Nightwalker  1981
 

 Nightwalker
 Seek and You Will Find
 Put The Weight on My Shoulders
 I Believe
 Santa Rosa
 Living Inside Myself
 Stay With Me
 Sally (She Says The Sweetest Things)

 
               Musicisti: Gino Vannelli, Joe Vannelli, Brad Cole, Vinnie  Colaiuta, Mike Miller,
               Neil Stubenhaus, Mike Fisher , Dave Boruff.
               Arista   1981
 

                                                                                                   AUDIOREVIEW  N. 70  Marzo 1988
 

                                                                                                Era il 1981.Gino Vannelli aveva trascorso
                                                                                                ben 5 anni alla A&M . Dopo lo Splendido
                                                                                              Brother to Brother Gino decide di cambiare
                                                                                                aria e firma un contratto con la Arista.
                                                                                                Esce Nightwalker nello stesso anno,Vannelli
                                                                                                si dimostra lo stesso incredibile cantante ed
                                                                                                il disco ottiene un ottimo successo commerciale.
                                                                                                Dopo un altro anno i Vannelli Bros. si chiudono
                                                                                                in studio per un nuovo disco ,  ma iniziano i
                                                                                                problemi con la Arista . Tribunali e carta bollata
                                                                                                si sprecano .Intanto il nuovo disco Twisted Heart
                                                                                                e' pronto .Viene preceduto da un singolo che entra
                                                                                                addirittura in classifica ,poi il silenzio fino al
                                                                                                ritorno a sorpresa di Black Cars .Il fantomatico 33
                                                                                                Twisted Heart stampato e mai distribuito e' oggi
                                                                                                una rarita' da 500 dollari   ( le poche copie che
                                                                                                circolarono erano dell'ufficio promozionale Arista).
                                                                                              Nightwalker va considerato quindi come l'ultimo
                                                                                                esempio di uno stile poi abbandonato,l'ultimo
                                                                                                aggancio ad un passato di grande valore artistico.
                                                                                                Ristampato  nel  formato  digitale  rappresenta
                                                                                                un'occasione imperdibile per riscoprire questo
                                                                                                lavoro (il Cd e' nella collana economica RCA!!)
                                                                                                contenente brani che sono oramai considerati dei
                                                                                                classici per il cantante Italo-Canadese .
                                                                                              Put the Weight On My Shoulders  (ripresa anche
                                                                                                da Mina in Tu Sarai La mia Voce) e Living Inside
                                                                                              Myself  sono gli episodi piu' famosi ma non le
                                                                                                uniche perle del disco . Bellissime anche I Believe
                                                                                                e Santa Rosa .
                                                                                              Curato il remastering digitale della Arista .
                                                                                                Si apprezza una base ritmica profonda ed estesa.
                                                                                                Un po' troppo spinta in alcuni passaggi la banda
                                                                                                alta .Rumore di fondo contenuto.

                                                                                                                                           Marco Fullone
 

                                                                                                    Il Brano Tu sarai la mia Voce   si
                                                                                                    trova nei dischi  Del mio meglio n.8  e
                                                                                                   Salome'   di MINA.