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Oscar Castro-Neves
Oscar Castro-Neves is credited on 2,617 releases across 361 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1959–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
2,617
Pressings credited
361
Albums
8
Decades active
91
In collections
Biography
Oscar Castro-Neves (May 15, 1940 – September 27, 2013), was a Brazilian guitarist, arranger, and composer who is considered a founding figure in bossa nova.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
2,617 releases · 361 albums · active 1959–2025
- Performance · 4,386
- Other credits · 362
- Production · 275
- Engineering · 30
Studios: A&M Studios · Cathedral Of St. John The Divine · Wally Heider Recording Studio, Los Angeles · Ocean Way Recording
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Fool On The Hill
1968

The Muppet Christmas Carol (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1992

The Broadway Album
1985

Crystal Illusions
1969

Rain Forest
1966

This Time
1980

Vintage 74
1974

Sergio Mendes And The New Brasil '77
1977

Elis & Tom
1974

Stillness
1970

Plays And Sings Bossa Nova
1963

Trombone Jazz Samba / Bossa Nova
1962

After Sunrise
2024

A Time 2 Love
2005

Big Mouth
1981

Manifestations
1979

It Begins Again
1978

I'm Fine. How Are You?
1977

The Best Of Two Worlds
1976

Primal Roots
1972

A Bad Donato
1970

Ye-Me-Le
1969

Bossa Nova No Carnegie Hall
1963

Light My Fire
2011
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Paul Winter (2)
- Eliane Elias
- Antonio Carlos Jobim
- Quarteto Em Cy
- Maysa
- Sergio Mendes & Brasil '77
- Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
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