This box, wants to be not only a tribute to one of the most beautiful voices of the Italian music scene, but also an occasion, for those who have had the opportunity to appreciate the Artist in recent times, to discover the most significant part of his initial repertoire.
Orietta Berti's career, which exploded in 1965 with the victory at "A record for the summer", is still in full swing today. With an uncommon vocal extension and an always sober, effective and expressive interpretative taste, over the last few years, the singer has had the opportunity to be appreciated not only for an intelligent musical research that has allowed her to wander through various genres, but also for her skills as a great communicator, manifested in the roles of brilliant actress and ironic TV presenter. Through the discs of this precious box, it is possible to retrace the first 15 years of this multifaceted artist's career, who has been able to overcome the advent of different fashions, consistently accompanying the public in the inevitable changes in musical taste, without ever distorting his artistic personality, rather managing to make a significant contribution to the construction of the soundtrack of the last forty years of life in our country. All this while still maintaining the simplicity and consistency that have made her a beloved character from a highly varied audience. With Polydor, Orietta has made about two hundred songs, some of which have become true classics of Italian pop music http://www.oriettaberti.it/
The first CD includes the period from 1963 to 1966 and opens with the two tracks that make up the first 45 rpm published by Polydor: Suburban serenade and Our moments (Nos-sos momentos), two South American pieces interpreted respectively by Dalva De Andrade and Elizeth Cardoso. Follows the successes Dominique (first single with the songs of Suor Sorriso), Tu sei quel (winner of A disc for the summer 1965), I want to say thank you (first place at the Rose Festival 1965), Every street (another song by Sister Sorriso also included in the film Zum, zum, zum, n.2) and I will give you more (Sanremo Festival 1966), here also in Spanish (Yo te daria mas), unpublished for Italy. Of the real rarities never released to date on CD are-no Everything is finished between us, Go, Bobby go, Losing you (cover of Losing you sung by Brenda Lee, here in the very rare version inserted in the 33 rpm Italy's incomparable of 1966, published only in the USA), Scorderai (Stay awhile a great success by Dusty Springfield), If by chance (translation of the hit by Lesley Gore No more tears), The simple girls, My muse, Where, I don't know (in the original version of 1966) and The first love letter. Five unpublished songs complete the album, all dated 1965: An hour and then, Before love ends, And if in a while, The girl of a summer and Sister Adele, discarded in extremis from the album Orietta Berti sings Sister Smile
Tracklist:
1963 • 1966
1 Serenata Suburbana
Written-By – Capiba, Calabrese
2 I Nostri Momenti (Nossos Momentos)
Written-By – Barbosa, Zipi
3 Dominique
Written-By – Etrusco, Soeur Sourire
4 Tutto È Finito Fra Noi
Written-By – Specchia, Leuzzi
5 Vai, Bobby, Vai (Run, Bobby, Run)
Written-By – Raleigh, Specchia, Barkan
6 Perdendoti (Losing You)
Written-By – Renard, Havet, Pallavicini
7 Scorderai (Stay Awhile)
Written-By – Etrusco, Raymonde
8 Tu Sei Quello
Written-By – Anelli, Beretta
9 Se Per Caso (No More Tears)
Written-By – Barkan, Mogol, Baron
10 Un'Ora E Poi
Written-By – G. Testoni
11 Voglio Dirti Grazie
Written-By – Anelli, Intra, Beretta, Del Prete
12 Le Ragazze Semplici
Written-By – Anelli, Zotti, Mogol, Biggiero
13 Prima Che Finisca L'Amore
14 E Se Tra Poco
