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A1	Palácio De Pinturas / Construção Da Aldeia Guitar [12-string] – Ralph TownerGuitar [8-string] – Egberto Gismonti	5:33
A2	Raga / Festa Da Construção Guitar [8-string] – Egberto GismontiPercussion – Nana Vasconcelos*Tabla – Collin Walcott	8:49
A3	Kalimba / Lua Cheia Berimbau, Percussion – Nana Vasconcelos*Kalimba, Flute [Wood], Voice – Egberto Gismonti	5:14
A4	Coração / Saudade Piano – Egberto Gismonti	5:57
B1	Café	24:54
B1.1	Procissão Do Espírito Guitar [12-string] – Ralph TownerGuitar [8-string], Voice – Egberto GismontiSaxophone [Soprano] – Jan Garbarek
B1.2	Sapain / Sol Do Meio Dia Flute [Wood], Voice, Other [Bottle] – Egberto GismontiPercussion, Voice, Other [Tama, Corpo, Bottle] – Nana Vasconcelos*Performer [Bottle] – Collin Walcott, Ralph Towner
B1.3	Danca Solitária No. 2 / Voz Do Espírito Guitar [8-string] – Egberto Gismonti
B1.4	Baião Malandro / Fogo Na Mata / Mudança Berimbau – Nana Vasconcelos*Piano – Egberto Gismonti

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – EMI-Odeon Fonográfica, Industrial e Eletrônica S.A.
• Distributed By – EMI-Odeon Fonográfica, Industrial e Eletrônica S.A.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – ECM Records GmbH

Credits

• Artwork By [Layout] – B. Wojirsch
• Engineer – Jan Erik Kongshaug
• Music By, Photography – Egberto Gismonti
• Producer – Manfred Eicher

Notes

Recorded November 1977 at Talent Studio, Oslo

The original Brazilian edition included the 12 page "Jornal Caipira" Year 2, Number 2, in the format of a newspaper. It had ads, horoscope, various sections, some sheet music, guitar tabs and traditional Brazilian folklore texts.
It is dated: Rio De Janeiro, a wonderful day in 1979.

The liner notes:
"The music on this album is dedicated to Sapain and Xingu Indians, whose teachings were so important to me during the time I spent with them in the Amazon jungle, its color and mysteries; the sun, the moon, the rain and the winds, the river and the fish, the sky and the birds, but most of all the integration of musician, music and instrument into an undivided whole."

Released in single sleeve mat cardboard cover.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
31C 064 62692D	Egberto Gismonti	Sol Do Meio Dia ‎(LP, Album)	EMI	31C 064 62692D	Brazil	1979
ECM 1116, 2301 116	Egberto Gismonti	Sol Do Meio Dia ‎(LP)	ECM Records, ECM Records	ECM 1116, 2301 116	Portugal	1978
ECM-1-1116	Egberto Gismonti	Sol Do Meio Dia ‎(LP, Album, TP, W/Lbl)	ECM Records	ECM-1-1116	US	1978
ECM 1116, 2301 116	Egberto Gismonti	Sol Do Meio Dia ‎(LP, Album)	ECM Records, ECM Records	ECM 1116, 2301 116	Germany	1978
ECM 1116, 2301 116	Egberto Gismonti	Sol Do Meio Dia ‎(LP, Album)	ECM Records, ECM Records	ECM 1116, 2301 116	Germany	1978