Ennio Morricone - Il Clan Dei Siciliani (1970) 45RPM RiP

Colonna sonora originale del film omonimo composta da Ennio Morricone
Direttore d'orchestra: Bruno Nicolai


B-side..............................................."Tema Per Le Goff"
Released.............................................................1970
Format.............................................................45RPM
Genre...................................................................OST
Total Time.......................................................7'.03''ca.
Producer.......................................................G.Giacchi
Label....................................................................CAM
Filetype...................................................Wav @ 48kHz


TRACKLiST:

Side A - Ennio Morricone - Il Clan Dei Siciliani
Side B - Ennio Morricone - Tema Per Le Goff


NOTES:

Taken from the 1970 movie directed by Henri Verneuil, starring Alain Delon, Jean Gabin, Lino Vertura and Irina Demick. After the novel of Auguste Le Breton. Produced by Jacques E. Strauss.

Edizioni Musicali Century Music-Tank


iL FiLM:

Il clan dei siciliani è un film del 1969, diretto da Henri Verneuil, tratto dall'omonimo romanzo di Auguste Le Breton.

TRAMA:

Una banda criminale capeggiata dal gangster Roger Sartet mette a segno con abilità e precisione una rapina a una mostra itinerante di gioielli. La relazione tra Roger e la moglie di uno dei giovani del clan scatena vendette interne al gruppo e incrina il muro di omertà permettendo alla polizia di avere la meglio sui criminali sopravvissuti.
Fa molta impressione una scena del film, che sembra presagire con inquietante similitudine una situazione realmente vissuta durante gli attentati di New York dell'11 settembre 2001. Il clan dei criminali infatti, allo scopo di derubare la collezione di gioielli, si sostituisce all'equipaggio di un aereo dirottandolo. Dopo aver sorvolato a bassa quota la città di New York, atterra su una autostrada in costruzione, portando a termine con successo il proprio colpo.

CURiOSiTA':

In una scena viene inquadrata l'insegna dell'attivita' commerciale di vendita di giochi elettronici, dove è riportata erroneamente la scritta "MANALESE". La famiglia dei siciliani si chiama invece Malanese, come più volte ripetuto nel corso del film.




fonte: WiKIPEDIA L'enciclopedia Libera
         DiSCOGS

Pooh - Cercami (1978) 45RPM RiP

SiNGLE by Pooh from the album ''Boomerang''


B-side........................................."Giorno Per Giorno"
Released........................................................1978
Format........................................................45RPM
Genre...............................................................Pop
Total Time..................................................8.'13''ca.
Producer...R.Facchinetti, S.D'Orazio, D.Battaglia, R.Canzian
Label...............................................................CGD
Filetype.............................................Wav @ 48kHz


TRACKLiST:

Side A - Pooh - Cercami
Side B - Pooh - Giorno Per Giorno



Prodotto, realizzato e arrangiato da: Roby Facchinetti, Stefano D'Orazio, Dodi Battaglia, Red Canzian
Collaborazione musicale: Gianfranco Monaldi
Il disco è stato realizzato presso gli Stone Castle Studios
CGD




fonte: http://www.michaela.it

Dj Gruff - La Formula (2002) 45RPM RiP

B-side............................................."Deintralucauntriculuciopper/    La Formula Scratch Version"
Released.........................................2002
Format.............................................45RPM
Genre...............................................Riddim
Total Time.......................................6'.02''ca.
Label...............................................Jahmekya Music
Producer..........................................Jahmekya Music Jmk 002
Filetype...........................................Wav @ 48kHz


TRACKLiST:

Side A - Dj Gruff - La Formula
Side B - Dj Gruff - Deintralucauntriculuciopper
Side B - Dj Gruff - La Formula Scratch Version

Santana - Revelations (1976) 45RPM RiP

SiNGLE by ''Santana'' taken from the forthcoming album ''Festival''.


B-side..............................................."Reach Up"
Released..........................................1976
Format..............................................45RPM
Genre...............................................Psichedelic Rock
Total Time........................................8'.37''ca.
Label................................................CBS
Producer..........................................David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
Filetype............................................Wav @ 48kHz



TRACKLiST:

Side A - Santana - Revelations
Side B - Santana - Reach Up



REVELATiONS:

"Revelations" is an instrumental song by Carlos Santana that was originally released on the album ''Festival''. The song was written by Coster and Santana.




source: WiKiPEDiA The Free Encyclopedia

El Coco - Just Be You (1977) 45RPM RiP

SiNGLE by El Coco "Just Be You" from AVI LP AVL 6006 ''Let's Get It Together''

B-side............................................."Put On Your Jeans"
Released........................................1977
Format............................................45RPM
Genre..............................................Disco
Total Time.......................................7'.52''ca.
Label...............................................Avi Records
Producer.........................................Michael Lewis & Laurin Rinder
Filetype...........................................Wav @ 48kHz



TRACKLiST:

Side A - El Coco - Just Be You
Side B - El Coco - Put On Your Jeans


EL COCO:

