Milton Nascimento – Último Trem – 2LP (Coloured)

Following the release of Milton Nascimento’s “Maria Maria”, Far Out Recordings proudly presents Nascimento’s 1980 follow up. With the success of “Maria Maria” in 1976 behind them, Nascimento reunited with his writing partner Fernando Brant in 1980 to produce another ballet, “Último Trem“. This time, they chose to tackle a more contemporarily relevant subject, the impact of the closure of a train line that connected certain towns and cities in the North East of Minas Gerais to the coast. “The military government shut down the route and the whole region began to fade away,” explains Milton. “I love train rides” adds the composer, “But today there are almost no trains to Brazil. So when I go to the US and Europe, any time I can, I go by train. The longer the journey the better.”

After 27 years of being locked inside contracts and record company legalities, these sublime songs were finally released in 2003 as a double CD package, along with “Maria Maria”. Set for its first ever vinyl release for this year’s Record Store Day, on limited edition red vinyl, “Último Trem” sounds as fresh and relevant now as when Brazilian music was still a South American secret.

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