- Sun Jun 20, 2021 2:58 pm
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De Wolfe catalog is just huge!!
Throwing this jam on. I really like it and think it's kind of slept on. These musicorama are all very rare.
The record starts with "Amore in Versilia" a really pretty pairing of doubled classical + acoustic guitar in a bossa style, relaxed percussion and female wordless vocal with soft organ in the background. I would maybe guess Alessandro played on this track, and Giulia was the vocalist. It's a beautiful summery track and unusually long at 5 minutes.
The second track "Nevrosi Da Traffico" is an uptempo jazz funk burner, north of 150 bpm and has a tight punchy almost saloon piano sound that reminds me of Gianni Mazza's stuff on RRC/Fly. Another one that is a full four minutes with a guitar solo that starts jazzy and takes a psychedelic detour.
"Aeroporto Rosa" is more like the first - similar instrumentation minus the organ, and instead of a bossa rhythm it has more of a progressive pop tinge and is led by electric guitar instead of acoustic with some Hawaiian esque bends.
The A side closes with "Nei Giardino Di Un Attico." It is another one I think is just all Alessandroni magic. Imagine a fusing of a pastoral theme with a dose of that Spontaneous-era groove with alessandro continuing to lead with his slightly Hawaiian electric solo style. The instrumentation has a fuzzed out echo guitar doubled with a warbly piano. The first couple of years I had the record I didn't listen closely enough to this track. But my ears are hearing the details more closely now.
The B side starts off on fire with "Furto Di Una Grossa Cilindrata" is a wild action theme with wah wah wah fuzz, blistering solos, a driving beat with monster drums and fills, and the whole thing has a narrative feel in the composition.
B2 "Storia D'Oggi" snaps back to Alessandroni. Here you get all the hallmarks. He's whistling, Giulia is singing doubled with a fuzzy wah wah line, the chord progressions. He did this one in a breezy romantic pop style, but the drums keep things moving. It's a good one for sure.
B3 "Romanzo Nel Bosco" stays right there, a little more simple in the instrumentation. It's a beautiful pastoral with just a touch of that plucky organ hitting those syncopated bossa notes (whatever someone with music theory knowledge would call them). The organ sound here reminds me of the late 60s SR stuff. The track has wordless female vocal throughout, and because it is a pastoral they added harmonica with some kind of fluttering effect on it.
Anyway, it is a record I play a lot and I think one of the most consistent on the Musicorama series. No bad tracks, no spooky/ effects stuff, no circus music. And I would guess it's at least half uncredited Alessandroni stuff.
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