Sergio Mendes is gone at 83 R.I.P.

[kap'n krunch]

I know Quad Linda will NOT be pleased...always loved his stuff...
https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/sep/06/brazilian-musician-sergio-mendes-dies-aged-83

on a lighter note, I love it when Admiral Halsey said before Patto's "Loud Green Song"..."WHATEVER YOU DO , DON'T MAKE IT SOUND LIKE SERGIO MENDEEES!!

 

[4-earredwonder]

R.I.P. SERGIO.....wherever you may be hopefully you're serenading the choir of angels with your latest iteration of SERGIO MENDES & BRAZIL '24

 

[Hamilton59]

Sad news. His music was a part of the soundtracks of many parties/social gatherings during my childhood at my parent’s home. Great memories.

 

[GOS]

Oh wow.... RIP to another uber talent back in the day.

 

[Quad Linda]

What can I say? No one like him. Mendes would be in my top 5 music acts. Caught him live - spectacular! Have bought everything of his I could get my hands on. Lots of Japan and Brazil imports.

Recommended rarities:
Carnival live w/Brazil '77 Japan only SQ LP mostly audience in rears ESSENTIAL
Picardia (lado1 Espanol) Peru LP (side 2 English) Sergio Mendes(w/Never Gonna)
Live at Expo '70 w/Brazil '66 Japan only LP & CD
In Concert (1979) w/Brazil '77 UK MFP LP
Horizonte Abierto LP/CD Brazil only
Bossa Rio 1st (similar to Brazil '66) UK CD/US LP produced by Mendes

 

[GOS]

What can I say? No one like him. Mendes would be in my top 5 music acts. Caught him live - spectacular! Have bought everything of his I could get my hands on. Lots of Japan and Brazil imports.

Recommended rarities:
Carnival live w/Brazil '77 Japan only SQ LP mostly audience in rears ESSENTIAL
Picardia (side 1 Espanol) LP side 2 - Sergio Mendes (w/Never Gonna Let You Go)
Live at Expo '70 w/Brazil '66 Japan only LP & CD
In Concert w/Brazil '77 UK MFP LP
Horizonte Abierto LP/CD Brazil only
Bossa Rio 1st (similar to Brazil '66) UK CD/US LP produced by Mendes

Seriously, it's so sad when someone of his stature passes. He cannot be replaced.

 

[Mesozoic Mike]

Sergio's music always takes me back to happier times.

 

[JediJoker]

Worth a watch:

 

[ar surround]

When his stuff first appeared on the radio, it was notably different from everything else and very refreshing. RIP Sergio.

 

[Quad Linda]

My 5 fave Mendes records:

1- Equinox w/Brazil '66
2- Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brazil '66
3- Sergio Mendes (Never Gonna Let You Go)
4- Carnival (live in Japan) w/Brazil '77 Japan only SQ
5- Fool on the Hill w/Brazil '66 (cover is group sitting on picture of naked girl!)

We caught Mendes in concert perhaps 15 years ago at the Hemmens in Elgin, IL. It was all Brazil '66/'77/'88 w/female lead singers, incl. his wife Gracinha Leporace. She was lead singer in Bossa Rio and replaced Lani Hall in Brazil '66 and subsequent groups. Near the end of the concert, Joe Pizzulo came on stage and sang lead on Never Gonna Let You Go. Pizzulo was lead singer on the hit record.

We met Lani Hall and her Husband Herb Alpert backstage at Bullish (TJB reunion tour) show at Poplar Creek, Hoffman Estates, IL in the 80's.

Never Gonna Let You Go (lip synch) from Solid Gold:



Brujo (Voodoo) en Espanol from Picardia A&M/CBS Peru LP

 

[Bob Romano]

I know Quad Linda will NOT be pleased...always loved his stuff...
https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/sep/06/brazilian-musician-sergio-mendes-dies-aged-83

on a lighter note, I love it when Admiral Halsey said before Patto's "Loud Green Song"..."WHATEVER YOU DO , DON'T MAKE IT SOUND LIKE SERGIO MENDEEES!!

Absolutely. He's been a favorite since I heard my dad play the album Equinox.

 

[Bob Romano]

My 5 fave Mendes records:

1- Equinox w/Brazil '66
2- Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brazil '66
3- Sergio Mendes (Never Gonna Let You Go)
4- Carnival (live in Japan) w/Brazil '77 Japan only SQ
5- Fool on the Hill w/Brazil '66 (cover is group sitting on picture of naked girl!)

We caught Mendes in concert perhaps 15 years ago at the Hemmens in Elgin, IL. It was all Brazil '66/'77/'88 w/female lead singers, incl. his wife Gracinha Leporace. She was lead singer in Bossa Rio and replaced Lani Hall in Brazil '66 and subsequent groups. Near the end of the concert, Joe Pizzulo came on stage and sang lead on Never Gonna Let You Go. Pizzulo was lead singer on the hit record.

We met Lani Hall and her Husband Herb Alpert backstage at Bullish (TJB reunion tour) show at Poplar Creek, Hoffman Estates, IL in the 80's.

Never Gonna Let You Go (lip synch) from Solid Gold:



Brujo (Voodoo) en Espanol from Picardia CBS Peru LP

Equinox was my intro and one I still play all the time. Amazing rhythm and harmonies.

 

[jefe1]

I always liked their cover of Fool On The Hill

 

[gvl_guy]

Nows the time for Rhino to issue the quad they have of his as a Quadio.

https://www.discogs.com/release/1960032-Sergio-Mendes-Sergio-Mendes

 

[gvl_guy]

I had to listen to this today. Damn. This needs to be a Quadio, @ForagingRhino! Sure, it won't be to everyone's taste, but it's beautiful, with great arrangements and smooth vocals. I'm in 100%! Sergio was awesome, no matter what year his stuff was released, from Brazil 66 in the 60s to the 2000s.

 

[Doug G.]

Very sad. He was an integral part of the sixties.

Doug

 

[fredblue]

I had to listen to this today. Damn. This needs to be a Quadio, @ForagingRhino! Sure, it won't be to everyone's taste, but it's beautiful, with great arrangements and smooth vocals. I'm in 100%! Sergio was awesome, no matter what year his stuff was released, from Brazil 66 in the 60s to the 2000s. View attachment 109101

yes indeed! i've been singing that records praises for quite some time the suggestion by someone on here that it was a contractual obligation's utter hogwash, it's a lovely album with a great Quad mix RIP the late great Sergio Mendes

 

[ar surround]

Nows the time for Rhino to issue the quad they have of his as a Quadio.

https://www.discogs.com/release/1960032-Sergio-Mendes-Sergio-Mendes

Immediate buy!