Mel and Tim

Keep the Faith

The Charmels - As Long As I've Got You

Free Your Mind

We Have Love

Sweet on My Own

[VERSE 1]
Woke up, hair’s a mess — but it’s mine,
Lipstick crooked, still divine.
Ain’t got no man to call me baby,
But I’m hummin’ blues like they’re payin’ me lately.

[PRE-CHORUS]
Sunlight in my coffee cup,
I stir it slow, I drink it up.
Used to chase hearts — now I chase time,
And baby, that rhythm’s doin’ just fine.

[CHORUS]
’Cause I’m sweet on my own,
Got no crown, but I built my throne.
The tears dried up, now the groove’s my home,
Yeah, I’m sweet — sweet on my own.

[VERSE 2]
Bills still late, but I pay in grace,
Got that sugar-smirk on my face.
My mirror says, “Girl, you done well,”
And I wink back, say, “Could you tell?”

[BRIDGE]
No sad songs tonight, just that upright bass,
Ain’t no heartbreak gonna steal this place.
Life tastes like smoke and honeyed gin,
And for once — I’m breathin’ in.

[CHORUS – FINAL]
I’m sweet on my own,
Don’t need fixing, don’t need tone.
The record spins — I found my zone,
Yeah, I’m sweet…
Sweet on my own.

Sweet on My Own

Man,
you travel like a bird—
singing as you go, crossing mountains, drifting over the sea.
Yes, you are the one who knows freedom best: Birdman.
You look up at the sky and reach for it,
lie upon the grass and play with the wind.
Even in those small moments—you are Birdman.
You hide in the shade of trees, slip away from those who chase you,
search for the ones you love,
and sharpen the wings of your voice.
Living as freely as a wild, wandering bird.
And yet—
inside my cage, you somehow find a quiet peace,
even as you search in your dreams
for a reason to step outside.
Still, you remain my Birdman.
Hello, hello—
how badly do you long to be free?
When you say you want to meet strangers,
are you pretending? Or are you simply a genius of restlessness?
Hey, look at your feet.
You’re already flying—
floating, gently, in the air.
Everyone loves you,
Birdman.
But I—
I,
I,
love you more than anyone.
Birdman.

Bird Man

The Sisters

Morning Sunrise

Blue in Green

dreamflowers[MVP]

Available from https://www.mrbongo.com/products/the-sylvers-only-one-can-win-fools-paradise-vinyl-7

‘Only One Can Win’ – brilliantly flipped by J Dilla on his epic ‘Two Can Win’, that appears on his legendary ‘Donuts’ LP for Stones Throw. 

‘Fools Paradise’ is a midtempo soul/funk jam taken from the first ‘The Sylvers' LP. A favourite at Mr Bongo HQ that we felt needed to appear on a 7”. Beautiful, golden-era soul written by Leon Sylvers III, produced by Jerry Butler and Keg Johnson.

The Sylvers

The Sylvers – Only One Can Win

An artist as imaginative and unique as Ana Mazzotti doesn’t come around often. Dubbed a “super-musician” by fellow Brazilian virtuoso Hermeto Pascoal, Mazzotti’s short but rich musical career culminated in just two studio albums: Ninguem Vai Me Segurar (1974), and Ana Mazzotti (1977). Outside circles of Brazilian funk aficionados, these two gems of spellbinding samba-jazz, lysergic funk and trippy bossa have remained relatively obscure. This was partly as a result of Mazzotti’s premature death (she lost her battle with cancer in her mid-thirties), but also due to financial restraints and the prejudice she faced as a female songwriter in a fundamentally sexist society.  

Born in Caixas, in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul municipality, Mazzotti began to play the accordion aged five, before moving with prodigious ease onto the piano. By the age of twelve she was already conducting her convent school’s choir, and at twenty-one she led her city’s premier chorus, the Coral Bento Goncalves. 	When rock and roll hit South America in the sixties, a young Mazzotti was one of the early adopters, fronting various guitar groups including an all female Beatles cover band, and an eclectic, eight-piece psychedelic group Desenvolvemento. Before moving to Sao Paulo to start her career proper, Mazzotti met drummer, producer and fellow music educator Romido Santos, who she would later marry. Romildo introduced Mazzotti to jazz, and music by the likes of Chick Corea and Hermeto Pascoal who she would later befriend and perform with.

In 1974 Mazzotti recorded her first album Ninguem Vai Me Segurar (1974), enlisting the in-demand arrangement talents of Azymuth’s original keyboard maestro Jose Roberto Bertrami who co-wrote several of the tracks and plays organ, piano and synthesizers on the album. It also features Azymuth’s bassist Alex Malheiros and percussionist Ariovaldo Contestini, with Romildo Santos who produced the album on drums. Recorded in Estudio Haway around the same time Azymuth recorded their debut album there, it’s no wonder the samba jazz-funk pioneer’s distinctive aesthetic is present throughout, and Mazzotti’s sensational compositions are made even more beautiful for it.

Kicking off with the swirling samba-jazz-dance masterpiece ‘Agora Ou Nunca Mais’, the album hosts several groove-heavy Brazilian cult-classics including ‘Roda Mundo’ and ‘Eu Sou Mais Eu’. Deeper moments come in the form of the alluring future soul synth sounds on ‘Bairro Negro’ and ‘Sou’, and Mazzotti’s tender, hallucinatory version of ‘Feel Like Making Love’ (made famous by Roberta Flack) perfectly reflecting the idiosyncratic genius Mazzotti achieved with Bertrami’s visionary arrangements, and Romildo’s impeccable production approach. 

Far Out Recordings is proud to present the official reissue of this cult favourite Brazilian treasure. Remastered and pressed to 180g vinyl, Ninguem Vai Me Segurar (1974) will be available on vinyl LP, CD and digitally from 13th September.

Vinyl / CD / Digi

Feel Like Making Love

THE EDWARDS GENERATION - You're The One For Me

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