Rigol/the Blue Sharks
Itinerario Beat
First oficial reissue ever. Limited to 400 copies on 180gr clear blue vinyl. 'Itinerario Beat' by Rigol/The Blue Sharks is an exclusive release by Redi Edizioni Musicali, an historical company from Milan that, in addition to curating the digital catalogue of Edizioni Leonardi's library music and sonorizzazioni, is also re-printing faithful vinyl reproductions of the most prestigious titles from Leonardi's catalogue. These records were originally released in very limited editions, often as not-for-sale promotional material, and many of the original LP's are now very rare almost impossible to find collectables! 'Itinerario Beat' is as intriguing as it is mysterious: played by a group of unknown musicians called The Blue Sharks, who we already witnessed in the excellent 'It Became Crystal' (reissued by Redi Edizioni in 2021). It consists of ten easy-listening instrumental compositions for bass, drums, piano and Hammond, arranged and played with a unique taste, including beat, jazz-funk and symphonic pop elements. Officially, the music was written by Rigol, pseudonym of composer Duilio Radici, but it looks like there's a second uncredited contribution here by Ugo Fusco, author of several soundtrack LP's published by Edizioni Leonardi. In addition to being used in television and movie contexts, library music tracks are also sought after by famous musicians and DJ's and subject to sound sampling: this is the case of 'Itinerario Romantico,' included on this LP, which was sampled by rapper Travis Scott on the 2016 song '90210'!