{"product_id":"marcos-valle-marcos-valle-lp","title":"Marcos Valle: Marcos Valle LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Marcos+Valle\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarcos Valle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e’s 1983 self-titled hybrid of boogie, bossa nova and A.O.R. gets a welcome repress!\u003c\/i\u003e Often referred to as \u003cem\u003eEstrelar\u003c\/em\u003e for the fact that Valle has at least two other self-titled albums (that we know of) to his credit, and because track 1 “Estrelar” is a total banger. Boogie specialist \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Leon+Ware\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLeon Ware\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e assists Valle on what are incidentally the album’s most soulful tracks: “Dia D,” “Mais Que Amor” and the aforementioned “Estrelar.” Also check out breezy ballad “Fogo do Sol,” swinging Rio funk almost-instrumental “Naturalmente” and the funky update of Valle’s own 1964 \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=bossa+nova\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ebossa nova\u003c\/a\u003e tune “Samba de Verão\" (aka “So Nice” or “Summer Samba”) which had become a full-blown bossa standard in the interim. This great-sounding and gorgeously packaged reissue served up by Mr Bongo is quite a breath a fresh air, as original Brazilian pressings typically trade hands for over a hundred bucks (at time of writing, there is one for sale on ’scogs for over a thousand dollars…). Recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eblack vinyl pressing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eoriginal release year: 1983\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emusic label: Mr Bongo 2025\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ereviewed by hannibal chew 10\/2017\u003c\/h6\u003e","brand":"Marcos Valle","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":42298694893658,"sku":"fr-5377","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/4542\/files\/marcosvalle-blackvinyl-1.jpg?v=1758038110","url":"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/products\/marcos-valle-marcos-valle-lp","provider":"turntablelab.mom","version":"1.0","type":"link"}