Nara Leão

I might just splurge on the box set, if I can get rid of enough other stuff on eBay.

"Dez Anos Depois" (1971) is one of her best.
Lots of classics, just exquisite.

>However I can't really afford any of her CDs,
>which are only available as pricey Japanese
>imports

All Japanese imports are "pricey". Nothing
that can be done about it I'm afraid. All
the Japanese Nara reissues sound fabulous!

>and in a rather mammoth box set that runs
>for about $250.

There are 2 box sets. One for her best years
(1964-1975), and one for the rest (1977-1989),
which isn't as good, but still contains some
wonderful material, including a rare 1966 LP.
Both contain a disc of "Raridades", plus bonus
cuts on many discs (some in French & Spanish).

It might be $250 at Amazon, or other corporate
beasts, but at Dusty, box #1 is $150 and box #2
is $140, if you want to stay with US dealers.

>or perhaps point me in the direction of somewhere
>I could find them for cheap (not Dusty Groove,
>who don't carry them for less than $19 a CD).

Dusty has some of the best prices you'll find
anywhere, for imports or otherwise. $19 for a
Japanese disc is almost a steal! Japanese CDs
are expensive. It's a fact. You can order from
Japan when the Yen is down, but that's the best
deal you'll get for new product. Depending on
the title/label, and Yen, $17/18 is the cheapest
you're going to get.

>I've heard somlivre.com is a good place to get
>Brazilian CDs, but I can't make heads or tails
>of their website.

Som Livre is a great place to get Brazilian discs.
Same deal as with Japan... when the Real is down
(as it has been; was more than 4 to 1 US$ recently),
order up a storm. Discs can be as low as $6-10
sometimes. A good place to get the Nara boxes!
I paid roughly $75-80 for the first box last year,
and that includes FedEx. If you can't figure out
their website, I'm afraid I can't help you. If
you need help with the Portuguese, use an online
translator as you make each step.

>How would you compare her to, say, Elis Regina?

I wouldn't. ;) They're both great singers, for
different reasons, as someone else tried to point
out. Elis started out a little earlier than Nara,
but ended up going in a completely different
direction, esp. in the 70s.

>Elis is my new favourite singer, as of a week ago.
>I picked up what I think is an early album, called
>"O Bem Do Amor". Most groovy.

Yes, that one's from 1963. Quite early. I agree
with Slipcue ( http://www.slipcue.com ) on this one,
which, by the way, is a great place to go for info
on Brazilian music, and many other styles.

[Nara vs. Elis]
>I'm told her albums are more consistent than
>Regina's overall, but I don't know for sure.

Oh yes, easily! Elis can be hit and miss, and
big miss, esp. later on, but Nara was pretty
much solid from 1964 - 1971 (a stack of LPs).

-P

How is that? Cause I don't know how to say either "Leão" or "João," so this bit of info would help me greatly.

Prices in Brazil are, of course, in Reais (plural of Real),
but since the exchange rate was at around 4 BRL/1 USD, the
total, including FedEx shipping to North America, was about
$75 (USD). The US$ has weakened recently with all the war
bullshit so now it's about 3.2 BRL/1 USD, but this is still
a great buying time. I don't know what Som Livre's prices
on the sets are now, but if they haven't gone up too much,
you'll easily come in at under $100 (USD). The key, when
ordering from anywhere, is to hit the stores when the local
currency is down (relative to yours). This way you get a
nice deal, and are supporting the country's economy. ;-)
I do this with Japan & Brazil mainly, and used to do it
with France before the, now steady, Euro came in...

-Patrick

NB: I forgot to think about this thread. :(

Somlivre.com has a very paltry selection at the moment; either that or their search function is screwy. They have the second of the two Nara box sets (the one I desire less), don't have the Caetano box, have the Gilberto Gil box which is too expensive even in reals, don't have much in the way of Tom Ze...

These boxes (Nara, Caetano, Gilberto, Baden etc.) are only
pressed up in runs of a couple thousand at most. Depending
on demand, it very well could be oop already. Did you check
FNAC Brasil, Lojas Americanas, or other Brasil outlets?

http://fnac.com.br
http://www.americanas.com.br

>if it is you will soon see me running out the doors of
>dusty groove, squealing.

Many CDs in Brasil go in and out of print very quickly.
If something is oop, usually you just have to wait a
while, and the companies will press up some more. With
the boxes, however, who knows? If the first Nara box
is now gone, they may release another 1000 sometime
down the road if there is still demand.

>That's sort of how I was feeling. This is something I've
>wanted to buy but don't have the cajones--it's massive.

It's one of those things where if you want it, you just
have to pay up! :-( That's not a problem if you know
about it when it comes out, and get it cheap from Brasil,
or even order from Dusty (for $140-150) later. If you
end up with an ugly beast like Amazon as your only option,
I feel for you...

>If it's quickly fading from existence then I'll change
>my opinion, stat.

I would say that if you see the 1st Nara box anywhere,
snag it, because it is most likely very close to gone
(for now, at least).

>It's not on Dusty Groove's website, don't know if
>that's any indication of what they have in the store.

It's on their website as "out of stock", but this
doesn't mean it will be back in. Best to email them
and see if they know what their distro is saying,
or at least fill out the email notification form.

-Patrick

great singer. just found a copy of this today:

http://www.israbox.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1303727111_folder.jpg

Temos um trailer pra espalhar "O Canto Livre de Nara Leão" por aí. A série, em 5 episódios, está no @globoplay

Quem gostou da série compartilha 🐦 pic.twitter.com/CP4ozoudg8

— Renato Terra (@terra30) January 13, 2022

muito bom

very good

looks like the doc was uploaded to youtube finally (i checked for a while but gave up)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZGhRQ3A4C4

Cool!

nice!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL2mq0ocIgs
Sarará Miolo

wonderful tune

^ i was going to post that! yes, awesome tune

I would do unspeakable things for a reissue of the double LP version of Dez Anos Depois

wow big stereolab energy on that. just ordered the lp cuz i need it in my life.

Thanks for the revive! Will watch despite almost total ignorance of Portuguese.

https://i.discogs.com/Ng7SNZ_9we7WXB8UoDVofBNRBlJOa6saQaSDEeNjRwo/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:557/w:563/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9BLTgzNzcy/LTE2ODE2ODYwODIt/NjQ2Ny5qcGVn.jpeg