Notable Italian label under Edizioni Musicali Liuto/Edizioni Omega, based at Via S. Tommaso D'Aquino 65, Rome.
It has a shared catalogue number system with
Omicron.
LPs:
LRS 0041 - Comica. n.2: Ai bei tempi del cinema muto
LRS 0042 - Paesaggi - suonano I Mark 4, musica di M. Zalla (Piero Umiliani) (5/71)
LRS 0043 - Marce e marcette - musica di M. Zalla (Piero Umiliani) dirette dall'autore (5/71)
LRS 0044 - Underground - The Braen's Machine, music by Braen (Alessandro Alessandroni)/Gisteri (Rino De Filippi) (7/71)
LRS 0045 - Viaggio nel domani - musica composta ed elaborata da Ruscigan (Guido Baggiani) (
UNCONFIRMED)
LRS 0046 - Africa - musica di M. Zalla (Piero Umiliani), arrangiamenti e direzione d'orchestr: P. Umiliani (1/72)
LRS 0047 - Musica dell'era tecnologica - Piero Umiliani ed i suoi oscillatori, music by ????
LRS 0048-0049 - Percussioni ed effetti speciali - [musica da] Piero Umiliani, musiche dirette dall'autore (2LP) (6/72)
LRS 0050-0051 - Guerra e distruzione - [musica di] Piero Umiliani, orchestra diretta dall'autore (2LP) (6/72)
LRS 0052 - Suspense - [musica di] Zalla (Piero Umiliani), orchestra diretta dall'autore (6/72)
LRS 0053-0054 - To-Day's Sound - Complesso The Soundwork-Shoppers, musica di Piero Umiliani (2LP) (6/73)
LRS 0055 - Temi ritmici e dinamici - The Braen's Machine, music by Girolamo Ugolini/Awake (Rino De Filippi) (6/73)
LRS 0056 - Problemi d'oggi - musica di M. Zalla (Piero Umiliani) (9/73)
LRS 0057 - La ragazza fuoristrada (colonna sonora del film) - musica composta e diretta da Piero Umiliani (9/73)
LRS 0058 - Temi descrittivi per piccolo complesso - musica di Piero Umiliani (76)
LRS 0059 - L'uomo e la citta' - musica di Piero Umiliani (76)
LRS 0060 - Chitarra classica - musica di Piero Umiliani (76)
LRS 0061/62 - Gli archi raccontano..... (The Strings Talk....) - Piero Umiliani e la sua orchestra/Piero Umiliani and His Orchestra, musica di Piero Umiliani dirette dall'aautore (2LP) (1978)
LRS 0063 - Italian Movies: Music of Piero Umiliani - Chet Baker, Piero Umiliani & His Octet/Piero Umiliani & His Big Band/Piero Umiliani & His Band and Strings Sections, composed, written & arranged by Piero Umiliani (
undated, matrix: 1978 - but likely released around Baker's death, c. 1988)
CDs:
LRS CD 001 - Italian Movies - Piero & Chet, composed, written, arranged & performed by Piero Umiliani
LRS 0063/2 - Gato Barbieri: Two Pictures Years 1965-1968 - Gato Barbieri, music by Piero Umiliani
LRS 0063/3 - Jazz at Cinecittà - composed, written, arranged & performed by Piero Umiliani (
undated, matrix: c. 1990)
LRS 0063/4 - Dixieland in Naples - Piero Umiliani e la sua orchestra, music by ????
LRS 0063/5 - Helen Merrill in Italy - Helen Merrill, music by Piero Umiliani/Gillespie-Coots-McCoy-Ronell-Duke-Swan-Ellington-Porter-Link-Strachey-Maschwits-Adair-Dennis-Warren-Martino-Crafer-Nebb-Calise-Rossi-Meccia (no arr.) (1991)
Additional info:
LRS 0041:
LRS 0042:
suonano i «MARK 4»
(A. Vannucchi: organo, clavicembalo, spinetta, pianoforte e pianofender; A. Baroncini: chit. elettr. e 12 corde; R. Majorana: basso; R. Podio: batt.).
