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Todd ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() RPI / Heavy Prog Team Joined: December 19 2007 Location: California Status: Offline Points: 3472 |
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1 . Campo di Marte
2. Semiramis
3. Balletto
4. Museo Rosenbach
5. RRR
6. Celeste
7. Alusa Fallax
8. Capuano
9. Maxophone
10. Locanda
11. RADM
Ask me later and it will be different. I love them all! Here's a list of other one-offs that are among my favorites, more or less in order:
Rocky's Filj
Cervello
Stefano Testa
Apoteosi
Pholas Dactylus
L'Uovo di Colombo
Pierpaolo Bibbo
Blocco Mentale
Ricordi D'Infanzia
Rustichelli e Bordini
De De Lind
Festa Mobile
Il Paese Dei Balocchi
J.E.T.
Panna Fredda
Odissea
Osage Tribe
Planetarium
Triade
I Califfi
dozens more . . .
Honorary mention goes to no-off bands Officina Meccanica and Il Giro Strano, whose songs were only compiled and released posthumously.
Don't forget that Balletto produced other albums (though much less significant), and Celeste and RADM sort of did too.
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ghost_of_morphy ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: March 08 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2755 |
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The two of these that I keep listening to are the releases by Reale Accademia and Alusa Fallax. The Reale Accademia release is the better of the two. Locanda Delle Fate is a recent acquisition that is also quite promising, but I haven't heard it enough yet to give a decided judgement.
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Takeshi Kovacs ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 27 2005 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 2454 |
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Some cracking albums there. The only one I don't have is Enzo Capuano.
I like them all, but if pushed, would have to say: 1 Museo Rosenbach 2 Locanda Delle Fate 3 Il Balletto Di Bronzo closely followed by the likes of Campo di Marte, Semiramis, Celeste.... Sometimes it can vary depending on what type of mood you're in I guess, but I always seem to have time for Zarathustra, and I think the opening to the album is great, particularly the raw emotion and 'roughness' of the vocalist. |
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American Khatru ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: March 28 2009 Location: New York Status: Offline Points: 732 |
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Your list of other one-offs are all Italian (most of the names look it)? Don't know if they'd fit as I'm sticking early to mid 70's here. And I realize about your final point. Balletto especially. But it's pretty arguably a new band: out went Marco Cecioni and in came Gianni Leone, add a change of bassist, and you have the uncompromising experts of the famous album Ys. I will admit that I did think of leaving them out of the poll, not just for the reason that there was this earlier record (though a psychedelic record) but because for so many of us the inclusion of the album is inevitable, leaving one with fewer remaining choices. But they're in, they belong by my criteria. |
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lucas ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 06 2004 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 8138 |
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Locanda reunited in 1999 for a new album and Celeste were preparing a new album prior to their demise but the material was released only in 1991. But we can indeed count both bands as one shot bands.
For me it's a tie betweeen Locanda and Maxophone.
Fans of locanda should also check out another italian band playing in a similar vein : sensitiva immagine
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Cesar Inca ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 19 2004 Location: Peru Status: Offline Points: 4888 |
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I went for "Maxophone": it is the most refined and varied of all the albums listed here.
A wonderful list overall, by the way!
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memowakeman ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 19 2005 Location: Mexico City Status: Offline Points: 13032 |
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Beautiful list of albums, but if YS is in any poll, that will have my vote. |
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Captain Capricorn ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: February 21 2009 Status: Offline Points: 1085 |
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Semiramis ...that bassist is just plain siiiick
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Mellotron Storm ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: August 27 2006 Location: The Beach Status: Offline Points: 13935 |
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That's a great second list of one-offs Todd ![]() |
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
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Todd ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() RPI / Heavy Prog Team Joined: December 19 2007 Location: California Status: Offline Points: 3472 |
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Your list of other one-offs are all Italian (most of the names look it)? Don't know if they'd fit as I'm sticking early to mid 70's here. And I realize about your final point. Balletto especially. But it's pretty arguably a new band: out went Marco Cecioni and in came Gianni Leone, add a change of bassist, and you have the uncompromising experts of the famous album Ys. I will admit that I did think of leaving them out of the poll, not just for the reason that there was this earlier record (though a psychedelic record) but because for so many of us the inclusion of the album is inevitable, leaving one with fewer remaining choices. But they're in, they belong by my criteria. [/QUOTE] Yeah, you're right. Ys is definitely like a whole new band.
