Where to buy Brazilian CDs?
Paul Kanterman
Can someone please post a list of reputable vendors of Brazilian music?
Specifically, I am looking for a recent CD called "Som de Barzinho 2."
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<pka...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>I know it has been discussed a thousand time on the newsgroup, but . . .
>
>Can someone please post a list of reputable vendors of Brazilian music?
>Specifically, I am looking for a recent CD called "Som de Barzinho 2."
>
>Muito obrigado!
Here's some sites
and from brasil
on cdnow I saw
o som do barzhino3 from Renato Vargas
Bye
Gerry
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Livraria Saraiva - http://www.livrariasaraiva.com.br/
I am using Livraria Saraiva. Their service has been excellent. I know
of other people who are also using Saraiva and are very satisfied.
Some of the current releases are presently "on sale" for only R$19.90
(ouch!). A lot of other new CD's are selling for R$21.90 - R$22.80.
It's a steep price if you're thinking dollars, but in reality it comes
down to about half of that price tag. Also has music books.
CDBrazil - http://www.CDBrazil.com
They have plenty of Brazilian CDs, low prices, take credit cards, money
order and checks, and ship worldwide for a flat rate of $2.95, no
matter how many titles and/or where you live.
Brazilian Music Enterprises. http://www.brazmus.com or
There's a pretty good site right here in Seattle, Brazilian Music
Enterprises. I've used BME and love the lady that runs it. I've only
used it via telephone ordering.
Somlivre - http://www.somlivre.com.br
I just checked out their order form and it looks like they don't sell
to customers outside Brazil. However, for the rest of us, this is a
very good resource for CD info-track listings and Real Audio sound
clips.
Saraiva - http://www.livrariasaraiva.com.br/
Ferrs - http://www2.uol.com.br/ferrs/
They do ship outside Brazil (and charge in reais). Someone who ordered
from Ferrs said that they filled in those ID number spaces with dash
symbols ( - - - - ), since the website wouldn't accept the order if
those spaces were left blank.
Robfilmes - http://www.robfilmes.com.br/catalogo.htm
Their prices are in R$. The rates for shipping outside Brazil are not
listed on the order form. I ordered 6 CDs from them at R$ 15 each and
it looks like they charged me R$ 42 for S/H. This small label has some
very nice titles in its catalog, including "Pixinguinha 70' (1968) and
the new 'Só Cartola' with Elton Medeiros, Nelson Sargento & Galo Preto.
Kuarup - http://www.kuarup.com.br/
They charge people outside Brazil in US$ (double the price in Brazil).
Again, the catalogue is a great resource. Many of the titles are
available from Saraiva, at regular Brazilian prices. An excellent
independent label with a fabulous catalog.
Atracao - http://www.atracao.com.br/
This site is a mess. They've put all the pages (instead of just the
order form) on a secure server, with an expired certificate. This
label has some very good items in its own catalog, plus it releases the
Acervo Funarte catalog
Revivendo - http://www.revivendomusicas.com.br/
They charge also customers outside Brazil in US dollars (US$15 each).
The shipping charges look reasonable: US$1.90 for 1 CD. The best label
for historic recordings
Comfort - http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/people/ohkura/ENGLISH/artist.html
Has lots of Japanese reissues of Bossa and Tropicalia recordings. Some
are priced in yen and some in dollars. I haven't actually ordered
anything but they do answer questions via email (in english).
EveryCD - http://www.everycd.com
This one is kinda an online CD club that I accidentally got roped into
through a free trial period. They have a sizeable import selection at
cheaper-than-Dusties-prices, however I can't say much for their
service, but they do have a 1-800 number and a good searchable page.
Chesky Records - http://www.chesky.com/pages/home.html
Blue Jackal - http://bluejackel.com/world/catalog.htm
Lumiar - http://www.lumiar.com.br/i_load.htm
Visom - http://www.visom.com/
These four above are record labels.
Tangara - http://www.tangara.net/
Site is still under construction. Their paper catalog is about 50
pages. Most are priced between $13.50 to $20. Shipping is high
(almost $6 each for the first 3 cd's, goes down from there).
Guitar Solo Publications - http://www.gsp-guitar.com/
Maybe this is straying too far from the main idea, but as you know
Guitar Solo has some Brazilian guitar cds as well as a sheet music.
Caravan - http://www.caravanmusic.com/
Caravan WOULD be great if they ever actually had any of the discs they
advertised, but they don't seem to. I've never received anything from
them and I've ordered at least four or five times. Every CD is okay,
but again, half the time you don't get what you've ordered.
Amazon - http://www.amazon.com
I think when it comes down to it, though, for sheer number of hits vs.
misses, Amazon.com is the best.
CD Brazil - http://www.cdbrazil.com/cdbrazil.htm
Livraria Cultura - http://www.livcultura.com.br/
They have books only, no CDs. But this would include books on music.
A & B Sound - http://www.absound.ca/
Sam the Record Man - http://www.samscd.com
Chapters - http://www.chapters.ca
These three are Canadian businesses.
Dusty Groove - http://www.dustygroove.com/brazilcd.htm
Everybody seems to love them.
CDNow - http://cdnow.com
Especially useful during sales and with coupons.
Mass Music - http://massmusic.com/
CD Cellar - http://www.cdcellar.com/
CD Universe - http://cdu2.cduniverse.com
CD Choice - http://cdchoice.com
Rasputin - http://www.rasputinmusic.com
Rasputin's is in Northern Cal, has a website and takes orders online.
The site includes a search engine.
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Jeff Vorzimmer
They handle extremely rare bossa nova stuff updated weekley. They have CD
versions of Brazilian labels such as Odeon, Elenco and Festa.
Jeff
Reg Schwager
> I know it has been discussed a thousand time on the newsgroup, but . . .
> Can someone please post a list of reputable vendors of Brazilian music?
> Specifically, I am looking for a recent CD called "Som de Barzinho 2."
http://www.fnac.com.br/
http://www2.uol.com.br/ferrs/
-reg