[tracks A3, A5, B1, B4:] aggiunti A. Galigani al flauto e flauto dolce, B. Cerbara al mandolino elettrico ed alla chitarra
[tracks A4, B5:] aggiunto F. Chiari al vibrafono ed alla fisarmonica
[track B3:] aggiunto F. De Gemini all'armonica a bocca
[track B6:] aggiunto B. D'Amario al Sitar
Suono della SOUND WORK SHOP - Tecnico del suono: Claudio Budassi; recordista: Francesco Melloni
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EDIZIONI MUSICALI LIUTO
LRS 0043:
Suono della SOUND WORK SHOP - Tecnico del suono: Claudio Budassi; recordista: Francesco Melloni.
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LRS 0044 (UNCONFIRMED):
Recorded at Sound Work-Shop Studio
EDIZ. LIUTO
LRS 0045:
LRS 0046:
A1 - (S. Tedone, G. Marinacci, Q. Maltoni: flauti; S. Alessandroni: mandoloncello; A. Vannucchi: marimba; G. Tommaso: basso; G. Munari: percussioni)
A2 - (A. Vannucchi: marimba)
A3 - (G. Marinacci: flauto basso)
A4 - (G. Tommaso: basso; G. Munari: percussioni)
A5 - (S. Conti, R. Podio, G. Munari: percussioni; A. Vannucchi: marimba)
A6 - (G. Marinacci: flauto basso; A. Vannucchi: marimba)
A7 - (G. Marinacci: flauto basso)
B1 - (A. Vannucchi: percussioni; P. Umiliani: sintetizzatore)
B2 - (S. Tedone: flauto dolce; P. Ketof: sinket)
B3 - (P. Umiliani: sintetizzatore)
B4 - (S. Tedone: flauto; A. Vannucchi: marimba)
B5 - (G. Munari: percussioni)
B6 - (S. Tedone: flauto dolce)
B7 - (S. Restuccia: timbales)
Musica composta da M. ZALLA - Arrangiamenti e direzioni d'orchestra: P. UMILIANI
Suono della SOUND WORK SHOP
Tecnico del suono: Claudio Budassi, recordista: Francesco Melloni
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LRS 0047:
LRS 0048-0049:
Suono della SOUND WORK SHOP - Tecnico del suono: Claudio Budassi; recordista: Francesco Melloni
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LRS 0050-0051:
Suono della SOUND WORK SHOP - Tecnico del suono: Claudio Budassi; recordista: Francesco Melloni
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LRS 0052:
Suono della SOUND WORK SHOP - Tecnico del suono: Claudio Budassi; recordista: Francesco Melloni
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LRS 0053-0054:
TO-DAY'S SOUND
music and arrangements: Piero Umiliani
THE SOUNDWORK-SHOPPERS
Marcello Boschi (flute)
Oscar Valdambrini, Al Corvin, Marino Di Fulvio (trumpets)
Mario Midana, Dino Piana, Biagio Marullo (trombones)
Carlo Zoffoli (vibraharp, marimba)
Antonello Vannucchi (organ hammond)
Sergio Carnini (organ lowrey)
Franco d'Andrea (piano, clavicord)
Piero Umiliani (Moog, pianofender, mexican marimba)
Silvano Chimenti, Sergio Coppotelli (guitars)
Giovanni Tommaso (bass)
Maurizio Majorana (electric bass)
Enzo Restuccia, Gegè Munari, Cico Ciro (percussions)
Claudio Budassi (sound-engineer)
Francesco Melloni (Mastering)
Recorded on a 8-track ampex - Sound Work-Shop Studio, Roma Via S. Tommaso d'Aquino 65
Copyright by Edizioni Omega, Roma Via S. Tommaso d'Aquino 65 - Cover: Sandro Lodolo
LRS 0055:
recorded at sound work-shop studio
ediz. Omega
LRS 0056:
Suono della SOUND WORK SHOP - Tecnico del suono: Claudio Budassi; recordista: Francesco Melloni
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LRS 0057:
LA RAGAZZA FUORISTRADA
con ZEUDI ARAYA e LUC MERENDA
MARTINE BROCHARD - LUCRETIA LOVE - GIACOMO ROSSI STUART
TONY KENDALL - FRANCO RESLLE con CATERINA BORATTO
e con la partecipazione di GUIDO ALBERTI musiche di PIERO UMILIANI Regia di LUIGI SCATTINI
una produzione P.A.C. consorziate S.r.l. - FILMARPA S.r.l.
