Next year we’re going to launch an online site of the Keith Richards’ Blues Collection, continue to scan our 25,000 music books and host Brazilian World Music Day, a worldwide event in Sept.

We’re doing our best and can use your help.

So please Donate via paypal (button below), on our nycharities.org page  (best for matching funds) or via that ol’ mailbox like the one above.  And let us know if you have recordings to donate to help build the collection.

All the best from Bob, Fred, Will and all the volunteers @ ARChive of Contemporary Music.

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Since 1985 our holdings have grown to two million sound recordings,
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There are hundreds of Classical CDs (most $4) and LPs (all $1 each) @ the ARChive’s Holiday Sale.  Including a a big pile of Deutsche Grammophon CDs like the above.  Last two days!  We gotta move this stuff!

Admission is free! Over 20,000 items for sale. New items added daily.

Hundreds of CDs are priced at $1 to $5 each. Just released NEW & HOT CDs are $5 – $10. Collectible LPs are priced below book/online value.

WHEN: Sat and Sun, DEC 10-18. Open every day, 11 am– 6pm.

WHERE: 54 White Street in Tribeca. South of Canal between Broadway and Church.

http://www.arcmusic.org

Any of the above – $10 each!

Admission is free! Over 20,000 items for sale. New items added daily.

Hundreds of CDs are priced at $1 to $5 each. Just released NEW & HOT CDs are $5 – $10. Collectible LPs are priced below book/online value.

WHEN: Sat and Sun, DEC 10-18. Open every day, 11 am– 6pm.

WHERE: 54 White Street in Tribeca. South of Canal between Broadway and Church.

http://www.arcmusic.org

And here’s a shot of Maria setting up a wall of singles for the sale…

So do drop by to get some tasty vinyl, CDs or vintage housewares and help support the ARC!

Call us at 212-226-6967 or join online >                 

ARChive of Contemporary Music

54 White Street, New York City, 10013

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Brazilian World Music Day – Sept 7, 2012

Upstate today I was almost as busy picking up 700 choice LPs from producer/jazzman Dennis Bell. We’ll be working overtime the weekend to sort, catalog what we need for the collection, and hopefully have a nice pile ready for our sale.  We can’t thank these folks enough for their help and generosity.

Now these LPs we KNOW we have, as they’re already up on the wall and priced. As you can see the variety is pretty good. Plus we have 5 different original Residents LPs @ $12 ea.

So do drop by next Saturday to shop and say hi!

And you can always join the ARC and shop early, have a drink and food this Thursday at our members pre-sale cocktail party. Nice folks and it helps support the ARC.

Call us at 212-226-6967 or join online >   

ARChive of Contemporary Music

54 White Street, New York City, 10013

tel : 212-226-6967     e : info@arcmusic.org      http://arcmusic.org

ARC blog: http://arcmusic.wordpress.com
Muslim World Music Day : http://muslimworldmusicday.com

Brazilian World Music Day – Sept 7, 2012

CDs are mostly NEW pop + rock donations from record companies and collectors, NOT used, returns or defects!   Collectible LPs are priced below book/online value.   Hundreds of CDs are priced at $1 to $5 each.  Just released NEW & HOT CDs are $5 – $10.

This year specials include  •  hundreds of Big Band / Swing / Trad Jazz LPs  •  Thousands of indie CDs – the stars of the future!  •  CDs from Mute Records  •  Classical LPs and CDs  •  Original vintage 60s psychedelic posters from the Gande Ballroom in Detroit  •  Over 700 desirable and hard to find 7” singles never offered before – sorted by artists who’s names begin with the letters «H» + «N»   •   A large selection of ART BOOKS that are great coffetable gifts  + music books   •  Classic Rock LPs  African, Reggae & world-music releases  •  MOST Classical LPs 50¢ or LESS  •  videos + DVDs.  A big box of ever-popular LAZERDISCS. 

For the dis-en-vinyled – our Astroturf Yard Sale section of vintage kitchen wares and clothing!!!  Hawaiian shirts + Winter coats.

