La Canzone Di Saturnino Farandola / Oh Mia Cara Clementina (Oh My Darling Clementine)

Released in 1977 on the Signal label, this single connects to the Italian cultural fascination with the character Saturnino Farandola, an adventurous protagonist originally created by French novelist Albert Robida in his 1887 work Le Vingtième Siècle. The record served as a tie-in to the character's enduring legacy in Italy, particularly following the 1977 television adaptation directed by Raffaele Meloni, which utilized the character's whimsical, steampunk-inspired science fiction aesthetic to appeal to a younger audience.

The production features The Comic Ensemble and The Country Baby Group, reflecting the era's trend of utilizing specialized studio ensembles to create novelty records and theme songs for television broadcasts. The design and musical arrangement were intended to capture a lighthearted, folk-inflected tone that contrasted the experimental sci-fi narrative of the Farandola series with the familiarity of traditional western melodies, such as the B-side cover of Oh My Darling Clementine.