Wanderlea – Que Besteira
Wanderlea – Verdes Varandas
Wanderlea – Ginga Mandiga
Here’s another record picked up during my recent trip to the Bay Area, in this case from Groove Merchant. I don’t know much about Wanderlea except she hosted a TV show with Roberto & Erasmo Carlos in the 1960s called Jovem Guarda. I’ve heard a couple of songs from her, both of which were pretty fantastic mid-1970s productions, so when I ran across this LP, recorded live in 1975, I had enough smarts to check it out on the turntable.
As soon as the opening notes of “Que Besteria” started to play I knew I had a winner and would be sharing it here soon enough. I love how the funk just rolls out of that opening, with the punchy drums, rumbling bass and organ. There’s almost too much funk going on as the song moves past the opening verses, but I do dig that sound. “Verdes Varandas” is one of two bluesy tracks on this LP, this one with a more epic bring down the house kind of feel as it moves along. “Ginga Mandiga” has a more Brazilian percussive feel to the funk. For a live LP the album is mastered in a way where the audience almost doesn’t get in the way, which for us DJ types is always a most welcome thing.
Cheers,
Michael
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