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Acid X, funk with the smooth contemporary Rio sound
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Favourites. 60 years on, an anthology of the great Brazilian Poet Chico Buarque
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Sergio Mendes, The Swinger from Brazil.
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Otto, Brazilian Top of the world potential
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A rejuvenated Milton Nascimento presents Pietá
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