Marcos Valle – Samba ’68: Verve Vault Series (180g Vinyl LP)

Marcos Valle Samba ’68 Reissued for the Verve Vault Series: Newly Mastered from the Original Analog Tapes and Pressed at Optimal in Germany

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.

Side A:

1. The Answer
2. Crickets Sing for Anamaria
3. So Nice (Summer Samba)
4. Chup Chup, I Got Away
5. If You Went Away
6. Pepino Beach

Side B:

1. She Told Me, She Told Me
2. It’s Time to Sing
3. Batucada
4. The Face I Love
5. Safely in Your Arms