Legião Urbana e Paralamas Juntos

The friendship between both bands comes from before their studio debuts. Os Paralamas do Sucesso had released on their first album (Cinema Mudo) the track "Química", written by Legião Urbana's vocalist, acoustic guitarist and keyboardist Renato Russo. When Jorge Davidson, then international artistic manager of EMI, got to know the song, he became interested in Russo and that paved the way for Legião Urbana's mainstream career.[5]

The idea of having both bands perform together came from producer Carlos Alberto Sion, who at the time was the second-in-command of Roberto Talma, core director of Globo. He believed the channel still wouldn't give Brazilian rock the same attention it was receiving from radio stations, music venues and parties.[6] He already had a relationship with Os Paralamas do Sucesso, after succeeding in taking them to the 1987 Montreux Jazz Festival.[7]

The original project predicted a second show, this time with bands Barão Vermelho and Titãs. The idea was to work with two bands from two labels (Warner Music and EMI Music, but only the latter ended up involved).[6]

It was agreed that the sound mixing would be done by Som Livre, a label that Globo had launched 20 years earlier in order to release soundtracks from its telenovelas. This was done so the sound quality would be kept after being broadcast on television.[8] The images were captured with 2-inch tapes which could only store three songs, causing the show to be paused many times.[8]

Durante the show, Russo and Paralamas' guitarist and vocalist, Herbert Vianna, sung together "Nada por Mim" (a song by Vianna and Paula Toller which was featured on Kid Abelha - Ao Vivo, by Kid Abelha, Toller's main band) and both bands also played "Ainda É Cedo", composed by Legião's members (Dado Villa-Lobos, Renato Russo and Marcelo Bonfá) and Ico Ouro Preto, and the performance continued into a rendition of "Jupin' Jack Flash", by The Rolling Stones. During the rest of the show, the bands took turns on stage.[9]

EMI Music decided to release the show in CD and DVD in 2009 with enhanced images and audio, which was made possible following a restoration work. The DVD contains bonus material such as testimonials by Bussunda, Tony Ramos, Cláudia Abreu, Stepan Nercessian, Carlos Lombardi and Fernando Gabeira, besides comments by Russo and Vianna.[8]

Writing credits per source:[1]

• Fuscaldo, Chris (2016). Discobiografia Legionária. LeYa. ISBN 978-85-441-0481-1.