Call us if you have things to donate – LPs, CDs, books, VHS, DVDs, audio equipment – anything and everything musical.  It helps us and all donations are tax deductible.

ARC member can attend our pre-sale Holiday COCKTAIL PARTY – Thursday evening, December 8, 6pm – 9pm.

Members shop before the general public and shmooze, drink and snack.  All attending get a Frank Zappa poster donated by renowned rock photographer Lynn Goldsmith.

This year’s party will feature plenty of food plus moonshine handmade by  Kenny the Singing Busdriver, beer donated by Brooklyn’s Bonnie’s Grill, and from Tribeca’s Bubble Lounge, a Pares Balta Cava.  Krrb is your host for the evening, a local classified startup. Do visit:  Krrb.com

YOU CAN JOIN by calling us @ 212-226-6967
or join online by clicking here >>>  

ARChive of Contemporary Music

54 White Street, New York City, 10013

tel : 212-226-6967     e : info@arcmusic.org      http://arcmusic.org

ARC blog: http://arcmusic.wordpress.com
Muslim World Music Day : http://muslimworldmusicday.com

Brazilian World Music Day – Sept 7, 2012

]]> http://arcmusic.wordpress.com/2011/11/27/arc-holiday-record-cd-sale/feed/ 0 bgeorge WRS11_poster_SML Picture 2 http://arcmusic.wordpress.com/2011/11/23/book-digitization-arc/ http://arcmusic.wordpress.com/2011/11/23/book-digitization-arc/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:29:36 +0000 bgeorge http://arcmusic.wordpress.com/?p=2165 ]]> Some thoughts on scanning the ARC’s 20,000+ music books in partnership with the Internet Archive by project coordinator Alexis Cavaretta…

The ARChive is the kind of place that will say yes to just about anything – no exclusions. Their collection of music books reflects this diversity. As someone who must navigate through the catalog records daily, I’ve come to appreciate the unconventional nature of this collection. Some books are indeed very bibliographic and it is easy to capture information about the object and the scope of its content. It is also true that the book collection has some non-descriptive books that are more like pictorial works or are just old, published differently, or published in a different country and/or language. Though the most difficult and elusive bibliographic items, which are also some of the most unique, are not books but serials (think: event pamphlets, record company promotional products, tour/celebrity souvenir books, etc.), art books (Elvis Presley pop-up book etc.), and/or sheet music.

When we first started the project, I was concerned mainly with understanding how to use the Internet Archive’s (IA) Scribe II book digitizing machine and how to navigate their scanning software. The Scribe was ingeniously designed to preserve the books it scans. It allows the book to sit in a cradle, partially open, while the operator lifts the glass with a pedal to turn each page after each shot of the two cameras placed on an angle above. In order to the check human and computer error, the scanner works alongside the “republisher”, who adjusts auto-crop of images, verifies page numbers, and inserts metadata for scanned books.

As the project progressed, Will Susich (Archivist) and I created a guide for interns, outlining the detail oriented tasks that running the Scribe machine and working in republishing requires. We also started troubleshooting the various software, camera, and other sundry aspects of the project, which was all made easier by the presence of the Troubleshooter-in-Chief, Paul Nguyen, our IA contact. There were also choices to be made. Soon we began setting aside oversized books that are too large to scan and pop-up books, which cannot be scanned using the Scribe. For them we wait for the fabled “foldout machine” (we are in the queue), with which both can be scanned.

Overall, we soon began to understand the scope of the many factors that effect book digitization. Yet, the books (and related bibliographic objects) are always at the center of it all, giving us glimpses into the ARChive’s amazing and diverse collection. And now, many of those books are digitized and readable in our in-house electronic online database, which is hosted by IA. How we will provide access to the collection is still being decided, but the idea that there is a searchable online archive of a part of the ARChive’s collection is very compelling. This collection represents contemporary music cultural production, visual culture, and print history, which we hope our digital ARChive will provide visitors the opportunity to analyze and reevaluate.

ps x B: Google had asked us why we were doing this, as they were scanning all books.  Well we did showed them a list of the 25 Brazilian books that we had scanned, and they had only scanned four of them.  Case closed.