15 La Mia Musa (Ma Petite Muse)
Written-By – Etrusco, Soeur Sourire
16 Sorella Adele (Sister Adele)
Written-By – Etrusco, Soeur Sourire
17 Ogni Strada (Tous Les Chemins)
Written-By – Etrusco, Soeur Sourire
18 La Ragazza Di Un'Estate
Written-By – A. Della Giustina, A. Casadei, L. Zanin
19 Dove, Non So (Lara's Theme)
Written-By – M. Jarre, P. Webster
20 Io Ti Darò Di Più
Written-By – Testa, Remigi
21 La Prima Lettera D'Amore
Written-By – Beretta, Ravasini, Balsamo
22 Yo Te Darìa Mas (Io Ti Darò Di Più)
Written-By – Testa, Mapel, Remigi
The second CD includes the period from 1966 to 1968. The first song Le ore del sole was released only in Spain under the title Trouble galore; the English version (whose master of the original recording has unfortunately been lost) accompanies the opening titles of the film Agen-te 3S3 - Massacro al sole by Sergio Sollima. Other pieces published only on Spanish soil are La prim-mera carta de amor (The first love letter), Yo te doy las graçias (I want to thank you), Una chi-ca simple (The simple girls) and Butterfly. For the French market only, we find the ver-sions in the language of Io could (Je voudrais) and Come back to me (Tu reviendras). The great successes contained here are When the first star (A record for summer 1966), Return with the sun (first place at the Lugano Festival 1966), Io, tu e le rose (Sanremo Festival 1967), Only you ( A record for summer 1967), He will come back to me (Festivalbar 1967), L'amore è blu (L'amour est bleu launched by Vicky Leandros at the Eurofestival '67) and Tu che non sorridi mai (Sanremo Festival 1968) . As in the previous album, even here there are real rarities never released on CD: When you leave (When my baby cries, success of the English Lesley Duncan), A meeting like many others, A useless doll (cover of Sunny girl by Hep Stars, a formation that will then give rise to Abba, recorded in Hamburg with the orchestra conducted by James Last), When in the night, For all the good you want me and Love for life. Finally, two more unpublished works: From now on in 1967 and Na musica doce the following year
Tracklist:
1966 • 1968
1 Le Ore Del Sole
Written By – Fornari
Written-By – Umiliani, Danell
2 La Primera Carta De Amor (La Prima Lettera D'Amore)
Written-By – Beretta, Ravasini, Balsamo
3 Quando La Prima Stella
Written-By – Colonnello, G. Intra, Mogol, Pallavicini
4 Ritorna Con Il Sole
Written-By – Intra, Beretta
5 Quando Partirai (When My Baby Cries)
Written-By – Duncan, Biggero
6 Un Incontro Come Tanti
Written-By – Maresca, Pisano
7 Una Bambola Inutile (Sunny Girl)
Written-By – Andersson, Mogol
8 Yo Te Doy Las Graçias (Voglio Dirti Grazie)
Written-By – Anelli, Beretta, Del Prete
9 Una Chica Simple (Le Ragazze Semplici)
Written-By – Anelli, Zotti, Mogol, Biggero
10 Butterfly
Written-By – Wittstatt, Beretta, Cardello
11 D'Ora In Poi
12 Io, Tu E Le Rose
Written-By – Brinniti, Pace, Panzeri
13 Quando Nella Notte
Written-By – Casini, Senofonte
14 Solo Tu
Written-By – F. Monti Arduini
15 Ritornerà Da Me
Written-By – Casini, Senofonte
16 Je Voudrais (Io Potrei)
Written-By – F. Monti Arduini, G. Pittoni, T. Russo
17 L'Amore È Blu (L'Amour Est Bleu)
Written-By – Popp, Beretta, Cour
18 Tu Reviendras (Ritornerà Da Me)
Written-By – Casini, Senofonte
19 Tu Che Non Sorridi Mai
Written-By – Terzi, Rossi, Sili
20 Per Tutto Il Bene Che Mi Vuoi
Written-By – Pinchi, Sili
21 'Na Musica Doce
22 Amore Per La Vita
Written-By – Baudo, Vantellini, Paolini, Silvestri
