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erik neuteboom
Prog Reviewer Joined: July 27 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 7659 |
Posted: April 06 2007 at 16:59 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hello Mandrakeroot, I would like to ask attention
for this overlooked progrock beauty:
SENSITIVA IMMAGINE — E Tutto Comincio Cosi '76
Almost every inch of this CD has the spirit of the early GENESIS, only the Italian vocals let you realise that this album is not a kind of ‘lost “Selling England By The Pound” tapes’! Even a live picture on the inside of this digipack (I own the Japanese Melos label version) looks like the early GENESIS. The six compositions (the Musea re-release has three bonus tracks) sound pleasant and melodic featuring warm vocals, great sensitive electric guitar work and lush keyboards. They don’t have the elaborate compositional skills of the other famous GENESIS-inspired band NEUSCHWANSTEIN but I’m sure SENSITIVA IMMAGINE will not be a disappointment if you want to enjoy the 70-77 GENESIS-era.
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Mandrakeroot
Forum Senior Member Italian Prog Specialist Joined: March 01 2006 Location: San Foca, Friűl Status: Offline Points: 5851 |
Posted: April 06 2007 at 17:03 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Another gem to rediscover, Erik.
Edited by Mandrakeroot - April 06 2007 at 17:03 |
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Mandrakeroot
Forum Senior Member Italian Prog Specialist Joined: March 01 2006 Location: San Foca, Friűl Status: Offline Points: 5851 |
Posted: April 07 2007 at 05:41 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Today I go to Bassano Del Grappa (Vicenza) for do purchases with Andrea Cortese.
Therefore to Lignano Sabbiadoro (Udine) to pass the Easter. We review ourselves Tuesday. Edited by Mandrakeroot - April 07 2007 at 05:42 |
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micky
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Posted: April 07 2007 at 05:46 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
can't wait for those reviews Mandy
have a great time... and Buona Pasqua to you and Andrea C. |
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Prog-jester
Prog Reviewer Joined: June 05 2005 Location: Love Beach Status: Offline Points: 5872 |
Posted: April 07 2007 at 07:07 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SENSITIVA IMMAGINE is great but I prefer LOCANDA DELLE FATE
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micky
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Posted: April 07 2007 at 07:40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I know |
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Andrea Cortese
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 05 2005 Status: Offline Points: 4411 |
Posted: April 09 2007 at 04:21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
My first incursion into this newly opened thread.
I would like to recommend a new record for all the mellotron's fans in general and for all who looks interested into the italian prog scene in general:
The Watch latest album "Primitive" is basically builded around this mythic instrument!
Bought it saturday...what a pleasure (even if the Peter Gabriel-ish vocals decrease the originality of the band...).
WATCH, THE — Primitive Review by Andrea Cortese (Andrea Cortese) Special Collaborator Italian Prog Specialist — First review of this album — Three years have passed since the release of their "Vacuum" album but this time it's like returning back to origins, somehow. Another well crafted record by this well-known contemporary italian band and its "gabrielesque" singer Simone Rossetti, but now they reveal clearly the choice to move some steps forward (backward, to be honest) to the sound of the seventies. THE WATCH's musical patterns aren't changed but this time you will not find the typical "aggressiveness" of their previous work, the general mood of the album being builded up on a more introvert, mellow, dramatic and darker key (and even poetic). Posted Sunday, April 08, 2007, 19:41 EST | Permanent link |
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Andrea Cortese
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Posted: April 09 2007 at 07:37 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New band (The Natural Mystic) and album (Mother nature, the trees and the magic of seasons). From BTF:
What a debut! We regret that we did not have the chance to produce directly this fantastic new band from Milan.... Natural Mystic's debut CD has 4 long suites dealing with seasons. Musically it is a blend of King Crimson and Jethro Tull but always keeping a classic, medieval and mediterranean touch. Exclusive distribution! Edited by Andrea Cortese - April 09 2007 at 07:37 |
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Andrea Cortese
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Posted: April 09 2007 at 07:45 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A New album for Venegoni & Co and it's titled Planetarium. For info and sample tracks:
