GOLD FINGERS - 30th ANNIVERSARY - Massimo Salvagnini Quintet, Patrizia Laquidara

GOLD FINGERS - 30° ANNIVERSARY (CVLD391) (CVLD086)

Available in:

• AUDIOPHILE VINYL - LIMITED EDITION WITH HD MASTER FILES (pre-order)
• HD MASTER FILES (with 4 extra tracks)

Authors: H. HUPFELD, J. BARRY, J. MANDEL, R. ORBISON, R. SHERMAN, L. ROBIN - J. STYNE, J. KANDER - F. EBB
Performers: MASSIMO SALVAGNINI QUINTET, P. LAQUIDARA

LP Tracks:

SIDE A 21:47

01 – AS TIME GOES BY (Herman Hupfeld) 7:25
02 – GOLDFINGER (John Barry) 2:49
featuring Patrizia Laquidara
03 – YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (John Barry) 6:19
04 – OH, PRETTY WOMAN (Roy Orbison) 5:11

SIDE B 19:02

01 – SUICIDE IS PAINLESS (Johnny Mandel) 7:50
02 – TAXI DRIVER’S THEME (Bernard Hermann) 5:11
03 – BYE BYE BABY (Leo Robin, Jule Styne) 6:00

Massimo Salvagnini, tenor saxophone
Stefano Bassato, guitar
Franco Lion, doublebass
Paolo Balladore, drums
Paolo Vidaich, percussions

Patrizia Laquidara appears courtesy of Rossodisera Ed. Mus.
and Genius Records by Renato Venturiero

96kHz / 24bit original digital recording, made at Teatro Polivalente,
Abano Terme, Italy, on August 24, 25, 2003

Analog re-mastering made at VLS Studio, Naquera, Spain
on March, 8, 2025

Production: Marco Lincetto for VELUT LUNA
Recording Engineer: Marco Lincetto
Mix engineers: Marco Lincetto and Matteo Costa
Mastering engineer: Marco Lincetto
Design and Layout: L’Image
Photo: Marco Lincetto

HD FILE Tracks:

• 1 As time goes by 7:27
     Herman Hupfeld
• 2 You only live twice’s theme 6:17
     John Barry
• 3 Suicide is painless 7:52
     Johnny Mandel
• 4 Goldfinger,
     featuring PATRIZIA LAQUIDARA 2:47
  John Barry
• 5 Oh Pretty Woman 5:13
     Roy Orbison
• 6 Taxi Driver’s theme 5:13
     Bernard Hermann
• 7 A spoonful of sugar 5:22
     Richard Sherman
• 8 Goldfinger (instr. Version) 3:55
     John Barry
• 9 Cabaret 8:08
     John Kander / Fred Ebb
• 10 Bye bye baby 6:03
     Leo Robin / Jule Styne
• 11 Goldfinger (instr.version, C.H. like) 3:04
     John Barry
  Total Time: 61:25

Introductory thoughts by Radu Lidjienko
Cinema entered our lives because it is made of imagination, fantasy, dreams, illusion – the same things our lives are made of. We are always immersed in fantasies of all kinds, from positive to negative, from joyful to dramatic. Each person, from time to time, prefers one and becomes attached to it, choosing the most suitable film for themselves. No one can escape from dreams. Depressed people live a fantastical version of their dreadful past and their horrible future. We all reinvent our past and our future every day. Facts did not unfold as we remember them, and nothing will happen the way we predicted. We have remembered dozens of different pasts and dreamed thousands of different futures. Nothing can tear us away from our fantasies, from the very first day of life. I believe this is a characteristic of ours, not a flaw. It would be impossible for us to do without it and continue to live. Even the most pragmatic, or even cynical, people are gripped by a fantasy, perhaps that of living in a cold, desolate world, lacking beauty and emotions, or populated by stupid or malicious beings. The philosopher dreams of having clarified the human condition in the universe; the religious person dreams of being forgiven by their god for the horrible things they have done and will do. Some dream of living in a world where only those who are inferior and irrelevant suffer, so they can enjoy their wealth without embarrassment. Others still see suffering, but live the dream of being able to fight it. Musicians live the dream of making their fellow human beings happy. Those who listen to music live in the dream that musicians are special creatures immersed in a life full of stimuli and fulfillment. Music producers live in the dream of having produced music of the highest level, and that this will one day be recognized. I dream that one day it will be possible for us all to meet in the same place, to have a big laugh about it.

Lisbon, September 2003