ETC Soundtrack Round-Up
The fabulous Death Waltz Recording
Company kicked off 2016 in serious style with 'The Poliziotteschi Files
2xLP', being Franco Micalizzi's scores for Rome Armed to the
Teeth and The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist presented for
the first time on vinyl. Limited to 500 pieces, and only available from Mondo's
website as far as I can see, these suckers probably won't be around for long.
One imagines that the same will be true of their release of The
Bloodstained Shadow OST that dropped in February. Composed by Stelvio
Cipriani and performed by Goblin, this
great score is available in either 'Tri-Color' (red, blue & black) or 'Dual
Stripe' (black with red and blue Stripes), although the latter is limited to 50
copies!
One Way Static also have some Stelvio goodness up their sleeves with a lavish
release of Papaya, Love Goddess of the Cannibals coming out on
March 25. These will come on clear with pink haze or pink/green split vinyl,
along with a cassette version, limited to 200 and containing seven bonus
tracks.
Four Flies Records have an equally enticing proposition for us with two vinyl
compilations, Esterno Notte and Esterno Giorno,
released back in January. These contain jazz, psych and lounge cuts
from Gianfranco Reverberi, Nico Fidenco, Savina, Piccioni, Trovajoli and more,
all plundered from the vaults of RCA Italy. Perfect for those of us who miss
the days of the old Easy Tempo and Beat at Cinecitta
releases.
Italy's Rustblade Records have a new
Morricone comp, Paura, coming out on Record Store Day. As the title
suggests, it showcases the Maestro's dark experimental material, with tracks
from Cat O' Nine Tails, Il serpente (one of my
favourites), Devil in the Brain and more. Just 499 of these are
being issued, on transparent vinyl.
Goblin devotees are going to cause a line to
form outside of their local indie record emporium on the morning of April 16
when Cinevox gives their fantastic La via della droga (Heroin
Busters) score its vinyl debut; on white vinyl with some neat new
artwork and an extra track not included on the previous CD version. April also
sees Cinevox release Magnetic Systems, a mouth-watering
collection of mid-70s rarities from the Bixio-Frizzi-Tempera team, and the same
month brings a swanky new edition of Cipriani's Tentacoli / Tentacles
from Dagored, a double LP on clear vinyl.
If all these expensive records are getting
a bit much, never fear as there's plenty of new (and rarer) stuff out on CD,
although to be fair, the damage doesn't end up being massively different when
one considers import costs, etc! Stella Edizioni Musicali have released
Detto Mariano's score for Enzo Castellari actioner Striker, while
the ever reliable Beat Records offer new discs of Vince Tempera's The
Paganini Horror and Bruno Zambrini's Fracchia contro Dracula (an
obscure 1985 horror comedy by director Neri Parenti).
DigitMovies
also continue to serve up the rarities with Carlo Rustichelli's Il
terribile ispettore, Carlo Savina's Contronatura (The Unnaturals)
and Angelo F. Lavagnino's Samoa regina della giungla, while Penta
Music have Trovajoli's score for 1967 Giuliano Gemma western
Days of Vengeance with a 12 page color booklet.
Quartet Records have unleashed Cipriani's Quel pomeriggio maledetto
(AKA The Perfect Killer, a 1977 Eurocrimer starring Lee Van
Cleef), Nora Orlandi's lovely The Sweet Body of Deborah, a split
CD of Mario Nascimbene's Estate violenta and La prima notte
di quiete, and Nicola Piovani's always wonderful The Perfume of
the Lady in Black.
Okay, so now I have you all whipped up into
a mindless consumerist frenzy, all that remains is to run away cackling like
Diabolik as I bid you adieu for another couple of months; within which I'm sure
there'll be plenty more exciting new releases to salivate over. Happy
listening!
by Rob Talbot
Soundtrack blog :
http://italiansoundtrackodyssey.blogspot.co.uk/
Movie blog: http://robtalbotcultandworld.blogspot.co.uk/
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