[2021-08-27] Petula Clark "Splendido! The Italian Singles Collection" 2CD set (Ace International UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Aug 03, 2021 3:59 pm

Description
It was regular practice in the 1960s for stars to record their hits in foreign languages, whether it was the Beatles trying their hand at German or Gene Pitney more successfully getting his head around Italian. The era’s female singers seemed to be more adaptable – Sandie Shaw and Françoise Hardy, for example, had parallel careers with recordings in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian – and Petula Clark was probably the most prolific of all.

This latest release on our occasional Ace International imprint is a two-CD anthology of Petula’s complete Italian language singles. Among the tracks are five superb songs she rendered exclusively in that language – including ‘Invece No’, which she performed at the San Remo Song Festival in 1965, and ‘Splendido’, recorded for the TV mini-series Coralba in 1970 – plus a further five of which she recorded no English versions, notably ‘Quelli Che Hanno Un Cuore’, her particularly lovely cover of Bacharach & David’s ‘Anyone Who Had A Heart’.

Many of the songs will be familiar to Petula’s British fans in their English versions – among them ‘Ciao Ciao’ (‘Downtown’), ‘L’amore È Il Vento’ (‘My Love’) and ‘Cara Felicita’ (‘This Is My Song’) – while others were first recorded by her in French or German, countries in which she scored many big hits. Rarely for a female artist of the time, Petula wrote or co-wrote many of her own songs – sometimes under the alias Al Grant – an impressive nine of which are featured here.

Released with the approval and involvement of Petula herself, the two discs come in a six-panel digipak which also houses a bumper 32-page booklet featuring notes by Bob Stanley incorporating an exclusive interview with Petula, detailed track annotations, ten gorgeous full-page colour photos – many of them from the personal collection of Claude Wolff, Petula’s husband – and a plethora of other rare illustrations.

Tracklist
[CD1]
1. Chariot (Sul Mio Carro) (aka I Will Follow Him / Chariot / Cheerio)
2. Darling Chéri (Italian version)
3. Monsieur (Italian version)
4. Se Mi Vuoi Amare (aka Unser liebestraum)
5. La Nostra Storia (aka This Is Goodbye / Elle est finie (la belle histoire) / Es ist vorbei)
6. Sto Volentieri Con Te (aka Dance On / Je me sens bien (auprès de tois))
7. Quelli Che Hanno Un Cuore (aka Anyone Who Had A Heart / Ceux qui ont un c'ur / Alles ist nun vorbei / Tu no tienes corazon)
8. È Finito Tutto (aka Forgetting You / J'ai tout oublié)
9. Pagherai (aka Torture / Coeur blessé)
10. La Frontiera (aka La frontière)
11. Invece No
12. Non Mi Guardi Mai (aka Time For Love / L'amour avec un grand "A" / Schade)
13. Ciao Ciao (aka Downtown / Dans le temps)
14. Se Te Ne Vai (aka Now That You've Gone / Puisque tu pars / Darling verzeih)
15. Io Resto Qui (aka Just Say Goodbye / Regardez-les)
16. Ma... (aka Heart / Le coeur qui bat)

[CD2]
1. Gocce Di Mare (aka Round Every Corner / Va toujours plus loin)
2. Un Giorno Mi Hai Sorriso
3. L'Amore È Il Vento (aka My Love / Mon amour / Verzeih' die dummen tränen)
4. Cara Felicità (aka This Is My Song / C'est ma chanson / Love-so heisst mein song)
5. Cosa Cerchi Nel Mondo (aka Where Am I Going)
6. Kiss Me Good-Bye (aka Kiss Me Goodbye / Dis-moi au revoir)
7. È Stato Il Vento
8. Il Sole Nel Cuore (aka Happy Heart / C'est mon coeur qui chante clair)
9. Là Dove Muore Il Sole (aka Some)
10. Splendido
11. Piccolo Baby
12. Melody Man (Italian version)
13. Settembre Mi Riporterà (aka I Think Of You / Il faut trouver le temps d'aimer / Nimm' dir die zeit)
14. È Una Canzone Cosi (aka The Song Of My Life / C'est le refrain de ma vie / Das ist mein leben, cheri)
15. Amor (aka For Love / Wie du)

Amazon USA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0992HM16W/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0992HM16W/?tag=imwan-21

[2021-08-27] Petula Clark "Splendido! The Italian Singles Collection" 2CD set (Ace International UK)

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