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Brazilian Guitar Fuzz Bananas: Tropicalia Psychedelic Masterpieces 1967-1976
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Brazilian Guitar Fuzz Bananas: Tropicalia Psychedelic Masterpieces 1967-1976
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Brazilian Guitar Fuzz Bananas: Tropicalia Psychedelic Masterpieces 1967-1976
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In the late '60s, where
and
headed, many other groups followed. Thanks to the good folks at
, we have 16 more tracks to file right beside the best of
. Most of them are spot-on examples of the form, complete with wall-of-guitar fuzz, piercing lead guitar, reverbed vocals, psych organs, drum kits bashed beyond belief, and numerous references to pop culture or drugs (the opener is a cover of the
theme).
get in the best
impression, with a song from 1969 called
but there's much more quality material than that, including
's funky
rough-hewn Brazilian soul with
's
and the psychedelic female pop
by
. Some of the tracks here from the '70s feature a bluesier, funkier backing than
-- in similar company to their earlier volume,
-- often sounding as much like
as
. And, although virtually all of the tracks come from a four-year window between 1968 and 1972, the compilers wisely chose an odd track from 1976 that turns out to be a mostly unrecognizable cover of
by a group named 14 Bis (likely not the same
that formed later in the '70s). ~ John Bush