Ann Steel – Ann Steel

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Label:	Durium – D. AI 30-342
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:	Italy
Released:	1979
Genre:	Electronic
Style:	Synth-pop, Experimental

Tracklist

A1	Find Your Way	4:00
A2	Quite Still	4:19
A3	Sport Et Divertissement	4:49
A4	Southafternoon	4:06
B1	My Time	4:08
B2	Sparkling World	4:39
B3	Portrait	4:26
B4	Measurable Joys	4:39

Companies, etc.

Recorded At – Ricordi Studios – D. AI 30-342
Recorded At – Simphony Recording Studio – D. AI 30-342
Mixed At – The Town House – D. AI 30-342
Mastered At – Trident Studios – D. AI 30-342

Credits

Management – Roy Tarrant
Mastered By – Stephen Angel
Mixed By – Steve Prestage
Other [First Supplies] – Uberto Dal Pozzo
Other [Styling] – Angie Casale
Other [Visual Coordination] – Umberto Lega
Photography By [Photographs] – Giac Casale
Producer, Written-By [Music] – Roberto Cacciapaglia
Recorded By [Ricordi Studios Engineer] – Gianluigi Pezzera (tracks: A4, B1)
Recorded By [Symphony Studio Engineer] – Franco Zorzi (tracks: A1 to A3, B2 to B4)
Written-By [Lyrics] – Giada Di Villahermosa

Notes

From the back cover:

Dedicated to the life and work of Guglielmo Marconi

Log
The expedition of the sound hunters starts off in Milan where the sounds are successfully captured amid dangers and difficulties. The sounds preciously guarded in the tapes are tamed and mastered in London.

Milano-London 1979

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout): DST 051709 30-10-79 SA
Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout): DST 051710 30-10-79

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Ann Steel (LP)	WEA International, Durium	WEAL 58110	Netherlands	1979
New Submission	Ann Steel (LP, Album)	Barclay	960 023	France	1979
New Submission	Ann Steel (LP, Promo)	Durium	DAI. 30-342	Italy	1979
New Submission	Ann Steel (LP, Album, Test Pressing)	Durium	DA I. 30.342	Italy	1979
New Submission	My Time (Cassette, )	Barclay	4 960023	France	1979

Reviews

tom.butler Feb 12, 2018
Edited 4 years ago
First released as "Ann Steel" by Ann Steel.

Re-released as "The Ann Steel Album" by Roberto Cacciapaglia.

What's up with that?
monoq Dec 29, 2017
"Sparkling World": this title could sum up the enchanting mood of the whole album. Some kind of Mary Poppins going electro. Very joyful and Vinushika's comment says it all. I would add it reminds me in various degrees the weird and subtle productions by David Cunningham mixed with early Michael Nyman's works when he suggested to file his records under "birdsongs"... MIR repress highly recommended, very good pressing including two anecdotical bonus songs.
Vinushika Oct 8, 2015
One of the most optimistic synthpop records you will ever hear, and it's in a whole class of its own. Ann Steel's vocals sound like Jun Togawa in Guernica, but with none of the strange sort of twitchy nervousness that pervades Guernica's sound, and a certain robotic quality that makes her fit right in with the complex electronic backing. Pure, sparking joy through buzzy synthesizers, as if listening to what the 30s thought computers would sound like today. I haven't heard much powerfully bright and cheerful synths like this since YMO's first album and Testpattern's Ryugu. My Time alone is worth the whole thing, but the tracks are all wonderful in their own way. Definitely recommended.