Ubaldo Zambelli otherwise known as Roy had three italo disco releases. Two are great and one is so-so. The most well known is from 1985 Destiny Time on Memory Records. It's been featured on countless compilations. It also has the fortune of having a Swedish Beat Box Records remix. Those guys usually do pretty well with their remixes and give proper respect to the original.
The first Love Me Now was recorded under the moniker Live Movies or Life Movies in 1984. The female vocals are particularly unpleasant. It almost seems like they wanted to make a rock record but decided to make an italo disco record that thinks it's a rock record.
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The best was the last Shooting Star in 1987. The vocals are solid and typical italo disco fun. But the instrumentation is what really grabs with this one. Incredibly danceable and inventive. You've got to consider that at this point house music was it so for an italo disco to come out that late and still kill it was one great feat.
I may have this Razormaid remix somewhere. If I dig it up I'll add it to the post and then re-release the blog post so it seems new. That's usually what I do when I refresh links. So if you think some of my blogs look familiar, well they are.
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