Italy: Avanti Popolo! Forward People!

This collection features protest songs and political ballads from the post-World War II years into the 1970s. The 17 songs were collected by researchers working for Il Canzoniere Italiano (The New Italian Song), the first politically oriented group that gathered songs about the Italian working class and used them as a cultural tool to promote unity among workers. The songs relate the increasing political awareness of the working class of the late 1960s and 1970s, and its continuous demand for basic rights and better working conditions.

Liner notes describe the origins of each track and its history, including lyrics from older folk songs that inspired them.

Track Listing

101	Lamentu ppi la Morti di Turiddu Carnivali (Lament for the Murder of Turiddu Carnivali) Cicciu Busacca	03:15
102	Bandiera Rossa (The Red Flag) M. Corrado Zaccari and his brass band from Conselice	01:12
103	Sacco and Vanzetti (Sacco and Vanzetti) Giovanna Daffini and Vittorio Carpi	04:22
104	Se Otto Ore Son Troppo Poche (If Eight Hours Are Not Enough) Rice-harvesters from Novellara, Reggio Emilia	02:09
105	Tarantella dei Baraccati (Squatters' Tarantella) Calabrese immigrants squatting in Capital Square, Rome	02:49
106	Guarda Giú dalla Pianura (Look Down the Plain) Ines Serventi, rice-harvester from Cremona, Lombardy	01:27
107	Noi Vogliamo L'Uguaglianza (We Want Equality) Cappuccini Cooperative of Vercelli Women's Chorus	03:09
108	E Noi Che Siamo Donne (We Who Are Woman) Female workers from Crouzet factory in Milan	01:41
109	Quadernos Iscrittos (Notebooks Written) Peppino Marotto	03:09
110	Bella Ciao (Goodbye Dear) Members of Nuovo Canzoniere Italiano	01:35
201	La Basi Americane (The American Bases) Rudi Assuntino	02:25
202	Per I Morti di Reggio Emilia (For the Martyrs of Reggio Emila) Fausto Amodei	03:40
203	O Cara Moglie (My Dear Wife) Ivan Della Mea	03:42
204	Gli Ingranaggi (Machinery) Gualtiero Bertelli	04:07
205	Ballata Della Fiat (Ballad of Fiat) Alfredo Bandelli	04:23
206	Povero Pinelli (Poor Pinelli) Luisa Ronchini and Canzoniere Popolare Veneto	02:01
207	Contessa (Countess) Paolo Pietrangeli	03:23