The 236 page book, narrated by the author, is crammed full of stories about De Gemini's 40 years of music and cinema and is full of his memories of Italian cinema's most prolific period during the 60s, 70s and 80s. There's tales about everybody that he worked with in the industry, from Maestros, directors, actors, musicians, producers and publishers and includes loads of behind the scenes anecdotes and bizarre events as experienced personally by the composer known as "The Man with the Harmonica".

As well as being a composer and concert performer in his own right, Franco De Gemini is Italy's most famous harmonica player, who contributed to countless soundtracks including many Westerns. In part of the book he recollects the role he played in the making of Ennio Morricone's Once Upon a Time in the West soundtrack, in which Charles Bronson plays the character known as "Harmonica".

Also included in the book is a large section about the Beat Records discography with lots of great cover art images. The book also comes with a CD with more than 70 minutes of music that features a collection of tracks from the huge Beat Records archive.

From Beat to Beat: Memoirs of the Man of the Harmonica is a real treat for fans of cult Italian cinema and Italian soundtracks.

Packaging & Liner Notes
19 Track CD + 236 page book (15cm x 21cm) in Italian and English.

Postage rates (per book)

• UK: £2.60
• EU: £3.65
• World Zone 1 (USA etc): £5.95
• World Zone 2 (Japan, Australia etc): £6.45