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Tim Maia - World Psychedelic Classics, Vol. 4 (The Existential Soul of Tim Maia  Nobody Can Live Forever)

Tim Maia

World Psychedelic Classics, Vol. 4 (The Existential Soul of Tim Maia Nobody Can Live Forever)


Luaka Bop planned this Tim Maia volume in its World Psychedelic Classics series a decade ago. Due to legal struggles, it took until 2012 to get this 15-track retrospective released. It's been worth the wait. Maia, who passed away in 1998 at the age of 55, had a wild, controversial, and creative life, personally and musically. He effectively introduced American R&B, funk, and soul into Brazilian music during the Tropicalia era, and came up with something completely new in the process. He caught the American music bug as a teen. He lived, worked, made music, and committed petty crimes in the States between 1957 and 1964 when he was deported back to Brazil. While this music isn't psychedelic in...

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