{"product_id":"ze-roberto-lotus-72-d-7-vinyl","title":"Lotus 72 D – 7\" Vinyl","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA. Lotus 72 D (Original) \/ AA. Lotus 72 D (Fast)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA certified Holy Grail of Brazilian music and our most requested reissue! Fast \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eor ‘normal’? You decide – we have cut both ‘versions' here.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eZe Roberto aka Joaquim Roberto Braga is a composer, singer and instrumentalist from Brazilian folk music roots.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e'Lotus 72 D' is a tribute to the Brazilian Formula 1 world champion driver of 1972, Emerson Fittipaldi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn Roberto's own words:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\"Lotus 72 D is a tribute to the sensational talent of Formula 1 driver, Emerson \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eFittipaldi, who was crowned world champion in 1972.\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eI can't remember the names of the musicians who participated in the recording because they were hired by the original record label, RCA\/Victor. The production team consisted of artistic co-ordinator, Henrique Gastaldello, and arranger, Severino Filho. The year of recording was 1973. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eI'm not aware of another fast version of the song 'Lotus 72 D'…\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy contract with the RCA\/Victor was for 2 years. All my musical works belongs to me.”\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eThe mystery surrounding the ‘fast version’ stems from the Via Brazil compilation from 2001 – the version featured was pitched up. Hence, a lot of people know it at that tempo, because it was otherwise impossible to obtain, until now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eOfficial Mr Bongo reissue. Licensed from Zé Roberto.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BBeiNhuewbY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ze Roberto","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl","offer_id":58738501321088,"sku":"MRB7156","price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0972\/1384\/1792\/files\/MRB7156SQUARE.jpg?v=1787214841","url":"https:\/\/vinylvers.com\/products\/ze-roberto-lotus-72-d-7-vinyl","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}