El Coco was the best-known of several projects by cult disco favorites W. Michael Lewis and Laurin Rinder, who produced, arranged, wrote, and played all the instruments on the vast majority of their material.
Their distinctive sound was partly a result of their jazz training, which showed up not only in their arrangements and chord progressions, but in the overall musicality and sonic imagination. Rinder had been a longtime session and touring drummer for rock and soul artists, and played on sessions at Motown and Muscle Shoals.
He met keyboardist Lewis in Los Angeles during the late '60s at an audition for the Standells; the two went on to play in a rock band called Joshua, and in 1973 were hired by the AVI label to play on some extended RB remixes geared for danceclub play.
Thus hooked into the emerging disco sound, Rinder and Lewis began producing and recording their own tracks in 1975, issuing the LP Caravan under the fictitious group name El Coco (a drug reference).
Mondo Disco followed in 1976, as did Let's Get It Together, the point where they really hit their stride.
The title cut was co-written by singer Merria Ross and was a substantial club hit, breaking El Coco on the disco scene.
The title tracks on 1977's Cocomotion and 1978's Dancing Paradise were also successful, with the former (again co-written by Ross) ranking as El Coco's best-remembered outing. By this time, Rinder and Lewis were producing TV theme music as well, and began issuing side projects on the Butterfly label as well; these alternate guises included Tuxedo Junction, Saint Tropez, le Pamplemousse, Rinder Lewis, and the Rinlew Allstars. Following 1979's Dance Man, the duo retired the El Coco name to concentrate on their other projects; in the wake of the anti-disco backlash, they remained in television for a time during the early '80s before retiring from music.




source: DiSCOGS

Ornella Vanoni - Domani E' Un Altro Giorno (1971) 45RPM RiP

"Domani è un altro giorno'', versione italiana di un brano di Tammy Wynette ''The Wonders You Perform''.
"Domani è un altro giorno" was sampled in Kaos One's ''Solo Per Un Giorno'' from the album ''Fastidio''
Zeros3ss 1996


B-side............................................."C'è Qualcosa Che Non Sai"
Released........................................1971
Format...........................................45RPM
Genre.............................................Pop
Total Time......................................6'.24''ca.
Label..............................................Ariston Records
Filetype..........................................Wav @ 48kHz



TRACKLiST:

Side A - Ornella Vanoni - Domani E' Un Altro Giorno
Side B - Ornella Vanoni - C'è Qualcosa Che Non Sai



ORNELLA VANONi:

Ornella Vanoni (Milano, 22 settembre 1934) è una cantante, attrice e cantautrice italiana. È considerata una delle migliori interpreti, tra le più note ed importanti, della musica leggera italiana, con una carriera molto lunga durante la quale è riuscita a cimentarsi in generi diversi, dalle Canzoni della Mala al jazz alla bossa nova, alla canzone d'autore, riuscendo a rendersi popolare grazie ad uno stile interpretativo ed un timbro vocale fortemente riconoscibili.



fonte: WiKiPEDiA L'enciclopedia Libera

WAR - Low Rider (1976) 45RPM RiP

"Low Rider" is a song written by the band War and appearing on their 1975 album ''Why Can't We Be Friends?''. It reached number one on the Billboard R&B charts and peaked at number seven on the Pop Singles chart.
Songs that sample "Low Rider"


B-side............................................."So"
Released........................................1976
Format............................................45RPM
Genre.............................................Latin
Total Time......................................8'.17''ca.
Producer........................................Jerry Goldstein in association with Lonnie Jordan & Howard Scott for Far Out Productions

Label..............................................Island Records
Filetype..........................................Wav @ 48kHz


TRACKLiST:

Side A - WAR - Low Rider
Side B - WAR - So


LOW RiDER:

According to the Allmusic review of the song, "the lyric takes the cool image of the lowrider — the Chicano culture practice of hydraulically hot-rodding classic cars — and using innuendo, extends the image to a lifestyle."



source: WiKiPEDiA The Free Encyclopedia

Johnnie Taylor - Disco Lady (1976) 45RPM RiP

SiNGLE by Johnnie Taylor "Disco Lady" was the first certified platinum single (two million copies sold)
Songs that sample "Disco Lady"


B-side............................................."You're The Best In The World"
Released........................................1976
Format............................................45RPM
Genre.............................................Disco
Total Time......................................7'.50''ca.
Producer........................................Don Davis for Groovesville Prod.Inc.

Label..............................................Columbia CBS Inc.
Filetype..........................................Wav @ 48kHz


TRACKLiST:

Side A - Johnnie Taylor - Disco Lady
Side B - Johnnie Taylor - You're The Best In The World


JOHNNiE TAYLOR:


Johnnie Taylor (May 5, 1934, 1937 or 1938? – May 31, 2000) was an American vocalist in a wide variety of genres, from gospel, blues and soul to pop, doo-wop and disco.


EARLY YEARS:


Johnnie Harrison Taylor was born in Crawfordsville, Arkansas. As an adult, he had one release, "Somewhere to Lay My Head", on Chicago's Chance Records label in the 1950s, as part of the gospel group Highway QCs, which had been founded by a young Sam Cooke. His singing was strikingly close to that of Sam Cooke, and he was hired to take Cooke's place in Cooke's gospel group, the Soul Stirrers, in 1957.

A few years later, after Cooke had established his independent SAR Records, Taylor signed on and recorded "Rome Wasn't Built In A Day" in 1962. However, SAR Records quickly became defunct after Cooke's death in 1964.

