FABRIZIO DE ANDRÉ Non Al Denaro Non All’amore 1971 LP
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Description
ARTIST: FABRIZIO DE ANDRÉ
TITLE: NON AL DENARO NON ALL’AMORE NÈ AL CIELO
LIBERAMENTE FRATTO DALLA ANTOLOGIA DI SPOON RIVER DI E.L.MASTERS
LABEL + YEAR: Produttri associati PA LP 40; 1971 Italian Press; with white sticker attached to Side 1 label
CONDITION VINYL: VG+/Ex due to some fine hairlines, this plays close to Excellent
CONDITION SLEEVE: Excellent with minor edge wear, Gatefold; with Original Lyric Inner in Italian
DESCRIPTION:
Side One:
LA COLLINA; UN MATTO (DIETRO OGNI SCEMO C’È UN VILLAGGIO); UN GIUDICE; UN BLASFEMO (DIETRO OGNI BLASFEMO C’È UN GIARDINO INCATATO); UN MALATO DI CUORE
Side Two:
UN MEDICO; UN CHIMICO; UN OTTICO; IL SUONATORE JONES
Non al denaro non all'amore né al cielo
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Fabrizio De André chronology
La buona novella
Non al denaro non all'amore né al cielo ("Neither to gold, nor to love, nor to heaven") is the title of an album released by Fabrizio De André. It was issued in 1971 by Produttori Associati and reissued several times by Ricordi and BMG. It is a concept album based on the Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters. The co-author of the music is composer Nicola Piovani, who later on won an Academy award for his soundtrack of Roberto Benigni's Life is beautiful.
Track listing
1. "La collina" ("The Hill") (4:03)
2. "Un matto" ("A madman") 2:35)
3. "Un giudice" ("A judge") (2:55)
4. "Un blasfemo" ("A blasphemer") (2:59)
5. "Un malato di cuore" ("A sufferer of heart") (4:18)
6. "Un medico" ("A doctor") (2:39)
7. "Un chimico" ("A chemist") (3:00)
8. "Un ottico" ("An optician") (4:35)
9. "Il suonatore Jones" ("Fiddler Jones") (4:25)
The songs
Each song is based on a poem from the Spoon River Anthology.
* "La collina" is based on "The Hill"
* "Un matto" is based on "Frank Drummer", in which a man memorizes the Encyclopedia Britannica and is considered mad by the people of Spoon River.
* "Un Giudice" is based on Selah Lively, the story of a midget who studies law and becomes a judge to get a revenge against the people who made fun of him all his life.
* "Un blasfemo" is based on "Wendell P. Bloyd".
* "Un malato di cuore" is based on "Francis Turner", in which a man dies of a heart attack while giving his first kiss.
* "Un medico" is based on "Dr. Siegfried Iseman", the story of a doctor who wants to cure poor people without receiving any payment.
* "Un chimico" is based on "Trainor, the Chemist", in which a chemist, who doesn't understand the relationships between men and women but loves chemical elements, dies while executing an experiment.
* "Un ottico" is based on "Dippold the Optician", the story of an optician who wants to create special glasses which show strange images.
* "Il suonatore Jones" is based on "Fiddler Jones".
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