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Mandrakeroot
Forum Senior Member Italian Prog Specialist Joined: March 01 2006 Location: San Foca, Friűl Status: Offline Points: 5851 |
Posted: April 09 2007 at 10:40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Uhm... Ok... Andrea Cortese precedes me on the "Primitive" by The Watch review but... This is my review of "Primitive:
THE WATCHPrimitive(Studio Album, 2007)
Review by
Mandrakeroot
(Andrea Salvador)
COLLABORATOR Italian Prog Specialist
My review is produced using this release: Lizard/ Pick Up export CD 0051 Posted Monday, April 09, 2007, 10:36 EST | Permanent link |
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micky
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Posted: April 09 2007 at 10:44 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
that sounds really interesting.... if you get it... let me know what you think. |
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Mandrakeroot
Forum Senior Member Italian Prog Specialist Joined: March 01 2006 Location: San Foca, Friűl Status: Offline Points: 5851 |
Posted: April 09 2007 at 11:25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I confirm the Micky words. Edited by Mandrakeroot - April 09 2007 at 11:25 |
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paolo.beenees
Forum Senior Member Joined: March 30 2007 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 1136 |
Posted: April 09 2007 at 15:13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In another thread I joked with Mandrake Root about a bizarre Pooh vs I Cugini di Campagna match...
This makes me wander about the introduction into prog rock of some albums (if not some bands) which, IMO, should be taken into account when talking about the development of prog rock in Italy. "Un po' del nostro tempo migliore" by Pooh has very nice symphonic passages, while "Anima Latina" by Lucio Battisti is far more experimental than many Italian prog-rock efforts, featuring strange latin-fusion passages, cosmic synths, a very well developed concepts about the man-woman relationship. By the way, maybe I didn't check it out properly, but it seems to me that Claudio Rocchi hasn't been introduced in this site yet. Finally, did you know that Ornella Vanoni, back in 1972, recorded a cover version of White Mountain (Genesis)?
Bye, Paolo.
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Mandrakeroot
Forum Senior Member Italian Prog Specialist Joined: March 01 2006 Location: San Foca, Friűl Status: Offline Points: 5851 |
Posted: April 09 2007 at 16:02 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
paolo.beenees it is true: I POOH and LUCIO BATTISTI have produced also Prog albums. But I must say that many persons could remain amazeds listening to a lot of the production of these artists (more for I POOH that for LUCIO BATTISTI, but it doesn't change the result) and for this we cannot include them in PA.
I don't know the song of Ornella Vanoni but in this case is normal that Ornella Vanoni recorded the Italian version because the 90% of the Italian Beat production are cover with Italian lyrics. For Claudio Rocchi the problem is simply: Andrea Cortese works until late evening and it doesn't have time in order to insert the bands/ artists. Micky have a problem with the Art Rock Team. I cannot insert the bands/ artists and... the ISP/ RPI team is blocked. In order it makes you an example saturday I and Andrea Cortese (that we live to 2h of car one from the other) we are resolutions to put us of agreement for knowing if we met ourselves when I was to Asolo, 10 mins from Bassano Del Grappa (hometown of Andrea Cortese) after that the evening before we have sworn because they were 2 weeks that there were comes to an agreement to you and all nearly it was jumped. It can be believed to promote therefore the Italian Prog in PA? |
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Mandrakeroot
Forum Senior Member Italian Prog Specialist Joined: March 01 2006 Location: San Foca, Friűl Status: Offline Points: 5851 |
Posted: April 10 2007 at 08:10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
My new discovery in the world of Italian Prog (and extremely recomended):
From www.italianprog.it or www.italianprog.com: Artist Roberto "Rocky" Rossi (vocals, sax, clarinet) A band of very good musicians from Parma, Rocky's Filj (from their leader Rocky Rossi's name) gained a contract with Ricordi after a positive tour with Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, and the album was produced by Sandro Colombini, who had worked with Banco in their first albums. The album is jazz-rock oriented, but all the tracks
have vocals, and Rocky's voice is very original even if not great. A band that deserved more consideration, Rocky's Filj
broke up soon after the album was recorded, as one
of them was jailed, reappearing in 1979 with a commercial single recorded with
help from former Acqua Fragile Pier Emilio Canavera
and (probably) Franz Dondi.
