TIM MAIA Racional Vol. 2 ORIGINAL BRAZIL SOUL PYSCH FUNK LP HEAR
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TIM MAIA
Racional Vol. 2
SEROMA
ORIGINAL BRAZIL LP
W/ INSERT (INSERT LOOKS LIKE A COPY)
AllMusic Review by Matt Rinaldi
Of course, all the new age rhetoric will fly right over the heads of non-Portuguese speakers, but one listen to the English-language "Rational Culture," which closes the first volume, will give an inkling to the madness at hand. An infectious 12-minute jam driven by Hammond organ and shimmering electric guitar digressions that would make Isaac Hayes proud, "Rational Culture" has Tim laying out the cult's core beliefs, declaring "We came from a superworld, a world of rational energy, and we live in an anti-world, a world of animal energy." Predictably, RCA Victor wanted nothing to do with Racional (Maia founded his own company, Seroma, and distributed the two albums independently in 1975), and neither did the public. Few record stores agreed to stock the albums; fans were put off by the strange covers (drawings that explains the cult's philosophy) and abstruse song titles. While one track, the brooding samba-reggae "Imunização Racional (Que Beleza)," received some airplay, the albums were universally panned by critics. Commercially, Racional represents the low point of Tim Maia's career. A year later, disenchanted with Cultura Racional, Tim broke with the cult once and for all, recalled both volumes from store shelves, and destroyed all the copies he could. Thus Racional became a shameful footnote, one that Maia strove to erase from the public's memory, and it remained so until years later, when other Brazilian artists such as Marisa Monte and Gal Costa starting covering "Imunização Racional (Que Beleza)." And while both volumes of Racional remained out of print throughout Tim Maia's lifetime, its legend grew. The few copies in circulation became coveted collector's items and, over the years, many have come to regard Racional as Maia's finest work. In 2006, Racional, Vol. 1 finally appeared for the first time in CD form on the Trama label.
COVER: VG -- COVER IS SOLID, NO SPLITS, HOWEVER A LARGE TEAR AND WEAR ON FRONT AND BACK COVER HAS BEEN REFURBISHED, FIXED FROM THE INSIDE OF COVER (SEE PHOTO), WHITE TAPE ALONG OPENING OF COVER BACK AND FRONT
VINYL: VG+ -- VERY LIGHT SCUFFS, ONE SCUFF CLICKS A COUPLE OF TIMES AT BEGINNING OF SIDE B, TRACK 4 (CHECK CLIP #6); OTHERWISE REST OF RECORD PLAYS GREAT - CHECK EXTENDED CLIPS
RARE BRAZIL FUNK - RARELY SHOWS UP
CHECK SOUND CLIPS FROM ACTUAL LP FOR SALE BELOW:
RACIONAL VOL. 2 - 1
RACIONAL VOL. 2 - 2
RACIONAL VOL. 2 - 3
RACIONAL VOL. 2 - 4
RACIONAL VOL. 2 - 5
PLEASE CHECK THE REST OF THE AUCTION FOR MORE RARE BRAZIL LPS.
GRADING SCALE: NM, VG++, VG+, VG, G
ALL RECORDS ARE SOUNDCHECKED OR PLAYED THROUGH ON A REGA RP1 WITH A DENON DL 110 CARTRIDGE. COMMENTS ON SOUND ARE PURELY OUR OPINION AND THEREFORE SUBJECTIVE. THE SAME RECORD/LP MAY SOUND DIFFERENT ON ANOTHER SYSTEM OR SETUP. VG+ MEANS VINYL IS COLLECTIBLE AND HIGHLY LISTENABLE - NOT TRASHED.
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