VALLE,MARCOS
SAMBA '68 (VERVE VAULT SERIES) - LP
UPC: 199957015127
Label: VERVE
Format: LP
Release Date: May 15, 2026
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Samba '68, released on Verve, introduced Brazilian singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Marcos Valle to a wider international audience. Already established in Brazil through songs such as "Samba de Verao" ("Summer Samba"), Valle worked here with producer Creed Taylor on a recording that pairs Brazilian rhythmic forms with contemporary American studio orchestration. The sessions include vocals by Anamaria Valle and arrangements by Eumir Deodato. The repertoire features English-language versions of compositions co-written by Valle, including "So Nice (Summer Samba)," "Chup Chup, I Got Away," and "Safely In Your Arms," alongside additional material that reflects his economical writing and feather-light rhythmic approach. The album documents a meeting point between Brazilian popular music and international pop-jazz studio practice at the end of the 1960s.
The Verve Vault series is always mastered from analog tapes and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.
TRACK LIST:
Side One:
- The Answer
- Crickets Sing for Anamaria
- So Nice (Summer Samba)
- Chup Chup, I Got Away
- If You Went Away
- Pepino Beach
Side Two:
- She Told Me, She Told Me
- It's Time to Sing
- Batucada
- The Face I Love
- Safely in Your Arms
