The Early Years (Violeta de Outono album)

The Early Years
EP of cover songs by Violeta de Outono
Released	July 21, 1988
Recorded	Soft Sync Studios, April/May 1988
Genre	Post-punk, psychedelic rock
Label	Wop-Bop Records
Producer	René Ferri
Violeta de Outono chronology
Violeta de Outono (1987) The Early Years (1988) Em Toda Parte (1989)

The Early Years is an EP by Brazilian psychedelic rock band Violeta de Outono, released on July 21, 1988, by now-defunct independent label Wop-Bop Records. It is Violeta de Outono's third official release.

It contains cover versions of songs by some of the band's major influences: The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Gong, The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin. Those recordings trace to as far as Violeta de Outono's inception in 1985, and were remastered for this release.

Ten years later, in 1999, the EP was reissued on CD under Voiceprint Records, containing an additional track recorded in 1995 as part of the Mulher na Montanha sessions. Unlike the four other tracks, this one was not made available digitially alongside the others.

Violeta de Outono

• Fabio Golfetti — vocals, guitar
• Cláudio Souza — drums
• Angelo Pastorello — bass

Additional musicians

• R. H. Jackson — programming, production
• Lívio Tragtenberg — tenor sax (3)
• Anderson Rocha — violin (4)
• Maurício Takeda — violin (4)
• Fábio Tagliaferri — viola (4)

Miscellaneous staff

• Angelo Pastorello — cover art

• The Early Years at Violeta de Outono's official Bandcamp