VARIOUS Brazil Classics Vol. 1: Beleza Tropical (1989 Japanese promotional sample 18-track CD, the first compilation on Luakabop, founded by Talking Heads' David Byrne. This is an utterly fabulous collection of late 60s, early 70s Brazilian Tropicalismo put together by Byrne. It prefigures the big wave of interest in Tropicalia during the late nineties by some stretch, & includes essential tunes by some of the movement's most important figures, Jorge Ben, Gilberto Gil, Milton Nascimento & Caetano Veloso. This review copy is complete with a English lyric translated booklet & obi CP32-5848)