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SAN RENIO FESTIVAL Not all of Europe's great popular songs that have sprung up

in thè past several years carne from Italy, nor did every one originate at a fashionable resort on thè Italian Riviera— though to ardent followers of thè annual SAN REMO FES¬ TIVAL this may seem to be thè case. For each year since 1951, when thè Festival was organized to counteract thè strong influence of American music in post-war Europe, Italy’s most talented composers and lyricists have entered their finest unpublished works in thè San Remo contest. Over thè years, thè celebrated Festival has thereby contributed a wealth of hit Italian songs not only to thè native scene, but to thè entire world of popular music.

During thè last week of every January, a jury made up of performing artists, composers, band leaders and music pub- lishers selects about twenty songs—from hundreds of entries —to be presented on three evenings by thè most popular Italian singers of thè day and by outstanding international singing stars. While celebrities and other visitors to thè glam- orous Mediterranean playground assemble in thè theater of thè San Remo Casino to hear thè competing songs expertly performed, millions of television viewers and radio listeners all over Europe are also “in attendance," anxiously waiting to learn which songs will earn thè laurels.

Not only have previous winners such as “Volare," "Ciao, ciao, bambina," “Al di la,” “Uno per tutte” and “Una lacrima sul viso" found world-wide favor, but runners-up like “Quando quando” and “Il nostro amore" have also enjoyed enormous popularity.

This album, thè latest in Epic Records’ delightful SAN REMO FESTIVAL series recorded in Italy, offers The Twelve Greatest Hits of 1965’s gala songfest. The lyrics are printed below in English translation.

Songs translated by

M. Cecile Stratta

Se piangi, se ridi (When You Cry, When You Laugh) Bobby Solo When you cry, my love, I cry with you, for you are part of me. Always smile if you never want to see me grieve. When you laugh, my love, I laugh, too, for I am part of you. Always re- member—whatever you do—that you will see it reflected in my face. You will not be alone, even when you’re far from me. At every moment, at every corner, you’ll see me beside you.

Invece no (But No, Oh No, i Can’t) Wilma Goich I would be free if I could, but no, oh no, I can't. I only know that all I ask is to spend my lite with you. If I could only teli you just how I feel tonight, and were I not forever in love with you, I would leave you. But I only know I could never forget you. If I could say goodbye, then l'd be free. But no, oh no, I can't. I only know l’m captive of my love for you, and all I

ask is to spend my lite with you. A captive of love—that's what I am. But if only I were stronger l'd feel this ache no longer— but I love you too much to leave you. If I could say goodbye, then l'd be free. But no, oh no, I can’t. I only know l’m captive of my love for you.

Amici miei (My Friends) Don Powell I will not come this evening; don’t wait for me. This evening, my friends, l’m going to her place. This evening ITI teli her to come back to me because I can't go on without her. I need someone around to go on living, and I live only for her. If you find me crying when I return, please, dear friends, say nothing. Just take me back amongst you and smile at me, because a man, no a man must not weep for love....

Ti credo (i Beiieve You) Gianni di Cristina I beiieve you, I beiieve you, and I want to beiieve you because . . . You are to me what thè sea is to thè shore and water to thè thirst, what a kiss is to a love. I don't care, no, I don’t care if all this exists not just for me. I beiieve you, I want to beiieve you because I love you. I don’t care, no, I don’t care if you do not live only for me. I beiieve you, I want to beiieve you because I love you, I love you.

Vieni con noi (Come Along With Us) Kico Fusco Chorus: Come on, come along with us. Think no more of her,

forget thè whole affair. Come with us and let’s forget all about it.

Solo: Go on, my friends, leave me to speak to her just once more, just to say goodbye, and then ITI come and laugh and sing with you, and forget her kisses. WeTI go off through thè night along deserted streets, sing¬ ing, awakening thè night’s sleepers.... And at thè first break of day ITI be alone, alone again as before.

Chorus: Come along with us.... Solo: Yes, ITI come and laugh and sing with you, and forget

her kisses. Forgive me, dear friends, for stili speaking of her. You know she loved me—and suddenly. . . . Now it’s all over. Yes, ITI come and laugh and sing with you. All right, it's all over now.

Le colline sono in fiore (The Hiiis Are in Bioom) Wilma Goich It's now nearly a year since you went away. I remember what you said thè day you left me: “I love you so much. I want to stay and forget that I must leave. But it's not right, for I am no one, but ITI become someone for you.” Come back, my love. The hills are in bioom and I, my love, am dying of heart- ache. Come back, my love. What does it matter if you are no more important than before—you are so important to me. A day is long and a year is long for dying. When I recali what you wrote, what cold it brings to my heart! “Everything is fine, l’m always thinking of you and longing to return. Sooner or later fortune will smile on me...."

Prima O poi (Sooner or Later) KÌCO FllSCO Sooner or later your kisses will convince me. Sooner or later ITI no longer be able to resist your love. I know that sooner or later you will find thè way to make me fall. . . . Perhaps one day ITI regret it, but now I can’t reject it. . . . Sooner or later ITI fall under your speli. Sooner or later you’ll win and make me fall in love.

Abbracciami forte (Hoid Me Tight) Ornella Vanoni Hold me tight—and forget me. Hold me tight—and forgive me.... I cannot fall in love with you, even if I know that you're everything to me. You know there is someone who would suffer and die of grief, knowing that I love you. I don't want to fall in love with you, even if you know that we are made for each other, for I have given thè rest of my life to someone else who has lived by my side for so long. Hold me tight—and forget me. Hold me tight—and forgive me. Hold me tight, so tight, hold me dose to you.

Cominciamo ad amarci (We Are Faiiing in Love) Don Powell We are faiiing in love this evening.... Softly, softly, it starts with a kiss. Soon we'll say thè age-old things but they will be new for us. We are faiiing in love, for life. Now we are holding hands. Soon we’ll set off together to conquer thè world, in love, always in love like this.

Ho bisogno di vederti (i Need toSee You) Wilma Goich I need to see you, to stay together with you, to hold you dose and feel your hands in mine. I always think of you, more than ever. I want nothing else but to see you, to speak to you and feel you always dose beside me. I need to gaze on you and teli you what you mean to me. I always think of you, more than ever. I stili love you for I have nothing without you. I need to see you, hear your voice and hold you dose and have you always dose beside me.

II tuo amore (Your Love) Don Powell Your love, so great, has crossed oceans to bring me so many things, so long forgotten. Your love, so good, has borne so much suffering to spare me further pain and not leave me alone. What joy you brought me, caressing my hand that far distant morning which gave you to me. Your love, so pure, all thè love you bear me must go to no one else; keep it always for me.

lo che non vivo senza te (I Cannot Live Without You) Kico Fusco Here we are, alone together, just like every evening. But you are sad and I know why. Perhaps you want to teli me that you are not happy, that I have changed and you want to leave me, but ... I cannot live without you for an hour, so how can I live without you for a lifetime? You are mine, you are mine, and you know nothing can ever separate us. Come here and listen to me. I love you and beg you to stay a while longer with me. I cannot live without you for an hour, so how can I live without you for a lifetime? You are mine, all mine....

Recorded in Italy

Cover photo: P.I.P./Ashton

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