From italy with love…
lucio battisti – el velero (mp3)
we all know, and adore, the epic 12 minute version by the chaplin band. so i thought i’d share with you, the original, by the so called italian john lennon – lucio battisti. most of his early work is recognised as his best, and ‘il veliero’ comes under that category. appearing on his 1976 album ‘la batteria, il contrabbasso, eccetra’, it was considered such a good tune, that he re-recorded it in spanish – the version appearing here. classic…
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ryan added these pithy words on May 08 07 at 12:18 amsuch a good record. i need to get hold of one of these.
EIGHT added these pithy words on May 08 07 at 2:42 pmI think they had the Chaplin band version on Lovefingers not too long ago, but this is better imho…
giuliodj added these pithy words on May 08 07 at 6:36 pmthanks guys…
schoolsy added these pithy words on May 08 07 at 11:43 pmgiuliodj – a pleasure…
ryan – ill keep em peeled for ya…
eight – as much as i love this version, the chaplin band one for me, just about wins it. its a total monster of a record. it just builds and builds and builds…total dance floor dynamite
Chris added these pithy words on May 09 07 at 12:04 amThat’s a nice name for your eBay enterprise, how on earth did you come up with it?
schoolsy added these pithy words on May 09 07 at 12:11 amchris – its a long, long story… but basically it revolves around me nicking it off the mancunian marketing guru – aka wolfy…wait a minute, u already knew that…shit stirrer…x
EIGHT added these pithy words on May 09 07 at 10:54 amschoolsy- know what you mean, top dancefloor stuff; I’m just a see-you-next-tuesday for the live high hat sound. And the bassline on this version has got a touch of the ‘Roxette’s about it…..
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michele added these pithy words on May 09 07 at 1:05 pmI think Lindstrom sampled this song…and yes, Lucio Battisti is our John Lennon!
schoolsy added these pithy words on May 09 07 at 6:52 pmeight – good call. very similar bassline indeed. not a big fan of dr feelgood, but digging the mouth organ solo’s on that one…
michele – yep thats right. the lindstrom track is called contempary fix. came out a while back now – top tune…
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