Both Paul and Gil were charming and smart. The interview leaned too much towards other musicians, mostly well-known rockers who influenced Gil. Understandable I think in terms of the audience, an effort perhaps to offer familiar references and context. I would have liked to have heard more about negotiating art in a dictatorship, or perhaps the journey Gil made from outside agitator to government employee as a one-term Minister of Culture. After all ‘Western’ performers who sling lyrics at power know their efforts register as entertainment, earning a governmental shrug over a ticket out-of-town. But Gil, like Fela Kuti, Bob Marley, Thomas Mapfumo, Manno Charlemagne and countless others faced realworld consequences when their music addressed corruption, abuse and neglect. Gil’s status in Brazil rests not only on the grace and beauty of his art, but in remaining relevant over a long stretch of time. Few elder statesmen avoid being a nostalgia act.

One brilliant touch, invigorating a familiar format, was having the interview rendered on paper in real time by artist Flash Rosenberg. Eventually a short animated film will be made, with added touches and music.

You can view some video of past interviews @ vimeo.com/livenypl and see the remaining schedule @ http://www.nypl.org/events/live-nypl. Thanks to everyone at NYPublic for letting us use the illustration above, created during the talk. All about Gilberto Gil can be found @ http://www.gilbertogil.com.br/

There are over 100 recordings of Gil’s here at the ARChive. Here’s a discography minus the Various Artists collections and guest shots…

• A Arte Maior De Gilberto Gil (Fontana, Brasil, 6470 537/8, 12″, vinyl disc-2Lp, 1975)

• A Gente Precisa Ver o Luar (WEA, Brazil, BR 38.180, 12″, vinyl disc-Lp, 1981)

• A Voz de Gilberto Gil (Fontana, Brasil, 6488 111, 12″ , vinyl disc-Lp, 1981)

• Acoustic (Warner, Brazil, 82564-2, 5″, compact disc, 1994)

• Antologia do Samba-Choro [Gilberto Gil & Germano Mathias ] (Philips, USA, 6349 361, 12″, vinyl disc-Lp, 1978)

• Ao Vivo em Tùquio (Live in Tokyo) (Braziloid, USA, BR 4009, 12″, vinyl disc-LP, 1987)

• Brasil [Joao Gilberto, Caetono Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Maria Bethïnia] (Warner Bros., USA, BSK 3613, 12″, vinyl disc-Lp, 1981)

• “Chororo” / “Respeita Januario” (Elektra Records, Brazil, BR 12.024, 7″, vinyl disc-Single or Ep, 1978)

• Dia Dorim Noite Neon (Warner Bros, Brasil, BR 36.207 / 610.6012, 12″, vinyl disc-Lp , 1985)

• Doces Barbaros [Caetano Veloso, Gal Costa, Gilberto Gil, Maria Bethania] (Philips, Brasil , 6349 307/8, 12″, vinyl disc-2Lp, 1976)

• Expresso 2222 (Fontana, Brazil, 6488 194, 12″, vinyl disc-Lp, 1982)

• Extra (WEA Latina, WH 50128, 5″, compact disc, 1983)

• Extra (Warner, Brazil, BR 36198, 12″, vinyl disc-Lp, 1983)

• Gil Jorge [Gilberto Gil, Jorge Ben]. (Verve, USA, 314 512 067 2, 5″, compact disc, 1975)

• Gilberto Gil (Abril Cultural, Brasil, n.n., 12″, vinyl disc-LP, 1982)

• Gilberto Gil (PolyGram, Brasil, , 12″, vinyl disc-Lp , 1982)

• Gilberto Gil (Philips, Brazil, 6349.006, 12″, vinyl disc-Lp , 1971)

• Gilberto Gil (Abril Cultural, Brasil, HMPB-13, 10″, vinyl disc-Lp, 1977)

