New ITALO releases...

[eurobeatrecords]

Finally, long out-of-print ITALO disco albums were released again. Here's the list:
DAVID LYME "LIKE A STAR"
CRUISIN' GANG "AMERICA"
FINZY KONTINI "CHA CHA CHA"
LABAN "CAUGHT BY SURPRISE"
LABAN "ROULETTE"
P. LION "SPRINGTIME"
MR. ZIVAGO "TELL BY YOUR EYES"
SCOTCH "EVOLUTION"
SCOTCH "PICTURESOF OLD DAYS".
All CDs are German pressing.
I think Mr.Zivago "Tell By Your Eyes" is one of the best ITALO albums ever released. Album includes big hits: "Tell By Your Eyes", "Little Russian" & "Love In Moscow". My favourite track is "Yesterday" - it's simply beautiful!
As far as I know LABAN "ROULETTE" & SCOTCH "EVOLUTION" were never released on CDs before.
All these albums are the must for every ITALO collector.
Available at www.cdrecollect.com

[K-Bee]

Talking about Laban.
They were in fact a danish duo (Ivan Pedersen & Lecia Jønsson) who after some hits in Denmark tried their hands at a more international career. They also made another song called "Love In Siberia" which was recorded in both english and danish versions (danish title: "Kold Som Is"...that means "Cold As Ice").
A "best of" collection was released in 1988 (Laban Greatest, Mega Records MRCD 3109) but I doubt it ever saw the light of day outside Denmark.

[eurobeatrecords]

LABAN was very popular in many countries, especially in Japan, where "Caught By Surprise" was released on CD in 1986. The album is great!!! BTW, the song "Caught By Surprise" was first performed by ITALO artist MAX HIM and the title for this song was "GENTLE WIND". Music was the same, only words were different. The second album in English "Roulette" is as good as "Caught By Surprise". Some songs like "Asian Heart", "Destiny", "Cool Down" are beautiful. Great melodies and lyrics.