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Sunday, August 14, 2011

Luiz Bonfa

Love Birds
Oba Oba
Luiz Bonfa
Dot DLP 25804
1967

This album was a bit of a surprise. From the cover I was expecting a "folk" guitar LP. But what I got was a smooth blend of light pop, latin, and space age easy listening vocals with Bonfa supporting the mix.

You can read about Bonfa on his wiki page. And here is a link to his impressive discography.

This is a cool album.

11 comments:

  1. You should do a radio show and play cuts from your collection - just an idea.

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  2. Cool. Didn't expect that! Just the voices need to go. You know how I am about that. lol

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  3. Would you mind uploading a sample of "Oba Oba", from this album? Having listened to versions by Astrud Gilberto and others, I'd like to hear Luiz's version of the track.

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    1. Thanks for asking. Do you know the track order? I've stored the album and it's impossible to find it with great effort. But I could pull the track from the audio file if I knew the position.

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  4. Hey, I've been searching for weeks this version of Oba Oba - The Avalanches put it in their last mixtape. Is there any way to find this album? There's no way to reach it on iTunes or vinyls. Could you at least send us a link to download this album? Thanks alot, best regards to your wonderful blog.

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    1. its from Astrud Gilberto <3 also so many from that mixtape

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  5. Hello! Great blog! Could you help me with Oba Oba's lyrics?

    Would you like an orange moon?
    Or a diamond ____ star?
    Or a ________ balloon?

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  6. diamond studded star
    polka-dot balloon

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  7. Gracias!!! por años busque esta grabación.

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