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is pictured on the cover and mentioned in the title, he has been and continues to be credited to be the performing artist on the album. Jobim does not appear on the album except as a composer. The original Brazilian title of this album is "Tom Jobim Apresenta" and it appeared on the

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label.

Track listing

# "Eu Preciso de Você" ("Hurry Up and Love Me") ( Ray Gilbert,

, Aloísio de Oliveira) –2:21 # "Preciso Aprender a Ser Só" ("If You Went Away") (Gilbert, Marcos Valle) –3:09 # "Seu Encanto" ("The Face I Love") (Gilbert, Carlos Pingarilho, Valle) –2:13 # "Tristeza de Nós Dois" ("The Sight of You") (

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, Durval Ferreira, Gilbert, Valentino Mauricio) –3:17 # "Razão de Viver" ("Tears") ( Eumir Deodato) –2:44 # "Berimbau" (

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, Gilbert, Baden Powell de Aquino) –3:26 # "Samba Torto" ("Pardon My English") (Gilbert, Jobim, Oliveira) –1:57 # "Chuva" ("Rain") (Carargo, Ferreira, Gilbert) –2:18 # "Você" ("You") ( Roberto Menescal) –2:15 # "Imagem" ("Image") (

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, Gilbert, Oliveira) –1:35 # "Morrer de Amor" ("I Live to Love You") ( Oscar Castro-Neves, Luverci Fiorini, Gilbert) –2:55 # "A Morte de Um Deus de Sal" ("Neptune's Hep Tune") ( Ronaldo Bôscoli, Gilbert, Menescal) –2:13

Personnel

* Lindolpho Gaya − arranger, conductor * Eumir Deodato – arranger, piano *

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–

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* Sérgio Barroso − bass * Oscar Castro-Neves − acoustic guitar * Mauricio Einhorn − harmonica *

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− alto saxophone, flute

References

{{Authority control 1966 compilation albums Bossa nova albums Warner Records compilation albums Compilation albums by Brazilian artists Albums arranged by Eumir Deodato