• Gilberto Gil (Fontana, Brasil, 6488 147, 12″, vinyl disc-Lp, 1982)

• Le Troubadour du BrÄsil (Warner Jazz, France, WE 889, 5″, compact disc, 1997)

• Music from the film Me You Them (Atlantic, USA, 83430-2, 5″, compact disc, 2000)

• Nightingale (Elektra, USA, 6E-167, 12″, vinyl disc-Lp, 1979)

• O Eterno Deus Mu Danìa (WEA, Brasil, 670.8059, 12″, vinyl disc-Lp, 1989)

• Personalidade (Philips, Brazil, 832 216-1, 12″, vinyl disc-Lp, 1987)

• Quanta (Mesa/Blue Moon. USA, , 5″, compact disc, )

• Quanta (WEA, Brazil, 063018644-2, 5″, compact disc-2CD, 1997)

• Quilombo (trilha sonora) (WEA International, France, 251632-1, 12″, vinyl disc-Lp, 1984)

• Raìa Humana (Warner Bros., Brasil, BR 36.201, 12″, vinyl disc-Lp, 1984)

• Raìa Humana / Human Race (WEA International, USA, WEA 1805, 12″, vinyl disc-Lp, 1984)

• Re, Sol Vida (Warner Bros., Brasil, BR 26.133, 12″, vinyl disc-Lp, 1985)

• Realce (WEA Latina, USA, WH 53068, cassette, 1979)

• Realce (WEA, Germany, 25.0038-1, 12″, vinyl disc-Lp, n.d.)

• Realce (Elektra, Brasil, BR 32.038, 12″, vinyl disc-Lp , 1978)

• Refavela (Philips, Brasil, 5349 329, 12″, vinyl disc-Lp , 1977)

• Refazenda (PHILIPS, Brasil, 6349 152, 12″, vinyl disc-Lp , 1975)

• Soy Loco Por Ti America (Braziloid, USA, BR 4000, 12″, vinyl disc-Lp , 1988)

• Temporada de verïo – ao vivo na Bahia [Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Gal Costa] (Philips, Brasil, 6349 108, 12″, vinyl disc-Lp, 1984)

• The Eternal God of Change (Tropical Storm, USA, WH 56620, 5″, compact disc, 1989)

• Tropicçlia 2 [Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso] (Philips, Brasil, 79339 , 12″, vinyl disc-Lp , 1993)

• Um Banda Um (WEA Latina, USA, WH 50006, 5″, compact disc, 1982)

• Um Banda Um (Warner Bros, Brasil, BR 26.063, 12″, vinyl disc-Lp , 1982)

• Z300 Anos de Zumbi (Blue Jackel Entertainment , 54634-2, 5″, compact disc, 2002)

My first stop in Sao Paulo was the Galeria do Rock in the old center.  This building used to house a great many record stores, but now has given way to music accessories and swag depots.  More or less the first floor sells hip-hop, the 3d Metal (who could resist the cuddly Goth baby doll), and the 4^th floor rock.

And what floors!

One of the last remaining vinyl outlets is Baratos Afins (Cheap + Willing).  Started by Luiz Calanca in 1978, they rightly proclaim themselves an independent pioneer, as both label and retailer.   The store became a label when os Mutantes vocalist/bassist Arnaldo Baptista enlisted Calanca to release a solo LP.  Soon the store became known for releasing ‘underground’ music and rereleasing out-of-print LPs by os Mutantes and Tom Zé.  In time the label issued a wide range of genres: experimental, post punk, garage, modern pop, jazz and metal.

A big thanks to Mr. Calanca who donated a group of his rock and jazz LPs.  Naturally I couldn’t resist this Twist LP.

Another long-lived store specializing in Discos Vinil is Eric Records in the Pinheiros neighborhood of Sao Paulo.

One nice touch is the guitar mosaics in front of the store, continuing the theme of patterned sidewalks you see throughout the city.  Run by Eric Crauford, the shop is chock-a-block with new and vintage plastic, both local and international, surrounded by memorabilia, room after room deep.  By the way those RS 1.99= $1.10.

