THE SONGS OF BURT BACHARACH - Antonella Vitale Quartet and Friends (LP Direct Metal Mastering)

LP 33 DMM (crystal) — Velut Luna CVLD408. 180 g Crystal Vinyl, Direct Metal Mastering, One Step. The original HD file is included.

Side A — 21:48

1. What The World Needs Now Is Love — 5:32 — Aldo Bassi — flugelhorn

2. The Look Of Love — 5:13 — Aldo Bassi — flugelhorn; Gerry Popolo — soprano sax

3. I’ll Never Fall In Love Again — 6:02 — Gerry Popolo — tenor sax

4. Tra la sabbia e il mare aperto — 4:57 — Enrico Bracco — guitar; Gerry Popolo — flute

Side B — 21:17

5. Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head — 3:31 — Gerry Popolo — tenor sax

6. (They Long To Be) Close To You — 5:27 — Gerry Popolo — soprano sax

7. I Say A Little Prayer — 6:06 — Gerry Popolo — soprano and tenor sax

8. Walk On By — 6:13 — Gerry Popolo — soprano sax

Compositions by Burt Bacharach / Hal David, except Tra la sabbia e il mare aperto by Antonella Vitale. Arrangements by Andrea Beneventano and Antonella Vitale.

• Antonella Vitale — voice
• Andrea Beneventano — piano
• Francesco Puglisi — double bass
• Alessandro Marzi — drums and percussion

Guest musicians

• Gerry Popolo — saxophones and flute
• Aldo Bassi — flugelhorn
• Enrico Bracco — guitar

Original 88.2 kHz / 24-bit recording at Magister Recording Area, Preganziol, Italy, on 27–29 August 2007 and 3–5 January 2008. Analogue remix and remastering at VLS Studio, Náquera, Spain, on 7 May 2026.

The sessions used the studio’s restored Steinway & Sons D274 Concert Grand, built in New York in 1930.

Production: Marco Lincetto
Recording: Marco Lincetto and Stefano Isola
Editing: Stefano Isola
Mix and mastering: Marco Lincetto
Cover photograph: Marco Lincetto
Design and layout: L’Image