L’Orchestra Rara’s debut album of 1988 and released on cassette. No longer available. The album contained some the British-based Italian Dance band’s most successful numbers. Most were arranged by their band leader Romano Viazzani and includes one of his original compositions. In 1988 the band members were:
Dino Bergonzi (Guitar/Lead Vocals)
Giovanni Proto (Trumpet/Electric Bass/Vocals)
Alfonso Proto (Clrinet/Alto Sax/Vocals)
Gabriele Finaldi (Piano/Keyboards/Vocals)
Andrew Cordani (Drums)
Armando Guselli (Accordion/Vocals)
Romano Viazzani (Accordion/Vocals/Leader)
Contents:
Blue Moon (Rogers/Hart arr. Alf Clausen)
La Cumpersita (Rodriguez0
Romagna Mia (Casadei)
Spanish Gypsy Dance (Marquina)
Woman In Love (Loesser)
In The Mood (Garland/Miller)
Ballo al Chiar di Luna (Viazzani)
Samba Medley:
It had better be tonight (Mancini) Tico-Tico (Abreu) O Mamma Mamma (Conald/Danpa)