Here is it, the result of three (very discontinuous, sadly...) years of work!! At last I've got something to be a little proud of, something to make people listen to when they ask, something COMPLETE!
The aim was to record a selection of tracks written from 1989 to 1995 to be able to archive them after years of rearranging, tweaking and rush-recording them. These are tracks written for a particular reason (soundtracks etc.) or just out of an inspiration but, to me, they all sounded incomplete or not at their best as if, in a hurry, I had used the first idea that came to my mind to complete them (that is what really happened in some cases). So, from 1997 on, I began reworking some of the compositions and arrangements (some were heavily changed, some were only retouched) and I recorded them with the help of some friends-musicians...the recording process took veeeery long (it was over on Jan 2000!!) because I'm not easily satisfied and because recording sessions were planned when I was free from university duties and from other, more urgent, music projects. From February till November 2000 I got busy mixing and mastering the tracks.
It's made exclusively of tracks written between 1989 and 1995 because, right from the start, I had decided to keep newer tracks for future projects but still I'm quite satisfied.
There's to consider, though, that I made all my experiments on HD recording, mixing and mastering working on this CD starting from very little past experiences, so I didn't expect great results from the "sound" point of view; I made many mistakes I'll carefully avoid in the future but I think that, all in all, the product is "listenable"!
Well! Enough talking! Below you'll find the CD tracklist with most of the tracks available for download as mp3; some of the tracks are also available on MySpace. If, after listening to them, you want to express your opinion don't hesitate and
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1. |
The killing |
4.26 |
song history and production notes |
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2. |
L'America e'... |
3.52 |
song history and production notes |
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3. |
God's crucible |
3.50 |
song history and production notes |
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4. |
Breaking heart |
4.25 |
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5. |
Earth beat |
4.40 |
song history and production notes |
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6. |
Coast to coast railroad |
3.06 |
song history and production notes |
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7. |
Changin' life |
3.14 |
song history and production notes |
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8. |
Not in the mood |
2.24 |
song history and production notes |
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9. |
Il tuo mare |
5.46 |
song history and production notes |
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10. |
Il sogno di Claudia |
3.54 |
song history and production notes |
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11. |
Crossing a border |
4.33 |
song history and production notes |
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12. |
Third base |
2.46 |
song history and production notes |
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13. |
Gone too far |
3.43 |
song history and production notes |
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14. |
The last show |
3.03 |
song history and production notes |
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15. |
Radio outtakes |
1.47 |
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16. |
Breaking heart (Giampy Mix) |
4.27 |
Composed by Alberto Marzaioli except tracks 4 and 16 by SHOW, Takeda, Marzaioli, Sagisu
Arranged and produced by Alberto Marzaioli
Track 16 arranged by Giampietro Ferraiolo
Performed by Alberto Marzaioli with:
( 2) Umberto Sorbo: piano solo
( 3) Tony Laudadio: tenor sax
( 4) Ida Avizzano: lead vocals
( 5) Tony Laudadio: soprano sax
( 7) Giampietro Ferraiolo: Synth solos
( 9) Tony Laudadio: soprano sax & soprano sax solo
(13) Lorenzo Sorbo: Violin I, Violin II; Umberto Sorbo: Cello I, Cello II
(14) Giorgio Santisi: fretless bass
(16) Ida Avizzano: vocals; Giampietro Ferraiolo: keyboards, samplings, drums & bass programming
Recorded and mixed by Alberto Marzaioli at "La Centrale Elettrica Studio"
Mastered by Giampietro Ferraiolo at "High Voltage Studio"
Copyright © 1989-1991-1992-1993-1994-1995 by Alberto Marzaioli
Track 4 and 16 Copyright © 1987 by SHOW, Sagisu Shiro