The third CD includes what in some ways was the heyday of the great 45 rpm hits and from 1968 to 1972. The series Non illuderti mai (second place in A record for summer 1968) opens. follow If I fall in love with a boy like you (Canzonissima 1968), When love becomes poetry (Sanremo Festival 1969), The swing (third place in A record for summer 1969), What do you care if you are out of tune (theme song of the radio show Gran variety 1969), A blue doll (Canzonissima 1969), Tipitipitì (Sanremo Festival 1970), As long as the boat goes (third place in A record for summer 1970), Ah love that What is it (Canzonissima 1970), Simple happiness (initials of the television show La cousin Orietta from 1970, released on vinyl only two years later), Via dei ciclamini (finalist for A record for summer 1971), Return a amore (Venice International Pop Music Exhibition 1971), Città verde (Canzonissima 1971) and Alla fine della strada (1971, also recorded by Tom Jones with the title Love me tonight). Among the rare pearls never reissued on CD we find Where, when, He leaves, The last of December, But I think of you, you know, The right time, I wrote it with tears, Day by day and The thing more beautiful (published only on the cassette Tonight I tell you not of 1972)
Tracklist:
1968 • 1972
1 Non Illuderti Mai
Written-By – Pace, Pilat, Panzeri
2 Se M'Innamoro Di Un Ragazzo Come Te
Written-By – Pace, Panzeri, Savio
3 Dove, Quando
Written-By – Cazzulani, Pace, Panzeri
4 Quando L'Amore Diventa Poesia
Written-By – Mogol, Soffici
5 L'Altalena
Written-By – Conti, Pace, Argenio, Panzeri
6 Che T'Importa Se Sei Stonato
Written-By – Amurri, Biriaco
7 Una Bambola Blu
Written-By – Pace, Pilat, Panzeri
8 Se Ne Va
Written-By – Cazzulani, Pace, Pilat, Panzeri
9 Tipitipitì
Written-By – Pace, Pilat, Panzeri
10 Fin Che La Barca Va
Written-By – F. Pace, Pilat, Panzeri
11 L'Ultimo Di Dicembre
Written-By – Cazzulani, F. Pace, Panzeri
12 Ah L'Amore Che Cos'È
Written-By – Conti, Pace, Panzeri
13 Ma Ti Penso Sai
Written-By – Cazzulani, Coutisson, Arnaldi
14 Semplice Felicità
Written-By – Cazzulani, Corbucci, Amendola, Vantellini
15 L'Ora Giusta
Written-By – Conti, Pace, Argenio, Panzeri
16 Te L'Ho Scritto Con Le Lacrime
Written-By – Cazzulani, Pace, Panzeri
17 Via Dei Ciclamini
Written-By – Conti, Pace, Argenio, Panzeri
18 Di Giorno In Giorno
Written-By – Cazzulani, Pace, Panzeri
19 Ritorna Amore
Written-By – Ventura, Pilat
20 Città Verde
Written-By – Colonnello, Mogol
21 Alla Fine Della Strada
Written-By – Pace, Pilat, Panzeri
22 La Cosa Più Bella
Written-By – Conti, Pace, Argenio, Panzeri
The period between 1972 and 1978 composes the fourth CD in which we find some of his most beautiful love songs: Tonight I tell you no (second place in A record for summer 1972), Still a bit with sentimento (Venice international light music exhibition 1972), Eternamente (on music by Charlie Chaplin, from the movie Luci della ribalta), E lui pescava (finalist in Canzonissima 1972), The ballad of the world (A record for summer 1973) , We two together (finalist in Canzonissima 1973 and for the first time on CD in the original version), Occhi rossi (sunset of love) (third place at the Sanremo Festival 1974), The rhythm of the rain (finalist in Canzonissima 1974), And yet I love you (A record for summer 1975), Nostalgia (from the movie The new monsters of 1977) and Donna come mai (last single released by Polydor in 1978). The unpublished The Come Down From the Mountains represents the folk period which, in this box, was deliberately left out for the presence on the market of the collection The most beautiful popular songs, containing 38 songs. Other songs never re-edited to date are The White Widow, Carmen, Per Bet, The Horizon (a beautiful piece unfairly relegated to side b), The Man Who Wasn't There, Faded Colors (with the orchestra conducted by Augusto Martelli), For this I said goodbye, L'amoroso (in the first original version of 1974), Vita della vita mia and the poignant Il bel tempo