A1 - Trp. solista: O. Valdambrini
A4 - All'organo: A. Vannucchi
Arrangiamenti e direzioni d'orchestra: PIERO UMILIANI
Suono della SOUND WORK SHOP - Tecnico del suono: Claudio Budassi; recordista: Francesco Melloni.
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LRS 0058:
[track A1] (a) S. Genovese (flauto basso) - E. Pierannunzi (pianoforte e pianofender) - B. Tommaso (basso acustico).
[tracks A2, A3] (b) Formazione come la precedente, con l'aggiunta di S. Carnini (organo hammond) - V. Restuccia (batteria).
[tracks A4-A6, B1-B3] (c) O. Valdambrini (flicorno) - D. Piana (trombone) - E. Pierannunzi (pianoforte e pianofender) - B. Tommaso (basso acustico) - P. Umiliani (moog).
[tracks B4-B7] (d) N. Rapicavoli (flauto in do) - E. Pierannunzi (pianoforte e pianofender) - B. Tommasi (basso acustico) - P. Umiliani (moog, organo eminent e spinetta).
Suono del Sound Workshop
Tecnico del suono: Claudio Budassi
Recordista: Francesco Melloni
LRS 0059:
[tracks A2, A3, A5] (a) A. Corvini, O. Valdambrini, B. Cuccaro, F. Marino (trombe) - M. Midana, D. Piana, M. Gabbi, B. Marullo (tromboni) - L. Maltoni, L. Cerveglieri (flauti in do) - N. Rapicavoli (flauto in sol) - S. Tedone (sax. soprano) - M. Majorana (basso elettrico) - V. Restuccia (batteria).
[tracks A1, A4, A6, B1] (b) E. Pierannunzi (pianoforte aggiunto) - A. Urso (basso acustico) sostituisce M. Majorana - G. Munar (batteria) sostituisce V. Restuccia.
[tracks B2-B4, B6] (c) E. Pierannunzi (pianoforte) - A. Vannucchi (organo hammond) - B. Tommaso (basso acustico) - V. Restuccia (batteria).
[track B5] (d) O. Valdambrini (flicorno) aggiunto alla formazione precedente.
[track B7] (e) S. Genovese (flauto basso) al posto di O. Valdambrini nella formazione C.
musica di Piero Umiliani
Souno del Sound Workshop
Tecnicol del suono: Claudio Budassi
Recordista: Francesco Melloni
LRS 0060:
Suono del Sound Workshop
Tecnico del suono: Claudio Budassi
Recordista: Francesco Melloni
LRS 0061/62:
Cover by Sandro Lodolo
[on labels:]
DISCO DI SONORIZZAZIONE
Ed. Omega
LRS 0063:
ITALIAN MOVIES reveals what became a happy meeting between the great trumpet of Chet Baker and the creative force of Piero Umiliani, The first Italian to bring jazz to the big screen. The collaboration between these two men gave life to the soundtracks of "Big Deal on Madonna Street" (1961) and "Smog" (1962) and kept through the years freshness and creativity in this ageless music.
All tracks are composed, written, arranged & performed by Piero Umiliani.
[tracks A3, A4, B2-B4:]
(A) Tracks selected from the movie:
"Big deal on Madonna Street" (1961)
Performed by Chet Baker, Piero Umiliani & His Octet
Nini Rosso (tp), Bill Gilmore (tb), Marcello Boschi (as), Livio Cervellieri (ts), Gino Marinacci (bar), Piero Umiliani (p), Berto Pisano (b), Jimmy Pratt (d).
[track A2:]
(B) Tracks selected from the Movie:
"Smog" (1962)
Played by Chet Baker, Piero Umiliani & His Big Band.
[tracks A1, B1:]
(C) Tracks selected from the Movie:
"Smog" (1962)
Performed by Chet Baker, Piero Umiliani & His Big Band and Strings Sections.
Twenty-eight years have gone by since I met Chet Baker for the first time and six have passed since the last time I saw him. He was a sad and dramatic man, his only joy was to play because there was so much sadness in him: a death wish, the devil of drugs, and the angel of music.