In 1966, Taylor moved to Stax Records in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was dubbed "The Philosopher of Soul". Whilst there he recorded with the label's house band, Booker T. & the MGs. His hits included "I Had a Dream", "I've Got to Love Somebody's Baby" (both written by the team of Isaac Hayes and David Porter) and most notably "Who's Making Love", which reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 1 on the R&B chart in 1968. "Who's Making Love" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.

During his tenure at Stax, he became an R&B star, with over a dozen chart successes, such as "Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone", which reached No. 23 on the Hot 100 chart, "Cheaper to Keep Her" (Mack Rice) and record producer Don Davis's penned "I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)", which reached No. 11 on the Hot 100 chart. "I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)" also sold in excess of one million units, and was awarded gold disc status by the R.I.A.A. in October 1973. Taylor, along with Isaac Hayes and The Staple Singers was one of the label's flagship artists. He appeared in the documentary film, Wattstax, which was released in 1973.


source: WiKiPEDiA The Free Encyclopedia

Hamilton Bohannon - Disco Stomp (1975) 45RPM RiP

SiNGLE by Hamilton Bohannon from the album ''Insides Out''.
Songs that sample "Disco Stomp"


B-side............................................."Run It On Down Mr. D.J."
Released........................................1975
Format...........................................45RPM
Genre.............................................Disco
Total Time......................................9 ' 02''ca.
Producer........................................Hamilton Bohannon
Label.............................................Brunswick Records
Filetype..........................................Wav @ 48kHz


TRACKLiST:

Side A - Hamilton Bohannon - Disco Stomp
Side B - Hamilton Bohannon - Run It On Down Mr. D.J.



HAMiLTON BOHANNON:

Hamilton Bohannon (born Hamilton Frederick Bohannon, March 7, 1942, Newnan, Georgia) is an American percussionist, band leader and record producer, who was one of the leading figures in 1970s disco music.


CAREER:

After graduating from Clark College, Atlanta and playing in local bands, he was hired by Stevie Wonder to be the drummer in his touring band. He moved to Detroit in 1965 and was employed by Motown as band leader and arranger for many of the label’s top acts. When Motown moved from Detroit in 1972, he stayed behind to form his own band. His band featured members of the Detroit band The Fabulous Counts.

He signed with Dakar/Brunswick Records and in early 1973 released the album Stop And Go. This was followed by five more albums for the label over the next two years, on which he perfected his formula of heavy, thudding bass accents and aggressive rhythms. Although several of his tracks were club hits, he had limited chart success – however, in 1975 "Disco Stomp" made the Top Ten in the UK, and "Foot Stompin’ Music" later that year scraped into the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B Top 40.

In 1976, Bohannon signed to Mercury Records and two years later had his biggest success with "Let’s Start The Dance." It made the R&B Top Ten and featured the singer Carolyn Crawford, whose subsequent albums Bohannon went on to produce.

Although he continued to release records through the 1980s using new vocalists Liz Lands and Altrinna Grayson, he met with diminishing success. Nevertheless, more recently his music has been widely sampled.

His name was mentioned in the Tom Tom Club song "Genius of Love."

Bohannon is a devout Christian and dedicated his album "Dance Your Ass Off" to "God and His Son, Jesus Christ". The album also included a disclaimer that "The word 'ass' is not used here in the sense of profanity."


UK SiNGLES CHART DiSCOGRAPHY:

* "South Africa Man" - 1975 - #22
* "Disco Stomp" - 1975 - #6
* "Foot Stompin' Music" - 1975 - #23
* "Happy Feeling" - 1975 - #49
* "Let's Start the Dance" - 1978 - #56
* "Let's Start to Dance Again" - 1982 - #49



source: WiKiPEDiA The Free Encyclopedia

Touch - Energizer (1977) 45RPM RiP

SiNGLE by Touch from the Brunswick album "Energizer".

ENERGIZER

(Touch)
FROM BRUNSWICK ALBUM BL 754214
''ENERGIZER''
PRODUCED BY TONY VALOR
PRODUCED FOR T.N.T. PRODUCTIONS TONY VALOR
& TOM MOLUTON
ARRANGED BY ''TOUCH'', STEVE ROBINS & TONY VALOR
SPECIAL THANKS TONY VALOR SOUNDS ORCH.
1977 Brunswick

B-side............................................"Me And You"
Released........................................1977
Format...........................................45RPM
Genre.............................................Disco
Total Time......................................6 ' 21''ca.
Producer........................................Tony Valor
Label..............................................Brunswick
Filetype..........................................Wav @ 48kHz


TRACKLiST:

Side A - Touch - Energizer
Side B - Touch - Me And You

Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting (1974) 45RPM RiP

SiNGLE by Carl Douglas from the album ''Kung Fu Fighting and Other Great Love Songs''.
Songs that sample "Kung Fu Fighting"


B-side............................................."Gamblin Man"
Released........................................1974
Format...........................................45RPM
Genre.............................................Disco
Total Time......................................6 ' 23''ca.
Producer........................................Biddu Appaiah
Label..............................................Durium
Filetype..........................................Wav @ 48kHz


TRACKLiST:

