Fausto Papetti
18ª Raccolta (LP)
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condition (record/cover): NM / VG+ (lamination creasing)
Gatefold sleeve.
It is easy to laugh at Fausto Papetti and Italy did, for forty years, while buying his records by the million. The joke is the covers: a woman, some light, less fabric with each volume. The music is another matter. Papetti played alto, not tenor, with a breathy, almost lisping tone and a rhythm section (often the cream of the Milan studio scene) that could turn a Sanremo winner into something close to Stan Getz phoning it in from a beach.
The Raccolte were numbered like encyclopaedia volumes and functioned the same way: each one a year's worth of Italian and international hits, instrumental, played straight, pressed on Durium with the heavy card sleeves the label used until the end. The 18th is from the early seventies, the hits of that season under Papetti's alto. Kitsch, if you like, but kitsch with an embouchure.
Release notes
First pressing with laminated gatefold cover. This release has the track positons in a different order unlike the other Italian releases. The runouts are stamped; the date after the strings is etched. Track A1: Edizioni Belriver Track A2: Edizioni Pegaso Tracks A3, B4: Edizioni Durium Tracks A4, B3: Edizioni RCA Track A5: Edizioni Sa-Vette/January Track A6: Edizioni Screen-Gems Track B1: Edizioni meuropa Int. Track B2: Eduzoni CAM Tracks B5, B6: Edizioni U.A.
| A1 | Soleado | ||
| A2 | A Blue Shadow | ||
| A3 | Tentation | ||
| A4 | L'Ultima Neve Di Primavera | ||
| A5 | Love's Theme | ||
| A6 | The Way We Were | ||
| B1 | Peccato Veniale | ||
| B2 | Ricordo Di Lilia | ||
| B3 | Delitto Di Regime | ||
| B4 | Gesma | ||
| B5 | The Windmills Of Your Mind | ||
| B6 | Nutbush City Limits |
- Umberto Lega
- Cover
- Luigi Bisleri
- Engineer
- Ugo Scerbo
- Engineer
- Fausto Papetti
- Saxophone
