Despite owning upward of 300 bossa nova albums, I was unfamiliar with this one. I only know about it because Todd Selbert kindly sent the vinyl to me. Recorded on June 3, 1964 in São Paulo, Brazil, the album by singer Véra Brasil was originally entitled Tema do Boneco De Palha, or Ode to a Straw Puppet, and released in the U.S. by Revelation in 1975. Th…
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