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hellogoodbye wrote:

I didn't know that band a week ago. There's always something to discover in the past or in the present of Italy.

Maybe you don't know yet ROCKY'S FILJ, the Todd avatar. As for Area, jazz is the master here, but it's not the only one. A gem. Heart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rgBRKAXdos

Oh yeah...dueling or doubling sax and guitar, I don't think I have ever heard that combo...awesome! I wondered what his Avatar was, thanks for sharing.

I read Todd's review on this and at the beginning he indicated buying over 200 RPI albums in a year, I think I am heading down that path

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hellogoodbye wrote:

The Japanese SHMCD of Palepoli has a fantastic sound !

The original cover of the Blue Phantom album is this one :

Thank You hellogoodbye. Japanese Super High Material, that's going to be expensive

And, yes thats the cover I rembered.

And the new Alphataurus is marvelous (spinning it the 3 time now in a row).

If any old UK band would come up with a comeback like this, the whole prog world

would be raving. But so it will be only those few RPI addicts.....

hellogoodbye wrote:

Impatient to hear the Omega of Alphataurus !

One of my fav 70's RPI album : ALUSA FALLAX : Intorno alla mia cattiva educazione.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kAJoqPdraE

One of the many great ones. Maybe one should make a list of the bad albums from that time,

it would be much shorter than a list of the good ones

I was browsing through the RPI book of Paolo Barotto / Marco D'Ubaldo
(covers only) this evening, and although I keep buying RPI albums by the douzen,

this barrel once opened is botemless, and that is a very good thing.

TheH wrote:

hellogoodbye wrote:

The Japanese SHMCD of Palepoli has a fantastic sound !

The original cover of the Blue Phantom album is this one :

Thank You hellogoodbye. Japanese Super High Material, that's going to be expensive

And, yes thats the cover I rembered.

And the new Alphataurus is marvelous (spinning it the 3 time now in a row).

If any old UK band would come up with a comeback like this, the whole prog world

would be raving. But so it will be only those few RPI addicts.....

I've touched on this many times. The bigshot UK bands often make lame comeback albums because they are either tapped creatively or have dollar signs in their eyes. The old Italian bands make great comeback albums because 1) most of them only made one album so there are still plenty of good ideas in the tank...and 2) they are doing it for love of music, not money. Just my opinion of course but to me it explains why the old RPI bands almost always deliver.

Edited by Finnforest - October 08 2012 at 18:56

...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"

Florian is an interesting album for sure. Violin

...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"

The next one : PICCOLA RAPSODIA DELL'APE (With the worst cover ever), is nice too. It hasn't the same reputation than Florian, but I learned to like it a lot. For me these two albums are 'The Beatles albums" of the band and the best way for Le Orme to answer with its own words to the english new wave.

You're right ! The 1990's album is really bad, inside and outside !

How about the new Mangala Vallis?

I bought it the last week and... well... it sounds pure neo-prog to my ears... excellent, btw.

Andrea Cortese wrote:

How about the new Mangala Vallis?

I bought it the last week and... well... it sounds pure neo-prog to my ears... excellent, btw.

I haven't picked this one up, yet, but very soon I hope. I really liked the first two.

Edited by Todd - October 09 2012 at 16:31

"I have seen the broken sky turn blue."

My Gnosis Ratings

hellogoodbye wrote:

Yes, I read those reviews. Terrible. I noticed that sometimes the best groups make the worst albums, To add a positive word I would say that I like their 77 album : Storia o Leggenda, especially the songs "Un angelo" and "Al mercato Delle Pucci."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLQ_Rpo-hn4

Wonderful record for sure! especially if coupled with previous Verità Nascoste (my fave from the second half of the seventies).

Edited by Andrea Cortese - October 09 2012 at 16:51