Elis Regina - The Remasters (All Tracks Remastered) '2021

Tracks list

Tracklist:

01. Murmúrio (Remastered)
02. Dá Sorte (Remastered)
03. Sonhando (Dreamin) (Remastered)
04. Canção de Enganar Despedida (Remastered)
05. Samba Feito pra Mim (Remastered)
06. As Secretárias (Remastered)
07. Fala-Me de Amor (Take Me In Your Arms) (Remastered)
08. Poropó Pó Pó (Remastered)
09. As Coisas Que Eu Gosto (My Favorite Things) (Remastered)
10. Podes Voltar (Remastered)
11. Poema (Remastered)
12. Meu Pequeno Mundo de Ilusão (Remastered)
13. Nos Teus Lábios (Remastered)
14. Dor de Cotovelo (Remastered)
15. Vou Comprar um Coração (Remastered)
16. Tu Serás (Remastered)
17. Saudade É Recordar (Remastered)
18. Confissão (Remastered)
19. Dá-Me um Beijo (Remastered)
20. Baby Face (Remastered)


 Read MoreBorn Elis Regina Carvalho Costa in Porto Alegre in 1945 to a
working-class family, Regina began singing professionally at age 12 on a
childrens television show called Clube de Guri. For the next two years she was a
regular performer on the program and became a local celebrity. It was during
this period that she signed her first recording contract at the age of 13. At 15
she relocated to Rio de Janeiro, where she recorded the first of three records,
returning to Porto Alegre between each. Her initial recordings sold well and she
was soon a teenage star, as well as the familys principal breadwinner. In 1963,
at the age of 18, Regina and her father, in a move designed to further her
career, relocated to Rio. Unfortunately, it was around this time that a military
junta took over control of the country.

Not long after her move to Rio, Regina became a fixture on Brazilian variety
shows. Although the cool, supple, jazzy bossa nova sound was in vogue at the
time, Regina preferred more raucous rhythms and full-throated singing. Adding to
this was her dynamic, unsophisticated stage presence (which belied a career-long
battle against near-paralytic stage fright) that, in American terms, might be
best understood if one thinks of the tornado-like force that Janis Joplin could
unleash. In 1965, Regina sang the controversial (and nearly censored) song
Arrastao at Rios first big popular music festival. In a performance that may
well have been the defining moment of her career, she posed in Christ-like
crucifixion, tears streaming down her face at the songs conclusion. From that
moment on, her popularity rocketed; she went from being one of many successful
Brazilian singers to the most popular and highest-paid singer in the country --
at the age of 21.

Although not as overtly political as other singer/songwriters of her generation
(e.g., Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil), Regina was not shy about criticizing
Brazils military rule. While touring Europe in 1969 she told a journalist that
her country was being run by guerrillas. Normally this sentiment would lead to
either jail or exile (or both in the case of Gil and Veloso), but Reginas
enormous popularity protected her somewhat from any public government
retaliation. However, the military junta used more insidious strong-arm tactics,
such as forcing her to sing the Brazilian national anthem at a ceremony to
celebrate the anniversary of the countrys independence. She was roundly attacked
by leftist performers for such a public display of pro-government sentiment, and
it was years later that her husband revealed that she was threatened with jail
if she did not comply with the governments wishes. As the mother of a young
child at the time, Regina could not afford to become a martyr.

Elis & TomReginas career showed no signs of slowing as the 1970s came to a
close; some of her best records were recorded during this time, and one album
simply called Elis & Tom (recorded in Los Angeles with Antonio Carlos Jobim) has
been called by many journalists and musicians one of the greatest Brazilian pop
records ever made. However, while her career was in full swing, her personal
life was in disarray -- two marriages ended in divorce, and she was raising
three children as well as providing for her parents. In the late 70s, after the
end of her second marriage, she began using cocaine regularly, but managed to
keep her increasing dependence on the drug well hidden from her friends and
family. Regina began 1982 by marrying for a third time, signing a new recording
contract, and in general, planning for the future. All of this came to a halt on
January 19, 1982, when she was found dead of alcohol and cocaine intoxication at
age 36. Initially, her death was rumored to be a suicide, but there is no
evidence indicating that it was anything more than a tragic accident.

A few days after her death, a memorial concert was held in São Paulo
featuring many of Brazils most famous singers. Over 100,000 grieving Brazilians
came to pay their final respects to this gifted, mercurial singer who remains as
popular after death as she was in life. ~ John Dougan

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