Os Afro-sambas is a 1966 studio album (that should not be confused with the album of the same name and different artwork recorded live) by Baden Powell and Vinícius de Moraes. The live album is ranked number 29 on Rolling Stone’s list of 100 Greatest Brazilian Albums.

It’s a beautiful record and I prefer this ‘66 recording as the background vocals are so haunting and get me in the same way that Gris Gris by Dr John does. A dark almost 3 dimensional sound even though this is in Mono.

I listen to quite a lot of Brazilian stuff and this is just eternally great.