{"product_id":"astrud-gilberto-now-lp","title":"Astrud Gilberto - Now LP ( VINYL )","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTwo years after her underrated album on CTI Records, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/astrud-gilberto-mn0000931086\" class=\"name-link\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/astrud-gilberto-mn0000931086\"\u003eAstrud Gilberto\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e's follow-up is her first attempt to be taken seriously, not as a singer -- she had that covered -- but as a songwriter, at a time when simply singing standards was seen as lacking. Her four songs on this ten-song album show she has a way with a melody, though obviously influenced by countrymen \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/milton-nascimento-mn0000497132\" class=\"name-link\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/milton-nascimento-mn0000497132\"\u003eMilton Nascimento\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/jorge-ben-mn0000215584\" class=\"name-link\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/jorge-ben-mn0000215584\"\u003eJorge Ben\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, and her producer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/eumir-deodato-mn0000212614\" class=\"name-link\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/eumir-deodato-mn0000212614\"\u003eEumir Deodato\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. \"Gingele\" and \"Zigy Zigy Za\" are exactly the kind of riff-based tropicalismo that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/ben-mn0000215584\" class=\"name-link\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/ben-mn0000215584\"\u003eBen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and company were making popular around this time. \"Take It Easy My Brother Charlie\" is probably her best song here (covered over 20 years later by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/kahimi-karie-mn0000852131\" class=\"name-link\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/kahimi-karie-mn0000852131\"\u003eKahimi Karie\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e), though it is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/ben-mn0000215584\" class=\"name-link\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/ben-mn0000215584\"\u003eBen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e who often gets the writing credit (here it's listed as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/gilberto-mn0000931086\" class=\"name-link\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/gilberto-mn0000931086\"\u003eGilberto\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and associate producer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/david-jordan-mn0002305708\" class=\"name-link\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/david-jordan-mn0002305708\"\u003eDavid Jordan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e). Very few concessions are made to America; only \"Daybreak (Walking Out of Yesterday)\" comes from the pop world, with instrumentation and sound coming from south of the equator.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"07- Scorpio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56731584463221,"sku":"44860807","price":2.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8300\/2485\/files\/R-12244313-1531340482-6429.jpg?v=1770884791","url":"https:\/\/warmvibevinyls.com\/products\/astrud-gilberto-now-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}