ARTIST...: The Zombies
TITLE....: Zombi
YEAR.....: 2024
LABEL....: Best Record / Best Record Italy
CAT.NO...: BST-X102
GENRE....: Disco
TIME.....: 17:44
SIZE.....: 34.61 MB
QUALITY..: 272kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
ENCODER..: LAME
SOURCE...: Vinyl
RLS.DATE.: 2026/07/30
WEBSITE..: https://www.discogs.com/release/31364677
TRACKLIST
A1) (05:12) Zombi (Massimo Berardi Edit)
A2) (03:47) Zombi (Single Version)
B1) (05:17) In The Land Of Zombi (Massimo Berardi Edit)
B2) (03:28) In The Land Of Zombi (Single Version)
It's difficult to "label" the songs of this necessary official reissue (after the
shameful fake of 10 years ago). "Zombi" and "In the Land of the Zombi" are two
electro disco-funks from 1979, therefore from 3 years before the "Italo-Disco" style,
more powerful, aggressive and electronic than the "Made in Italy" of the 2nd half 70s
(Fratelli La Bionda, Pino Presti, Claudio Simonetti, Celso Valli and others..
The original 7" by musician and bandleader Salvatore Idα, - to whom this 12inch
reissue is dedicated - was a sort of game for the authors Federico and Massimo Idα,
protagonists 4 years before of the Italian progressive rock scene with Silvana Idα,
Marcello Surace and Franco Vinci with the immeasurable album "Apoteosi".
So The Zombies were destined to pair with another easy '79 joke by the Idα brothers:
"Let's Go" and "Mustang" by Sandwich, also reissued on 12inch by Best Record Italy.
The Zombies comes out with the original artwork in a full embossed picture sleeve and
the record released in the classic black vinyl and on red vinyl with black shades
(limited edition with red copies numbered manually (1/250: 2/250 and so on...).
What else to add except that: the two long versions of "Zombi" and "In the Land of
the Zombi" were re-edited by Massimo Berardi, always diligent and active, as well as
tidy and aware of where he was putting his hands, are fundamental in order to
complete this 12" fully remastered by Dom Scuteri.
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