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"Tudo o Que Você Podia Ser" by Quarteto Em Cy (Lo Borges/Marcio Borges)

Written for the "Clube da Esquina" album by Lô and Marcio Borges, the song marked the return of Quarteto em Cy in 1972, following a two-year hiatus. Their first album for Odeon, which was Milton Nascimento's label, a lot of the musicians involved in this recording had contributions to Clube da Esquina.

The album was a commercial failure at the time, but over the years this version became a hot commodity among DJs, record collectors, producers, and rappers including Kanye West and Pharell Williams.

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Every episode is a different song. This is the song today:

"Então É Natal" by Simone (Cláudio Rabello/ John Lennon)

There has been no Christmas in Brazil in the last 30 years without Simone's version of John Lennon's "Merry Xmas (War is Over)". Released in 1995, the song became the quintessential "Brazilian" Christmas song that we listen to everywhere every time by the end of the year.

Despite its obvious cheesy arrangements, we uncovered Simone's career up until that point, and how this became a massive hit even up today.

In episode #73, we will finish our celebration of albums released 50 years ago. During this year we made specials about 'A Tábua de Esmeralda', 'Elis & Tom', Cartola's debut album, Arnaldo Baptita's solo album, and more recently Gal Costa's 'Cantar'.

In this episode, we will discuss some other great albums from 1973, from the brilliant samba makers Clara Nunes and Martinho da Vila to the Northeast psychedelia of Ednardo, and the forgotten brilliancy of Tuca, Ana Mazzotti, and Jaime & Nair. We also talked about Jards Macalé, Quinteto Armorial, Egberto Gismonti, and the fantastic O Som Nosso de Cada Dia.

All songs are available following our playlist on Spotify "⁠Soundtrack: Brazuca Sounds"⁠.