Title: Various Artists – Tropicália: Ou Panis et Circencis
Year/Genre: 1968, Tropicália / Psychedelic Rock
Condition: New 

Cultural Facts:

1. The title is a play on the Latin phrase panem et circenses (“bread and circuses”), a critique of mass distraction under Brazil’s military dictatorship.

2. Conceived by Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, the project united key tropicalistas who were later censored, jailed, or exiled for challenging the regime.

3. The cover intentionally mirrors Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, reimagined through Brazilian pop art and political rebellion.