Piero Piccioni - Colpo Rovente (Black Vinyl, 2023)
Once more the music composed by maestro Piero Piccioni is better than the movie.
A wonderful kaleidoscope of psychedelic oddness favors the composer’s jazz roots and strong percussion work, but also features delightful bursts of source music as well as the self-contained brilliance of the occasional set pieces—including background scores for the experimental productions of the Off-Broadway world.
This highly addictive score, impossible to find on the original LP released by RCA in 1970 and reissued on vinyl only by South Korean label Beatball can finally benefit from a meticulous restoration from the original master tapes, thanks to the involvement of Piccioni’s family.
It’s exactly like buying a copy in 1970 without any compression and digital artifacts.
Side A Colpo Rovente, Kintabu’, Identikit, LSD (red hot), Eros, Fuoco
Side B Easy Dreamer, China Town Drugs , Colpo Rovente (red hot) , Mexican Dream, Acapulco, Colpo Rovente.