Nuccio Rinaldis (
Milan
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1943 - Milan 2015) was an
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sound engineer
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.
Biography
Nuccio Rinaldis is best known in Italian pop music business for being lead
sound engineer
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of Italian singer
Mina
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for several years.
Rinaldis's work can be traced in almost the singer's complete discography, both albums and singles from 1967 onwards, with the many hits he was involved in, first at Carlo Alberto Rossi's Fonorama Studio and later, for more than 10 years since the founding of
PDU, at the La Basilica Studio in
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, owned by Mina herself.
It should be mentioned that it was thanks to the test recording proposed by Rinaldis, that the record ''
Mina Live '78'' was made and released as a double album. It constitutes the only audio record of Mina's last public concert.
Discography with Mina (selected)

; Studio Albums
* ''
Dedicato a mio padre
''Dedicato a mio padre'' is an album by Italian singer Mina, released in 1967. It is the first independently produced album through her record label PDU.
Track listing
1967 albums
Italian-language albums
Mina (Italian singer) albums '' (1967)
* ''
I discorsi
''I discorsi'' is a studio album by Italian singer Mina, released in 1969 by PDU and distributed by EMI Italiana
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'' (1969)
* ''
Mina for You
''Mina for You'' is a studio album by Italian singer Mina, released in July 1969. The album features songs exclusively in English. All songs that appeared on the album are cover versions in the original language, with the exception of "Can't Help ...
'' (1969)
* ''
...quando tu mi spiavi in cima a un batticuore...'' (1970)
* ''
Mina
Mina may refer to:
Places Iran
* Minaq, East Azerbaijan
* Mina, Fars
* Mineh, Lorestan Province
* Mina, Razavi Khorasan
* Mehneh, Razavi Khorasan Province
United States
* Mina, California
* Mina, Nevada
* Mina, New York
* Mina, Ohio
* Mina ...
'' (1971)
* ''
Altro'' (1972)
* ''
Cinquemilaquarantatre
''Cinquemilaquarantatre'' is an album released in June 1972 by Italian singer Mina. Its title (in english, "Five Thousand and Forty Three") is a reference to the catalog number of the disc (PDU PLD 5043).
Disc Packaging
The album in its origin ...
'' (1972)
* ''
Frutta e verdura
''Frutta e verdura'' is an album by Italian singer Mina, distributed back to back with the album ''Amanti di valore''.
The whole album was arranged by Pino Presti except for "Non tornare più" (Dario Baldan Bembo) and "Devo tornare a casa mia" (N ...
'' (1973)
* ''
Amanti di valore
''Amanti di valore'' is an album by Italian singer Mina, issued in 1973 and distributed back to back with the album ''Frutta e verdura''.
Track listing
Side A
Side B
Credits
*Mina – vocals
*Pino Presti and Carlo Pes – arrangers
*Dario B ...
'' (1973)
* ''
Del mio meglio n. 2
''Del mio meglio n. 2'' is a compilation album by Italian singer Mina, released in 1973 by PDU. The album contains songs previously released on studio albums, with the exception of " Uomo", "Eccomi" and "La mente torna", which were released only ...
'' (1973)
* ''
Mina®
''Mina®'' is a studio album by Italian singer Mina, released in 1974 by PDU and distributed by EMI Italiana. Originally distributed as a double album along with ''Baby Gate''. The album topped the Italian albums chart.
Cover versions
Some of ...
'' (1974)
* ''
Baby Gate
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'' 1974
* ''
Del mio meglio n. 3
''Del mio meglio n. 3'' is a compilation album by Italian singer Mina, released in 1975 by PDU and distributed by EMI Italiana.
Overview
This is the third compilation of the ''Del mio meglio'' series. It included songs from albums released fr ...
'' (1974)
* ''
Minacantalucio
''Minacantalucio'' is an album by Italian singer Mina, originally distributed back to back with album ''La Mina''. The title translates as ''Mina Sings Lucio'', referring to the album's consisting entirely of songs composed by Lucio Battisti (and ...
'' (1975)
* ''
La Mina
''La Mina'' is an album by Italian singer Mina (Italian singer), Mina, distributed in 1975 back to back with album ''Minacantalucio''.
Track listing
Credits
*Mina – vocals
*Pino Presti – arranger/conductor in "Ti accetto come sei", "Quasi c ...
'' (1975)
* ''
Singolare'' (1976)
* ''
Plurale'' (1976)
* ''
Del mio meglio n. 4'' (1977)
* ''
Mina con bignè
''Mina con Bignè'' is an album by Italian singer Mina, originally distributed back to back with the album ''Mina quasi Jannacci'' in 1977, the year before she gave her final live concerts. As usual, in 1977, she released two albums, one of cover ...
