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UK 2015 Compilation, Remastered, White. Sleeve EX with very minor edge wear. The 1960s girl-pop compilations on the occasional Ace International and Big Beat International imprints rank among their most popular releases of recent years. Having hit upon a winning formula by hopping over the Channel to France for C'est Chic! and Tres Chic!, and by venturing further afield to Japan for two volumes of Nippon Girls, they now turn the spotlight on Italy. The collection opens with Brunetta s prized dancefloor-filler Baluba Shake and closes with Cuore, a dramatic beat ballad by petite dynamo Rita Pavone. Star of the show is the prolific Mina queen bee of Italy s female singers with three tracks: No (a wailing folk rock nugget), Più Di Te (a cover of the Tracy Dey/Bob Crewe classic I Won't Tell) and Se Telefonando (a sophisto-pop epic courtesy of maestro Ennio Morricone). Other highlights include the sitar-embellished Il Mio Posto Qual È by Ornella Vanoni, a convincing cover of Baby Please Don't Go by beat girl Caterina Caselli, Gigliola Cinquetti's superbly orchestrated Eurovision-winner Non Ho L'Età (Per Amarti) and breathy-voiced actress Catherine Spaak s bossa-imbued La Notte È Fatta Per Rubare.