Volume 3 (Fabrizio De André album)

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Volume 3
Studio album by Fabrizio De André
Released	1968
Recorded	1968
Genre	Folk
Length	27:19
Label	Bluebell Records Produttori Associati Ricordi BMG
Producer	Gian Piero Reverberi Giorgio Agazzi
Fabrizio De André chronology
Tutti morimmo a stento (1968) Volume 3 (1968) Nuvole barocche (1969)

Volume 3 is the name of an album released by Italian singer/songwriter Fabrizio De André. It was first issued in 1968 on Bluebell Records. The album was re-released several times by Produttori Associati, Ricordi and BMG. The album contains four new tracks ("S'i' fosse foco", "Il Gorilla", "Nell'acqua della chiara fontana", "Il re fa rullare i tamburi"), the others are re-recordings of songs which appeared on previous albums and/or singles.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Fabrizio De André, except where indicated.

• "La Canzone di Marinella" (3:20)
• "Il Gorilla" (Georges Brassens, translation by De André) (2:59)
• "La Ballata dell'Eroe" (2:35)
• "S'i Fossi Foco" (Cecco Angiolieri, musical arrangement by De André) (1:14)
• "Amore che Vieni, Amore che Vai" (2:50)
• "La Guerra di Piero" (3:04)
• "Il Testamento" (Georges Brassens, translation by De André)(3:47)
• "Nell'Acqua della Chiara Fontana" (Georges Brassens, translation by De André) (2:20)
• "La Ballata del Miché" (2:55)
• "Il Re Fa Rullare i Tamburi" (traditional, arrangement and translation by De André) (1:55)

[edit] The songs

• "Il Gorilla" is a translated version of the Georges Brassens' song "Le Gorille". It is about a gorilla which, escaped from its cage, loses his virginity by raping a lawyer instead of an old woman.
• "S'i Fossi Foco" is based on the poem of the same name by Italian poet Cecco Angiolieri.
• "Nell'Acqua della Chiara Fontana" is a translated version of the Georges Brassens' song "Dans l'Eau de la Claire Fontaine".
• "Il Re Fa Rullare i Tamburi" is a translated version of a French traditional song of the XIV Century.