Pearl LP

Seven songs cut on rented gear in a home studio while Rubel was still a film student in Austin, never meant for wide release. Then 'Quando Bate Aquela Saudade' caught fire in Brazil, racked up tens of millions of views, and pulled him back to Rio to make music his job. Mr Bongo now gives that scrappy debut a proper pressing on green vinyl. Buy it for the accident that started a career.