Ennio Morricone - Ad Ogni Costo (1967)

What's funny about these lost soundtracks is that when you listen to the audio, they sound amazing and full of imagery, kind of like reading a book. Then when you see the movie, most of the time you're let down, but never the less, this is a great album.

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Alessandro Alessandroni & Nora Orlandi - Music For Strange Situations

Here's a great reissue compilation album featuring Italy's greater but lesser known film composer's of the time. Alessandroni is the famous whistler of Morricone fame, but he also composed, played fuzzy guitar and led one of the premiere vocal ensembles in Italy, which introduced Morricone to Edda Dell' Orso. Orlandi is one of the rare female composers of the era. She's bad too.

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Stelvio Cipriani - Mark Il Poliziotto (1975)

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eXCLUSIVE - eL Stinkeyes - "Psychedelic Passport Mix" (2011)

Finally got my Ableton software back up and running and automatically made this skin tight mixtape of vintage world psyche. Who knows what these guys are singing about? Who cares? Don't really feel like writing out a track list right now but i can tell you get at least 20 jams in about a hour. 

Thats good, BTW.

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TRACKLIST:

1.) Novos Bahianos - Globo Do Morto

2.) Fabio - Lindo Sonho Delirante (LSD)

3.) Ana Y Jaime - Nina Nana

4.) M. Ashraf - Life Hai Kuch Dinon Ki (Nevermind)

5.) Pastor T.L. Barrett & The Youth For Christ Choir - Ever Since

6.) Zia - Heleyos

7.) Jeanne Marie Sens - Tape Tape Tape

8.) Tomorrow - The Incredible Journey of Timothy Chase

9.) Alessandro Alessandroni - Devil's Nightmare

10.) Rodolfo Aicardi con Los Liricos - Naila

11.) Los Pasteles Verdes - Baby

12.) Wanda Jackson - Searchin'

13.) Siluetler - Lorke Lorke 

14.) Erkin Koray - Hor Gorme Garibi

15.) Os Brasas - Nao Va Me Dexiar

16.) Mavil Isiklar - Iyi Dusun Tusin

17.) Quarteto Nova Era - De Repente

18.) Rodolfo - Has Regresando Viejo Amigo

Bruno Nicolai - La Dama Rossa Uccide Sette Volte (1972)

Not much is known about Bruno Nicolai except that he went to school with Ennio Morricone and then worked for him, Nino Rota and other bigwig Italian composers scoring spaghetti westerns, dramas, and horror flicks. Here's a great giallo soundtrack back when the genre was at its peak in the early seventies.

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Chico Buarque & Ennio Morricone - Per Un Pugno de Samba (1970)

Back on my Ennio Morricone tip. Enough of that wannabe euro-trash faux bossa nova lounge shit, here Morricone teams up with the great Brazilian composer Chico Buarque to pour on the drama to the already sultry sounds of bossa nova and samba. Chico is phenomenal on his own, swaying between Italian and Portuguese effortlessly, but when Ennio's in your corner, the bench is full of ringers. Romantic. Introspective. Fantastical. 

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Canto Morricone - The Ennio Morricone Songbook, Vol. 1 : The 60's (1998)

Long before "Il Maestro" became the legendary film score composer, he was grinding it out in the RCA studios composing and arranging popular music for top Italian recording artist. Here we see Morricone flexing his well-honed chops adding gorgeous strings, quirky spaghetti western instrumentation, and lyrical accompaniment to some pre-existing themes you may recognize. Sophisticated Euro Pop right here people and as far as i know this volume is rare in the vast blogosphere.

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Ennio Morricone - Danger: Diabolik - OST (1968)

A classic film with a classic soundtrack. Swinging, soothing, sketchy. The maestro covers all bases once again and giving the time period, it's very contemporary. Surf, Go-Go, Jazz, Funk, String Motifs. Highly recommened for those who like Morricone but want to hear something else than his brilliant spaghetti western pieces. This zip comes interspersed with actual dialogue clips from the movie as well and supposedly the original tapes of the recording sessions were lost in a fire. We'll take what we can get.