Original album on Ricordi label has recently gained a
high value, being one of the few prog era albums that have never had an official CD
reissue until 2003. No counterfeit exists, nor foreign reissues.
Thanks to Milan Vyskocil for some information on the group
Note: P.s.: Rocky's Filj changed the keyboards with the sax, trombone and clarinet and for this situation Rocky's Filj is a very good band for aficionados of ISP/ RPI and these instruments!!! Edited by Mandrakeroot - April 11 2007 at 18:47 |
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Mandrakeroot
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Posted: April 10 2007 at 08:38 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First listen impression: "Storie Di Unomini E Non" is a great album. Saxes, clarinet, trombone and flute replace the keyboards Doing believer that is Jazz Rock. But this is true only for the short intro of "L'Ultima Spiaggia", the first track. In truth "Storie Di Uomini E Non" is a good Rock album or, better, good Italian Prog album. It isn't symphonic but only isn't in possess of the keyboards. To find a band to draw near to you? It is very difficult because the Rocky's Filj is a very particular band but in a certain sense PFM, Banco, New Trolls, Daltons (first album), The Trip and Arti (+) E Mestieri are able to be reasonable combinations because not having the keyboards and having a Jazz sound the Rocky's Filj give back difficult a combination without a listening. Extremely recommended!!! |
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Mandrakeroot
Forum Senior Member Italian Prog Specialist Joined: March 01 2006 Location: San Foca, Friűl Status: Offline Points: 5851 |
Posted: April 10 2007 at 09:17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
From the BTF site:
PANGEA: INVASORI Finally available from the hyperactive AMS indie label is the reissue one of the most legendary italian prog albums ever! "Invasori"was originally released only in a few promo copies for the Philips label back in 1976 (and that LP is now a very expensive collectors' item), so that many italian prog fans didn't even know that this title was ever existing. The mastermind behind Pangea was italian star producer Mauro Paoluzzi (he worked with Roberto Vecchioni and Gianna Nannini); he was completely into prog music in the late Seventies (he also produced the two Madrugada albums now available on AMS CD too). "Invasori" is a beautiful and haunting progressive concept album divided in two suites in the classic italian style, with italian vocals, various moods and an overall spacey atmosphere with hints of Pink Floyd. This is an excellent and rare find! |
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paolo.beenees
Forum Senior Member Joined: March 30 2007 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 1136 |
Posted: April 10 2007 at 18:49 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I wish I could play guitar as Riccardo Zappa...
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Mandrakeroot
Forum Senior Member Italian Prog Specialist Joined: March 01 2006 Location: San Foca, Friűl Status: Offline Points: 5851 |
Posted: April 11 2007 at 04:30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eh, eh... You know how many? I would want to know to play the drums like. ..: Nunzio "Cucciolo" Favia Furio Chirico Michi Dei Rossi Franz Di Cioccio Edited by Mandrakeroot - April 11 2007 at 04:33 |
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Mandrakeroot
Forum Senior Member Italian Prog Specialist Joined: March 01 2006 Location: San Foca, Friűl Status: Offline Points: 5851 |
Posted: April 11 2007 at 11:43 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Another good suggestion from 70's Italian Prog scene:
First impression: Very good album. the keyboards aren't invadents. Good writing and good Italian way production (very dry). Unfortunately I was in car and the listening did not be, therefore, of the better. But if the good day is seen from the morning... He is another masterpiece(Or almost)!!! Thanks my excellent friend Andrea Cortese for this suggestion!!! Edited by Mandrakeroot - April 11 2007 at 11:43 |
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