Side A - Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting
Side B - Carl Douglas - Gamblin Man


CARL DOUGLAS:


Carl Douglas (born 10 May 1942) is a Jamaican-born singer, most famous for his song "Kung Fu Fighting", which hit number one on both the UK Singles Chart and the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1974. The R.I.A.A. awarded gold disc status on 27 November, and it won a Grammy Award for Best Selling Single in 1974. The fame of this homage to martial arts films has overshadowed the rest of the singer's career, resulting in his appearance on cover versions of the song. Douglas did release two other singles ("Blue Eyed Soul" and "Dance The Kung Fu", which was sampled by DJ Premier in his 2007 remix of Nike's 25th Air Force One anniversary single "Classic (Better Than I've Ever Been)", featuring Kanye West, Nas, KRS-One and Rakim. But he has gone down in recording history as an example of a one hit wonder.

He was at one time managed by Eric Woolfson, later the primary songwriter behind The Alan Parsons Project.

In 1998, a re-recording of his most famous song, billed as Bus Stop featuring Carl Douglas, reached number 8 in the UK Singles Chart.

He now resides in Hamburg, Germany where he runs SMV (Schacht Musik Verlage), a publishing company that coordinates films, documentaries, and advertisements.


KUNG FU FiGHTiNG:


"Kung Fu Fighting" is a song written and performed by Carl Douglas and Vivian Hawke, and produced by Biddu. It was released as a single in 1974, at the cusp of a chopsocky film craze, and quickly rose to the top of British and American charts. "Kung Fu Fighting" was also number one on the soul singles chart for one week. The song also is famous for its use of the quintessential Oriental Riff, a short musical phrase that is used to signify Chinese culture.

It originally was meant to be a B-side to I Want to Give You My Everything (written by Brooklyn songwriter Larry Weiss, Sung by Carl Douglas), and was recorded in the last ten minutes of his studio time.

Douglas states that his inspiration to write the song was affected by three factors: he had seen a kung fu movie, later visited a jazz concert by Oscar Peterson, and was suffering from side-effects of pain killers (Douglas had injured his foot playing football). Another account gives his inspiration simply as seeing two kids in London doing kung fu moves.

Kung Fu Fighting was rated #100 in VH1's 100 Greatest one-hit wonders, and number 1 in the UK Channel 4's Top 10 One Hit Wonders list in 2000, the same channel's 50 Greatest One Hit Wonders poll in 2006 and Bring Back ... the one-hit Wonders, for which Carl Douglas performed the song in a live concert.


source: WiKiPEDiA The Free Encyclopedia

Santana - Europa (1976) 45RPM RiP

"Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)" is an instrumental taken from the forthcoming Santana's album ''Amigos''.

Songs that sample "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)"


B-side............................................."Take Me With You"
Released........................................1976
Format............................................45RPM
Genre.............................................Psichedelic Rock
Total Time......................................9 ' 02''ca.
Producer........................................David Rubinson
Label..............................................CBS
Filetype..........................................Wav @ 48kHz


TRACKLiST:

Side A - Santana - Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)
Side B - Santana - Take Me With You



GENESiS:

Upon seeing his friend was suffering a bad experience whilst high on mescaline, Santana composed a song titled "The Mushroom Lady's Coming to Town". This precursor contained the first lick to the song "Europa". It was put away and not touched for some time.

When Santana was touring with Earth, Wind & Fire in Manchester, England, he played this song again, this time with Tom Coster who helped him with some of the chords and thus Europa was born. It was renamed to "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)".


COVERS:

A famous rendition was by saxophonist Gato Barbieri off his 1976 from album Caliente!.
In 2006, saxophonist Jimmy Sommers covered the song for his Standards album "Time Stands Still."
Contemporary jazz guitarist Nils released a rendition from his 2009 album Up Close & Personal.



source: WiKiPEDiA The Free Encyclopedia

Enrico Simonetti - Gamma (1975) 45RPM RiP

Musica composta e diretta da Enrico Simonetti
was sampled in Kaos One's ''Domani Sarà Peggio'' from the album ''Fastidio''
Zeros3ss 1996


B-side............................"Drug's Theme"
Released........................1975
Format...........................45RPM
Genre.............................OST
Total Time......................6 ' 23''ca.
Producer........................Rai
Label.............................Cinevox
Filetype..........................Wav @ 48kHz


TRACKLiST:

Side A - Enrico Simonetti - Gamma
Side B - Enrico Simonetti - Drug's Theme



Enrico Simonetti (Alassio, 29 gennaio 1924 – Roma, 28 maggio 1978) è stato un pianista e compositore italiano.


BiOGRAFiA:

Visse in Brasile dal 1952 al 1961 prima di rientrare in Italia.

Il suo capolavoro è indubbiamente la celeberrima musica composta per la sigla dello sceneggiato Gamma, diretto nel 1975 da Salvatore Nocita, che veleggia per molte settimane al primo posto dei 45 giri più venduti, ma si ricorda nello stesso anno Blue frog.

