Elisir

The album was recorded after the 1986/1987 European Park Hotel concert tour and includes new interpretations of six songs from the singer's earlier repertoire as performed on the tour, as well as the previously unreleased "Nuvole" ("Clouds") and a cover version of John Lennon and Paul McCartney's "The Fool on the Hill", released as the album's lead single. The Elisir album whose title translates as Elixir was a commercial success in both Continental Europe and Scandinavia and was later awarded the prize Goldene Europa for sales on the West German market.

The track "Hispavox" was first released as "Rumba Rock" on the 1980 album Capo Nord.

Elisir was released with a revised track list under the title Kusamakura in Japan in 1988, then also including tracks from 1986's Park Hotel as well as the previously unreleased recording "Le Scogliere di Dover".

Both "Il Vento Caldo Dell'Estate" and "I Treni Di Tozeur" were again re-recorded and included on the 2000 career retrospective Personal Jukebox.

[edit] Track listing

Side A

"Nuvole" (Alice, Tuni, Francesco Messina) - 5:13
- Previously unreleased recording.
"Il Vento Caldo Dell'Estate" (1987 version) (Franco Battiato, Giusto Pio, Francesco Messina, Alice) - 4:26
- Original version appears on 1980 album Capo Nord.
"Notte A Roma" (1987 version) (Alice) - 4:14
- Original version appears on 1983 album Falsi Allarmi.
"Hispavox" (Alice, Giusto Pio) - 5:03
- Original version entitled "Rumba Rock" appears on 1980 album Capo Nord.

Side B

"I Treni Di Tozeur" (1987 solo version) (Franco Battiato, Saro Cosentino, Giusto Pio) - 4:23
- Original duet version with Franco Battiato released as single in 1984.
"The Fool on the Hill" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 3:32
- Previously unreleased recording
"Una Notte Speciale" (1987 version) (Alice, Franco Battiato, Giusto Pio) - 4:40
- Original version appears on 1981 album Alice, also known as Per Elisa.
"La Mano (1987 version) (Alice) - 5:42
- Original version appears on 1982 album Azimut.