Beco, who had just produced the fabulous Red, Hot + Rio 2 album (listen or purchase here), was at Radio Eldorado doing an interview.  Later we toured their archive.  The very first record they ever received was by Tony Bennett, but I liked this one.

Here’s a shot of archivist Edgard Conçalves filing some 45s, who’s been here as long as, well, Tony Bennett.  You can listen to Radio E here.

The highlight of the Sao Paulo trip was a visit to a fabled collector who is relocating his 400,000 recordings – here they are, all boxed and labeled and getting ready to enter their new home.  ARC has offered to help to catalog this collection and a large donation of duplicate will be coming our way later this year.

The next day we were off to Rio to give a presentation (details next blog) at Studio X, a Columbia University initiative.   Outside their window we discovered this tidy street vendor where we found good things, in good condition, at about $1 an LP.  Like this gem featuring Baden Powell.

Another highlight was a tour of the Museu da Imagem e do Som  (MIS, Museum of Image and Sound) in Rio, a government supported institution since 1965.  The museum houses about 80,000 recordings, more than half of them 78 rpm discs.  This is a remarkable collection, yet to be cataloged and the metadata made available to the public – but the 78s are all digitized. They are in the process of building their new space (go two-blogs-back to see what the magnificent new building will look like) in the heart of Copacabana beach.   The goal is to offer interactive access to all the materials in a few years.   Thanks to VP Rachel Valença for her time and attention.  We also visited MIS in Sao Paulo, who’s concentration is more on image than on sound.  Thanks there to Paola de Marco.

A cultural organization in the Urca neighborhood is the Instituto Cultural Cravo Albin.  It’s a not-for-profit, called an ONG here (NGO in the EU), founded and run by Ricardo Cravo Albin in 2001.  Mr. Albin is best known for his encyclopedic Dictionary Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira, published in 1997 and available online.

The Institute is built right into the base of Sugarloaf, the rock breaking into some of the rooms.  (I curse my camera, on the fritz that day).  One treat was a reconstruction of a 1930s radio studio, complete with transmitter and microphones reportedly used by a young Carmen Miranda.   A big thanks to Mr. Albin for the donation of some of his publications and the nice bottle of Champagne we had on his porch overlooking Rio.

On the last day in town we visited journalist and critic, Tarik de Souza.  Tarik has the usual wall-upon-wall of LPs, but here’s a peek at his room of reference files on Brazilian artists.  Mr. de Souza will offer an essay on sambalanço, a genre that emerged and was somewhat eclipsed with the bossa explosion, for our Brazilian World Music Day.

So we urge everyone to visit Brazil and to have a listen to the wide range of Brazilian music out there.  A good introduction is our pal Beco’s recent guest shot on NPR’s Alt. Latino program.  They call Beco a “Super Producer,” and he offers you a super taste of the new and wonderful music from Brazil.

Below is a list of the recordings ARC collected on this trip to Brazil.  You can see all of the Brazilian recordings at the ARC that we have catalogued (this is a beta version) so far @ http://arcmusic.heroku.com/brazil_albums?c=label&d=up

• Manezinho Araujo.   Nova Historia Da musica popular brasileira  (Abril Cultural, HMPB-62-B, 12″, vinyl disc-Lp, 1979)

• Nina Becker.   Azul  (YB music / Nucleo Contemporaneo, Brazil, AB0001000 / YBCD060, 5″, compact disc, )

• Nina Becker.   Vermelho  (yb Music / Nucleo Contemporaneo, Brazil, YBCD059 AB0001000, 5″, compact disc, )

• Jorge Ben.   “Natal Brasileiro (Que natal e esse)” / “Waimea”  (Somlivre, Brazil, 401.6135, 7″, vinyl disc-Single, 1978)

• Maria Bethania.   Talisma  (philips, 6328 302, 12″, vinyl disc-, 1980)

• Maria Bethania.   Drama  (Philips, 6349.050, 12″, vinyl disc-, 1972)

