The Essential

Reissue of this 1986 collection featuring some of the greatest by this Easy Listening/Bossa Nova icon, including Latin-tinged covers of the Beatles' 'With A Little Help From My Friends' 'Fool On The Hill', 'Norwegian Wood' and 'Day Tripper', plus 'Mas Que Nada', 'Scarborough Fair', 'Going Out Of My Head', 'Paris Tropical' and 'Night And Day'. All tracks are taken from the albums Mendes recorded for the A&M label in the late '60s and feature his longtime band Brazil '66. 16 tracks total.