The other one-offs I listed are all RPI from the 70's. Testa is from 1977 and Bibbo from 1979, but the others from 1976 or earlier. I did leave of Sensitiva Immagine by mistake--fantastic album from 1976 (thanks Lucas!).
One other honorable mention for posthumous publication is Crystals, recorded in 1974, released 1992.
Nice poll!
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Todd ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() RPI / Heavy Prog Team Joined: December 19 2007 Location: California Status: Offline Points: 3472 |
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And welcome to the wonderful world of RPI! Your wallet will be lighter, but your soul will be uplifted! There are hundreds and hundreds of albums and bands out there just waiting to be discovered. And the great thing is even the bands from the bottom tier are often really good!
By the way, I don't know how deeply you've investigated RPI yet, but I wish I'd heard of Greg Walker (synphonic.8m.com) and Augusto Croce (www.italianprog.com) earlier on in my collecting. It would have made things so much easier!
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American Khatru ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: March 28 2009 Location: New York Status: Offline Points: 732 |
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^ I don't know either one, will look into it. I'm absolutely thrilled about all of this
![]() ![]() I don't want to invite a whole long off-topic thing but... I know pretty much how to shop around for a low price and all that, but what sites would you more knowledgeable (on RPI) guys and gals recommend as cool sites to buy these cds from, sites that merit support? And anyone want to take a stab at vinyl? |
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Todd ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() RPI / Heavy Prog Team Joined: December 19 2007 Location: California Status: Offline Points: 3472 |
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Greg Walker is an online vendor with a huge selection. http://synphonic.8m.com/index.htm
Doug Larsen also has a decent selection. http://www.hicom.net/~dlarson/
Both Greg and Doug are really nice guys.
Amazon occasionally has good titles for decent prices.
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Todd ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() RPI / Heavy Prog Team Joined: December 19 2007 Location: California Status: Offline Points: 3472 |
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I also order directly from BTF sometimes. http://www.btf.it/
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American Khatru ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: March 28 2009 Location: New York Status: Offline Points: 732 |
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Thanks Todd.
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Todd ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() RPI / Heavy Prog Team Joined: December 19 2007 Location: California Status: Offline Points: 3472 |
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My usual MO is to check Greg first--best selection, great price, very fast and reasonable shipping--although occasionally Doug is a little bit less. There are only a few items on BTF that Greg doesn't offer--they're a wonderful site with great service, although their shipping to the US is very expensive, so I buy in bundles.
For the out of print items, I've found many items on Amazon used, eBay, and GEMM. I've also purchased from Eventyr records, which was a good experience.
I can't help you with vinyl. I think Augusto Croce on www.italianprog.com has a lot of information about vinyl on his site.
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progvortex ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: September 21 2008 Status: Offline Points: 242 |
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I only know around half of these so I won't vote, but from what I do know, I pick Maxophone. I would pick Museo but they always were too heavy for me
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Life is like a beanstalk... isn't it?
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manofmystery ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 26 2008 Location: PA, USA Status: Offline Points: 4335 |
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In order:
1. Locanda delle Fate "Forse le Lucciole non si Amano Pił" (81)
2. Maxophone "Maxophone" (155)
3. Semiramis "Dedicato a Frazz" (207)
4. Museo Rosenbach "Zarathustra" (219)
5. Alusa Fallax "Intorno alla Mia Cattiva Educazione" (221)
6. Il Balletto di Bronzo "Ys" (326)
7. Buon Vecchio Charlie "Buon Vecchio Charlie" (352) <-- Why is this missing from the poll?
8. Campo di Marte "Campo di Marte" (383)
The rest of the albums on this list I have let to locate
*the number in () represents each albums current rank on my yet to be finished Top 1000 prog albums list
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Matthew T ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: February 01 2007 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 5291 |
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Out of the 11 bands I knew 8...............Ys ... is my pick but there are some beauties there. but what happened to JET and Cervello
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American Khatru ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: March 28 2009 Location: New York Status: Offline Points: 732 |
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Manofmystery and Matthew T:
I could only put in the ones I know, so that's why some records that you consider great (and I have no reason to doubt they are) are missing. Look at the top of page 2 and you'll see Todd posted a huge list of one-offs not included. All of which just equal more great listening down the road, which is very exciting!! And some inclusions have been technically criticised, which I'll have to look into.
Before this thread slows to a crawl I plan to list out everything for everyone's reference so it's all in one place.
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