The tenth record in our Brazil 45s series - http://www.mrbongo.com/products/jorge-ben-joao-donato-7

A. Jorge Ben & Toquinho - Carolina, Carol Bela
AA. Joao Donato - Ara

Jorge Ben & Toquinho - Carolina, Carol Bela 

Jorge Ben is a name that any lover of Brazilian music will be very familiar with. He is widely regarded as the James Brown of Brazilian music and is famed for writing the Brazilian anthem ‘Mas Que Nada'. For the duet ‘Carolina, Carol Bela' he teamed up with the singer & guitarist Toquinho. Toquinho is best known for his collaborations, as composer and performer, with Bossa Nova poet Vinicius de Moraes.

'Carolina, Carol Bela' featured on the album ’Toquinho’ by Toquinho. It was originally released in 1970 on the small independent Brazilian label, RGE. This version is the first time it has been reissued as a 45.  

The song was sampled by DJ Marky and XRS for their Drum & Bass track ‘LK’ (V Recordings, 2002). This went on to be a huge chart hit across the world, and a number one hit in the UK.

Joao Donato - Ara

Joao Donato is a Brazilian Jazz and Bossa Nova Pianist. He has collaborated with many of the greats of Brazilian Music, including Tom Jobim, Astrud Gilberto and Gilberto Gil. He was one of the few Brazilian artists who went over to perform in the States during the Bossa Nova boom of the late 60’s. The song ‘Ara’ was originally released on his seminal album Quem é quem”, (EMI, 1973), an album that is full of great tracks and was considered as one of the 100 best albums in all times by the Rolling Stone magazine. 

See more of our Brazilian 45 series here.

Joao Donato - A Ra

MUSIC – THE ANCHOR OF MEMORY

Music is a vibrational structure of time where our feelings, dreams, and past versions of ourselves reside.
One chord – and you’re back where you first felt freedom.
One rhythm – and your body remembers the movement that once overflowed with life.

Music is the anchor of memory,
gently guiding you inward to where the answers are kept.
Sometimes just a few tracks are enough to remember:
you once dreamed of the life you’re living now.
The reality you’ve been building is already here –
you just forgot to look around.

We often pass by our own victories,
forgetting that those strange tracks in a 2022 playlist
were the soundtrack to the visions that have now become scenes from your life.

Music is a gateway to memory and awareness.
It brings you back to yourself.
It reveals the way.
It can remind you why you began.
And gently embrace you, pointing the way when you’ve lost your bearings.

Listen to music with your heart,
with your memories, with your dreams –
with everything that lives deeper than words.

And suddenly, you’ll realize:
you’re already there,
where you’ve been heading all along.
And this is only the beginning.

ANCHOR OF DREAMS

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Mr Scruff. Keep It Shields. Beacon Centre Car Park. Aug 2025

Run This Town by Jay Z but 1970's Soul AI Cover.

AI cover version made by 23XPD.

Jay Z - Run This Town (1970's Soul)

B-Side of Closed Paradise  'The Masters Series' Vol.1 (snip) 
Out now on 10" wax with printed sleeve. (limited pressing, no digital).

- By Masterworks Music

Rel : 13 Jan 15


Closed Paradise - The Vision

Estou Livre

Nothing Sweet

Easy Livin'

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Cappa & Daniel-San - Easy Livin' (feat. Mr Beale)

O movimento samba Soul teve fulgor, no Rio, nos anos 70. Este tema maravilhoso prova-o!

01 Coluna Do Meio - Zeca Do Trombone & Roberta Sax

"Cool Trainer" a melodic beauty kicking things off with tension-building notes that harmonise with rolling percussion and a tranquillising sax.

Produced by Madmotormiquel.
Released by Klassified Records.

Enjoy the premiere!

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