50 years of "but the sky is increasingly blue": vinyl and collection

To celebrate the fifty years of the exit of “But the sky is increasingly blue“By Rino Gaetano, and in view of the day of June 2 in which the great Calabrian singer -songwriter is honored annually, two special publications have been announced.

Sony Music Italia has in fact announced that he wanted to celebrate half a century of the iconic song with Two exclusive editions Out -and -out tomorrow, Friday 30 May, of “But the sky is increasingly blue”. The first is one re -edition in 45 rpm of the original single from 1975, printed for the first time on blue vinyldescribed in a press release as “a collector’s object that returns intact the charm of the song”. The second is The definitive collection in numbered blue vinyl of all the versions of the song Get together for the first time together, available exclusively on the Sony Music Store.

“My uncle was very young when he wrote this song. We often tend not to give enough credit to today’s young peoplebut in reality they have a lot to offer and tell us “, declares in a note Alessandro Gaetano:”It is important to encourage and listen to thembecause their point of view can enrich us and help us see things from a fresh and precious perspective. Rino has been able to capture the human soul in his complexity, revealing dreams, hopes and internal struggles that make us all a little closer and at the same time more distant. The song has crossed the generations and is already recognizable by the initial motivationwhich insinuates itself into memory like an indelible echo. Its structure lends itself to multiple interpretations that are always current in a delicate balance between melancholy and hope “.

The two new releases precede the Consumer Gaetano Day, the annual event dedicated to the memory of the famous songwriter, now in its 15th edition. The event will be held on June 2 in the new Arena Rino Gaetano park in Rome, organized by Anna and Alessandro Gaetano – respectively sister and grandson of the songwriter – with the patronage and support of the Department of Great Events Roma Capitale and in collaboration with the Municipio III Rome Montesacro.

In 2020, for the benefit of the Red Cross in the Covid-19 emergency, a choral version of Rino Gaetano’s song with fifty Italian artists was created. The idea of reinciding for solidarity the 1975 song by Rino Gaetano, launched by Rockol on 18 March, It was collected by the manufacturers Takagi & Ketra and Dardustwho made it by entrusting the mixing to Pinaxa. THEand rumors that have contributed to the registrationwhich took place remotely during Lockdown, are those of Alessandra Amoroso, Annalisa, Arisa, Baby K, Claudio Baglioni, Benji & Fede, Loredana Berté, Boomdabash, Carl Brave, Michele Bravi, Bugo, Luca Carboni, Simone Cristicchi, Gigi D’Alessio, Cristina D’Avena, Fred De Palma, Diodato, Dolcenera, Elodie, Ema, Fedez, Fede Ferreri, Fabri Fibra, Fiorello, Francesco Gabbani, Irene Grandi, Il Volo, Izi, Paolo Jannacci, J-Ax, Emis Killa, Levante, The Social State, Fiorella Mannoia, Marracash, Marco Masini, Ermal Meta, Gianni Morandi, Fabrizio Moro, Nek, Noemi, Rita Pavone, Piero Pelù, Max Pezzali, nuclear tactical paguini, Pupo, Raf, Eros Ramazzotti, Francesco Renga, Samuel, Francesco Sarcina, Saturnino, Umberto Tozzi, Paola Turci, Ornella Vanoni, and Alessandro Gaetano, grandson of Rino.

These are the tracklists of vinyl and celebratory collection:

But the sky is increasingly blue – Vinyl 7 “blue (50th anniversary)

Side a

1) but the sky is increasingly blue (4:30)

Side b

1) but the sky is increasingly blue second part (4:06)

But the sky is increasingly blue – vinyl 12 “blue (50th anniversary)

Side a

1) but the sky is increasingly blue (4:30)

2) But the sky is increasingly blue Extended Version (8:20)

3) But the sky is increasingly blue Molella Edit Remix (3:12)

Side b