Mina Live '78 Explained

Live '78
Type:Live
Artist:Mina
Cover:Mina live 1978.jpg
Recorded:[1]
Venue:Bussoladomani, Tuscany[2]
Length:64:47
Label:PDU
Prev Title:Di tanto in tanto
Prev Year:1978
Next Title:Del mio meglio n. 5
Next Year:1979

Live '78 is the third live album by Italian singer Mina, released in 1978 by PDU and distributed by EMI Italiana. Recorded at the Bussoladomani theatre on 23 August 1978, it captured the last public appearance made by the singer.[3] It was arranged and conducted by Pino Presti, with Nuccio Rinaldis and Albramo Pesatori as the sound engineers.

Critical reception

Claudio Milano of gave the album an average rating, noting that it has both wonderful numbers and terrifying ones. He called Mina herself the main problem of the album, who sings mostly too pretentiously, and sometimes even vulgarly.[4] In 2012 Rolling Stone placed it on the 81st place of the list of the hundred best Italian albums,[5] and in 2021 the magazine included it in the list of the twenty best Italian live albums.[6] Patrizio Ruviglioni noted that this is the most iconic and melancholic of Mina's three live albums, regal and at the same time modest.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[7]

Charts

Chart (1978–1979)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Italian Albums (Billboard)[8] 5
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)[9] 4

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Il 23 agosto del 1978 alla Bussola: l'ultimo concerto e Mina divenne mito. Urbani. Carlotta. 23 August 2022. RAI News. 16 May 2024. it. 23 August 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220823115342/https://www.rainews.it/articoli/2022/08/laddio-di-mina-alla-bussola-23-agosto-1978-42f25817-9a5a-418a-aa55-a2bf89214cc8.html. live.
  2. Web site: Mina compie 84 anni: 38 anni sulla ribalta, 46 «in ritiro». La censura della Rai, i due figli, il matrimonio con il cardiochirurgo. Volpe. Maria. 25 March 2024. Corriere della Sera. 16 May 2024. it. 4 April 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240404033349/https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/cards/mina-compie-84-anni-38-anni-ribalta-46-in-ritiro-censura-rai-due-figli-matrimonio-il-cardiochirurgo/addio-1978_principale.shtml. live.
  3. Web site: October 4, 2023. Mina, 40 anni fa l'ultima apparizione pubblica a Bussoladomani. TGCOM 24. October 4, 2023. it. November 23, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231123090614/https://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/spettacolo/mina-40-anni-fa-l-ultima-apparizione-pubblica-a-bussoladomani_3159418-201802a.shtml. live.
  4. Web site: Claudio. Milano. Mina - biografia, recensioni, streaming, discografia, foto. it. OndaRock. 16 May 2024. 18 June 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220618030542/https://www.ondarock.it/italia/mina-mazzini.htm. live.
  5. Web site: I 100 dischi italiani più belli di sempre per Rolling Stone. it. il Post. 30 January 2020. 16 May 2024. 17 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200717000432/https://www.ilpost.it/2012/01/30/i-100-dischi-italiani-piu-belli-di-sempre-per-rolling-stone/. live.
  6. Web site: Patrizio. Ruviglioni. I 20 migliori album live italiani. it. Rolling Stone. 10 February 2021. 16 May 2024. 27 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211127192749/https://www.rollingstone.it/musica/i-20-migliori-album-live-italiani/550255/. live.
  7. Mina Live '78. Mina. 1978. 16 May 2024. liner notes. PDU. Pld. L 6098/99. Italy. 15 March 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240315194501/https://www.discogs.com/release/28133464-Mina-Live-78. live.
  8. Geramno. Ruscitto. Hits of the World – Italy. Billboard. 24 February 1979. 91. 8. 77. 0006-2510.
  9. Book: Racca, Guido. M&D Borsa Album 1964–2019. it. 2019. 225–228. 978-1094705002.

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