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I've heard a lot of Italian Prog, from the famous to the obscure, and to me there is no doubt that Le Orme is the very best of the lot. They've made a lot of beautiful music.

Second would be Osanna.

The Celeste album is also one of my top Italian records, as is the first Reale Accademia di Musica album.

Battiato and Claudio Rocchi are the best of the solo artists, I think.

The worst Italian stuff I've heard would have to be Jacula/Antonius Rex...I really don't understand what that guy was trying to accomplish.

ItalProg was the deepest scene in the 70s, as far as quality goes. It's amazing that a country with such a small population could churn out so many great bands.

For Andrea Cortese and Italian Prog Team: I can lend the CD of the CRYSTALS to Andrea Cortese for an attentive listening (enough to put itself all right how to do to exchange us it it). I had sent an e-mail time does to urge their inclusion means the address [email protected] but to all today not still I saw their inclusion.

 

For greatet info, meanwhile experienced to visit the following site: www.italianprog.com/it/a_crystals.htm (in Italian) or www.italianprog.com/a_crystals.htm (in English)

For Andrew: Ok, but for like I see it have both you reason. I do not want to do controversal and certainly it depends from the point of view. However it is true that BAMBIBANDA E MELODIE is the continuation of the GARYBALDI and it their not inclusion in www.progarchives.com is serious!!!

PERIGEO/ PERIGEO SPECIAL/ NEW PERIGEO recommendations

 

I wanted to carry your caution a very important group for the Italian scene of the 70's. Are you are PERIGEO. Are you played very varied Jazz that had big parts of sax and guitar. Their pieces were Free/ Swing jazz Rock but their evolution, dictated from Giovanni Tommaso, they greater author, verse moments carried them where shine through a fusion between Funky and Jazz (you see above all the double concet album "Alice" by name PERIGEO SPECIAL).

 

The discs that I advise are:

 

1) AZIMUT (1972): 4 stars

2) ABBIAMO TUTTI UN BLUES DA PIANGERE (1973): 5 stars

3) GENEALOGIA (1974): 4 stars

4) La Valle Dei Templi (1975): 4 stars

5) ALICE (1980/ with the name PERIGEO SPECIAL): I have the five track "Alice Q-disc" and I rather this 4 stars

6) I Grandi Del Rock (1993/ compilation): 4 stars

Edited by MANDRAKEROOT - December 18 2006 at 09:33

MANDRAKEROOT wrote: I wanted to carry your caution a very important group for the Italian scene of the 70's. Are you are PERIGEO. Are you played very varied Jazz that had big parts of sax and guitar. Their pieces were Free/ Swing jazz Rock but their evolution, dictated from Giovanni Tommaso, they greater author, verse moments carried them where shine through a fusion between Funky and Jazz (you see above all the double concet album "Alice" by name PERIGEO SPECIAL).   The discs that I advise are:   1) AZIMUT (1972): 4 stars 2) ABBIAMO TUTTI UN BLUES DA PIANGERE (1973): 5 stars 3) GENEALOGIA (1974): 4 stars 4) La Valle Dei Templi (1975): 4 stars 5) ALICE (1980/ with the name PERIGEO SPECIAL): I have the five track "Alice Q-disc" and I rather this 4 stars 6) I Grandi Del Rock (1993/ compilation): 4 stars

NEWS FROM DELIRIUM

 

News from the site www.idelirium.it : The DELIRIUM are recording a new album and in this site there is a link that however does not say when will go out

Prog-jester wrote: My love to Italian Prog began this spring.I've heard LOCANA DELLE FATE's Forse le Lucciole... and was blown away completely.My favourite without a shade of doubt. BTW, in last few days I started to re-listen to some Italian albums...BANCO has almost flawless ones - debut, Io Sono Nato Libero and Canto di Primavera are my faves from them.LE ORME have my second fave Italian Prog album ever - L'INFINITO. Except everyone's faves like Felona E Sorona or Uomo di Pezza they also have excellent PICCOLA RAPSODIA DELL'APE - tiny acousitc piece with almost BEATLES-like melodic feeling...HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!! PFM are great with their first two masterpieces, but the further I go,the lesser I like. It would be a crime not to mention such great albums as I Giganti's TERRA IN BOCCA, Celeste's PRINCIPE DI GIORNO, MEtamorfosi's INFERNO, RDM's Contaminazione, Maxophone's and Murple's efforts,QVL's both albums, Semiramis' DEDICATO A FRAZZ, New Trolls' Concertos ... and Modern Heroes - LA MASCHERA DI CERA and NODO GORDIANO along with NUOVA ERA and CASTELLO DI ATLANTE. There's also a bunch of rare bands like Il Giro Strano, Eneide,Apoteosi,I Dalton,I Nomadi,Alphataurus,Biglietto per Inferno, Osanna, Buon Vecchio Charlie, Cervello etc - not to be missed by collectors!!!

 

Andrea Cortese, Osanna, Buon Vecchio Charlie, Cervello etc - not to be missed by collectors!!! [/QUOTE wrote:   Well, I like Piccola Rapsodia dell'Ape of Le Orme. It's not at the same level of the previous Florian, 'cause it shows the band moving rapidly to pop music...classic instrumentation and playing is still fine, though, so the album becomes a worth buying for any good Le Orme's fan.   Excellent recommendations, by the way!

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Hello, Mandrakeroot. Yesterday I found in pickuprecords Springsong by Hostsonaten(2002). A convincing symphonic album by Fabio Zuffanti & co.

Andrea Cortese wrote: Does someone know the italian prog band HYAENA? I saw yesterday their cd Scene and seems to be a prog metal album, from the look of the cover.