DESCRIPTION:
From '' Behind The Magnolia Curtain ''
Label: Rough Trade (US) -- Rough US 16, Frenzi -- FZ4000
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1981

Tracklist
A1 Come On Little Mama
A2 She's The One That Got It
A3 Hey High School Baby
A4 Brazil
A5 You're Undecided
A6 Ooee Baby
A7 St Louis Blues
B1 Snake Drive
B2 Blind Man
B3 Where The Rio De Rosa Flows
B4 Snatch It Back
B5 Bourgeois Blues
B7 Moving On Down The Line

Vocals, Guitar - Tav Falco
Drums - Tate County Miss. Drum Corps.
Guitar, Drums - L X Chilton, Jim Duckworth

All tracks recorded one - take simultaneous by John Hampton in Memphis, Tennessee.
Cover and label have different tracklistings.
Other versions also have different tracklistings.

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"Aquarela do Brasil" (English: Watercolor of Brazil), known in the English-speaking world simply as "Brazil", is one of the most famous Brazilian songs of all time, written by Ary Barroso in 1939.

"Aquarela do Brasil" was first performed by Aracy Cortes on June 10, 1939, at the premiere of the musical play Entra na Faixa, by Barroso and Luis Iglesias. Despite Cortes' huge popularity at the time, the song flopped, perhaps for not adjusting well to her voice. A month later, it was performed by the baritone Candido Botelho on Joujoux e Balangandans, a benefit concert sponsored by Darcy Vargas, then First Lady of Brazil. It was then recorded by Francisco Alves, arranged by Radames Gnattali and his orchestra, and released by Odeon Records on August 1939.
"Aquarela do Brasil" took a while to succeed. In 1940, it was not among the top three songs of that year's Carnival in Rio. The president of the jury was Heitor Villa-Lobos, and Barroso, offended that his masterpiece was not on the list, ended his relationship with him. The two men would only speak to each other again fifteen years later, when both received the National Order of Merit.
The song only became famous after it was included on the 1942 Walt Disney animated film Saludos Amigos. After that, the song became known not only in Brazil, but worldwide, becoming the first Brazilian song to be played over a million times on American radio. Due to the huge popularity achieved in the United States, it received an English version by songwriter Bob Russe

The song has received many successful recordings through the years, being played in many different genres, ranging from its original samba genre to disco.

In 1943, Spanish-born bandleader Xavier Cugat reached number two on the Best Sellers List and number nine on the Harlem Hit Parade with his version of "Brazil". In 1957, Frank Sinatra recorded the song in Come Fly With Me. He was followed by other successful artists of the time such as Bing Crosby, Ray Conniff, and Paul Anka.

During the Brazilian military dictatorship, MPB singer Elis Regina performed what is perhaps the darkest version ever of "Aquarela do Brasil", accompanied by a choral of men reproducing chants of the Native-Brazilians. Meanwhile, American band The Ritchie Family reached number-one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart for seven weeks with their disco version of the song. Other successful Brazilian singers such as Antonio Carlos Jobim, Erasmo Carlos, Joao Gilberto, Gal Costa, and Simone also recorded versions of the song at the same period.

The song was featured prominently in the 1985 Terry Gilliam film Brazil, which was named after it. It was recorded by Geoff Muldaur in the soundtrack. Afterwards, in the 1990s, it was recorded by both Harry Belafonte and Dionne Warwick.

In 2007, singer-songwriter Daniela Mercury, which recorded the most recent cover of the song by a Brazilian artist, was invited to perform the song at the end of the opening ceremony of the XV Pan American Games, held in Rio de Janeiro.

In 2009, the Recording Academy added the 1942 recording of "Brazil (Aquarela Do Brasil)" by Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra on the Grammy Hall of Fame.

1947 Django Reinhardt
1957 Frank Sinatra
1958 Bing Crosby
1960 Ray Conniff
1963 Paul Anka
1965 The Shadows
1970 Antonio Carlos Jobim
1970 Erasmo Carlos
1975 Elis Regina
1973 Banda Eletrica
1975 The Ritchie Family
1976 Chet Atkins
1976 Joao Gilberto
1980 Gal Costa
1980 Simone
1981 Tav Falco's Panther Burns
1985 Geoff Muldaur
1985 Kate Bush and Michael Kamen
1987 Ney Matogrosso
1990 Harry Belafonte
1997 Pink Martini
1998 Vengaboys
1995 Dionne Warwick
2000 Rosemary Clooney
2002 Cornelius
2004 Martinho da Vila
2005 Arcade Fire
"Rebellion (Lies)" (B-side)
2005 Daniela Mercury
Bale Mulato
2005 Placido Domingo
Lo Essencial de
2007 Chick Corea & Bela Fleck
The Enchantment