When I first met him he was very sweet and only spoke English but later after spending time in jail at Volterra he started to speak Italian.
At our very last meeting I saw a calm, sweet, little old man. As soon as he saw me he said: "Dear Maestro". I started to laugh and replied, "If I am a Maestro then what are you? You have done much more than I have ever done." I am very happy to link my name to his. I gave him three notes and made something beautiful out of them. The idea was mine. The creativity was his.
- Piero Umiliani
LIUTO RECORDS
VIA S. TOMMASO D'AQUINO, 65
00136 ROME - ITALY
LRS CD 001:
In 1999 the music theme "Sentirsi Soli" has been included in the soundtrack of the movie "Playing by heart" with Sean Connery, Gena Rowlands and Angelina Jolie. Directed by:Willard Carroll. This theme was performed by Chet Baker on the soundtrack of the movie "Hold-up a' la milanaise" (1959).
All tracks are composed, written, arranged & performed by Piero Umiliani.
[tracks 1, 4, 7, 10] A.
Tracks selected from the movies "Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti" (Hold-up a'la Milanaise), 1959
Directed by:Nanni Loy
Chet Baker (tp) and the Octet of Piero Umiliani:
Nini Rosso (tp), Bill Gilmore (tb), Marcello Boschi (as), Livio Cerveglieri (ts), Gino Marinacci (bs), Berto Pisano (bass), Jimmy Pratt (drums), Piero Umiliani (p).
[tracks 2, 5, 8 ] B.
Tracks selected from the movies "Smog", 1962
Directed by:Franco Rossi
Chet Baker, Big Band of Piero Umiliani
[tracks 3, 6, 9] C.
Tracks selected from the movies "Urlatori alla sbarra" (Howlers of the Dock), 1959
Directed by: Lucio Fulci
Chet Baker (tp) and the Octet of Piero Umiliani:
Ralph Ferraro (drums), Berto Pisano (bass), Marcello Boschi (as), Livio Cerveglieri (ts), Gino Marinacci (bs), Enzo Grillini (g), Franco Chiari (vib), Piero Umiliani (p).
[tracks 11, 12] D.
Tracks selected from the movies "I soliti ignoti" (Big deal on Madonna Street), 1958
Directed by: Mario Monicelli
the Octet of Piero Umiliani:
Roberto Zappulla (drums), Beppe Carta (bass), Franco Chiari (vib), Baldo Maestri (cl), Bill Girmore (tp), Mario Midana (tb), Gino Marinacci (bs), Piero Umiliani (p).
Liuto Records
Via S. Tommaso D'Aquino, 65
00136 Roma
LRS 0063/2:
FOTO ROBERTO CAPASSO
[tracks 1-6:]
UNA BELLA GRINTA
Directed by Giuliano Montaldo (1965)
[tracks 7-14:]
SWEDEN HEAVEN AND HELL
Directed by Luigi Scattini (1968)
Liuto Records
Via S. Tommaso D'Aquino, 65
00136 Roma - Italy
Distribuito da I.R.D. - Via S.G.B. De La Salle, 24 - Milano
I first met Gato in 1965; he had just arrived in Rome. He already played beautifully, but nobody knew him.
He started working pretty soon, but only as a studio musician for RAI, Italian State Radio & TV.
I don't remember how it came that we met: I had to write and record two different soundtracks, and I hired him right away.
He was a nice, calm and sweet guy. He just looked like a clerk, with a very short haircut. At that time he didn't use to wear his well-known dark hat.
Them, years later, he got his real chance: he was requested to write the soundtrack for "Last Tango in Paris".
He dropped me a call, asking me to write the arrangements, but when the time came to stars working, he did not call me anymore. Not too much time later I got to know that, not surprisingly (!), he had chosen Oliver Nelson for the job.
The huge success of "Last Tango in Paris" was not a hit for Gato as a composer, but - I think - for Gato as a player.
We did not meet anymore since then, even because I was so busy with my own job.
