Side A
Artist	Song
francesco de masi italy	the sign of the coyote seq.9 (Il Segno Del Coyote) Spaghetti Westerns Vol 4 (1963)
angelo lavagnino italy	a gambling man (5000 Dollari Sull'Asso) OST (1964)
ennio morricone italy	the result (Per Un Pugno Di Dollari) OST (1964)
luis bacalov with roberto fia italy	django (vocal) (Django) West Goes Pop (1966)
ennio morricone italy	I crudeli (I Crudeli) Spaghetti Westerns Vol 2 (1966)
angelo lavagnino with katina robert italy	finale (vocal) (Johnny West Il Mancino) Spaghetti Westerns Vol 1 (1966)
ennio morricone italy	il triello (Il Buono, Il Cattivo, Il Brutto) OST (1966)
carlo savina italy	m 16 (Due Rringos Nel Texas) Spaghetti Westerns Vol 3 (1967)
francesco de masi italy	7 men (Setto Winchester Per Un Massacro) Spaghetti Westerns Vol 2 (1967)
ennio morricone italy	crossing through the weather (Il Grande Silenzio) Spaghetti Westerns Vol 4 (1967)
carlo rusticheli italy	l'inseguimento di garcia (L'Uomo L'Orgolio, La Vendetta) OST (1967)
ennio morricone with raoul italy	death rides a horse (vocal) (Da Uomo A Uomo) Morricone Spaghetti (1967)
angelo lavagnino italy	main titles (single) (Uno Straniero A Paso Bravo) OST (1967)
ennio morricone italy	l'arena (Il Mercenario) Kill (1968)
franceso de masi with raoul italy	come mai? (vocal) (Ammazzali Tutti E Torna Sola) Croon-A-Roma (1968)
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
marcello giombini italy	eh! Amico c'e sabata (with voice) (Eh! Amico C'E Sabata) West Goes Pop (1969)
ennio morricone italy	as a judgement (C'Era Una Volta Il West ) OST (1968)
vasco vassil koyucharov with franco morselli italy	no room to die (vocal) (Una Lunga Fila Di Croci) West Goes Pop (1969)
andrT hossein france	une corde, un colt (Une Corde, Un Colt) Musiques De AndrT Hossein (1969)
roberto pregadio with edda dell'orso italy	main titles (vocal) (Deserto Di Fuoco) Spaghetti Westerns Vol 1 (1970)
franco bixio italy	just a coward (Ed Ora Raccomanda L'Anima A Dio) Spaghetti Westerns Vol 1 (1971)
alexandro jodorowsky chile	the desert is a circle (El Topo) Mood Mosaic 2 (1971)
ennio morricone with edda dell'orso italy	giu' la testa (alt version) (Giu'La Testa) Dream Within A Dream (1971)
luis bacalov italy	suite (Lo Chiamavano King) Spaghetti Westerns Vol 2 (1971)
gnnther fischer former east germany	tecumseh (Tecumseh) Wigwam Cowboys (1972)
piero piccioni italy	main titles (Una Colt In Mano Al Diavolo) Spaghetti Westerns Vol 2 (1972)
daniele patucchi italy	per salvarsi (Los Amigos) OST (1973)
gianni ferrio italy	ridendo e scherzando (Amico Stammi Lontano Alemeno Un Palmo) Spaghetti Westerns Vol 1 (1973)
hans-dieter hosalla former east germany	raschegalopp (Apachen) Wigwam Cowboys (1975)
karl-ernst sasse former east germany	todesrennen (Blutsbrnde) Wigwam Cowboys (1978)
francesco de masi with franco morselli italy	maybe somewehere, maybe somebody (vocal) (Sartana Now Perdona) Croon-A-Roma (1978)

Comment:

By 1960 the US western was in decline. Ever popular in europe, Spain, Italy & Germany ventured into the genre. With few exceptions, these home-grown films were badly dubbed Hollywood B immitations and failed at the box office.. Fast forward to 1964 and an unknown Italian director named Sergio Leone was given $200,000, some left over film and asked to make a film. The script was based on Kurosowa's Yojimbo, the actor was C Eastwood & the composer E Morricone. The resulting film - A Fistfull Of Dollars became the blueprint for the genre known as The Spaghetti Western.


Although predominantly Italian, Spag is a generic term for most european westerns. Most were shot in Almeria, the desert region of Spain. The Germans favoured Yugoslavia. Other locations included Argentina, South Africa & of course The USA. Via Spaghetti, many US B-Movie stars like Lee Van Cleef found sudden fame in Europe.


Such was the importance of music to Spag, Sergio Leone often played Morricone's music over the speaker system while directing. Although Mor is seen as the composer who definded the sound associated with Spaghetti, there were many other great Italian composers who contributed to the genre including Francesco De Massi, Piero Piccioni & Luis Bacalov.


In Germany the western thrived through the novels of 19th C novelist Karl May whose creation Winnetou, the loyal Indian Scout was adapted for the screen. Kraut Westerns (as they were known) were popular before the spaghetti. East German westerns begun shooting in the early 60's and were apparently inspired by the cold war. Unsurprisingly, the Indians were noble & peace loving and the cowboys sadistic killers. ASM have produced 3 volumes that collect the best of these East German soundtracks.


The sword & sandal genre which the spag had replaced was in turn replaced by the martial arts movie.

This mix then covers the period from 1963-78. All tracks are the original versions released on the soundtracks or were recorded for the movie and remained unreleased or released in alternative versions. 11 tracks were chosen from `Spag Wstrns', a 7 disc set released in 3 volumes by DGR that contains over 200 tracks representing over a 100 movies. You might believe this set would be definitive but it does not include for instance The Dollars Trilogy or westerns released on the Cam label.

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