BEYOND THE ROOTS, THE VICTORY OF ANOTHER DIMENSION Roberto Vecchioni dedicates the song with which he won the 61 ° Festival di Sanremo, "
Call still love "to the boys and their hopes too often disappointed. It 's a well-deserved victory by our singer who can proudly count 45 years of career and over 6 million records sold! He was also awarded the Golden Share of the Radio and TV Critics Award and the Festival of Italian song "My Martini" in the "Artists"
"I'm glad that young people have returned to protest, to be felt " - said the singer Milan In an interview with the weekly magazine Gente, which also speaks of his children - "Four and I am proud of everyone, especially Edward, the more 'small, that is 18 years old and two years ago and 'sick with multiple sclerosis, but there is going all .
.... A STEP BACK IN TIME ....
Our great singer-songwriter has a long career behind him. His work in the musical world begins very early in the '60s, when he began writing songs for established artists (Ornella Vanoni, Mina, This Mortal Coil, Gigliola Cinquetti). In 1971 is proposed as an interpreter of his songs and in 1973 he participated in the Sanremo Festival with "The man who played dice to the sky."
The public success came in 1977 with the album "Samarkand", to which follow "Robinson" (1980), "Lady" (1989), "To my love" (1991), "Camper" (1992) - which makes him win the Festivalbar with the single most heard of the "I want a woman" - "Blumùn" (1993), "El Bandolero Stanco" (1997), "The knife thrower" (2002).
He has composed over 25 albums over 6 and a half million copies sold. In 1974 he won with "The king does not enjoy" the Italian record critics' prize for best album of the year and in 1983 won the Premio Tenco. In his music live love told through a lyrical and often humorous where there are feelings lost or found, the opportunities are not missed, the affected neighbors or forgotten, but also the commitment, motivation and desire to act.
DISCOGRAPHY 1971 - Parabola (Ducale, DUC 2)
1972 - Balance at end of season (Duke, DUC 6)
1973 - The man who played dice to the sky (Ducale, DUC 7)
1974 - A king is not amused (Duke, DUC 9)
1975 - Barbapapa (Philips, 6198 134)
1975 - Hypertension (Philips 6323 040)
1976 - Elixir (Philips, 6323 042)
1977 - Samarkand (Philips, 6323 049)
1978 - Calabuig, and Strangelove other incidents (Philips, 6323 062)
1979 - Robinson, as their lives (Hello Records 1000)
1980 - Montecristo (Philips 6492 113)
1982 - Hollywood Hollywood (CGD, 20299)
1984 - The Big Dream (CGD, 21212; new recordings of old songs, new and 7 with a volume of poems Vecchioni, drawings and stories of Hugo Pratt, Milo Manara, Moebius and Andrea Pazienza)
1985 - Good times (CGD, 20477)
1986 - Hippos (CGD, 45001)
1989 - Milady (CGD, 20895)
1991 - Per amore mio (EMI, 66 7953861)
1992 - Voci a San Siro, Arcana (mini cd con quattro brani inediti, allegato all'omonimo libro)
1993 - Blumun (EMI)
1995 - Il cielo capovolto (EMI)
1997 - El bandolero stanco (EMI)
1999 - Sogna ragazzo sogna (EMI)
2002 - Il lanciatore di coltelli (EMI)
2004 - Rotary Club of Malindi (Columbia Sony Music)
2007 - Di rabbia e di stelle (Universal)
2011 - Chiamami ancora amore (Universal)
Album live 1992 - Camper, Emi (Live con un inedito)
2000 - Canzoni e cicogne, Emi Live con due inediti)
2001 - Roberto Vecchioni Live @RTSI, RTSI (Live)
2005 - storytellers, Universal (Live with an unreleased)
2009 - Cantus, Universal (Live with unreleased)
Collections [edit] 1980 - Luci a San Siro, Philips (ECR)
1991 - The masterpiece, Philips (ECR)
1997 - Roberto Vecchioni collection, Cgd East West (ECR)
1998 - Studio Collection, Emi (with a new collection)
1998 - Samarkand and other successes, Universal (ECR)
1998 - Luci a San Siro other successes?? (ECR)
1999 - The most beautiful songs: Roberto Vecchioni, Warner Music (ECR)
2000 - Roberto Vecchioni superstar, Universal (ECR)
2003 - ballads, Emi
2005 - Studio Collection Universal
2006 - Collezione Italiana (Roberto Vecchioni), EMI (Raccolta)
2006 - The Platinum Collection (Roberto Vecchioni), EMI (Raccolta 3 cd)
2006 - Roberto Vecchioni DOC, EMI (Raccolta)
Raccolte 1980 - Luci a San Siro, Philips (Raccolta)
1991 - Il capolavoro, Philips (Raccolta)
1997 - Roberto Vecchioni raccolta, Cgd East West (Raccolta)
1998 - Studio Collection, Emi (Raccolta con un inedito)
1998 - Samarcanda e altri successi, Universal (Raccolta)
1998 - Luci a San Siro e altri successi, ??? (Raccolta)
1999 - Le più belle canzoni di: Roberto Vecchioni, Warner Music (ECR)
2000 - Roberto Vecchioni superstar, Universal (ECR)
2003 - ballads, Emi
2005 - Studio Collection, Universal
2006 - Italian Collection (Roberta Flack), EMI (ECR)
2006 - The Platinum Collection (Roberto Elders), EMI (Collection 3 cd)
2006 - Roberto Vecchioni DOC, EMI (ECR)
Books - Lyrics and sheet music
, Rome, side side, 1979.
- The Big Dream
, Milano Libri, 1983.
- Preface by Lorenzo Coveri (ed.), words to music. Language and poetry in Italian songwriters. Critical essays and an anthology of texts by Italian singers, Novara, spacing, 1996. ISBN 88-8212-147-X
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Travel time property, Torino, Einaudi, 1996. ISBN 88-06-14226-7
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Words can not bring the storks , Torino, Einaudi, 2000. ISBN 88-06-15531-8
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words and songs, Torino, Einaudi, 2002. ISBN 88-06-16414-7
- The Bookseller of Selinunte
, Torino, Einaudi, 2004. ISBN 88-06-16739-1
- Preface to Luigi Ferro, with Giampiero Rossi, The Memoirs of Hadrian (the real one), Milan, Melampus, 2005. ISBN 88-89533-05-6
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Diary of a cat in boots , Torino, Einaudi, 2006. ISBN 88-06-18217-X
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of dreams and love. Poems 1960-1964, Milan, Frassinelli, 2007. ISBN 978-88-7684-979-4
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I wanted. And they were cheap , Pescecapone, 2008.
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Scacco to God, Torino, Einaudi, 2009. ISBN 978-88-06-19849-7
- Preface to Sergio Menghini, La mer, Città di Castello, Edimond, 2010. ISBN 88-500-0461-4