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VOL № E79 — July 2019

África Brasil

Jorge Ben
Why you'll love it...

Like Bob Dylan leaving the folk scene behind, strapping on an electric guitar, and assaulting the crowd at Newport with a set of searing electric blues-rock a decade earlier, Jorge Ben’s África Brasil sent shockwaves through his loyal audience. On África Brasil, Ben abandoned his signature swinging, acoustic “samba-soul” or “samba-rock” style, switched to an electric guitar, and transformed his approach, delivering a set of tunes that melded the central elements of his approach to samba with hard-driving funk grooves. Brashly declaring his Afro-Brazilian identity over electric guitar-driven funk grooves, he moved on from the acoustic sambas upon which he had built his reputation, and within the next year, he was in London recording at Island Studios establishing himself...

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Label
Universal Music
Original Release Year
1976
Release Type
Reissue
Format
1 LP
Speed
33 1/3 rpm
Vinyl Size
12 INCH
Weight
180 gram
Foil Stamped
Yes
Color
Yellow
Jacket
Tip-On; Single
Mastering Studio
Cohearent Audio
Mastering Engineer
Kevin Gray
Pressing Location
GZ
Remastering Details
Remastered
Extras
Art Print
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