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Finally released by Munich / Biram Records " Best of Sail-Joia " international group featuring Joalica Banta, Karen Harvey, Kim Haworth, Fernando Lameirinhas and Antonio Lameirinhas. This is a compilation of two albums recorded in Brussels in the seventies. Sail-Joia has remained popular throughout all the years and until now their work has only been available as collectors items.


	Here is the cover for the first album "Sail-Joia"





Here you can listen to some unreleased Sail Joia tracks. These demo's were recorded "Bob Dylan Style", one take only. Enjoy the raw sound.
Noite e meia	( download MP3 )
Childlike	( download MP3 )
Mysterious	( download MP3 )
Time will tell	( download MP3 )
These tracks have been mastered by Domin Harvey from cassette.
SAIL WAS A POPULAR AMSTERDAM BASED GROUP FRONTED BY THREE WOMEN. JOALICE, MAUREEN GRAY, AND KAREN HARVEY WITH BASSIST JAN JACOBS, DRUMMER KIM HAWORTH AND SIDEMEN NEPPY NOYA ON PERCUSSION AND HESSEL DEVRIES KEYBOARDS. KAREN, MAUREEN AND JOALICE HAD WORKED WITH MANY POPULAR MUSICIANS AND PRODUCERS IN THE STATES, LONDON AND IBIZA: STEVE WINWOOD, DAVE MASON, DAVID CROSBY, STEPHEN STILLS, GEORGE HARRISON, AND MANY OTHERS. THEN IN LONDON IAN SAMWELL INTRODUCED KIM HAWORTH TO THE BAND . KIM HAD BEEN RECORDING 'HORSE WITH NO NAME' WITH THE GROUP AMERICA. SAIL WAS THEN COMPLETE AND HAD MUCH SUCCESS PERFORMING WITH MANY GUEST MUSICIANS. VAN MORRISON , HERBIE HANCOCK'S BAND, DAVE MASON, JOINED THEM ON STAGE AT THE MELKWEG, PARADISO. THEY PERFORMED DOUBLE BILLS WITH SUGAR CUBES, JAN AKERMAN, JANIS IAN, DON MACLEAN, THE EVERLY BROTHERS, THE POLICE, LITTLE FEAT, KEITH JARRET, BILL EVANS AMONG OTHERS. ON A TOUR IN FRANCE SAIL MET UP WITH JOIA (FORMERLY JESS AND JAMES). AFTER PLAYING FOR A TIME TOGETHER IN BELGIUM, THE FUSION WORKED AND SAIL-JOIA WAS A FACT. FERNANDO AND TONI LAMEIRINHAS DECIDED TO MOVE TO AMSTERDAM TO JOIN JOALICE, KAREN AND KIM AND THEY BECAME A VERY SUCCESSFUL LIVE BAND WITH SEAN BERGIN, DENIS VANHECKE AND ERNST REYSEGER OFTEN JOINING IN. THE ALBUMS "SAIL-JOIA" AND "MARE' ALTA" WERE MADE WITH BIRAM RECORDS AND HAD SUCCESS ALL OVER EUROPE WITH A FEW HIT SINGLES, AMSTERDAO, SEARCHING, AND I BELIEVE IN YOU. THE LIVE PERFORMANCES WERE A GREAT SUCCESS. THE GROUP WENT THRU MANY CHANGES, (ALAN GUNGA PURVES JOINED) AND MADE TWO MORE ALBUMS "LIVE AT LAST" RECORDED AT THE MELKWEG AND "MAXAMBA" WHICH HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED. THERE WERE DIFFICULTIES CATEGORIZING THE MUSIC. IT WAS NEVER STATIC, ALWAYS EVOLVING, THE GROUP WAS A PIONEER IN POP LATIN JAZZ FUSION NOW CALLED "WORLD MUSIC". FINALLY A SLOT IN THE MUSIC SHOPS!! ALL THE MEMBERS CONTINUE RECORDING AND PERFORMING AND ARE BASED IN AMSTERDAM WITH THE EXCEPTION OF JOALICE WHO LIVES AND WORKS IN LOS ANGELES. INFORMATION ON TRACKS CAN BE FOUND: If you are having a hard time finding the CD Best of Sail Joia. You can get it at www.karenanneharvey.com . MORE STORIES: http://www.karenanneharvey.com http://www.joalice.com http://www.lameirinhas.net Here's more information from Fernando in his own words.