Gal Costa India Original Philips Brazil Gatefold LP Tropicalia Sexy Nude

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Gal Costa : India

Gal Costa (born Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos on September 26, 1945 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil), is a popular singer in Brazil. Influenced by music from a young age by her record store owner father, Costa became one of Brazil's foremost female Tropicalismo movement singers and guitar players during the late 1960s and 70s. Along with her friend Maria Bethânia, she became a political activist often coming into conflict with Brazil's military government when dissent in music was censored in 1968. Fellow musician Caetano Veloso, Maria Bethânia's brother, introduced her to Gilberto Gil and Tom Zé in 1963, who managed to secure her a recording deal in São Paulo for her debut album Domingo with Caetano Veloso. Her eponymous solo debut in 1969 is considered a Tropicalismo classic, containing songs by Veloso, Gil, Zé, and Jorge Ben. While this album balanced between Brazilian stylizations and North-American psychedelic influences, her follow-up album released the same year found her, like Gil, diving head-first into the latter. Her next album, Legal, was not as out-there as its predecessor, and a live album the following year again balanced smooth Brazilian sounds with heavy rock. In 1973, the cover of Costa's album Índia was censored due to her wearing a risqué red bikini. Costa has recorded songs composed by a number of Brazil's most popular songwriters such as Tom Jobim, Ben, and Erasmo Carlos. In 1982 the single "Festa Do Interior" from the double album Fantasia became her biggest ever hit, going multi-platinum by the end of the year. Costa appeared in the 1995 film The Mandarin (Mandarim, O) as the singer Carmen Miranda. She has recorded songs in Portuguese, Spanish and English. (web bio)

With India, Gal Costa completely abandoned the screaming guitars and wild drumming for some of the lushest, most sophisticated, and most complex arrangements of her career. Her voice is clear and inviting as always, sitting perfectly with the strings, accordions, horns, reeds, and percussion that swirl around, effortlessly punctuating the romance in every track. With Gilberto Gil alongside on acoustic guitar and musical director, the arrangements definitely glow with his polyphonic personality, but these songs have a feel all their own, sounding as if they blossomed out of necessity and the sharp edge of elegance. India seems as if it were conceived with ideas walled off to past influences and future aspirations, holding a timeless quality, leaving one to wonder if Costa and Gil were at all aware of what they were producing while it was happening or if they were completely swept up in the magic of the moment. Even though the hugely influential Tropicalia movement was over by the time of this release, India unquestionably shows that Costa's inventiveness was still unfolding and impulsive and should be considered by the wave of Tropicalia collectors as a worthy addition to the assortment of recordings in that it shows how a major player in that movement transferred her ambitions to a completely different direction without forsaking her class or drive. (web review)

Tracklist:
1. India
2. Milho Verde
3. Presente Cotidiano
4. Volta
5. Relance
6. Da Maior Importancia
7. Passarinho
8. Pontos de Luz
9. Desfinado

Album Description: On the front cover Ms. Costa is removing her grass skirt to present her tiny bikini & cameltoe, inside the gatefold are photos of her onstage and on the back cover are two photos of her topless in the wild. This is the orignal gatefold cover Philips Records Brazil pressing. The vinyl record is in clean good condition with numerous although very light scuffs, plays okay, no skips/jumps. The gatefold cover has some minor edge/corner wear, there's a name written on the back cover just above "Philips". Made in Brazil. The pictures in this listing are of the actual record album you will receive. Check out our other listings for more records by this artist along with a wide variety of records, CD's, cassettes & more, everything priced to sell. All reasonable 'Best Offers' accepted. Combined shipping available worldwide. Only $.50 shipping for each additional record album mailed within the USA; only $3.00 shipping for each  additional record album mailed outside the USA. Gatefold double albums count as two. We ship worldwide in secure, padded packaging. Please let us know if you have any questions; click the "Ask A Question" link below for a prompt reply.

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