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Il Mondo di Notte (1959) Original Soundtrack

by Piero Piccioni

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    Remastered and expanded soundtrack with new previously unreleased alternate takes from the Maestro's original master tapes. Presented in beautiful digipack limited and numbered edition to 500 copies.

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Il Mondo di Notte ("World at Night" or "Les Nuits du Monde") can truly be regarded as the first movie of the Mondo genre. This documentary movie written by Gualtiero Jacopetti and directed in 1959 by Luigi Vanzi was released in Italian theatres in April 1960. Shot in many different night clubs around the world and featuring many international attractions of that historic time, the music reflects the grand old age of jazz and the great shows of that wonderful era. The original album was issued in mono vinyl and contained fourteen track selections performed by Piero's big band, choir and orchestra and also features some great vocals by one the composer’s favourite singers, Lydia MacDonald. This superb score is re-issued for the very first time on CD and for the first time includes ten previously unreleased tracks from the Maestro's private and original tape collection, and is here presented in stereo! With this CD, Piero Piccioni shines through with some of his his most powerful yet sophisticated compositions and arrangements. We can proudly proclaim that Piero himself is giving you this release, as he always has wanted his music to be re-released on cd after the original album on vinyl. His wish has been finally granted!
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Jason Piccioni

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released April 12, 2018

Music Composed by Piero Piccioni
Orchestra and choir conducted by the author except:
Track 8 by Rodgers-Hart elaborated by Piero Piccioni
Tracks 4,8,10 sung by Lydia Mac Donald
Track 10 and 24 scat by Piero Piccioni
Track 22 vocalist by Lydia Mac Donald and choir.

Year of the original recording: 1960 STEREO.

Transferred, restored and remastered from the Maestro's original master tapes by Jason Piccioni and Giuliano Radiciotti. Project supervision, additional editing and tracklist reconstruction by Claudio Fuiano

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