1980s 269 Items

Operation Sole like the summer, hopefully, imminent; “Operazione Sole” like the 1967 song by Peppino Di Capri, considered, perhaps wrongly, the first ska in Italy, but certainly the first to talk about Jamaica and upbeat rhythms. The record you have in your hand is intended to be a testimony to how much the sounds born in Kingston between the '60s and '70s had a significant influence on local pop. With the first explosion of reggae in England between 1968 and 1970, as well as with the rise of Bob Marley to a worldwide cult phenomenon, parallel to the all-English phenomenon of Two Tone and the ska revival, Italy, always attracted by the new trends not only English, he certainly couldn't stay on the sidelines. Therefore these innovative and unknown upbeat sounds, derived from the blues of the 1950s and mixed with a Caribbean sauce, have also taken hold in the Bel Paese. It began as early as 1959 with the song “Nessuno” by Mina, considered to all intents and purposes a Jamaican shuffle, to arrive in a few years at blue-beat (I4 di Lucca, Claudio Casavecchi) and ska (Margherita, Peppino Di Capri , Silvano Silvi, Renzo and Virginia) and be exposed to the first reggae (for example Jo Fedeli and his Italian version of “Israelites” by Desmond Dekker). Thus, we quickly reach the end of the decade of the economic boom and the culture, styles, references change: everything becomes more busy (on a cultural, artistic and political level). After a stalemate phase that lasted more than five years, Bob Marley's reggae (considered a sort of new Messiah) conquers the planet, including Italy: the producers and artists, even at a high level, for a few years do not remain at all indifferent to this novelty and decide to introduce the "upbeat", primarily reggae, into the various pop repertoires: well-known names such as Loredana Bertè, Mario Lavezzi, Rino Gaetano, Ivano Fossati, Ilona Staller, Adriano Celentano, Edoardo Bennato throw themselves headlong into new sonic adventures, in a pioneering way, but often with excellent results. The "Operazione Sole" collection wants to take the credit, instead, of proposing and discovering lesser-known artists (with the exception of Gino Santercole, former associate and relative of Il Molleggiato), often real meteors in the Italian musical panorama, who have tried to achieve (or achieve again) success by adapting the pop that was so popular in those years to the new black sounds prevailing in the West. We are in the early 80s and we range from the most classic reggae, to Italo-disco contaminated by dub up to the true Neapolitan style which, on more than one occasion, in its being endemically "black" and full of groove, has wrung out the watch out for agreements made in Kingston and London. “Operation Sun”: a pleasant philological work, but surrounded by an equally pleasant aura of disengagement.

Japanese pressing with obi. close to NM

Japanese pressing without obi.

Japanese pressing with OBI. Cover is close to NM.

Japanese pressing. OBI is missing. vinyl is Close to VG+

US original. Includes original inner sleeve. close to NM

Japanese pressing. OBI is missing. close to NM

Original japanese pressing with obi and insert. close to NM, tiny wear

Japanese pressing without OBI, but with inserts.

Japanese pressing with obi and insert.
Cover is close to NM.

Japanese pressing. OBI is missing. vinyl is Close to VG+

Japanese pressing. With OBI. Tiny wear.

with OBI and poster. Close to NM

Japanese pressing. OBI is missing. With inserts.

Japanese pressing. OBI is missing. Cover is close to NM. With inserts.

Japanese pressing. OBI is missing. close to NM

Original japanese pressing without OBI!

Japanese pressing. OBI is missing. vinyl is Close to VG+.

Japanese pressing. With OBI. close to NM.

Japanese pressing. OBI is missing.

Japanese pressing. With OBI. close to NM

Japanese pressing. OBI is missing. Vinyl is close to NM.

Japanese pressing. Promo copy. With insert. OBI is missing. Slight foxing.

Japanese pressing. OBI is missing. With insert. Promo copy. close to NM. slight foxing

Japanese pressing. OBI is missing. close to NM. 1982 reissue.

Japanese pressing. OBI is missing. With insert. Cover is close to NM. Few paper scuffs.

OBI is missing.

Vinyl is close to NM. Japanese pressing. Tiny wear.

Japanese pressing. close to NM.

Japanese pressing. close to NM. Promo copy. OBI is missing. With insert

close to NM. Japanese pressing. OBI is missing, With insert

Promo copy. Japanese pressing. Few paper scuffs. OBI is missing.

Japanese pressing. OBI is missing. With insert.

Japanese pressing. OBI is missing.

Japanese pressing with OBI. tiny wear.

Japanese pressing without OBI. Few paper scuffs.

Japanese pressing with OBI and insert. Tiny wear. Few paper scuffs.

Japanese pressing without OBI, with insert.

Includes OBI and insert.. cover and vinyl are close to NM. 1981 reissue.

Japanese pressing with OBI

Original Japanese pressing. With OBI. Tiny wear, few paper scuffs.

Japanese pressing with OBI

Japanese pressing. with OBI and inserts. Cover and vinyl are close to NM.

Cover with sticker

Japanese pressing without OBI. Cover with bumped corner

Original japanese pressing without OBI. Vinyl is close to NM. tiny wear

with OBI and inserts

Japanese pressing without OBI, with insert. Copy closer to VG+