.Westerns...All'Italiana!: June 2025

Friday, June 20, 2025

1st Day of Summer 2025

Little Known Spaghetti Western actors ~ Maxwell Craig

[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]

Maxwell Craig was a British character actor whose career spanned 30 years and 112 film and TV appearances from 1961 to 1985

Later in his career he was nicknamed Blue Max by his friends, since he dyed his graying hair with a blue tint.

His only Spaghetti western appearance was as a saloon patron in 1965’s “Carry on Cowboy”.

CRAIG, Maxwell (aka Max Craig) [British] – film, TV actor.

Carry on Cowboy – 1965 (saloon patron)

Jeymes Samuel’s ‘Spaghetti Western’ To Honor Iconic Italian Cinema Era

The soundtrack compilation, featuring 20 tracks from Italian Western films, arrives June 20.

Some of the best tracks from Italian cinema’s Spaghetti Western era are getting their due. Filmmaker and musician Jeymes Samuel has unveiled Spaghetti Western, a new album compiling the best of music from the golden age of Italian Western cinema, spanning from 1963 until 1972. Featuring both well-loved classics and rare deep cuts, Spaghetti Western will debut on June 20.

The compilation contains 20 tracks from CAM Sugar’s vault of more than 2,000 scores as well as original productions from Samuel. The artist has also created new hand-painted album art exclusive to the release, and contributed new liner notes to fully appreciate the sounds of one of film’s most iconic genres. Interviews from actors David Oyelowo and Regina King are also featured in the package for the deluxe box set, as well as a storyboard from The Harder They Fall illustrated by Dwayne Turner. Featuring compositions from composers like Nico Fidenco, Gianni Ferrio, Ennio Morricone, Carlo Rustichelli, and Piero Umiliani and vocal performances from Alessandro Alessandroni, Caterina Caselli, Jula De Palma, the collection features three tracks never before pressed on vinyl, as well as three tracks now available digitally for the very first time.

“This isn’t just a compilation – it’s a love letter to the Spaghetti Western and the artists who transformed cinema forever,” says Samuel in a press statement. “These soundtracks shaped my creative soul, and with this collection, I’ve blended timeless scores with my own interpretations to honor the genre’s raw beauty and bold spirit. It’s music, memory, and homage – an invitation into a world that continues to inspire.”

“Collaborating with Jeymes on this project has been a true honor; his work transcends the idea of curation: it is a cultural statement, a poetic homage to Italian composers, and a profoundly human tribute to a genre often misunderstood,” CAM Sugar adds in its own statement. “Throughout this journey, we’ve come to know not only a remarkable creative mind but a rare artistic voice, curious, generous, and boundlessly multidimensional. In Jeymes’ hands, a genre once overlooked or reduced to parody is reawakened in all its emotional and cinematic grandeur.”

This Deluxe Box Edition includes:

· A Western Saloon Inspired Box Set with additional artwork for the box set.

· Exclusive 7” featuring an original song written and composed by Jeymes Samuel and its instrumental version

· Exclusive 10” featuring an original song written and composed by Jeymes Samuel with a CAM Sugar Sample and an unreleased poem by Regina King.

· Exclusive Official and Unreleased Story Board from The Harder They Fall by Dwayne Turner

· Exclusive Interviews By Jeymes Samuel to The Harder They Fall protagonists Regina King and David Oleyowo, included in a booklet that will also feature content from the CAM Sugar Archives: Original Scores and Movie Posters

· One Dollar Mini Poster customized with Jeymes Samuel’s portrait in pure Spaghetti Western Style

· The 2LP in a transparent orange marble vinyl edition, with a 20-track deep dive into the CAM Sugar catalogue casting a light on the trademark Italian sound that shaped Spaghetti Western, the legendary film genre birthed 60 years ago from the brainchild of Sergio Leone.

JEYMES SAMUEL’S SPAGHETTI WESTERN COLLECTION is also available in standard 2LPs and CD.

The English artist has carefully worked on the whole art direction of the products - painting the cover artwork by hand -, compiled the music selection and produced 2 new singles.

Tracklist:

Previously unreleased on vinyl

digitally unreleased *

LP1

A1 - Ennio Morricone – Sonny

A2 – Piero Umiliani – They Call Him Django

A3 – Daniele Patucchi - Lo ammazzò come un cane...ma lui

rideva ancora – M14 (Tensivo Suspense)

A4 – Gianni Ferrio – That Man

A5 – Ennio Morricone – A Gringo Like Me

B1 – Nico Fidenco – The Yankee Fellow*

B2 – Alessandro Alessandroni – Gray Skies*

B3 – Nino Oliviero – Cuando se muere el sol*

B4 – Michele Lacerenza - Concerto per un killer

B5 – Francesco De Masi - Find A Man

B6 – Francesco De Masi - Arizona Colt

LP2

C1 – Caterina Caselli – Il cammino di ogni speranza

C2 – Nico Fidenco - Clayton

C3 – Gianni Ferrio - Give Me Back

C4 – Angelo Francesco Lavagnino - Vendetta per vendetta

C5 – Carlo Rustichelli - I Must Go

D1 – Gianni Ferrio – Era un Cow-Boy

D2 – Marcello Giombini - Ballata per un pistolero

D3 – Carlo Savina - Hey Amigo You're Dead

D4 – Francesco De Masi - Jerry Theme

7'' DELUXE

LATO A – The Light

LATO B – The Light (Instrumental)