'' (1977)
* ''
Mina quasi Jannacci
''Mina quasi Jannacci'' is an album by Italian singer Mina, released in October 1977.
The album contains ten songs originally written by Enzo Jannacci, who duets with Mina on this album. All ten songs were reinterpreted and special arrangements ...
'' (1977)
* ''
Di tanto in tanto
''Di tanto in tanto'' is a compilation album released by Mina in 1978. All tracks have previously been published on various albums.
Track listing
Credits
*Mina – vocals
* Pino Presti – arranger/conductor
*Gianni Ferrio
Gianni Ferrio (16 ...
'' (1978)
* ''
Del mio meglio n. 5'' (1979)
* ''
Del mio meglio n. 6 - Live'' (1981)
* ''
Italiana
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'' 1982
* ''
Catene'' (1983)
* ''
Finalmente ho conosciuto il conte Dracula...'' 1985
* ''
Rane supreme
''Rane supreme'' is a studio album by Italian singer Mina, released on 17 October 1987 by PDU.
Overview
On the first volume of the album, Mina presents her interpretations of songs by other artists. Among them: "Nessun dolore" by Lucio Battisti, ...
'' (1987)
* ''
Oggi ti amo di più
''Oggi ti amo di più'' is a compilation album by Italian singer Mina, released on February 1988 by PDU.
The album includes new versions of Mina's classic hits " Il cielo in una stanza" and "E se domani".
Track listing
Personnel
* Mina – v ...
'' (1988)
* ''
Sorelle Lumière
''Sorelle Lumière'' is a double studio album by Italian singer Mina, released on 24 October 1992 by PDU and distributed by EMI Italiana.
Overview
The album draws inspiration and pays homage to the Lumière brothers. The cover image sees the si ...
'' (1992)
* ''
Mazzini canta Battisti
''Mazzini canta Battisti'' is a compilation album by Mina, released in 1994 by PDU.
Overview
The album name is derived from the surnames of Mina and the songwriter and singer Lucio Battisti, hence ''Mazzini canta Battisti''. This is also the f ...
'' (1994)
;''Live''
* ''
Mina alla Bussola dal vivo
''Mina alla Bussola dal vivo'' is Italian singer Mina's first live album.
Mina was the first Italian woman to record a live album during her performance at the Bussola, a popular night club in Marina di Pietrasanta, Versilia, Tuscany, Italy. S ...
'' (1968)
* ''
Mina Live '78'' (1978)
;Singles:

* "La canzone di Marinella" (1969)
* "
Il cielo in una stanza" (1969)
* "
Un'ombra" (1969)
* "
Acqua azzurra, acqua chiara" (1969)
* "
Bugiardo e incosciente" (1970)
* "
Io e te da soli
"Io e te da soli" () is a song by Italian singer Mina. The song was written by Mogol and Lucio Battisti.
The song was released as a single in November 1970 by PDU. It debuted at number fifteen and peaked at number two on the Italian singles ch ...
" (1970)
* "
Amor mio" (1971)
* "
Uomo" (1971)
* "
Grande, grande, grande
"Grande, grande, grande" is a 1972 Italian song, written by David William Moncrief, and composed by Alberto Testa and Tony Renis. It was a No. 1 hit for Mina in Italy and for Shirley Bassey released as "Never Never Never" in the U.K., U.S. and ...
" (1972)
* "
Eccomi
''Eccomi'' (Italian for ''Here I Am'') is a studio album by Italian singer Patty Pravo, released in 2016 by Warner Music Group.
Overview
The album was produced by Michele Canova, with Massimo Levantini and Gaetano Puglisi as executive producers. ...
" (1972)
* "
Lamento d'amore
"Lamento d'amore" ( en, Lament of love) is a song by Italian singer Mina. It was written by Enrico Riccardi and Luigi Albertelli, arranged and conducted by Pino Presti. The song was released as a single in April 1973 along with the b-side "Rudy" ...
" (1973)
* "
E poi..." (1973)
* "
L'importante è finire" (1975)
* "" (1977)
* "
Città vuota" (1978 remake)
* "
Una canzone" (1981)
* "
Rose su rose
"Rose su rose" ( en, "Roses on roses") is a song by Italian singer Mina. It was written by Massimiliano Pani, Mina's son, Piero Cassano, and arranged by Celso Valli. The song was released as a single in February 1984 and reached number 16 on th ...
" 1984
References
External links
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Audio engineers
1943 births
2015 deaths