If you have developed an interest in Caetano Veloso that goes beyond nominal, you really should own every record of his you can find. However, for the benighted who only want a taste, this is the best place to start. Translated, the title means "without handkerchief without passport," and while it's unclear what relevance that has, it is clear that you will not find a better single-disc overview of Veloso's prodigious output -- that is, up until 1984. Opening with the most famous song from his early ...   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. The albums that brought in a new era called Tropicalia, a 1960s musical and political movement that sought to bring bossa nova into the future with the help of acid-fueled psychedelia and political protest lyrics - all this through the hearts and guitars of a few left-wing student protesters/musicians based in Rio De Janeiro, including a young musician named Caetano Veloso. His musical protests soon got the attention of Brazils military dictator, causing him to be thrown into jail and eventu...   [ read more ]

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It is understandable that Elektra/Nonesuch deemed an overview of Caetano Veloso's output on the label appropriate, but naming this collection The Best of Caetano Veloso is audacious. Veloso has been a pioneer of Brazilian pop since 1967, when his debut album sparked one of Brazil's most famous movements in music and politics, the legendary Tropicalia movement. Presumably due to publishing rights, Elektra/Nonesuch did not access the vaults of the Phillips label, which, along wi...   [ read more ]

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