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He started by recording Grande Liquidacao, a hyperactive pop album backed up by two incredible psychedelic rockbands: Os Brazoes and Os Versateis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom Zé's material on this album includes traditional Brazilian Tropicalia laced with crazy vocal melodies and samples a multitude of genres from funk to psychedelic rock and bossa nova creating in the process a sort of unheard pop exotica. This is especially apparent on the track “Gloria” with its changing tempos, bubbling instrumentation and off-the-wall harmonies. The pace of the album, considering it was the 60’s, is brutal so Zé takes a break between songs to address the listener before resuming his zigzag trajectory. The album also includes the fantastic “Parque Industrial” which was later recorded by Gal Costa, Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso on the Tropicalia: Panis et Circenses album.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom Zé was also arguably the creator of the first sampler. 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He came from Bahia, but his wry urban poetry, infused with the uncomfortable sounds of the largest metropolis of South America, is pure São Paulo. The variety of musical genres in the LP – samba, sertanejo, bolero, xote, repente and forro´ – reflects the cultural diversity of the Bra´s neighbourhood, a meeting point of Italians, nordestinos, Africans, and latinos. This reissue includes unseen photos, new testimonials from Tom Ze´ himself and a lengthy article signed by Bento Araujo, author of the book series Lindo Sonho Delirante. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAway from radio, TV and with live performances increasingly scarce at the end of the seventies, Tom Ze´ was a risky investment for record labels, agents, and gig promoters. Always eager to please his sense for innovation and his creativity Tom Ze´ wanted to release an album again after the cult Estudando o Samba (1976). So came this, a record where the tension was at the script, in the distressing real life chronicles that the artist interpreted and reported also in an autobiographic manner. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt \u003ci\u003eCorreio Da Estacao Do Bras\u003c\/i\u003e (1978 – 2022) Tom Ze´ had done what seemed impossible: contemporary working-class music not for the elite but for the people itself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tres Selos","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50412880068939,"sku":"1165602","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/252cd0a7-9aff-4506-b06b-79b601cf6130_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726669308"},{"product_id":"todo-os-olhos-3","title":"Todo Os Olhos","description":"\u003cp\u003eReissued for the first time outside of Brazil, Todos Os Olhos is one of the most important Brazilian records of all time. Tom Zé is considered the most \"paulista\" of all Tropicalistas. 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He came from Bahia, but his wry urban poetry, infused with the uncomfortable sounds of the largest metropolis of South America, is pure São Paulo. This reissue includes unseen photos, new testimonials from Tom Zé himself and a lengthy article signed by Bento Araujo, author of the book series Lindo Sonho Delirante. After a few “strategic mistakes” in his career, Tom Zé found a new home at Continental label. It was there that he made four albums for the remaining 1970s, beginning with this one. When this LP was released, in 1972, Tom Zé had a relentless interest in the unexplored, in the experiments, and in the unusual. These songs revealed a more mature Tom Zé, addressing social issues, outdated concepts, false traditions, and the hypocrisy from Brazil’s military government.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tres Selos","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50422829449547,"sku":"386015","price":30.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/97914ee3-1667-4deb-a3db-17a7604ca4fb_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726767274"},{"product_id":"brazil-classics-4-the-best-of-tom-ze","title":"Brazil Classics 4 - The Best Of Tom Ze - Massive Hits","description":"\u003cp\u003eA groundbreaking collection of work from the legendary Tom Ze - and a record that really helped introduce his genius to the world outside of Brazil! 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Ze was one of the founding fathers of Tropicalia - and unlike other members of that group, who rose to great fame during the 70s, and straightened up their act a bit - Ze always remained a committed modernist, continually inventive well into the 70s and 80s - really coming up with amazing sounds that are always compelling, challenging, and often have a nicely quirky feel as well.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Luaka Bop","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50466495529291,"sku":"347760","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Blue LP","offer_id":50466495922507,"sku":"2020634","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/8ce9b52a-a87c-99b9-51d9-cd86b349f769_f4c1f7ff_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727314865"},{"product_id":"estudando-o-samba","title":"Estudando O Samba","description":"\u003cp\u003eIncredibly unique concept album from the one and only, Tom Ze and as featured in Rolling Stone magazine’s 100 Greatest Brazilian Albums of all-time list (2007).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of Ze’s finest albums in our opinion, originally released by Continental Brazil in 1976 - a tough one to find at a good price in its original form now. ‘Estudando do Samba’ (or ‘Studying The Samba’) is a post-Tropicalia studio experimentation laiden with layers of hypnotic percussion, effects and samples that deconstructs the ‘samba’ form. 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