{"product_id":"aratanha-azul","title":"Aratanha Azul EP – 7\" Vinyl","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA. A História de Vicente Silva \/ Escorregando \/ \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eB. Tema \/ Como os Aviões\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAratanha Azul\u003c\/strong\u003e formed in 1974 after Zaldo, the band leader, had returned from a year in the United States soaking up the influences of \u003cstrong\u003eJimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eRolling Stones\u003c\/strong\u003e. Zaldo played piano, organ, sang and was the main songwriter of the group.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The songs were heavily censored, especially those that mentioned sex, religion or drugs,\" recalls Zaldo \"In one, I just spoke the word 'God' and they [the censors] did not like it.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite the shadow of the dictatorship this era was a special time for psych-rock music from \u003cstrong\u003ePernambuco\u003c\/strong\u003e (north-east Brazil); \u003cstrong\u003eLailson\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eLula Cortes\u003c\/strong\u003e had launched \u003cstrong\u003eSatwa\u003c\/strong\u003e one year earlier, and the Ave Sangria group-titled LP the same year... \"We had a fondness of Ave Sangria they really influenced us\" said Thales the band-leader of \u003cstrong\u003eAratanha Azul\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe group played all over \u003cstrong\u003ePernambuco\u003c\/strong\u003e and built up a repertoire of over 50 compositions. Of these, only four have ever been recorded and they are presented here on this compact 7” EP originally pressed by \u003cstrong\u003eRozenblit\u003c\/strong\u003e in 1979.  Packaged in the original vintage style cover with exact reproduction original artwork on audiophile vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/playlists\/1109570\u0026amp;color=0066cc\u0026amp;auto_play=false\u0026amp;hide_related=false\u0026amp;show_comments=true\u0026amp;show_user=true\u0026amp;show_reposts=false\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Aratanha Azul","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl","offer_id":58738525700480,"sku":"MRB7064","price":4.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0972\/1384\/1792\/files\/MRB7064-ARATANHO-BACK-SQ.jpg?v=1787215253","url":"https:\/\/vinylvers.com\/products\/aratanha-azul","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}