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' Brasil '66. Initially a joint venture between

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and the original members of Brasil '66, the group eventually settled into a quartet augmented by Terry Fischer of

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and bassist Tommy Neal. The quartet's Brasil '66-meets- 5th Dimension sound was largely the brainchild of producer-engineer

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, who gathered L.A.'s Wrecking Crew studio musicians like

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and

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for the project. A self-titled album was released in 1969. Two singles, "

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" b/w " Walk On By" and "Laia Ladaia" b/w "Canto de Carnival", were issued to promote what was supposed to be their debut album. Despite Howe's name attached to the project, public reaction was minimal; and plans for a follow-up record were scrapped. A single culled from the aborted sessions, " Where There's a Heartache (There Must Be a Heart)" b/w "The Truth About It", was put out in December 1970; but the Carnival had already dissolved by then. Soares returned to Brazil, where not much has been heard about him since. Hansen left the mainstream music industry, married a lawyer in 1970, raised a family, at one point working as a state employee, but later focusing on producing and writing. Neal went to become a more active member of his local congregation. Fischer reinvented herself as a jazz singer; having toured with

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being among her notable credentials. She briefly relaunched the Murmaids with her sister and recorded a reunion album in 2002. Fischer and Hansen both died in 2017, seven months apart from each other.

LPs / CDs

The Carnival - 1969 -

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WPS-21894 Side One: * Canto de Carnival (The Carnival) * Laia Ladaia (

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) *

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(

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) * Take Me for a Little While (

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) * Turn, Turn, Turn (To Everything There Is a Season) (

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) * Hope ( Louis Aldebert/ Monique Aldebert) * Walk On By (

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) Side Two: * One Bright Night (A Famous Myth) ( Jeffrey Camanor) *

( John Hurley/

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) *

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(Bacharach/David) * Love So Fine ( Roger Nichols/

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) * The Word (

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) The LP was re-released as a CD in 2004 by

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. It contained the following additional tracks: * Where There's a Heartache (There Must Be a Heart) (Bacharach/David) * The Truth About It (Cheryl Ernst (Wells) music and lyricsBones Howe "Hello There Music"/copyright 1969 Cheryl Ernst) *

(Mono, as the original single release)

References

The Carnival
Discogs. * Patrick:
The Carnival
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