Caetano Veloso
"Caetano Veloso" (1968)

• Artist: Caetano Veloso
• Title: “Caetano Veloso” (Debut)
• Recording Label: Philips
• Company #: R 765.026 L
• Made in: Brazil
• Year: 1968
• Sound Reproduction Format: MONO
• Jacket Material: Plain Paper
• Media: Vinyl Records 12" LP
• Playing Speed: 33^1/3 RPM
• Number of tracks: 12 tracks
• Obs: The Philips 2nd pressing is on STEREO and the jacket is a shiny paper (not laminated).

• Special Guests: Beat Boys, Musikantiga, RC-7 and Os Mutantes
• Arrangements by: Julio Medaglia, Sandino Hohagen and Damiano Cozzella
• Produced by: Manuel Barenbein
• Songs written by: Caetano Veloso, Capinan, Gilberto Gil, Ferreira Gullar and Rogério Duarte.
• Art-Cover by: Rogério Duarte
• Photo by: David Drew Zingg.

Side A

1. TROPICALIA (with Beat Boys) (arrangements by Júlio Medaglia)
2. CLARICE (arrangements by Júlio Medaglia)
3. NO DIA QUE EU VIM-ME EMBORA (with Beat Boys)
4. ALEGRIA, ALEGRIA (with Beat Boys)
5. ONDE ANDARÁS (arrangements by Júlio Medaglia)
6. ANUNCIAÇÃO (with Musikantiga) (arrangements by Sandino Hohagen)

Side B

1. SUPERBACANA (with RC-7)
2. PAISAGEM ÚTIL (arrangements by Damiano Cozzella)
3. CLARA (with Musikantiga)(arrangements by Sandino Hohagen)
4. SOY LOCO POR TI, AMÉRICA (with Beat Boys)
5. AVE-MARIA (arrangements by Sandino Hohagen)
6. ÊLES (with Os Mutantes)

CAETANO VELOSO - "CAETANO VELOSO" - The Caetano's starting point to Tropicalia. His first solo album, originally recorded at 1968 on Philips blue label.

Featuring: Beat Boys, Os Mutantes, RC-7 and Musikantiga.

One of the most important early Tropicalia album.

This album is the first boot of Tropicalia movement on an authorial album.
Essential listening!!!

Please do take a look to the Tropical cover!

By Rogério Duarte