Psichedelica, by Piero Umiliani

Psichedelica

by Piero Umiliani

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1.	Viaggio nell'inconscio 02:01	buy track
2.	Sequenza Psichedelica 02:30	buy track
3.	Nel cosmo 03:24	buy track
4.	L'uomo integrato 01:53	buy track
5.	Contestazione 02:32	buy track
6.	Hippies 03:03	buy track
7.	Hippies 2 03:14	buy track
8.	Stoccolma My Dear 02:38	buy track
9.	Via la sauna svedese 01:47	buy track
10.	Birra, vermouth e gin 02:02	buy track
11.	Notte di mezza estate 02:36	buy track
12.	Organo e chitarroni 01:44	buy track
13.	Folk song 03:54	buy track
14.	Cow Boy 02:44	buy track

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Before talking about Psichedelica, one of the many and rare library albums signed by Piero Umi- liani, we must step back in time, until June 1968, when Umiliani was working on the score of “Svezia Inferno e Paradiso” (Sweden Heaven and Hell), one of the many collaborations between director Luigi Scattini and the Maestro. In fact, a large part of the music recorded for that movie, one of Umiliani’s most popular works, would be later selected for this library release. Originally issued by the label Omicron, which pressed 200 copies, not even destined to be sold. Despite the title, a misleading “Psichedelica”, and a suitable colored cover, this LP walks – of course, one might say – along the lines of Scattini’s film soundtrack, among beat outbursts, orchestral tracks and some references to the rock sound of the time, as can be heard in the second of the two versions of “Hippies”.

Those who know will remeber that “Psichedelica” contains the first version of Umiliani’s most famous composition: “Mah-Nà Mah-Nà”, a track that will be a mixed blessing of his artistic life. Considered a filler and discarded from the soundtrack of “Svezia Inferno e Paradiso”, it was originally called “Viva la sauna svedese” (featuring Alessandro Alessandroni and his wife Julia on vocals, as well as in “Birra, Vermouth e Gin”); it was then retitled and re-released in the US a few months later, achieving unprecedented success and even ending up in the charts; later known as ‘The Muppet Show’s song’, it became almost immediately a world famous cult track, an authentic hallmark of Piero Umiliani’s popular genius.

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released October 10, 2015

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