Musicista dal gusto squisito, Simonetti fu anche un ottimo presentatore e un amabile intrattenitore, capace di suscitare tenerezza negli adulti ed interesse nei più piccini con le sue 'favolette' al pianoforte, da lui magistralmente suonato. Da ricordare, in proposito, alcune trasmissioni di successo quali Il signore ha suonato? , Lei non si preoccupi e Aiuto è vacanza con Isabella Biagini negli anni sessanta, L'amico della notte negli anni settanta. Diresse inoltre il complesso orchestrale in alcune riviste del sabato sera quali Senza Rete con Ornella Vanoni, Canzonissima 1972 nel 1972 e Formula due del 1973 con Loretta Goggi e Alighiero Noschese. Di queste ultime due fu anche l'autore delle sigle, rispettivamente Vieni via con me (Tarata-pun-zi-è) e Molla tutto e la struggente Per dirti ciao. Successivamente diresse l'orchestra nel varietà Scuola serale per aspiranti italiani condotto nel 1977 da Anna Mazzamauro.

Enrico Simonetti, partecipò anche in veste di attore in diversi film, tra cui si ricorda Una ragazza tutta d'oro del 1967, Amanti del 1968, Grazie... nonna del 1975 e Ridendo e scherzando del 1978, che è il suo ultimo film e di cui è anche autore della colonna sonora. Nel western musicale per la RAI, Non cantare, spara del 1968, compare, assieme a Mina, nelle vesti di pianista di saloon.

Si spense in una clinica romana, per alcune complicazioni in seguito ad un'operazione chirurgica di asportazione di un tumore alla gola.

Il figlio Claudio Simonetti percorre con grande successo le sue orme, dapprima negli anni settanta con il gruppo musicale dei Goblin, quando collabora soprattutto con Dario Argento per l'indimenticabile leitmotiv del film Profondo rosso e di tanto in tanto con il padre, e poi da solo come compositore di colonne sonore molto apprezzate.


iL FiLM:

Girato nel 1974 negli studi Rai di Torino e in Francia (nonché in alcune locations, ad esempio l'autodromo di Monza per le riprese in pista), Gamma è la seconda grande produzione Rai - dopo A come Andromeda del 1972 - nel campo della fantascienza. Scritto dal medico-scrittore Fabrizio Trecca, il soggetto dello sceneggiato ha come ambientazione 'obbligata' - per via di alcuni peculiari risvolti dell'intreccio - la Francia, paese in cui la ghigliottina non era all'epoca ancora stata abolita.
Abilmente intessuta dagli sceneggiatori Trecca e Nicolini, e magistralmente sottolineata dalle splendide musiche di Enrico Simonetti (il 45 giri con i due pezzi Gamma e Drug's Theme si piazzò bene in classifica), la drammatica vicenda di Gamma si dipana lungo le quattro puntate insinuando nello spettatore un forte senso di angoscia e apprensione per le sorti del protagonista Jean Delafoy. In realtà il 'pugno nello stomaco' lo spettatore lo ha ricevuto subito, da quegli incredibili otto minuti iniziali: la claustrofobica sequenza - il cui sinistro realismo è accentuato da un efficace indugiare su dettagli apparentemente banali - di Daniel Lucas condotto alla ghigliottina, adagiato sul lettino e sedato con allucinogeni che fanno riemergere dalla mente del giovane frammenti distorti del suo recente passato. Assolutamente magistrale e angosciante, poi - tanto di cappello a Nocita! - è l'ultima parte della sequenza, con la 'visione' della diabolica ex-amante Marianne intervallata con i dettagli dell'indicatore dei secondi che mancano all'esecuzione. Non si era probabilmente mai visto, in Rai, nulla di così impressionante.
Ciò che pare contraddistinguere Gamma rispetto ad altre simili fantasie avveniristiche - televisive e cinematografiche - è il suo abile e perturbante intrecciare la realtà con l'allucinazione, le più incredibili utopie tecnologiche (il trapianto del cervello, o l'ancora più implausibile "visualizzatore di ricordi" che, nella terza puntata, inchioda Jean) con la quotidianità del presente. Ecco uno dei futuri possibili che ci attendono, sembrano dire gli autori dello sceneggiato; i quali, più che a un ammonimento moraleggiante contro i rischi di una tecnocrazia esasperata priva di remore etiche, hanno a nostro avviso inteso rappresentare un incubo ad occhi aperti, un'allucinazione futuribile che ha soprattutto nella propria materia narrativa e spettacolare la principale ragion d'essere.
Per finire, due parole sugli autori. Fabrizio Trecca è nato a Roma il 19 agosto 1940. Già professore di 'chirurgia di pronto soccorso' all'Università dell'Aquila, è autore di varie pubblicazioni scientifiche. Conduttore di rubriche radiofoniche e televisive, è autore, oltre che di Gamma, della serie di telefilm Diagnosi (1975). Ha pubblicato nel 1979 il best seller Johnny Lancet, chirurgo del Pentagono. Appassionato e pilota di auto sportive, nel 1981 ha pubblicato il romanzo Formula Uomo, in cui è ripreso e sviluppato il tema della medicina avveniristica ambientato nel mondo delle corse automobilistiche, già presente in Gamma. Attualmente conduce su Retequattro il programma Vivere meglio.
Il regista Salvatore Nocita è nato ad Arcisate (Varese) il 30 luglio 1934; entrato in Rai nel 1958 come montatore, ha debuttato nella regia televisiva nel 1972 con lo sceneggiato I Nicotera; nel 1974 ha realizzato tre episodi di Senza uscita, nel 1976 Dimenticare Lisa e Gli irreperibili, nel 1977 Ligabue, nel 1979 La commediante veneziana e nel 1989 la nuova versione dei Promessi sposi.

