Gian Pieretti is one of those liminal artists that I love. Not one for reductionist fusion. But rather straddling genres. Taking bits of one into another, while preserving the core of the original. Most of today's selection comes from the time he was straddling 60s beat, cantautore and folk-pop sounds. You'll hear a bit of each in this selection. Mikis Theodorakis's “La danse de Zorba” needs no introduction as a song. Here I've tried to give a flavour of it's international reverberations while sampling a few truly great voices like those of Dalida and Milva — not omitting Melina Mercouri's distinctive contribution. 1958 is mostly hardcore R&B, while German Wednesday largely belongs to Hannes Wader and Helut Debus.
Gian Pieretti
- Ehi tu arrangiati un po! Gian Pieretti
- Il vento dell'est Gian Pieretti
- il vento d'ottobre Gian Pieretti
- Io Sono Tanto Stanco Gian Pieretti
- July 367008 Gian Pieretti
- Lei Gian Pieretti
- Mao mao Gian Pieretti
- Quando L'Alba Tornerà Gian Pieretti
- Tutto al suo posto Gian Pieretti
- Via con il tempo Gian Pieretti
1958
- The Mess Around Richard Berry
- Yakety Yak Coasters
- Big Guitar Frank DeRosa & His D Men
- Koko-Mamey Moe Koffman Quartet
- Western Movies Olympics
- Get A Job Silhouettes
- Coralee Titus Turner
- Do You Wanna Dance Bobby Freeman
- Motatin' Irving Ashby
- Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean Ruth Brown
La danse de Zorba
- La chanson de Zorba Annie Cordy
- La danse de Zorba Mikis Theodorakis
- La danse de Zorba Monique Vermont
- La danza di Zorba Dalida
- La danza di Zorba Milva
- La danza di Zorba Patty Pravo
- Nanna (Zorba's Dance) Anneke Grönloh
- Zorba Jørgen Ingmann
- Zorba Melina Mercouri
- Zorba le grec André Verchuren
German
- Freunde, Genossen Hannes Wader
- Hein Flott Hannes Wader
- Victor Jara Hannes Wader
- De Glatzkopp ut Glasgow (Tatties an Herrin) Helmut Debus
- För all dat un all dat Helmut Debus
- Lüüd passt up Helmut Debus
- Lustig ist das Zigeunerleben Heintje
- Der Lumpensammler Lindner-Duo
- Die Blümelein Deitsch
- Frag doch nur dein Herz (Trains and Boats and Planes, Burt Bacharach) Die Five Tops