Beretta 70: Roaring Themes From Thrilling Italian Police Films 1971-80 [Soundtrack]

Various Artists - Soundtracks (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 17, 1998)
• Original Release Date: November 10, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Efa Imports
• ASIN: B00000BIK5
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #334,676 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. La Via Della Droga: La Vie Della Droga - Goblin

2. Il Cittadino Ribella: Goodbye My Friend - Guido & Maurizio De Angelis/Susi/Guy

3. Mark Il Poliziotto Spara Per Primo: Mark - Adriano Fabi/Sammy Barbott

4. Una Magnum Special Per Tony Saitta: Blazing Magnum - Armando Trovajoli

5. Il Cittadino Si Ribella: Driving All Around - Guido & Mauizio Angelis/Susi/Guy

6. La Polizia Ha Le Mani Legate: La Polizia Ha Le Mani Legate - Stelvio Cipriani

7. Ricatto Alla Malla: Summertime Killer - Luis Bacalov

8. Napoli Violenta: Man Before Your Time - Franco Micalizzi/Bulldog

9. Napoli Violenta: Folk & Violence - Franco Micalizzi

10. La Polizia Incrimina, La Legge Assolve - Guido & Maurizio De Angelis

11. Roma Violenta: New Special Squad - Guido & Maurizio De Angelis

12. Italia A Mano Armata: Italia A Mano Armata - Franco Micalizzi

13. Il Giorno Del Cobra: Escape - Paolo Vasile

14. Operazione K-Sparate A Vista: Nucleo Antirapin - Bixio-Frizzi-Tempera

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Funky '70s Action Movie Grooves at their most Wicked !, December 25, 2002

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Eddie Landsberg "My 10th year as a reviewer !... (Tokyo, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beretta 70: Roaring Themes From Thrilling Italian Police Films 1971-80 (Audio CD)

Heads up ! If you decide to get this goody, make sure to also stick a copy of Shake Sauvage in your bin as well - - same label, but escargot style. - - Both CDs are incredibly hard hitting... I'll leave it up to you to decide which is funkier... Personally speaking I'm leaning towards Shake Sauvage... however, if you don't have BOTH, you'll be missing out either way... (the I-talian style action funk seems to be a bit more hard edged and trippy (you can really imagine those wild chase scenes) - - in contrast, Shake Sauvage seems to me to be more Jazzed out....) By the way, check out Sammy Barbot's funky vocals on "Mark" - - Is he really doing the James Brown thing in Italian ? - - The high point of this CD overall is track number 4 - - Blazing Magnum... worth the purchase of the CD alone -- as well as a vocal track in English by a group callled Susi and Guy called Driving All Around. I definitely want to check them out some more.

The music on this compilation is funky and wicked... Blaxploitation style funk... those wild wa wa chase themes with the sizzlin congas, screaming violins, funky horn hits... its all there... Some tracks feature James Brown inspired vocals, others are hard hitting instrumentals...

Like Shake Sauvage, the CD comes with a nice little nifty booklet with plenty of illustrations and backround on the Italian action movie cinema.

Fans of rare groove, acid Jazz and ultra funky '70s music will dig this majorly... Next, I'd really like to see some of those funky early '70s Hammond laden porno soundtracks on CD... Whatever, hope this label decides to release more compilations like this !

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cool, hip, and extremely rare, May 3, 1999

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Sean A. Murphy ([e-mail]) (United States of America) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beretta 70: Roaring Themes From Thrilling Italian Police Films 1971-80 (Audio CD)

Close your eyes. Put on "Beretta 70". Almost immediately you will feel that you are wearing a polyester white suit with brown elbow patches; bellbottoms; a moustache; and a shoulder holster containing a piece that means business. This collection ROCKS. Not too tough, yet not too easy, either. A near perfect blend of '70s funk, disco, and cops--wait, make that Italian cops. I have never seen an Italian cop movie, at least one that I can remember, but you really don't need to to enjoy "Beretta 70". Really, if you pass this one up, you may never find anything like it again. Also, if you like "Beretta 70", you may also be interested in the "Easy Tempo" collections, and the Italian rock group Goblin.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars When's The Next One !?, April 5, 2003

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Mr William D Green (Bedlington, Northumberland United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beretta 70: Roaring Themes From Thrilling Italian Police Films 1971-80 (Audio CD)

Great music, I love the genre of film music represented here, you haven't heard anything as cool as 'Goodbye my Friend', from 'Il Cittadino Si Rebella', by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis. I love this song! great instrumentation and just who the hell are 'Suzi & Guy', great voices, 'Guy'(Guido?) sounds like Arthur Brown, of 'Fire' fame.
The other stuffs cool too, but especially the 3 tracks by the De Angelis brothers.
More like this please, especially if we get some more Stelvio Cipriani, I wish someone would release his soundtrack music for that classic sleazy giallo 'What Have They Done To Your Daughters'.