Minas - Num Dia Azul

Recorded in North Carolina just after Patricia and Orlando Haddad had graduated
from the North Carolina School of the Arts, the record was only released for the
Brazilian market on their own Blueazul Records imprint. As with most private
press labels, they could only afford to have it pressed in small quantities. To add
to its later obscurity, hundreds of copies were also destroyed in a house fre. They
say cream always rises to the top, and fast forward to the 2010s, the word
amongst collectors and DJs was spreading about this mythical under-the-radar
recording. People from across the globe were contacting Patricia and Orlando for
more information, hoping to secure themselves a copy. Luckily the original tapes
had remained with the artists and were in great condition, so in 2016 the pair ran
a successful Kickstarter campaign to have it remastered and repressed.
For this Mr Bongo 2023 re-issue, we have tried to keep it as close to the original
1983 version as possible, both in the packaging and audio presentation. The CD
version comes with bonus tracks. We are super proud to keep Patricia and
Orlando's serene recordings in the circulation that they deserve to be. One for
fans of Brazilian artists such as Burnier & Cartier, Edu Lobo and Joyce. We are
sure those fans will lose themselves in the alluring textures of 'Num Dia Azul'.