Umas E Outras "Poucas E Boas" (Polydor, 1970)
Innocent, goofy, psychedelia-laced sunshine pop with female vocals and tight harmony singing -- kind of like a slightly more adventurous version of Quarteto Em Cy. (Indeed, one of these three gals later went into the Em Cy group...) The album opens with a naifish homage to the Beatles, "Abrace Paul Mccartney Por Mim," filtering "Elanor Rigby" through the mildest of Claudine Longet-style pop; there's also a strong debt to the music-hall tendencies of Rita Lee and Os Mutantes, although this album is hardly as vigorous as anything Mutantes had done up to this date. Overall, I didn't find this record all that captivating, but it's still an interesting artifact of the times. Apparently they also did a lot of work on various film and television soundtracks, so you can keep your eyes open for them there as well...
