Mina Live '78

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Live '78
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Live album by
Mina
ReleasedOctober 1978 (1978-10)
Recorded23 August 1978 (1978-08-23) [1]
VenueBussoladomani, Tuscany [2]
Genre
Length64:47
Language
Label PDU
Mina chronology
Di tanto in tanto
(1978)		Live '78
(1978)		 Del mio meglio n. 5
(1979)
Singles from Live '78

Live '78 is the third live album by Italian singer Mina, released in 1978 by PDU and distributed by EMI Italiana. Recorded at the Bussoladomani theatre on 23 August 1978, it captured the last public appearance made by the singer. [6] It was arranged and conducted by Pino Presti, with Nuccio Rinaldis and Albramo Pesatori as the sound engineers.

Contents

Critical reception

Claudio Milano of OndaRock  [ it ] gave the album an average rating, noting that it has both wonderful numbers and terrifying ones. He called Mina herself the main problem of the album, who sings mostly too pretentiously, and sometimes even vulgarly. [7] In 2012 Rolling Stone placed it on the 81st place of the list of the hundred best Italian albums, [8] and in 2021 the magazine included it in the list of the twenty best Italian live albums. [9] Patrizio Ruviglioni noted that this is the most iconic and melancholic of Mina's three live albums, regal and at the same time modest. [9]

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Stasera io qui" Ivano Fossati 2:03
2."Stayin' Alive"
1:45
3."L'importante è finire"
2:54
4."Non può morire un'idea"Fossati4:25
5."E poi..."
5:07
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sognando" Don Backy 4:02
2."Ancora, ancora, ancora"
4:33
3."Lacreme napulitane"
4:53
4."El Porompompero"
  • José Antonio Ochaita
  • Xandro Valerio
  • Juan Solano
2:53
Side C
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Georgia on My Mind"
3:15
2."Angela"
1:40
3."Margherita"
3:11
4."Città vuota (It's a Lonely Town)"
3:35
5."Amante amore"
3:29
Side D
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Emozioni"
2:13
2."Ancora tu"
  • Mogol
  • Battisti
1:40
3."Sì, viaggiare"
  • Mogol
  • Battisti
1:13
4."I giardini di marzo"
  • Mogol
  • Battisti
4:05
5."We Are the Champions" Freddie Mercury 4:16
6."Grande, grande, grande"
3:35

Personnel

Mina during the live recording backed by the orchestra conducted by bassist/arranger Pino Presti Mina & Pino Presti Orchestra.png
Mina during the live recording backed by the orchestra conducted by bassist/arranger Pino Presti

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [10]

Charts

Chart performance for Live '78
Chart (1978–1979)Peak
position
Italian Albums ( Billboard ) [11] 5
Italian Albums ( Musica e dischi ) [12] 4

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References

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  2. ↑ Volpe, Maria (25 March 2024). "Mina compie 84 anni: 38 anni sulla ribalta, 46 «in ritiro». La censura della Rai, i due figli, il matrimonio con il cardiochirurgo". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Archived from the original on 4 April 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  3. ↑ "Mina e il jazz". Jazz Convention (in Italian). 17 December 2013. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  4. ↑ "Città vuota/Ancora ancora ancora". Discografia nazionale della canzone italiana (in Italian). Istituto centrale per i beni sonori ed audiovisivi. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  5. ↑ "Città vuota / Ancora ancora ancora" (in Italian). minamazzini.it. Retrieved 22 May 2024. Singolo contenuto nell'album Mina Live '78
  6. ↑ "Mina, 40 anni fa l'ultima apparizione pubblica a Bussoladomani" (in Italian). TGCOM 24. October 4, 2023. Archived from the original on November 23, 2023. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
  7. ↑ Milano, Claudio. "Mina - biografia, recensioni, streaming, discografia, foto". OndaRock (in Italian). Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  8. ↑ "I 100 dischi italiani più belli di sempre per Rolling Stone". il Post (in Italian). 30 January 2020. Archived from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  9. 1 2 Ruviglioni, Patrizio (10 February 2021). "I 20 migliori album live italiani". Rolling Stone (in Italian). Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
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  11. ↑ Ruscitto, Geramno (24 February 1979). "Hits of the World – Italy" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 91, no. 8. p. 77. ISSN   0006-2510.
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