitters are probably playing on these sessions. Definitely Chico Buarque is singing on his own composition with Toquinho, Samba pra Vinicius. Anyone who has more detailed information please leave a comment.

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