Grande Liquidacao

In 1968, Tom Zé moved from Salvador, Bahia to
São Paulo, where he hung out and wrote with his
friends Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso. Although
initially part of the Tropicalia movement, he was
determined to forge his own musical path.
He started by recording hyperactive pop album
Grande Liquidaç¯ao, backed by two incredible psych
rock bands: Os Brazoes and Os Versateis. The
material heard on this album includes traditional
Brazilian Tropicalia laced with crazy vocal melodies
and samples from multitude of genres from
funk to psych rock and bossa nova creating a
sort of unheard pop exotica. This is especially
apparent on the track Gloria, with its changing
tempos, bubbling instrumentation, and off-the-wall
harmonies. The album also includes the fantastic
Parque Industrial, later recorded by Gal Costa,
Gilberto Gil, and Caetano Veloso on the Tropicalia:
Panis et Circenses album.