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Vento Sul

A dreamy, psychedelic record written at Búzios with the prog band O Terço.
Marcos Valle, 1972

Released
1972
Label
Odeon

In the summer of 1971, after Garra, Valle retreated with friends to the fishing village of Búzios and composed Vento Sul. For it he dropped studio musicians in favor of the Brazilian progressive rock band O Terço. He said he wanted to try out a rock influence and risk a little more.

The result is dreamy and psychedelic. The vocal harmonies on Vôo Cego recall Crosby, Stills and Nash, and the song was written by the guitarist Cláudio Guimarães, who is not a member of O Terço. Democústico was meant to be an instrumental until Valle added a recitation that puts the prefix demo- on all sorts of words. Mi Hermoza starts as a flamenco-tinged meditation and then breaks into a hard-rock riff. Newcity called it one of his worst-selling albums on release. Light in the Attic reissued it in 2013, with the bonus track O Beato on the CD.

Track listing

  1. Revolução Orgânica
  2. Malena
  3. Pista 02
  4. Vôo Cego
  5. Bodas de Sangue
  6. Democústico
  7. Vento Sul
  8. Rosto Barbado
  9. Mi Hermoza
  10. Paisagem de Mariana
  11. Deixa o Mundo e o Sol Entrar

More from Marcos Valle

Samba Demais (1963), O Compositor e o Cantor (1965), Mustang Côr de Sangue (1969), Garra (1971), Previsão do Tempo (1973), Vontade de Rever Você (1981), Marcos Valle (1983)

Sources

  1. Vento Sul: master release, Discogs
  2. The story of Brazilian legend Marcos Valle through 10 essential records, The Vinyl Factory
  3. Getting back to Marcos Valle (Peter Margasak), Chicago Reader (2013-03-25)
  4. So Nice: Light in the Attic remasters, expands four albums from Marcos Valle, The Second Disc (2013-01-10)
  5. Record review: Marcos Valle re-releases (Ernest Barteldes), Newcity (2013-02-04)