10'' DELUXE

LATO A – Unbroken

LATO B – Unbroken (Instrumental)

"Last Light Mile" Single Released, Previews Apek's Album, Out This Fall (2014)

Orvieto

July 29, 2014

The new single by Alberto Pecorelli, aka Apek, has officially been released, entitled “Last Light Mile” which anticipates his first solo album coming out in the fall (2014). The Turin artist approaches the international public by proposing his own vintage deep rock sound and focusing on the suggestive emotion of a “metropolitan country” accompanied by an original video, inspired by the “Spaghetti western” genre. Signed by the Orvieto director Giovanni Bufalini, the videoclip is produced by Stefano Profeta’s Carpe Diem Music in collaboration with the Roman School of Photography and Cinema.

Apek's single and entire debut album were recorded and mixed during the first six months of 2014 in Orvieto at Mami Records by producer and arranger Stefano Profeta for the Carpediem label, together with Marco Cocchieri and Luca Pellegrini.

“Last Light Mile” or “The Last Mile of Light”, towards the shadow that regenerates from fatigue, towards reaching a goal that was worth waiting for. A quiet wait, a necessary meditation to define every little move to play the decisive round at best even if it is destiny that deals the cards. “It is not worth pretending to get the best result, the serenity and comfort along our last mile of light towards the desired finish line.” (Apek, July 2014)

Alberto Pecorelli, aka Apek, was born in Turin in November 1971. Always passionate about music, he began writing songs in the late 1980s, playing with his brother Alessandro and in some local bands. His musical education in his adolescence was inspired by the Greats of Rock who led him to develop a simple and passionate style. Life then led him to take different paths from his musical career and towards the end of the 1990s he began working for an American multinational. But the dream was in the drawer and the passion did not fade. Having become over the years a respected manager and caring family man, he resumed his artistic activity thanks to new inspirations gathered during his various experiences abroad and thus decided to realize his musical dream, to undertake that last mile of light towards his hoped-for finish line.

Last Light Mile – International title

A [Carpe Diem Music, Scuola Romana di Cinema (Rome)]

Producers: Sara Sergi (Sara Maria Grazia), Annunziata Sergi

Director: Giovanni Bufalini

Story: Giovanni Bufalini, Alfredo Mazzara

Screenplay: Giovanni Bufalini, Alfredo Mazzara

Cinematography: Luca Silvagni [color]

Music:

Running time: 6 minutes

Cast:

Diablo – Stefano Ambrogi

The Singer – Apek (Alberto Pecorelli)

Sam Crabb – Emiliano Ferrera

Milady -Maria Loana Gloriani

You Tube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wStEnguTmU

Voices of the Spaghetti western– “A Man a Colt”

As we know most of the Euro-westerns were co-productions from Italy, Spain, Germany and France which incorporated British and American actors to gain a worldwide audience. The films were shot silent and then dubbed into the various languages where they were sold for distribution. That means Italian, Spanish, German, French and English voice actors were hired to dub the films. Even actors from the countries where the film was to be shown were often dubbed by voice actors for various reasons such as the actors were already busy making another film, they wanted to be paid additional salaries for dubbing their voices, the actor’s voice didn’t fit the character they were playing, accidents to the actors and in some cases even death before the film could be dubbed.

I’ll list a Euro-western and the (I) Italian, (S) Spanish, (G) German and (F) French, (E) English voices that I can find and once in a while a bio on a specific voice actor as in Europe these actors are as well-known as the actors they voiced.

Today we’ll cover “A Man a Colt”

[(I) Italian, (S) Spanish, (G) German, (F) French, (E) English]

Dakota Joe – Robert Hundar (I) Sergio Graziani, (S) Claudio Rodríguez, (G) Rainer Brandt

Pedro - Fernando Sancho (I) Carlo Romano, (S) Fernando Sancho, (G) Alexander Welbat

Don Carlos – Mirko Ellis (I) Pino Locchi, (S) Félix Acaso, (G) Martin Hirthe

Carmencita – Gloria Milland (I) Mari Pe Castro, (S) Mari Pe Castro, (G) Renate Küster

Beatrice – Marta Reves (I) Rosetta Calavetta, (S) Mercedes Mireya, (G) Uta Hallant

Mari Pe Castro (19?? - )

She began her career in radio, where, in the 1950s and 1960s, she appeared in many of the radio serials fashionable at that time.

From the beginning of the 1970s, she specialized in dubbing, both in film and television. She is especially remembered for her television dubbing of the characters of Sue Ellen Ewing, (Linda Gray) in Dallas. Ironically, she also voiced 2 other Dallas characters in its beginnings: J.R.'s secretary and lover. Castro also dubbed Susan Bradford (Susan Richardson) in Con 8 basta and Chrissy (Paula Wilcox) in A Man at Home. Especially remembered is her television dubbing of the characters of Laura Ingalls (Melissa Gilbert) in Little House on the Prairie and Willy, La abeja Maya

Her activity during the 70s made her one of the most popular voices of the time, not only in animation but also in all kinds of series, both comedies, dramas and science-fiction. In film she dubbed Farrah Fawcett and Heather Menzies, Barbara Carrera, Goldie Hawn, Angela Lansbury, Susan Lucci and Ali McGraw

Currently, the actress is retired from her profession.