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Mike Patton's Mondo Cane - Live @ Teatro Rossini, Lugo, Italia 5/24/2007

Let's be frank. I grew up on Faith No More and Mr. Bungle but eventually Mike Patton became just annoying to my ears. I respect him as an intrepid, prolific artist and entrepreneur but......I don't know. Tomahawk? OK. Peeping Tom? Yuck. Lovage? Meh. Fantomas? Barely. Even his Ennio Morricone compilation released on his label Ipecac was about 20 songs too long, but wait! Look! (Inserting foot in mouth) Mike Patton is using his unique and amazing voice to recreate Italian pop and folk songs from the 60's. This project, Mondo Cane, is said to be years in the making. The official release date is set in this first week of May. In honor of this occasion, here is a live show from 2007 in Italia. Natural Born Crooner.


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Ennio Morricone - Il Clan dei Siciliani - OST (1969)

Right from the first "BOING!" you automatically know this is going to be a classic Morricone soundtrack. A gorgeous theme through and through sets the mood only to vanish and reappear over and over again till its finale. This is the maestro in his prime doing what the stuff thats made of legend. The film is pretty rad in itself. What gets me with these old euro movies and soundtracks is that there is always slight variations with certain song versions in the movie verses the actual LP. Does anybody know why this is? Did Morricone record a version for the film and a separate version for the LP?







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eXCLUSIVE - eL Stinkeyes - "Euro '60 Mix" (2010)

This mix started out with a Italian girl pop theme then I got bored and broadened it to European girl pop then the ADD kicked in and I settled on a blend of weird shit and pop gems all from the swingin European 60's. Add one part pop idol, one part flower power, one part ye-ye and one part soundtrack and mix well. Serve immediately.

Tracklist :

1.) Kronos - Cadavere Spaziale

2.) Miranda Martino - L'ultimo Appuntamento

3.) Francoise Hardy - Never Learn to Cry

4.) Rita Pavone - Ahi Ahi Ragazzo

5.) Dynastie Crisis - Faust 72

6.) Frances Gall - Laisse Tomber Les Filles

7.) I Baronetti- Isola Souvenir

8.) Gli Astrali - Non siamo como voi

9.) Unknown Artist

10.) Rita Pavone - La Commessa

11.) Clem Sacco E I Suoi Califfi- Change Twist

12.) Brigitte Bardot - Ca Pourrait Changer

13.) Andre Verchuren - Je Me Seis Bien

14.) Francoise Hardy - Je N'Attends Plus Personne

15.) Unknown Artist

16.) Nini Rosso - La Ballata Della Tromba

17.) Crociati - Milano

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Nino Rota - "Amarcord" (1973)

One of my favorite movies ever. Federico Fellini recalls and morphs his childhood growing up in Rimini in  the 1930's in Fascist Italy. Amist all of the political chaos, this little town is still full of character and warmth. Sexual. Masculine. Comical. Provocative. All of these elements are wrapped together in a beautiful package by Nino Rota. Rota scored the majority of Fellini's films but he is probably most famous in America for his work with Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather Trilogy".

The main theme of Amarcord appears in various forms. Sometimes playful, sometimes swingin', sometimes heavenly but always brilliantly executed. The finale is a go-to uplifter for myself. Its like seeing all of my loved ones waiting for me at the pearly gates. Who what have thought a descending progression could be so optimistic. And of course, what would a Nino Rota soundtrack be without his circus marching band romps.


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Dario Argento's "Tenebre - Claudio Simonetti, Fabio Pignatelli, Massimo Morante"

Dario Argento had used the Italian rock band Goblin to provide the musical scores to two of his previous films, Deep Red (1975) and Suspiria (1977). Goblin helped define the sound of 70's horror fims and giallos. The group had disbanded in 1980, but three of the band's members—Claudio Simonetti (Roland Jupiter-8, Roland Vocoder Plus, Minimoog, Piano, Electric Piano, Oberheim DMX Digital Drum, Roland TR-808, Roland MC4 Computer), Fabio Pignatelli (Fender bass normal and fretless), and Massimo Morante (Electric and Acoustic guitar)—reunited at Argento's request to work on Tenebrae. The result is a synth-driven rock out that is an essential Italo Disco time capsule as well. Some may recognize the main theme sampled in Justice's "Phantom", which to me is essentially a remix. Nice try guys.


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