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Guitarra Portuguesa is the debut studio album by Portuguese guitar player Carlos Paredes. It was released by Valentim de Carvalho in 1967.

Guitarra Portuguesa and Movimento Perpétuo were reissued in vinyl by Drag City Records on November 7, 2011. Prior to this international reissue, both albums had been out of print in Portugal since 1989.

Canção Verdes Anos

Hugo Ribeiro

Movimento Perpétuo
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20210406172502/https://www.publico.pt/2013/11/11/culturaipsilon/noticia/a-fama-dos-estudios-valentim-de-carvalho-1612123
 * https://www.rtp.pt/rtpmemoria/gramofone/carlos-paredes-por-joao-carlos-callixto_605


 * https://www.thewire.co.uk/news/18856/drag-city-to-reissue-albums-by-portuguese-guitarist-carlos-paredes
 * http://www.cinept.ubi.pt/pt/filme/3197/Os+Verdes+Anos

Music and production
The album is a collection of instrumental duets of a Portuguese guitar and an acoustic guitar.

1989 reissue
In 1989 Guitarra Portuguesa was reissued by Nonesuch Records. Writing for The New York Times, Richard B. Woodward

2011 reissue
Carlos Paredes' first two albums, Guitarra Portuguesa and Movimento Perpétuo, were reissued on vinyl by Chicago-based indie label Drag City in 2011. Six Organs of Admittance guitarist Ben Chasny became familiar with Paredes' music during a visit to Lisbon, and was the one of the first promoters of the idea with the label.

Reviews
 * Público:
 * HHV Mag:
 * The List:
 * PopMatters:

Personnel
The lineup credits below are given by Valentim de Carvalho.


 * Carlos Paredes – Portuguese guitar
 * Fernando Alvim – classical guitar (all tracks except track 10)


 * Other personnel
 * Carlos Paredes – composing
 * Hugo Ribeiro – engineering
 * Augusto Cabrita – photography