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Ennio Morricone: the 60s

Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone is the entire reason why there’s a Turntabling.net today. Goblin is great, Riz Ortolani is a favorite, I love vinyl records by Public Image Limited, Sun Ra, King Tubby, and much more…but Morricone was the man who drew me back into vinyl collecting, thanks to the Mondo Morricone series. That was a three LP set (also available on CD) that showcased some of the maestro’s most experimental, nostalgic and suspenseful soundtrack moments. It wasn’t long before record collecting was back on my radar.

I can’t tell you how pleased I was to successfully research Morricone’s output as a composer. I feel compelled to present lists of his work for my rabid fellow devotees of Ennio Morricone soundtrack music—especially the obscure, the unusual, the highly experimental work he did in the 60s and 70s. I make no pretense about this being a complete or definitive list–this is only the START of my digging…but I bring what I’ve found so far to you–a list of the maestro’s work as a composer from one of the golden eras of cinema–the 1960s. Enjoy:

1969 – Krasnaya palatka
1969 – Queimada
1969 – Zenabel
1969 – The Sicilian Clan
1969 – Una Breve stagione,
1969 – La Stagione dei sensi,
1969 – Un Esercito di cinque uomini
1969 – Sai cosa faceva Stalin alle donne?
1969 – Un Tranquillo posto di campagna
1969 – Ruba al prossimo tuo
1969 – Un Bellissimo novembre
1969 – Metti una sera a cena
1969 – Gli Intoccabili (The Untouchables)
1969 – La Monaca di Monza
1969 – Galileo
1969 – L’ Alibi
1969 – Cuore di mamma
1969 – Fräulein Doktor
1969 – La Donna invisibile
1969 – Vergogna schifosi
1969 – Dio è con noi
1969 – L’ Assoluto naturale
1969 – Giotto
1969 – Senza sapere niente di lei
1968 – C’era una volta il West
1968 – Roma come Chicago
1968 – The Great Silence
1968 – Partner
1968 – Teorema
1968 – The Mercenary
1968 – Appunti per un film sull’India
1968 – Comandamenti per un gangster
1968 – La Bataille de San Sebastian
1968 – Escalation
1968 – Diabolik
1968 – Corri uomo corri
1968 – Tepepa
1968 – Italia vista dal cielo
1968 – Ecce Homo
1968 -El Magnífico Tony Carrera
1968 – Mangiala
1968 – Grazie, zia
1967 – Arabella
1967 – Faccia a faccia
1967 – La Ragazza e il generale
1967 – The Harem
1967 – Ad ogni costo
1967 – La Cina è vicina
1967 – Matchless
1967 – I Crudeli
1967 – OK Connery
1967 – Sette donne per i MacGregor
1967 – I Lunghi giorni della vendetta
1967 – Le Streghe
1967 – Dalle Ardenne all’inferno
1967 – Il Giardino delle delizie
1967 – L’Avventuriero
1967 – Da uomo a uomo
1967 – Scusi, facciamo l’amore?
1966 – The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
1966 – El Chuncho, quien sabe?
1966 – La Resa dei conti
1966 – Navajo Joe
1966 – Das Gewisse Etwas der Frauen
1966 – The Bible: In the Beginning…
1966 – Un Uomo a metà
1966 – La Battaglia di Algeri
1966 – El Greco
1966 – Uccellacci e uccellini
1966 – Agent 505 – Todesfalle Beirut
1966 – Sette pistole per i MacGregor
1966 – Per Firenze
1966 – Mi vedrai tornare
1966 -La Ragazza del bersagliere
1966 – Lo Squarciagola
1966 – Un Fiume di dollari
1966 – Svegliati e uccidi
1966 – Sugar Colt
1965 – Per qualche dollaro in più
1965 – Il Ritorno di Ringo
1965 – Idoli controluce
1965 – I Pugni in tasca
1965 – Altissima pressione
1965 – Gli Amanti d’oltretomba
1965 – A Pistol For Ringo
1965 – Se non avessi più te
1965 – Slalom
1965 – Menage all’italiana
1965 – Thrilling
1965 – Non son degno di te
1964 – Le Pistole non discutono
1964 – Per un pugno di dollari
1964 – I Due evasi di Sing Sing
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Driving Madness!

It’s been a zany couple of days. 1000 + miles covered in two days? Can that possibly be? Big update coming tomorrow on weekend follies in the great vinyl road trip. I’m far too whacked from all that driving to go into it now, but stay tuned…

WTF: Ted Nugent Love Grenade

ted nugent love grenade album cover

Ted Nugent’s cover for the 2007 greatest hits collection, Love Grenade, isn’t just a wretched exercise in horny teenager-style cartooning, it’s also wildly offensive! Just look at how she’s depicted abusing that innocent hand grenade.

Seriously though, rampaging sexism aside, Love Grenade wins top marks–it’s a true accomplishment to  bewilder AND register as blindingly stupid at the same time. A naked woman bound on a food tray with…a grenade in her mouth? That IS a grenade, right? It’s not an under-ripe avocado? Or maybe it’s Ted Nugent’s wallet, fat with all that cash he’s making off another collection of reheated twaddle.

I’m trying hard to figure out what The Nuge is trying to say here–aside from “Hey Kids, here’s a REALLY DUMB record by MEEEEEEE!” And the track listing does nothing to dispel that notion. When you’ve got songs like “Bridge Over Troubled Daughters” and “Broadside” (get it? Huh huh, heh heh, BROAD side…heh heh huh huh) you know you’re not dealing with a Rhodes scholar here.

Whatever happened to the good old days when long haired dorks with guitars sang about SATAN? Continue reading WTF: Ted Nugent Love Grenade