fonte: WiKiPEDiA L'enciclopedia Libera
         http://www.pagine70.com

Chic - Good Times (1979) 45RPM RiP

SiNGLE by Chic


B-side.............................."A Warm Summer Night"
Released..........................1979
Format..............................45RPM
Genre...............................Disco
Total Time........................9' 50''ca.
Producer...........................Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers
Label................................Atlantic
Filetype............................Wav @ 48kHz


TRACKLiST:

Side A - Chic - Good Times
Side B - Chic - A Warm Summer Night


HiSTORY:

The lyrics are largely based on Milton Ager's "Happy Days Are Here Again."
It also contains lines based on lyrics featured in "About a Quarter to Nine" made famous by Al Jolson.
Nile Rodgers has stated that these depression-era lyrics were used as a hidden way to comment
on the then-current economic depression in the United States.


Songs that sample "Good Times"

In late 1979, Debbie Harry suggested that Nile Rodgers join her and Chris Stein at a Hip hop event in a communal space taken over by young kids and teenagers with boom box stereos, who would play various pieces of music to which performers would break dance. The main piece of music they would use was the break section of "Good Times." A few weeks later, Blondie, The Clash and Chic were playing a gig in New York at Bonds nightclub. When Chic started playing "Good Times," rapper Fab Five Freddy and members of the Sugarhill Gang jumped up on stage and started freestyling with the band; Rodgers allowed them to "do their improvisation thing like poets, much like I would playing guitar with Prince."

A few weeks later Rodgers was on the dance floor of New York club LaViticus and suddenly heard the DJ play a song which opened with Edwards bass line from "Good Times". Rogers approached the DJ who said he was playing a record he had just bought that day in Harlem. The song turned out to be an early version of "Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang, which Rogers noted also included a scratched version of the song's string section. Rogers and Edwards threatened The Sugarhill Gang with legal action, which resulted in them being credited as co-writers on "Rappers Delight".

In the USA "Rapper's Delight" did not achieve as much chart success as "Good Times" (peaking at #36 on the U.S. pop chart and #4 on the American R&B charts, compared to Chic's #1 peak on both charts) but it helped to popularize the bassline and the song, and it became one of the most sampled tracks (and hence one of the most distinctive basslines) in the history of recorded music. Having agreed on a commercial structure for the use of their song in "Rappers Delight", Edwards and Rodgers agreed to later uses in other songs, subject to their strict criteria.

In recent concerts, Nile Rodgers usually segues into his rendition of "Rapper's Delight" when Chic performs this song.


source: WiKiPEDiA The Free Encyclopedia

The Blackbyrds - Soft And Easy (1977) 45RPM RiP

SiNGLE by The Blackbyrds


B-side..........................."Something Special"
Released......................1977
Format..........................45RPM
Genre............................R&B
Total Time.....................8' 23''ca.
Producer.......................Donald Byrd for Blackbyrd Productions Inc.
Label.............................Fantasy Records
Filetype.........................Wav @ 48kHz


TRACKLiST:

Side A - The Blackbyrds - Soft And Easy
Side B - The Blackbyrds - Something Special


The group was inspired by trumpeter Donald Byrd and featured some of his Howard University students: Kevin Toney (keyboards), Keith Killgo (vocals, drums), Joe Hall (bass guitar), Allan C. Barnes (saxophone, clarinet), and Barney Perry (guitar). Orville Saunders (guitar), and Jay Jones (flute, saxophone) were later members of the group. They signed to Fantasy Records in 1973. They are best known for their 1975 hit "Walking in Rhythm", which received a Grammy nomination, sold over one million copies by May 1975, and was awarded a gold disc.

With eight successful albums released for Fantasy from 1974 to 1980, The Blackbyrds became an inspiraiton to late 1970s and early 1980s British jazz-funk acts such as Light Of The World and Hi-Tension. While, with Gang Starr, Da Lench Mobb and Full Force sampling their music, they have also more recently made a significant impact on the hip-hop generation.

In particular, their 1975 song "Rock Creek Park" from the City Life album has been sampled numerous times by groups such as De La Soul, Eric B. & Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, NWA, Massive Attack, Ice Cube, Heavy D, Nas and Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five.

The song has also appeared on the soundtrack to the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.


source: WiKiPEDiA The Free Encyclopedia

Gwen McCrae - Cradle Of Love (1976) 45RPM RiP

SiNGLE by Gwen McCrae
PROMO B/W EASY ROCK (PT452)


B-side........................"Easy Rock"
Released....................1976
Format.......................45RPM
Genre.........................Soul
Total Time..................6' 36''ca.
Writer(s).....................Clarence Reid
Producer(s)................Steve Alaimo & Clarence Reid
Label.........................PRESIDENT
Filetype......................Wav @ 48kHz


TRACKLiST:

Side A - Gwen McCrae - Cradle Of Love
Side B - Gwen McCrae - Easy Rock


Ex-wife of George McCrae, Gwen McCrae was born as Gwen Mosley in Pensacola, Florida, U.S.A., in late 1943.

