Golden Boys/silvio Cesar
Segura Na Cintura Dela (o Gaviao)/beco Sem Saida
The Golden Boys were a quartet formed in 1958 by the Correa brothers; Renato, Roberto, Ronaldo, and their cousin Valdir Anunciaçao. They enjoyed a stellar recording career, from the '50s through to the '90s, with members of the group still involved in music to this day. For this selection we headed to their self-titled 1975 album released on Odeon, and cherry-picked one of the group's funkiest moments, 'Segura Na Cintura Dela (O Gaviao)'. By now performing as a trio, they enlisted Paulo Debétio of Lemos E Debétio fame as executive producer, and on the controls, producer Milton Miranda. Miranda was a silent figure behind so many of the much-loved classic Odeon/EMI releases of the '60s and '70s. 'Beco Sem Saída' is another Odeon release, and another classic produced by Milton Miranda. Taken from Silvio César's self-titled 1971 album, here the prolific singer and composer delivers a swinging samba rock/groove. With fantastic arrangements by Geraldo Vespar, this addictive swing was reconstructed in the 2000s when Drumagick sampled it for their track 'Sambarock'.