Original field recordings made in the mountains of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, 1954.
Songs of farming, ballads of partisan struggle in World War 2, dance music,New Year's songs, May rituals, recorded just before industrialisation forever changed the fabric of Northern Italian rural life.
With 40-page booklet.
2, 4, 6 to 10, 13 to 21, 23, 25 to 29, 31: Previously unreleased.
11, 22: Previously unreleased in part.
Remastered to 24-bit digital from the original field recordings.