There isn't much to say about the two film presented herein. The music for "Una Bella Grinta" was played by a quintet. But I have a story to tell, which is related to "Sweden, heaven and hell". In the finale, the stings have been added alectronically, which was something not far from unusual in the Sixties. I had built a sort of a new instrument: it was a 16 tracks AMPEX, with a keyboard of its own. Playing ont he keyboard, violins were recorded on each channel. It was a brand new instrument, and I had called it rather incongrously, "sarchiapone", a nonsense'Italian term.
In "Sweden, heaven ad hell", the song "Sleep now, little one" is a lullaby, and it is song by Lydia McDonald, who also wrote the lyrics for it.
Gato used the same theme to create a totally different musical situation. So different that we even changed title: "Solitudine".
- Piero Umiliani
LRS 0063/3:
ALL TRACKS ARE COMPOSED, WRITTEN, ARRANGED & PERFORMED BY PIERO UMILIANI
1 - from the documentary "I pittori alla domenica" directed by Paolo e Vittorio Taviani (1955)
Baldo Maestri (cl), Marcello Boschi (as), Marcello Cianfanelli (ts), Gino Marinacci (bs)
2 - from the film "I soliti ignoti" directed by Mario Monicelli (1958)
Mario Midana, Bill Girmore (tb), Gino Marinacci (bs), Piero Umiliani (p), Beppe Carta (b), Roberto Zappula (d), Baldo Maestri (cl), Franco Chiari (vib)
3 - from the "Film concerto" (1976) CONTI CANDOLI (tp) FRANK ROSOLINO (tb)
Conti Candoli, Oscar Valdambrini, Cicci Santucci (tp), Franck Rosolino, Dino Piana (tb), Enzo Grillini (g), Berto Pisano (b), Enzo Restuccia (d), Antonelli Vannucchi (hammond), Big Band
4 - from the film "Smog" directed by Franco Rossi (1962) HELEN MERRILL (voc)
Helen Merill (voc), Big Band and strings sections
5 - from the film "Charlottiana" directed by Charlie Chaplin (1915)
Oscar Valdambrini, Nini Rosso, Fermo Lini (tp), Mario Pezzotta, Dino Piana (tb), Glauco Masetti, Sergio Valentini (as), Gianni Basso), Eraldo Volontè (ts), Lorenzo Nardini (bs), Piero Umiliani (p), Giorgio Azzolini (b), Lionello Bionda (d)
6 - from the film "Smog" directed by Franco Rossi (1962) HELEN MERRILL (voc)
Helen Merrill (voc), Gino Marinacci (fl), Enzo Grillini (g), Berto Pisano (b), Sergio Conti (percussioni)
7 - from the film "Mondo matto al neon" directed by Carlo Veo (1962)
Quarto Maltoni (cl), Nini Rosso (tp), Livio Ceverllieri (ts), Big Band
8 - from the film "I piaceri proibiti" directed by Raffaele Andreassi (1963), Nino Culasso (tp)
Nino Culasso (tp), Big Band
9 - from the film "Boccaccio '70" directed by Mario Monicelli (1962) P. UMILIANI (p)
Piero Umiliani (p), Big Band
10 - from the film "Angeli bianchi, angeli neri" directed by Gigi Scattini (1969) Mario Pezzotta (tb) Gianni Basso (ts)
Oscar Valdambrini, Fermo Lini (tp), Mario Pezzotta, Dino Piana (tb), Glauco Masetti (cl), Gianni Basso, Eraldo Volontè (ts), Lorenzo Nardini (bs), Giorgio Azzolini (b), Lionello Bionda (d)
11 - from the film "La legge dei gangsters" directed by Siro Marcellni (1969)
Cicci Santucci, Marino di Fulcio, Peppe Cuccaro (tp), Mario Midana, Ezio Forte, Ennio Gabbi, Beppe Marullo (tb), Gino Marinacci (fl), Marcello Boschi (as), Enzo Grillini (g), Berto Pisano (b), Roberto Podio (d)
12 - from the film "Sporco mondo meraviglioso" directed by Nino Loy e Gigi Scattini (1971)
Alberto Corvini, Oscar Valdambrini, Beppe Cuccaro, Marino di Fulcio (tp), Mario Midana, Dino Piana, Ennio Gabbi, Beppe Marullo (tb), Quarto Maltoni, San Tedone (as), Livio Cerveglieri, Nino Rapicavoli (ts), Enrico Pierannunzi (p), Maurizio Maiorana (b), Enzo Restuccia (d)
13 - from the film "La ragazza dalla pelle di luna" directed by Gigi Scattini (1972) Oscar Valdambrini (flg)
