Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 – Look Around
(A&M Records 1968 AML911 Mono)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing
Flipback Sleeve in Excellent condition
– front is great with only tiny hole top right – back cover has some light discolouration and name written top left
Vinyl in Very Good+ condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl which do give some light pops/crackles but sound quality is excellent overall)
Sérgio Santos Mendes (11 February 1941 – 5 September 2024) was a Brazilian musician. His career took off with worldwide hits by his band Brasil ’66. He released 35 albums and was known for playing bossa nova, often mixed with funk. He was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song in 2012 as a co-writer of “Real in Rio” from the animated film Rio.
Look Around is the third studio album by Sérgio Mendes and Brasil ’66. It was released in 1967. Following this album, Mendes dismissed the musicians and singer Janis Hansen and brought in Karen Phillip to sing with holdover Lani Hall.
Track listing
- “With a Little Help from My Friends” (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
- “Roda” (Gilberto Gil, João Augusto)
- “Like a Lover” (Dorival Caymmi, Nelson Motta, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman)
- “The Frog (A Rã)” (João Donato)
- “Tristeza (Goodbye Sadness)” (Harold Lobo-Niltinho)
- “The Look of Love” (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
- “Pra Dizer Adeus (To Say Goodbye)” (Edu Lobo, Torquato Neto, Lani Hall)
- “Batucada (The Beat)” (Marcos Valle, Paulo Sérgio Valle)
- “So Many Stars” (Mendes, Bergman, Bergman)
- “Look Around” (Mendes, Bergman, Bergman)
Personnel
- Sérgio Mendes – organ, piano, arranger
- John Pisano – guitar
- Bob Matthews – bass, vocals
- João Palma – drums
- José Soares – percussion, vocals
- Lani Hall – vocals
- Janis Hansen – vocals
- Dave Grusin – arranger, orchestration
- Dick Hazard – arranger, orchestration
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