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Enzo Merogno (guitar, vocals)
Leonardo Lagorio (flute, sax, electric piano)
Floriano Roggero (organ)
Luciano Cavanna (bass, vocals)
Ciro Perrino (drums, percussion, flute, vocals)

Often described as a quintessential band in late 60's - early 70's italian rock scene, this band from Sanremo gave birth to important bands such as Celeste and Museo Rosenbach.

Il Sistema had a three year career, first as a four piece, then with the fifth member Lagorio joining them in 1971, during which they could not release anything, but some good recordings were finally issued for the first time in 1991 on the double LP Il viaggio senza andata. A good sounding band, though the recordings show an evident lack of production, they were led by the keyboards of Floriano Roggero (like in the 14 minutes long Il pozzo) or the sax and flute of future Celeste member Leonardo Lagorio. 
Classical influences are clear, especially in their good rendition of Mussorgsky's Una notte sul monte calvo (A night on the bare mountain) as well as some similarities with later Museo Rosenbach style, but vocal parts are very limited in the unfinished recordings and the mainly improvised long jams make this an essential album to completists only.

After some relevant live appearances, the band split in 1971, with guitarist Merogno and horn player Lagorio forming Museo Rosenbach, while Perrino (aided by Lagorio again) went later to form Celeste.

Still easy to find at honest prices, Il viaggio senza andata has been issued on both vinyl and CD with different tracks. No foreign issues exist.