Oscar Valdambrini (flg), Big Band and strings sections
14 - from the film "Aragosta a colazione" directed by Giorgio Capitani (1979)
Alberto Corvini, Oscar Valdambrini, Marino di Fulcio, Beppe Cuccaro (tp), Mario Midana, Dino Piana, Ennio Gabbi, Beppe Marullo (tb), Baldo Maestri (cl), Marcello Boschi (as), Gianni Basso, Sal Genovese (ts), Giuseppe Taurino (bs), Silvano Chimenti (g), Piero Umiliani (p), Riccardo del Fra (b), Gegè Munari (d)
15 - from the film "Omicron" directed by Ugo Gregoretti (1973) Enrico Pierannunzi (p), Antonello Vannucchi (org)
Enrico Pierannunzi (d), Antonello Vannucchi (hammond), Nino Rapicavoli (ts), Bruno Tommaso (b), Gegè Munari (d)
16 - from the film "Labbra rosse" directed by Giuseppe Bennati (1960)
Mario Midana (tb), Baldo Maestri (cl), Marcello Boschi (as), Piero Umiliani (p), Big Band and strings sections
17 - from the film "Il vigile" directed by Luigi Zampa (1960)
Big Band
18 - from the film "Sweden heaven and hell" directed by Gigi Scattini (1968)
Alessandro & Giulia Alessandroni, Edda Dell'Orso (voc), Piero Umiliani (hammond), Carlo Pes (g), Maurizio Maiorana (b), Roberot Podio (d)
Liuto Records
Via S. Tommaso D'Aquino, 65
00136 Rome - Italy
Ultime realizzazioni Liuto Records:
Liuto Records LRS 0063/1
CHET BAKER - ITALIAN MOVIES - MUSIC BY PIERO UMILIANI
Liuto Records LRS 0063/2
GATO BARBIERI - TWO PICTURES YEARS 1965/1968
MUSIC BY PIERO UMILIANI
[liner notes in Italian and English]
- Roberto Zamori
LRS 0063/4:
LRS 0063/5:
What more could I say about Helen Merrill? I believe that we all know everything about her. Her voice is sensual and full of style. She swings with sensitivity and knows how to select the best songs and the best jazz men. I discovered her first record in a small store in Florence in 1954. The record had been made in N.Y. city, where she lives and works. Among the musicians playing on the record were Clifford Brown, Jimmy Jones, Oscar Pettiford and the music had been arranged by Quincy Jones. I was particularly struck byt he song "What's New". I think I must have heard it 1000 times, night and day.
I personally met Helen at RCa in 1962. She had just arrived from New York and I was very excited at the thought of meeting her that morning. I remembered her picture on the old album where she seemed to be a very lively woman. When I met her I realized that she was very different from what I had imagined. She conquered me with her simplicity and I fell in love with her instantly. I remember asking her if she had made hotel reservations. She answered she hadn't. I suggested that she come and stay in my apartment-studio where we could have worked together undisturbed. In fact it was Christmas time so it would have been almost impossible for her to find a hotel room at the last moment. We were working together for an Italian TV show. I had created a jazz show entitled "Moderate Swing" which was shown once a week on TV at 10 PM. Helen was going to sing one song on every show. I was directing the RCA Big Band and presenting each time the most important jazz musicians: Duke, Basie, Woody Herman, Goodman, etc., etc. It was a big success.
This is how our collaboration started. Besides chosing together the 12 songs which she had to sing, she wrote words for 3 songs I had composed for the cinema. The 3 songs are: "My Only Man", "Dreaming of the Past" and "Dawn".
When I met Helen, she could not speak a word of Italian. A few months later she sang "Estate" in Italian, which I believe is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. This CD comprises everything that Helen Merrill accomplished in Italy. The recordings were made at RCA and at Cinecittà.
- Piero Umiliani
Photograph: ROBERTO CAPASSO
Cover design: ELISABETTA UMILIANI