• Bocato.   Aqui Jazz Brazil  (Baratos Afins, Brazil, BA 044, 12″, vinyl disc-, 1989)

• Bocato.   Sonho de um anarquista  (Baratos Afins, Brazil, BA 034, 12″, vinyl disc-, 1987)

• Cafe Creme.   Beatles Disco  (Pathe Marconi, Brazil, S7PT-15.023, 7″, vinyl disc-Single or Ep, 1977)

• Silvio Caldas.   Cabelos Brancos  (CBS – brazil, 70001, 12″, vinyl disc-, n.d.)

• Candeia.   Seguinte…: Raiz   (discobertas, Brazil, DB-080, 5″, compact disc, 2011)

• Beth carvalho.   Beth Carvalho  (Tapecar, LP- X – 19, 12″, vinyl disc-, n.d.)

• The Clevers.   Encontro com Clevers (Twist)  (Continental, Brazil, PPL-12.083, 12″, vinyl disc-, n.d.)

• Andreia Dias.   Vol. 02  (Scubidu , SDU-010, 5”, compact disc, n.d.)

• Andreia Dias.   Vol. 1  (Scubidu , SDU001, 5”, compact disc, n.d.)

• Gilberto Gil.   “Chororo” / “Respeita Januario”  (Elektra Records, Brazil, BR 12.024, 7″, vinyl disc-Single, 1978)

• Earl Grant.   This Magic Moment  (Decca, 012.116, 12″, vinyl disc-, 1969)

• dani gurgel e novos compositores.   agora  (Boranda, BA 0006, 5”, compact disc, 2009)

• dani gurgel .   Nosso  (Boranda, BA 0005, 5”, compact disc, 2008)

• Seu Jorge.   Musicas Para Churrasco Vol. 1  (Cafune, Brazil, 60252775092 / AA0040000, 5″, compact disc, 2011)

• Kafka.   Musikanervosa  (Baratos Afins, Brazil, BA 032, 12″, vinyl disc-, 1987)

• Kafka.   obra dos Sonhos  (Baratos Afins, Brazil, BA 043, 12″, vinyl disc-, 1989)

• Gonzalo Labrado Trio.   Imagens Do Brasil  (Baratos Afins, Brazil, BA 039, 12″, vinyl disc-, n.d.)

• Miltinho .   Um Novo Astro  (Solar Fidelity, Brazil, LPP – 2004, 12″, vinyl disc-, )

• Miucha & Antonio Carlos Jobim.   Miucha and Antonio Carlos Jobim  (RCA Victor, 103.0213, 12″, vinyl disc-, 1977)

• Danilo moraes.   Danilo Moraes  (Scubidu, Brazil , SDU-007, 5”, compact disc, 2003)

• Danilo Moraes.   Danilo Moraes e as criados mudos  (Scubidu, Brazil, SDU-012, 5”, compact disc, 2010)

• Milton Nascimento and Jobim Trio.   Novas Bossas  (Blue Note, 50999 2 14817 2 7, 5”, compact disc, 2008)

• CLARA Nunes.   Alvorecer  (Odeon, Brazil, SMOFB 3835, 12″, vinyl disc, 1974)

• Andre Penazzi.   Orgao Samba Percussao  (Audio Fidelity, Brazil, DFM 3020, 12″, vinyl disc, )

• Percussivo mundo novo.   percussivo mundo novo  (Percussivo Mundo Novo, -, 5”, compact disc, n.d.)

