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Far Out Recordings kicks off its 30th anniversary celebrations with the long awaited first ever vinyl pressing of The Ipanemas039s Samba is Our Gift originally released in 2006, the album combined Afro Brazilian bossa grooves with classic vocal samba a step back in time to 1960s Rio de Janeiro The Ipanemas, aka drummer and vocalist Wilson Das Neves and guitarist Neco, were instrumental in breaking bossa nova in the 1950s. In the decades following, theyrecordedwithpracticallyeveryBraziliangreatthereis,includingElisRegina, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Wilson Simonal, Chico Buarque amp Elza Soares to name a small few. Bringing together jetset swinging bossa, with the roots samba and Candomble music of the religious black Brazilian working class, 039Samba is our Gift039 united two sides of Brazilian culture that rarely met. Alongside Wilson Das Neves and Neco, the album featured Azymuth039s original drummer Ivan Conti who helped put the project together and shared drum and percussion duties with Das Neves. Neco passed away in 2008, Wilson Das Neves in 2017 and Conti in 2023 but between the three of them, they left us with an enormous body of beautifully joyous music spanning over half a century. With a remaster and vinyl cut by Stuart Hawkes at Metropolis Music, Samba is our Gift will be released on vinyl LP for the first time ever for Record Store Day 2024 via Far Out Recordings.Please allow 57 business days for dispatch. The Ipanemas Vinyl is available for home delivery from Vinyl Records London, only £34 +P&P