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Posted: January 28 2008 at 10:35

Saturday in a Fair Of The Disc in Pordenone I bought these three Italian albums:

In CD format:

and in MC format:

Edited by Mandrakeroot - January 28 2008 at 10:35

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Posted: January 28 2008 at 11:41

Hey... see this:

BATTIATO, FRANCO � 1972
Review by Mandrakeroot (Andrea Salvador)
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� First review of this album �

4%20stars My review is produced using this release: Orizzonte/ Ricordi ORK 78127 (MC)

Rating: 7/10

Warning: This is the reprinted of Feedback but divided in two parts. This is the first part with songs of Fetus and Pollution.

They are here again songs from Fetus and Pollution, basics albums for the Italian Prog. They can be described as albums contain Krautrock but, instead, naive electronics testing, sounds collage, Really caught texts but already incomprehensible to those who wrote them(!) That Pollution become ecological proclamations on behalf of the bogus International Center for Magnetics Studies(!). Moreover VCS3 so... And we call music? Probably not but it is Battiato is the Picasso of the Rock, so ... In any case, Fetus and meccanoca are aged badly. No the other songs, masterpieces of music that is not music but playing sound. Because this is Battiato in 70's. Describe these 7 songs are impossible. To hear these 7 songs... Too. But are testimonies of a period where the music was too.

...And it is only a compilation. What is extremely rare. Yet crucial.

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Posted: January 28 2008 at 12:10

andrea wrote:

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I'm curious...will I be able to find a copy of Enzo Capuano Storia Mai Scritta?

As some reviewers point out he van be grouped within Alan Sorrenti and Claudio Rocchi (former member of Stormy Six then a solo artist) for similar taste for mixing folk, avantguard and RPI. Enzo Capuano is the less known of the three.

Claudio Rocchi has to be included. Unfortunately I only own his Volo Magico n. 2 and not the debut Volo Magico n. 1. N. 2 is less prog and, honestly tends more toward loveandpeace folk. Some interesting moments, though.

An useful link...

http://www.myspace.com/enricocapuano

Yesterday I listened to La Norma del Cielo (Volo Magico n. 2) by Claudio Rocchi. Well, I think the album is rather poor depsite some sparse interesting touches. That's not enough, though, to make it a prog record. Too much minimalist and peaceandlovesque! So avoid it. We all should check Volo Magico n. 1 which is regarded as his best one.

On about Enzo Capuano I saw in the myspace page above that it is dedicated to ENRICO Capuano and not to ENZO who is now an opera singer. Does Enrico is the son of Enzo?

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Posted: January 28 2008 at 12:12

Mandrakeroot wrote:

Saturday in a Fair Of The Disc in Pordenone I bought these three Italian albums:

In CD format:

and in MC format:

Piccola Rapsodia dell'Ape is nice but nothing special, in my opinion. Florian is better.

I don't have the other two classics, though. You were lucky to find I Califfi. Did you find the recent btf reissue?

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Posted: January 28 2008 at 14:17

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micky wrote:

you seem to be heading in the same direction I am Andrea.. have tapped out the important groups for the most part.. now heading to the solo artists ..which Raff has been helping me with.

Mick, Andrea, there is one band I think we're missing out on here. Have you guys heard "Alder" by L'Estate de San Martino? Great Italian album from around 1983, now they have a new one too. They have escaped our radar.

Link to info: http://www.italianprog.com/a_estate.htm

Ever heard of them?

I know of this band but I haven't listen to anything from them, unfortunately.

To be honest I thought they were already included in this site.

Given that they're not, we will add them for sure. Think there will be no objections on here.

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Posted: January 28 2008 at 14:41

Andrea Cortese wrote:

andrea wrote:

Andrea Cortese wrote:

I'm curious...will I be able to find a copy of Enzo Capuano Storia Mai Scritta?

