Nunca - Lovely Weather - St. Louis Blues
RCA Victor LPS-2959
1964
Wonderful space age pop album by brothers from The Tabajara tribe of Northern Brazil who created a night club act around Brazilian and Latin folk songs.
Real information is lacking as RCA was careful to package the duo as they saw fit. As an exotic act.
They charted a Top 10 album with their first RCA release, Maria Elena. The novelty worn off and their next release barely dented the Top 100. This album is their third RCA Victor effort. Apparently, however, their records sales were such that RCA would continue to produced as many as 18 more Indios LPs into the 1980s.
Needless to say, St. Louis Blues is not a Latin folk song. I post the sample because it is a unique cover of that tune. I found a Los Indios "best of" CD on Amazon (a pricey import) that includes two songs from this LP, Amor and Angelitos Negros. Much of their music, however, can only be found on vinyl.
One of my faves. I have a ton of their beautiful stuff!
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