Track listing:

01. Naples Main Titles - Francesco De Masi
02. Gangster Story - Guido & Maurizio De Angelis
03. New Special Squad - Guido & Maurizio De Angelis
04. The Blue Boat - Francesco De Masi
05. Running Against The Time - Francesco De Masi
06. The Other Face - Guido & Maurizio De Angelis
07. The Stranger Lady - Francesco De Masi
08. Time On My Hands - Francesco De Masi
09. Affanno - Franco Micalizzi
10. Il Libanese - Guido & Maurizio De Angelis
11. Incessante - Pulsar (Silvano Chimenti & Enrico Pieranunzi)
12. Hong Kong Promenade - Francesco De Masi
13. You'll Kill Her - Francesco De Masi
14. Cape Town Arbour - Francesco De Masi
15. The Other Face (9) - Guido & Maurizio De Angelis
16. Pulsar - Pulsar (Silvano Chimenti & Enrico Pieranunzi)

note:
Roughly translated to Red Hot Lead (as in bullets), this compilation offers plenty of firepower. Despite the fact that several of these tracks already appear on Easy Tempo compilations and Crippled Dick Hot Wax's Beretta 70, this is fine place to start exploring Italian crime jazz and funk. The opening track "Running Against the Time" by Francesco De Masi sets the mood effectively. In fact, the sense of urgency and the potential for violence are palpable on a number of tracks, but there are also moodier numbers, and even an exotica cut (for a Hong Kong setting apparently). Unlike CripDick's collection of Italian crime soundtracks, Plastic bypasses the emotionally-rending vocal numbers about "life on the street" in favor of atmospheric instrumentals. Not unlike CripDick and Easy Tempo, Plastic provides background info on the dozen movies, from which these 26 tracks originate.

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