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My thoughts on the recent Lenzi / Micalizzi issues: CINICO cd is simply perfect. The sound is clear and robust and the audio mix is as loud as I like it (which sadly doesn’t happen often enough when remastering 30+ years old material). A minor complaint is the absence of the original titles. This “sequenza 1, 2 ....” is okay when dealing with obscure never before released soundtracks where the composer probably didn’t name the tracks in the first place, but here we’re talking about some of the most famous tracks by Micalizzi, like AFFANNO (track 1) or CACCIA AL CINESE (track 7). ROMA cd on the other hand leaves a lot to be desired. Thankfully, the sound in the opening track is as good as in CINICO. The rest of the tracks though are burdened by an annoying hiss - not very loud, but it’s there. Was something wrong with the masters, or is it just my copy?
Speaking of Micalizzi, has there ever been an italian cd edition of CHI SEI? I’m only aware of a japanese issue which is out of print.
Also, is Beat still planning on releasing Nico Fidenco’s score for CAMPA CAROGNA... LA TAGLIA CRESCE ?

  Ha ha! 
I always thought it was Ko-you-tsa-rof.
Thanks for clearing this up.

Hi Daniele.
Thanks very much for the quick reply. Great news for Campa Carogna! As for the Gori soundtracks, I checked my copy of "Quel maledetto giorno..." and the music publisher is Nazionalmusic. I was under the impression that the bulk of Gori's recordings were part of Beat's catalogue. Anyway, the remaining unreleased scores from Fidani's westerns are simply great, on par with, or even better than "Sam Wallash". I live in hope that these recordings exist and that some day will resurface.
Oh and a question that has been bothering me for sometime: How do you pronounce "Kojucharov"?

Well, I thought I'd die of old age before I saw a DA CORLEONE A BROOKLYN cd published. So now that has happened, my hopes are up for a couple of soundtracks I've been looking for for an eternity.
First of all we desperately need Lallo Gori's "Quel maledetto giorno d'inverno... Django e Sartana all'ultimo sangue" (I believe parts from it have also been used in "Arrivano Django e Sartana... è la fine".
And then, there's always the elusive "Campa carogna, la taglia cresce" by Nico Fidenco - naturally it has to come complete with the title song sung by Stephen Boyd.
Do those masters exist in Beat's vaults?