“Codice d’amore orientale” is a 1974 film directed by Piero Vivarelli, also author of the song “24.000 baci”, made famous by Adriano Celentano and by his own record label. As the director himself said in an interview, «it is a film freely inspired by the Kama Sutra and all of its philosophy».

The story is that of two young people in love but hindered by their parents, who have already arranged their marriages. The two escape and find themselves in a forest temple, where the high priest initiates them, together with other couples, into the art of amorous pleasure. The film was largely shot in Laos, Thailand and India, except for some scenes that were filmed in Italy, inside the Sammezzano Castle.

The soundtrack was composed by Alberto Baldan Bembo under the pseudonym of ‘Blue Marvin Orchestra’. The album containing the soundtrack of the film was released by Joker, a sub label of SAAR Records, for the first time in 1974 on vinyl, a highly sought-after collectors’ item here reissued by SAAR and including an unreleased long version of the track “Nude Love”, found in the record label’s archives and recovered from the original analog tapes.

This album contains nine songs of Italian and orchestral pop with oriental influences; the most appreciated tracks are “Kamasutra” (sampled by Stereo MC’s for their 2001 hit “Running”), “Narai and Lakshmi”, “Sawadi” and the already mentioned “Nude Love”.