Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, 1966 LP Latin Jazz A&M SP 4116

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Vinyl looks NM/ M and Sleeve looks EX. See pics and info for details.  

     Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
 ?– Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66

Label:
 A&M Records ?– SP-4116
Format:
 Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, 12", 33rpm
Country:
 US
Released:
 1966
Genre:
 Jazz, Latin
Style:
 Latin Jazz, Easy Listening

Tracklist

A1     Mais Que Nada (Ma-sh Kay Nada)     2:37
A2     One Note Samba / Spanish Flea     1:46
A3     The Joker     2:37
A4     Going Out Of My Head     3:00
A5     Tim Dom Dom (Chim Dome Dome)     1:51

B1     Day Tripper     3:09
B2     Agua De Beber (Agwa Gee Bebérr)     2:28
B3     Slow Hot Wind     2:32
B4     O Pato (O Pawtoo)     1:58
B5     Berimbau     3:15

Credits

    Arranged By – Sergio Mendes*
    Design [Album Design] – Peter Whorf Graphics
    Engineer – Bruce Botnick
    Liner Notes – Derek Taylor (2), Herb Alpert
    Producer – Herb Alpert

Notes

Original release. Vinyl label is gold with the small red & white A&M logo. Fonts on cover are green-yellow not bright yellow like re-issues. A&M logo on front is yellow-greel A&M on solid lime-green background. Re-presses have bright yellow A&M on transparent background.

- Brasil '66

All of Mendes' jazz albums for Atlantic Records, through Nesuhi and Ahmet Ertegun, had low sales. Richard Adler suggested that Mendes and the group sing in English, as well as Portuguese that Mendes had demanded, and Adler sought new English-based material such as "Going Out of My Head" by Teddy Randazzo and Bobby Weinstein. In order to sing these songs properly in English, Adler suggested that the group find two American girl singers who would sing in both English and Portuguese. Adler called his friend Jerry Dennon, and A&M Records founders Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss, and arranged for an audition for Mendes' new group, which was dubbed "Brasil '66.'" Alpert and Moss signed Mendes and his group to A&M Records. Adler then went to the Ertegun Brothers at Atlantic Records and sought to have them release Mendes from his Atlantic Jazz contract. Ahmet agreed to allow him to record albums under name "Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66" with A&M. Mendes was not at this meeting, only Adler and Ahmet Ertegun. Alpert took over as producer for the A&M albums, and the group became a huge success with their first single, "Mas Que Nada", by writer Jorge Ben.

The first album on A&M was Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66, an album that went platinum based largely on the success of the single "Mas Que Nada" (a Jorge Ben cover) and the personal support of Alpert, with whom Mendes toured.

- Herb Alpert
Profile:
Born March 31, 1935, Los Angeles. Co-founded A&M Records with partner Jerry Moss in 1962. Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2006 (Lifetime Achievement).