• Elis Regina.   Em Pleno Verao  (Philips, R 765.112 L, 12″, vinyl disc-, 1970)

• Rock in Rio.   Rock In Rio  (–, –, 12″, vinyl disc-, 2011)

• Rubinho.   E Forca Bruta  (Nikita Music, Brazil, NIK001, 5″, compact disc, 2005)

• Raul Seixas.   “Judas” / “Magia De Amor”  (Warner, Brazil, BR 16.096, 7″, vinyl disc-Single, 1978)

• Rodrigo Sha.   Tom  (GO2MUSIC, Brazil, SHA 002, 5″, compact disc, )

• Jussara Silveira.   Entre o Amor e o Mar  (Maianga Discos, Brazil, MG2001c, 5″, compact disc, )

• Jussara Silveira.   Jussara  (Maianga Discos, Brazil, MG0701C / AB0003000, 5″, compact disc, )

• Jussara Silveira e Luiz Brasil.   Nobreza  (Maianga Discos, Brazil, MG1901C / AA0005000, 5″, compact disc, )

• Various Artists.   The New Brazilian Music  (BM&A, Brazil, BMA 2008/01, 5″, compact disc, 2008)

• Various Artists.   The New Brazilian Music  (BM&A, Brazil, BMA 2009/01, 5″, compact disc, 2009)

• Various Artists [ DJ MAM ].   BRazilianLounge RIO  (RIO Prefeitura, Brazil, –, 5″, compact disc, –)

• Vultos.   Filme da alma  (Baratos Afins, Brazil, BA 042, 12″, vinyl disc-, 1989)

• Tom Ze.   Todos os olhos  (Polysom, Brazil, 33069-1, 12″, vinyl disc-, 2010)

Books we added to the collection:

• Chico Buarque De Hollanda.   A Banda  (Livaria Francisco Alves, Brazil,1966).  Paper back. Brittle, spine cracking. Includes lyrics printed from handwritten pages.  Signed, Chico Buarque

• Caetano Rodrigues, Charles Gavin.   Bossa Nova E Outras Bossas : A Arte E O Design Das Capas Dos LPS  (Petrobras, Brazil, 2005).  Introduction by Ruy Castro.  Portuguese / English, 311 pages in 30×30 cm with clear plastic slipcase. 700 illustrated sleeves.  Signed by Charles Gavin to B. George. 23 September, 2011.

• Ricardo Cravo Albin.   Carioquice  (ICCA, Brazil,2011).  “Publicao Trimestral. Ano VII. N:29. Abr/Mai/Jun 2011″  Cultural magazine dealing with life in Rio de Janeiro. Includes articles on Gastronomy, Music, Theater, Urban Issues…

. Choro : Do Quintalo Ao Municipal (Exhibition)  (Faperj / UFF / Sectretarua De Estado De Cultura, Brazil, , ).  Pamphlet is from an art exhibition inspired by the book: Choro : Do Quintalo Ao Municipal (Choro : Cry of the City Yard) by the Author Hernique Cazes

• Lucio Rangel.   Jacob : Revista Da Musica Popular No. 10  (Revista Da Musica Popular, Brazil, 1955).  No. 10 of a 13 part Periodical series.

• Lucio Rangel.   Leny Eversong : Revista Da Musica Popular No. 11  (Revista Da Musica Popular, Brazil, 1955).  No. 11 of a 13 part Periodical series.

• Oito Batutas, Mariza Lira, Fernando Lobo, Clemente Netto, Muniz Sondre. • Pixinguinha – 70 : Cadernos Da Música Popular Brasileira N. 1.  Periodical. Approximately 20p. Collection of Articles about the musician Alfredo da Rocha Viana Jr. aka Pixinguinha. Includes “Bibliografia de Pixinguinha” on the back cover which includes bibliographic information on 16 books.

• Sergio Cabral.   Tom Jobim  (CBPO Campanhia Brasiliera De Projetos E Obras. Brazil, 8585144017, 1987).  Each chapter is first in Portuguese, then repeated in english. 89 pages of Black and White Illustrations. Discography included page 177-213

• Ricardo Cravo Albin.   Vinicius De Moraes  (ICCA, Brazil, 9788598706108, 2010).  Includes CD/DVD.  Signed with personal note to B. George

And

…when you leave Brazil, do pause and have a listen to the sexy, breathy announcetrix at the international airport – flight “niiiiine” “ooooooo0000h” “nniiiiinneeee” delivered in a telephone sex voice.   Maybe you should stay?