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Piero Umiliani

The Complete Sound Work Shop Heritage (17CD Deluxe Box + 72-page Booklet)

Label: Schema Records, Piero Umiliani Heritage

Format: 17CD Box + 72-page Booklet

Genre: Library/Soundtracks

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For the first time ever, the whole Piero Umiliani’s production on his Sound Work Shop record label is collected in a unique 17-CD sensational box set

The boxset includes a set of 17 CDs enclosed in faithful reproductions of the original sleeves, plus a 72-page booklet with rare photos, two essays about Umiliani and his music production written by Maurizio Corbella and Niccolò Galliano, and a detailed discography and full tracklist section. This release has been fully approved by the Umiliani family.

At the Sound Work Shop studio (opened in 1968) Piero Umiliani conceived the majority of his projects and hosted the recording sessions for numerous movie soundtracks, pop hits and library music albums by the most remarkable musicians in Rome — including himself. In this exciting environment, he had the opportunity to experiment with many different styles, from funk to psychedelic rock, from disco to avant-garde, from easy-listening to electronic music, following the ever-changing needs of the soundtrack and library music industries. He therefore mastered an extreme variety of genres, moods and atmospheres, often mixing up their peculiar features to achieve unusual combinations in albums conceived both for production purposes and for home listening. Umiliani’s ability to reinvent the concept of musicianship in the fast-moving society of his time made him a modern musician in the most complete sense of the term, by putting himself in charge of every facet of his work, from the conception to the production, the recording, the publishing and even the packaging of his own music. In less than two decades, Umiliani released almost 80 records on the three labels he established between the mid-1960s and the early 1970s: Omicron, Liuto, and Sound Work Shop, besides all the music he was simultaneously composing for movie productions, licensed and published by Italian major companies. This box set allows us to fully appreciate this little-known side of Piero Umiliani in an unprecedented way: his ability to seamlessly intertwine his musical creativity with his vision as a producer and publisher emerges clearly from this series as a unique feature of this composer. This corpus altogether constitutes a remarkable contribution to the so-called Italian sound of the 1970s, covering areas such as library music and film music and a plethora of genres such as jazz, funk, psychedelia, prog, easy listening, electronic music and much more!

SWS111 - OLIMPIADE
SWS112 - THE FOLK GROUP
SWS113 - IL CORPO
SWS114 - NUOVE ARIE ROMANTICHE
SWS115 - MUSICA CLASSICA PER L’UOMO D’OGGI
SWS116 - MONDO INQUIETO
SWS117 - WEEK-END
SWS118 - DRAMMI E SPERANZE
SWS119 - DUE TEMI CON VARIAZIONI
SWS120 - MOTIVI ALLEGRI E DISTENSIVI
SWS121 - DISCOMUSIC
SWS122 - ARAGOSTA A COLAZIONE
SWS123 - TENSIONE
SWS124 - NEWS!!! NEWS!!!
SWS125 - ALBUM DI VIAGGIO
SWS126 - FILM CONCERTO
SWS128 - PANORAMA ITALIANO

 

Details
Cat. number: SCEB963CDBOX
Year: 2024