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Happy Record Store Day 2017

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Record Store Day is here again and it’s great to see people supporting local vinyl sellers. If you haven’t purchased a vinyl record in a while, today might be a great time to review your wish lists and see how you feel about scoring some more LPs. And while we’re on the subject…

 



Fabio Frizzi Tours America With The Beyond

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Fabio Frizzi Tours America The Beyond Soundtrack

According to the maestro’s Facebook page, there are going to be several dates across America where you can experience Fabio Frizzi’s Composer’s Cut of The Beyond. The All Tomorrow’s Parties website has some excellent in-depth discussion of Frizzi, the tour and much more. It’s an exciting bit of news for any fan of Italian genre films and soundtracks. Turntabling definitely plans to be at the Chicago show…the tour is running stateside from September to October 2016.

And it’s true, we definitely have more than a couple of Frizzi titles for sale in the Turntabling Discogs shop. Are you into the sounds of Manhattan Baby? A Cat In The Brain? Zombi? We have all that and more!

Need a sneak preview of this show and how it is likely to sound? Fabio Frizzi was kind enough to post some rehearsal footage on his official YouTube site. Behold the spider scene below!



 

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Zombi 2 Lucio Fulci soundtrack vinyl for sale turntabling

Cat In The Brain soundtrack Frizzi vinyl

Deep Red (Profondo Rosso) Trailer

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Why are some of us vinyl collectors so hung up on giallo soundtracks, Italian horror, and Italian cinema in general? The Ennio Morricone connection aside, there is some kind of weird perfect storm that happens when you get the music, the trailes, and the movies together. A look at the Deep Red trailer is proof of that. Deep Red, aka Profondo Rosso, was directed by Dario Argento at the height of his talent and cinematic clout. Starring David Hemmings and Dario Nicolodi, this is a GREAT entry into the world of giallo. If you haven’t seen it, the trailer might just push you over the edge.

Goblin’s score for this goes all over the place, from edgy prog to moody atmospheres, and it’s fairly unique among their output if you’re thinking of soundtracks like Dawn Of The Dead and Tenebre. This was a project Goblin stepped into after Giorgio Gaslini and Argento parted ways during the film. Gaslini gets a credit on the soundtrack, but Goblin is front and center.

P.S. if you let this video play and move on to the next ones, there are a TON of great Italian horror and horror-related trailers there…loads of classics!

Mayfair Stereo Demonstration Record…Demonstration

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Ever wonder what the hell is on those old “stereo demonstration” records but didn’t want to shell out the extra few bucks to actually take a battered old copy home with you? Wonder no longer.

YouTuber James Will took the trouble to produce the video above-surprising that the company bothered to press this on specialty vinyl. The LP is called “Stereo Spectacular”. Transparent vinyl! Annoying “test clicks”! The guy with the “announcer voice”!