Ésta es una edición exclusiva para el Record Store Day 2019
Edición limitada que se edita exclusivamente para las tiendas de discos participantes del RSD 2019.
 
El LP debut de Edys Star, "Sweet Edy" (1974), es uno de los álbumes de culto clave de la década de 1970 en Brasil, nunca antes reeditado en vinilo hasta ahora. Este disco encierra glam rock, funk, samba jazz y canciones escritas por los mejores compositores del momento y a cualquiera que busque una versión brasileña de Marc Bolan, David Bowie o Roxy Music le encantará. Presentado en una obra de arte facsímil y prensado en vinilo de 180g para el Record Store Day de 2019.
 
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Edy’s Star debut LP, Sweet Edy (1974), is one of the key cult albums from 1970s Brazil, never reissued on vinyl until now. Featuring glam rock, funk, samba jazz and songs written by the best Brazilian composers of the time, this irresistible record is waiting for a deserved rediscovery. Presented in facsimile artwork and pressed on 180g vinyl. A 2019 Record Store Day release.
Still remembered by many for being one of the members of the Sociedade de Gra-ordem Kavernista, the psychedelic and vaudeville project created by Raul Seixas in 1971, Edy Star is an artist whose work has broadly covered very diverse fields: visual artist, actor, singer… In 1974, and with only two recorded singles, producer João Araújo invited him to register a complete album, possibly excited by his participation in the Seixas project some years earlier. Edy then called upon his friendship with a large number of local talented composers and asked for songs to Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Erasmo Carlos… When he received the song that would open the album, ‘Claustrofobia’, a composition by Roberto and Erasmo Carlos, it was accompanied by a copy of an LP by Kool & The Gang to show what kind of rhythm should accompany it. So, despite the clearly glam feel that the cover of the album might suggest, the LP starts off with some astonishing funky brass arrangements that place us in very different musical parameters. The album progressively takes us to the swinging vibes in ‘Briguei com ela’, the contagious rhythmic guitars of ‘Edyth Cooper’, the samba jazz with the signature of Caetano in ‘O conteúdo’, the irresistibly danceable ‘Super estrela’, the fuzzy bursts in ‘Pro que der na telha’… revealing here a piece of a festive work, sounding almost cabaret-like, as well as standing out as a vindicating work at the same time, being a pioneer album in the gay militancy in Brazil. Despite not being one of the best-known or sought-after titles in the record label’s back catalogue, Sweet Edy rivals in quality with the best albums released by Som Livre during those years, including songs written by the best Brazilian composers of the time. Regrettably, Edy Star would take decades to return to the studio and release new music after many years living abroad.
 
SIDE A
A1 Claustrofobia
A2 Edith Cooper
A3 Conteúdo
A4 Superestrela
A5 Esses Moços
A6 Boogie-Woogie Do Rato

SIDE B
B1 Sweet Edy
B2 Briguei Com Ela
B3 Olhos de Raposa
B4 Coração Embalsamado
B5 Pro Que Der Na Telha
B6 Bem Entendido
B7 Eu Sou Edy Star