Volume 3 (Fabrizio De André album)

Volume 3
Studio album / Compilation album by Fabrizio De André
Released	1968
Recorded	1968
Genre	Folk, Chanson
Length	27:19
Label	Bluebell Records (BBLP 33) Produttori Associati (PA/LP 33)
Producer	Gian Piero Reverberi Giorgio Agazzi
Fabrizio De André chronology
Tutti morimmo a stento (1968) Vol. 3° (1968) La buona novella (1969) Singles from Vol. 3° "La canzone di Marinella/Amore che vieni, amore che vai" Released: 1968 "La ballata del Michè/La guerra di Piero" Released: 1968 "Il gorilla/Nell'acqua della chiara fontana" Released: 1969

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Volume 3 (Vol. 3°) is the third album released by Italian singer-songwriter Fabrizio De André. It was first issued in 1968 on Bluebell Records and is De André's last studio release on Bluebell. Of the songs contained in the album, only four were previously unreleased; the other ones are re-recordings of Karim period songs.

Track listing

All tracks written by Fabrizio De André, except where noted.

Side one
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"La canzone di Marinella"			3:20
2.	"Il gorilla"		Georges Brassens	2:59
3.	"La ballata dell'eroe"			2:35
4.	"S'i' fosse foco"	Cecco Angiolieri		1:14
5.	"Amore che vieni, amore che vai"			2:50

Side two
No.	Title	Music	Length
6.	"La guerra di Piero"		3:04
7.	"Il testamento"	G. Brassens	3:47
8.	"Nell'acqua della chiara fontana"	G. Brassens	2:20
9.	"La ballata del Michè"		2:55
10.	"Il re fa rullare i tamburi"		1:55

1971 reissue tracklist
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"La canzone di Marinella"			3:20
2.	"Il pescatore"			2:21
3.	"La ballata dell'eroe"			2:35
4.	"S'i' fosse foco"	Cecco Angiolieri		1:14
5.	"Amore che vieni, amore che vai"			2:50
6.	"La guerra di Piero"			3:04
7.	"Il testamento"		G. Brassens	3:47
8.	"Nell'acqua della chiara fontana"		G. Brassens	2:20
9.	"La ballata del Michè"			2:55
10.	"Il re fa rullare i tamburi"			1:55

Songs

• "Il gorilla" is a translated version of the Georges Brassens' song "Le Gorille". It is about a gorilla which, escaped from its cage, loses his virginity after deciding to rape a judge instead of an old woman. The story is ultimately used to convey a message against death penalty.
• "S'i' fosse foco" is based on the LXXXVI satirical sonnet of the Rime (Rhymes), written by Italian medieval poet Cecco Angiolieri.
• "Nell'acqua della chiara fontana" is a translated version of the Georges Brassens' song "Dans l'eau de la claire fontaine".
• "Il re fa rullare i tamburi" is a translated version of the French traditional song of the 14th century, "Le roi a fait battre tambour", which had been recorded in its native language by Yves Montand in 1959.

References

1. Allmusic review