She sang, as many Black Children did at the time, in the Church. Gwen attended a Pentecostal Church.

Gwen first met George in Pensacola and the pair married in 1964, after a relationship that was only a week old!

George was in the Navy at the time and, after leaving the services, he reformed his old group The Jiving Jets, and offered Gwen a role within the group.

They duo soon left the group to perform as a husband and wife team, with Gwen later relocating to West Palm Beach, Florida, up until 1975.

Today she lives in Pensacola.

Along with George, Gwen was part of the Miami based T.K. Records operation during the Seventies.

The duo were, originally discovered by the singer Betty Wright back in 1967.

Betty aided the duo, by helping them get a deal with the Henry Stone owned Alston imprint.

In 1969, they released their debut single 'Three Hearts In A Tangle'.

This was followed up by 'Like Yesterday Our Love Is Gone'.

The duo had now collaborated with Clarence Reid and Willie Clarke, a team that was later to blossom under the T.K. umbrella.

A third single entitled 'No One Left To Come Home' was released and the pair began session work alongside Betty Wright.

Gwen first found solo success in 1970, remake of the old Bobby Bland gospel-blues song, 'Lead Me On' (R & B number 32).

The record was recorded for TK Records.

Contrary to reports, George never retired or managed Gwen during this period.

Alston leased her contract to Columbia where she recorded several more singles over the next few years.

Columbia then declined to renew Gwen's contract in 1973, and she was signed to a different Henry Stone label, the T.K. subsidiary, Cat.

At that imprint, she followed with a remake of the Ed Townsend oldie, 'For Your Love' (R & B number 17).

Gwen had a minor 1974 hit with the song 'It's Worth the Hurt', however, the song's success was overshadowed by George's recording, namely, the enormous pop hit 'Rock Your Baby'.


source: WiKiPEDiA The Free Encyclopedia

WAR - Summer (1976) 45RPM RiP

SiNGLE by WAR
from the forthcoming album "War's Greatest Hits"


B-side.........................."All Day Music" (reissue from the Island album "All Day Music")
Released......................Aug, 1976
Format.........................45RPM
Genre...........................Soul
Total Time....................8' 09''ca.
Writer(s).......................Allen, Brown, Dickerson, Goldstein, Jordan, Miller, Oskar, Scott
Producer(s)..................Jerry Goldstein, Lonnie Jordan, Howard Scott
Label...........................Island
Filetype.......................Wav @ 48kHz


TRACKLiST:

Side A - WAR - Summer
Side B - WAR - All Day Music


PRiNCiPAL MEMBERS:

Howard E. Scott (b. March 15, 1946, San Pedro, CA): guitar, vocals
Harold Brown (b. March 17, 1946, Long Beach, CA): drums, vocals, percussion
Lee Oskar (b. March 24, 1948, Copenhagen, Denmark): harmonica, vocals
B. B. Dickerson (b. Morris Dickerson, August 3, 1949, Torrance, CA): bass, vocals
Lonnie Jordan (b. November 21, 1948, San Diego, CA): keyboards, vocals
Charles Miller (b. June 2, 1939, Olathe, KS; d. June 13, 1980, Hollywood, CA): saxophone, flute, clarinet, vocals"Papa" Dee Allen (b. Thomas Sylvester Allen, July 18, 1931, Wilmington, DE; d. August 30, 1988, Long Beach, CA): percussion, vocals.

HiSTORY:

In 1976, War released a greatest hits record which contained one new song "Summer",
which, as a single, went gold and peaked at number 7 on the Billboard chart.
Also released that year were Love is All Around by Eric Burdon and War,
containing mostly unreleased recordings from 1969 and 1970, and Platinum Jazz,
a one-off album for jazz label Blue Note Records.
The latter double album had cover art to match the greatest hits album,
and was half new material and half compilation, focusing on (but not restricted to) instrumental music.
The group continued to attain success with their next album,
Galaxy (1977) whose title single was inspired by Star Wars.
War's next project was a soundtrack album for the movie Youngblood in 1978.


source: WiKiPEDiA The Free Encyclopedia

Diana Ross - Love Hangover (1976) 45RPM RiP

 

SiNGLE by Diana Ross
from the album ''Diana Ross''


B-side.................."Kiss Me Now"

Released............. March 16, 1976

Format.................45RPM

Recorded.............1975

Genre...................Soul, Disco

Total Time............6' 34''ca.

Writer(s)...............Marilyn McLeod, Pamela Sawyer

Producer..............Hal Davis

Label...................Motown

Filetype................Wav @ 48kHz

TRACKLiST:

Side A - Diana Ross - Love Hangover

Side B - Diana Ross - Kiss Me Now


HiSTORY:

"Love Hangover" was the fourth number one single for Motown singer Diana Ross.
It was released in March 1976, and rose to number one on the Billboard Hot 100,
Hot Soul Singles and Hot Dance Club Play charts simultaneously.

Written by Pamela Sawyer and Marilyn McLeod as a disco number.
The Motown staff believed that it would be perfect for Ross to record. 

Ross, like her soul contemporaries Aretha Franklin and Marvin Gaye,
initially resented the new musical movement but eventually agreed to record the song.