An useful link...

http://www.myspace.com/enricocapuano

On about Enzo Capuano I saw in the myspace page above that it is dedicated to ENRICO Capuano and not to ENZO who is now an opera singer. Does Enrico is the son of Enzo?

I don't know but at the moment the link to Enrico Capuano myspace is more interesting than the link to the official website of Enzo Capuano, who has become an opera singer...

http://www.enzocapuano.it/

http://www.imgartists.com/?page=artist&id=521

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Posted: January 28 2008 at 17:00

Hi, I've added L'Estate di San Martino to ISP/RPI.

Waiting for your review, now.

http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=3474

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Posted: January 28 2008 at 17:17

Andrea Cortese wrote:

Hi, I've added L'Estate di San Martino to ISP/RPI.

Waiting for your review, now.

http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=3474

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Posted: January 28 2008 at 17:19

Mandy you should love I Califfi.. knowing something of your tastes. Good hard...errr.. heavy symph prog.

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Posted: January 28 2008 at 17:29

^ Rock duro progressivo

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Posted: January 28 2008 at 17:30

micky wrote:

Andrea Cortese wrote:

Hi, I've added L'Estate di San Martino to ISP/RPI.

Waiting for your review, now.

http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=3474

Hi Micky. Raffaella said you now have Delirium III: Viaggio negli Arcipelaghi del Tempo. I'm curious to know your opinion.

Today I've had another listening session tour de force with New trolls Atomic System! GREAT!!!

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Posted: January 28 2008 at 17:32

well, this part was missing...

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Posted: January 28 2008 at 17:34

oh my God Andrea... I loved Dolce Acqua.. but that.. was nothing to Delirium III. Raff was right though... D III was really a cut about that album.

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Posted: January 28 2008 at 17:34

Andrea Cortese wrote:

well, this part was missing...

hahahhahha.. ... that is better LOL

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Posted: January 28 2008 at 23:14

Mandrakeroot wrote:

Saturday in a Fair Of The Disc in Pordenone I bought these three Italian albums:

In CD format:

and in MC format:

Why dont we have a Fair of the Disc here

, well i am sure if it existed in my city, it would feature all the music but prog

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Posted: January 29 2008 at 04:36

Why Le Orme in MC format? As I know CD is not rare.

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Posted: January 29 2008 at 06:52

Hiya Folks -

It looks like this is a thread that I can really dig my teeth into. I have been really getting into Italian Prog for the last 6 months now - most of the stuff I have came from BTF in Italy:

Semiramis
Biglietto Per L'Iinferno
Balletto Di Bronzo (One of my personal favorites)
Museo Rosenbach
Camp Di Marte
New Trolls
Le Orme

I can vouch for the reissues BTF has been distributing - they are very high quality, from the artwork to the remastering. What I would like to know is, are there any newer Italian Prog bands that anyone can suggest that play in a heavier way? I'm a big fan of Porcupine Tree, and I would love to hear if there are similar bands currently in Italy that play in a heavier style (I'm considering picking up the latest CD from Minstrel).

Anyone out there heard the "Zarathustra's Revenge" compilation that Mellow Records has put out?

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Posted: January 29 2008 at 07:06

I would recommend you check the Italian bands in Heavy Prog and the three Prog-Metal subgenres. If you are into organ-heavy, Seventies-style heavy prog, you could try Wicked Minds and Standarte. However, bear in mind that many bands of the Seventies are rather heavy in sound. One of the best examples, if not the best, are Osage Tribe, with their only album Arrow Head.

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Posted: January 29 2008 at 11:29

I would recommend the prog metal band Sinestesia with the self titled album released in 2007. Great!

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Posted: January 30 2008 at 05:32

For I Califfi in my collection: yes, this is the new BTF reissue in Getafold Sleeve. And yes, I am a little big fan of I Califfi! (and Dik Dik!)

Le Orme "Piccola Rapsodia Dell'Ape":

Since not much is in the CD was not (but I know where to find it) I thought that the format MC was really better.