Augusto Martelli ”Black Sound From White People”

Augusto Martelli

”Black Sound From White People”
( LP Philips Records, 1972 Italy )
Catalog # 6323 015L

Tracklisting:
SIDE A:
A1 – NANAUE
A2 – FREE SAMBA
A3 – MONDO…NO
A4 – SARA STATO IL FUTURO
A5 – 90° COMPLEANNO
SIDE B:
B1 – LOCO LOVE MOTOR
B2 – MA NE VALE LA PENA
B3 – KRYPTOBLUES

Review:
If you can forgive the title of this one, you’ll find it to be a very groovy record! The album’s a killer batch of funky instrumentals (”black sound”) recorded in Italy in 1972 by Augusto Martelli (”white people”) and it’s got the groove and swing of some of the best Italian soundtracks from the time, no surprise, as Martelli had his hand in a few from that era! The package is a nice one with a thick booklet, notes in Japanese, but some good images of Martelli and album covers and the music is really great, with some excellent sax and flute work that takes the tracks into a jazzier mode than usual for this sort of thing! Loads of great percussion too and titles include “Loco Love Motor”, “Mondo No”, “Krypto Blues”, “Ma ne Vale La Pena”, “90th Compleanno”, and “Sara Stato Il Futuro”.

By Celo