Producer Hal Davis instructed the song's engineer Russ Terrana to install a strobe light
so that Ross could be in the "disco" mindset.
As the song changed from ballad to uptempo, Ross became more comfortable with the material;
she hummed, sang bit parts, laughed, danced around and even imitated Billie Holiday.
The carefree and sensual nature of Ross' vocals and the music's direction helped to sell the song.

Hal Davis recorded the track in 1975 thinking it ideal for Marvin Gaye or Diana Ross.
They were his two favorite vocalists to work with and thought Diana would be sexier on it, so he cut it on her.
Miss Ross recorded 'Love Hangover' in 1975 and was released on the LP "Diana Ross" - with a single from it,
"I Thought It Took A Little Time." The album came out Feb 12th, 1976 and two weeks later,
Motown issued I Thought It Took A Little Time as a single. Upon hearing the album, the 5th Dimension
did a copycat cover and released their shorter version of Love Hangover two weeks after that.
Word got to Motown, and Motown issued Ross' version on 45 and it hit huge - burying the 5th Dimension.
Motown, certain Hangover was a #1 for Diana, rushed out her version. Both entered the chart the same day.
By the time "Love Hangover" went to number one, Ross had reinvented herself as a disco diva and the
5th Dimension's version had peaked at number 80.
It won Ross a Grammy nomination for Best R&B Female Vocal Performance.


source: WiKiPEDiA The Free Encyclopedia

Baffa - Somebody to love (1993) 12Inch RiP

Label..................Propio Records
Format................Vinyl 12Inch.
Country...............Italy
Style...................House
Year....................1993
Total Time..........15' 00''.ca
Filetype..............Wav @ 48kHz


Produced Arranged Performed and Mixed By Stefano Secchi (GROOVE) & Max Baffa (FOUNDATION) for PROPIO Rec.
- Co Arranged and Played By D. Fix - Recorded and Mixed at Gianburrasca Studio (MI) By R. Zucchini - Special Thanks to ANC, My Family and My Friends.


TRACKLiST:

01A - Somebody to love (D. Slick) foundation mix
01B - Mister-E (Max Baffa, Malcolm Carlton, Alessandro Scali, Stefano Secchi) sailing away mix
02B - Somebody to love (D. Slick) radio edit

Alan Sorrenti - L.A. & N.Y. (1979) LP33⅓RPM RiP

Label: EMI Italiana / Cool Sound (COOL-082)
Total Time: 32:49

TRACKLiST:

L.A. SiDE

01 - Tu Sei L'Unica Donna Per Me (Alan Sorrenti)
02 - Per Sempre Tu (Alan Sorrenti & Jay Graydon)
03 - Dancing In My Heart (Steve Kipner & Alan Sorrenti)
04 - Provaci (Alan Sorrenti, Steve Kipner & Jay Graydon)

N.Y. SiDE

05 - Look Out (T.J. Bernfeld)
06 - Take A Chance (Marty Celay & T.J. Bernfeld)
07 - Love Fever (P. Hill, T.J. Bernfeld, J. Gregory & S. Love)


L.A.
Produced by Jay Graydon

01 - Tu Sei L'Unica Donna Per Me

Drums : Ed Greene
Bass : Mike Porcaro
Fender Rhodes : Jaï Winding
Guitars & Synthesizers : Jay Graydon
Background vocals : Alan Sorrenti
Rhythm arranged by Jay Graydon

02 - Per Sempre Tu

Drums : Ed Greene
Congas : Victor Feldman
Bass : Mike Porcaro
Piano : Jaï Winding
Arranger : Michael Omartian

03 - Dancing In My Heart

Drums : Ed Greene
Congas : Victor Feldman
Bass : Mike Porcaro
Piano : Jaï Winding
Arranger : Michael Omartian

04 - Provaci

Drums : Ed Greene
Congas : Victor Feldman
Bass : Mike Porcaro
Piano : Jaï Winding
Arranger : Michael Omartian

Horns arranged by Jerry Hey
Trumpet : Jerry Hey & Gary Grant
Trombone : Bill Reichenbach
Background vocals : Bill Champlin, Steve Kipner & Bobby Kimball
Programming, Guitars & Synthesizers : Jay Graydon with Steve Lukather

Recorded at Garden Rake Studios, Studio City, Calif. & Dawn Breaker Studios, San Fernando, Calif.


N.Y.
Produced by Lance Quinn & Brad Baker
Executive Producer : Robert Drake

Musicians :

Drums : Richard Crooks
Fender Bass : Will Lee
Electric Guitars : Hiram Bullock & Cliff Morris
Keyboards : Paul Griffin
Percussion : Sammy Figueroa
Synthesizers : Richard Trifan
Background vocals : Gordon Grody, Diva Gray & Lani Groves
Horns : The Horny Horns
Trumpet : Joe Shepley & Marvin Stamm
Tenor & Baritone Saxophone : Ronnie Cuber
Alto & Tenor Saxophone : David Tofani
Trombone : Barry Rogers
Strings directed by Gene Orloff & Jesse Levy
Arranger & Conducted by Brad Baker
Arranger & Director Musical : Lance Quinn

Recorded at the Powerstation Recording Studio, New York