Tracklist:
1972 • 1978
1 Stasera Ti Dico Di No
Written-By – Conti, Pace, Argenio, Panzeri
2 La Vedova Bianca
Written-By – Mammoliti, Celli, Decimo
3 Carmen
Written-By – Cazzulani, Pace, Pilat, Panzeri
4 Ancora Un Po' Con Sentimento
Written-By – Cazzulani, Pace, Panzeri
5 Per Scommessa
Written-By – Mammoliti, Cazzulani, Celli, Ceppani
6 Eternamente
Written-By – Chaplin, Ardo
7 E Lui Pescava
Written-By – Conti, Pace, Argenio, Panzeri
8 L'Orizzonte
Written-By – Cazzulani, Pace, Panzeri
9 La Ballata Del Mondo
Written-By – Pace, Pilat, Panzeri
10 L'Uomo Che Non C'Era
Written-By – Cazzulani, Pace, Panzeri
11 Noi Due Insieme
Written-By – Cazzulani, Trimarchi
12 Colori Sbiaditi (Il Sapore Che Mi Davi Tu)
Written-By – Cazzulani, Tarenzi, Martelli, Solieri
13 Occhi Rossi (Tramonto D'Amore)
Written-By – Conti, Pace, Pilat, Panzeri
14 Per Questo Dissi Addio
Written-By – Cazzulani, Pace, Panzeri
15 La Vien Giù Dalle Montagne
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16 Il Ritmo Della Pioggia
Written-By – Conti, Pace, Panzeri
17 L'Amoroso
Written-By – Lombardo, Pallavicini, Foini
18 Eppure Ti Amo
Written-By – Conti, Pace, Panzeri
19 Vita Della Vita Mia
Written-By – Lucarelli, Beretta
20 La Nostalgia
Written-By – Mancino, Cristiano
21 Il Bel Tempo
Written-By – Daiano, Malepasso
22 Donna Come Mai (J'Ai Besoin De Toi, J'Ai Besoin De Lui)
Written-By – B. Pallini*, J. Musy, L. Matalon, L. Raggi
The complete reprint of the Zingari album ... (dated 1976), occupies the fifth and last CD. Inside the original cover of the 33 laps was the following presentation caption: "Why does Orietta Berti sing the gypsies? Because the wandering of these tribes, who come from the east to move west and vice versa in obedience to the laws of nomadism, finds its constant point of reference in Emilia. Because, around the house that Orietta saw as a child, there were always camps and, therefore, gypsy voices and sounds, with Slavic, Magyar and Andalusian, or even Armenian colors. Because Orietta Berti is a singer of extraction and popular sensitivity and the songs of the gypsies are one of the most genuine components of folklore. This micro furrow therefore constitutes a valid testimony of ancient civilizations enclosed in customs and customs that repeat themselves unchanged in our times, but also the affectionate return to childhood and adolescence of a sensitive and attentive artist. Happy appointment for the creation of a record work, the first of its kind, which wants to be a further contribution by Orietta Berti to popular singing given with research severity and unparalleled professional rigor. The texts, which are all by Luciano Beretta, re-write in simple language, ancient Gypsy stories; the music, collected by Mario Battaini and Vanni Moretto, are the result of years of careful and meticulous investigation. These are musical expressions that have come down to us from very distant times. "
Tracklist:
Zingari...
1 Una Casa Per Il Mondo
Written-By – Cirino, Beretta, Lumni
2 Gira E Va
Written-By – Cirino, Beretta, Lumni
3 Il Canto Del Sudore
Written-By – Cirino, Beretta, Lumni
4 La Luna E Il Lupo
Written-By – Cirino, Beretta, Lumni
5 Il Violino Del Diavolo
Written-By – Cirino, Beretta, Lumni
6 Lo Specchio
Written-By – Cirino, Beretta, Lumni
7 Zingaro Biondo
Written-By – Cirino, Beretta, Lumni
8 Sulla Tua Mano
Written-By – Cirino, Beretta, Lumni
9 I Sogni
Written-By – Cirino, Beretta, Lumni
10 Oggi Mi Sposo
Written-By – Cirino, Beretta, Lumni
11 Giglio Rosso
Written-By – Cirino, Beretta, Lumni
12 Ti Desidero
Written-By – Cirino, Beretta, Lumni
13 Omar
Written-By – Cirino, Beretta, Lumni
14 Mamma Di Un Angelo
Written-By – Cirino, Beretta, Lumni
