FORGOT MASTERPIECES

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Topic: FORGOT MASTERPIECES

Posted By: ANDREW
Subject: FORGOT MASTERPIECES
Date Posted: December 05 2005 at 09:12

IT'S AN HARD CHOICE. ALL THOSE ALBUMS ARE SPLENDID.

MY FAVOURITE ARE :

FANTASY - PAINT A PICTURE
ARZACHEL - ARZACHEL
AFFINITY - AFFINITY
TONTON MACOUTE - TONTON MACOUTE
SPRING - SPRING

Replies:

Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: December 05 2005 at 09:14

I'm afraid to show my ignorance.......

Posted By: Tommy
Date Posted: December 05 2005 at 09:15

never heard of any of them

Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: December 05 2005 at 09:15

It is possible to type in lower case too...

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Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: December 05 2005 at 09:19

Snow Dog wrote:

It is possible to type in lower case too...

WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE?

Posted By: FragileDT
Date Posted: December 05 2005 at 09:20

Im afraid to say I've never heard of any of them. They were all 69-71? That's
a lot of unheard masterpieces for 3 years.

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But glittering prizes
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Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: December 05 2005 at 09:22

Never heard to any of them too!

Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: December 05 2005 at 09:23

FragileDT wrote:

Im afraid to say I've never heard of any of them. They were all 69-71? That's
a lot of unheard masterpieces for 3 years.

'69-'73.

Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: December 05 2005 at 09:26

Andrea Cortese wrote:

Never heard to any of them too!

TI CONSIGLIO DI COMPRARE L' ENCICLOPEDIA DI CESARE RIZZI DEL 2003 :

PROGRESSIVE & underground in Gran Bretagna ed Europa, 1967 - 1976.

Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: December 05 2005 at 09:30

ANDREW wrote:

Andrea Cortese wrote:

Never heard to any of them too!

TI CONSIGLIO DI COMPRARE L' ENCICLOPEDIA DI CESARE RIZZI DEL 2003 :

PROGRESSIVE & underground in Gran Bretagna ed Europa, 1967 - 1976.

Ho l'enciclopedia del rock (pubblicata nel del 1976) di Nic Logan e Bob Woffinden, controllerò meglio stasera.

Speravo mi citassi anche qualche oscura chicca del prog italiano...Arzachel, Affinity & Co. mi pare siano tutti inglesi.

Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: December 05 2005 at 09:30

ANYBODY KNOWS ARZACHEL?

STEVE HILLAGE : GUITAR, VOICE
DAVE STEWART : KEYBOARDS
MONT CAMPBELL : BASS, VOICE
CLIVE BROOKS : DRUMS

Posted By: paulindigo
Date Posted: December 05 2005 at 09:35

Mhh... seems like they were selling out the whole Akarma catalogue
in your hometown...

Seriously, I only have 7 of these albums and I have heard very little
of the others. I think I'll choose Spring. (what about Cressida,
Beggar's Opera, Gnidrolog, Rare Bird...?)

Posted By: paulindigo
Date Posted: December 05 2005 at 09:38

ANDREW wrote:

ANYBODY KNOWS ARZACHEL?

STEVE HILLAGE : GUITAR, VOICE

DAVE STEWART : KEYBOARDS

MONT CAMPBELL : BASS, VOICE

CLIVE BROOKS : DRUMS

Yes, I'll have to give their cd a few more spins as soon as I've
finished with my recent purchases (Rush, Eloy, Anekdoten, Stivell...)

Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: December 05 2005 at 09:44

Perhaps more a case of "unknown" than "forgotten"....

Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: December 05 2005 at 09:46

Let's go discover that Spring album!

Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: December 05 2005 at 09:48

Spring

1971

Studio Album

Title information ( http://www.progarchives.com/updatetitle.asp?cd_id=2543 - Edit )

| http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_CD.asp?cd_id=2543#reviews - Reviews | http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_CD.asp?cd_id=2543#mp3 - Buy Music

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Essential: a masterpiece of progressive music
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Track listing
1. The Prisoner (Eight By Ten) (5:34)
2. Grail (6:44)
3. Boats (1:53)
4. Shipwrecked Soldier (5:08)
5. Golden Fleece (6:59)
6. Inside Out (4:49)
7. Song To Absent Friends (The Island) (2:47)
8. Gazing (5:54)

Total Time: 39:48
German reissue of 1971 album originally includes three previously bonus tracks:
9. Fools Gold
10. Hendre Mews
11. A World Full Of Whispers

Line-up
- Pat Moran / vocals, mellotron
- Ray Martinez / guitars, mellotron
- Adrian 'Bone' Maloney / bass guitar
- Pick Withers / drums
- Kipps Brown / piano, organ, mellotron

Releases information
Cd. Repertoire REP 4472WP (1995)/Akarma AK213CD (2002)

Hey, 23 ratings for this one!! Shocked

Posted By: rockandrail
Date Posted: December 05 2005 at 09:56

I voted for Fantasy and Fruupp albums. Not masterpieces but very good symphonic prog albums. By the way, Fruupp did release 4 albums, all of them very close in style and very even. For those who don't know, they sound a bit like early Genesis which would be folkier and without mellotron (they use a Solina string ensemble I think).

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Posted By: slipperman
Date Posted: December 05 2005 at 10:01

Can't say I'm lucky enough to have heard all these, but of the ones I know, Comus - First Utterance just barely beats out the Spring album. Both GREAT.

Is Artcane - Odyssee "forgotten" enough to consider? NOBODY talks about this album, and it's one of my favorites ever, obscure or otherwise.

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Posted By: paulindigo
Date Posted: December 05 2005 at 10:05

Spring's only album belongs more to the pop-progressive than to
the prog rock field, so I was slightly disappointed when I first
listened to it, then it grew on me. If I had heard more from Comus
maybe they would have been my choice for this poll. Can't find them
in the shops, sh*t!

Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: December 05 2005 at 10:10

Andrea Cortese wrote:

ANDREW wrote:

Andrea Cortese wrote:

Never heard to any of them too!

TI CONSIGLIO DI COMPRARE L' ENCICLOPEDIA DI CESARE RIZZI DEL 2003 :

PROGRESSIVE & underground in Gran Bretagna ed Europa, 1967 - 1976.

Ho l'enciclopedia del rock (pubblicata nel del 1976) di Nic Logan e Bob Woffinden, controllerò meglio stasera.

Speravo mi citassi anche qualche oscura chicca del prog italiano...Arzachel, Affinity & Co. mi pare siano tutti inglesi.

ITALIANI? OK!

ACQUA FRAGILE - ACQUA FRAGILE (1973) / MASS MEDIA STARS (1974) (like GENESIS)
ABISSI INFINITI - TUNNEL (1981) (like LE ORME - NEW TROLLS)
AGORA' - LIVE IN MONTREAUX (1975) / AGORA' 2 (1976) (JAZZ-ROCK)
ALBERO MOTORE - IL GRANDE GIOCO (1974) (POP-PROG)
GLI ALISEI - GLI ALISEI (1979) (POP-PROG)
GLI ALLUMINOGENI - SCOLOPENDRA (1972) (like ELP)
ALPHATAURUS - ALPHATAURUS (1973) (like ELP)
ALUSA FALLAX - INTORNO ALLA MIA CATTIVA EDUCAZIONE (1974) (SYMPH-PROG)
ANONIMA SOUND LTD - RED TAPE MACHINE (1972) (like JETHRO TULL)
ANTONIUS REX - ZORA (1977) / RALEFUN (1978) (DARK-PROG)
APOTEOSI - APOTEOSI (1975) (PFM STYLE)
ATLANTIDE - FRANCESCO TI RICORDI (1975) (like BIGLIETTO PER L'INFERNO - IBIS)
AURORA - QUANDO LA VITA E' MORE (1982) (MELODIC PROG)
IL BARICENTRO - SCONCERTO (1976) / TRUSCIANT (1978) (JAZZ-ROCK)
BLOCCO MENTALE - POA (1973) (SYMPH-PROG)
BUON VECCHIO CHARLIE - BUON VECCHIO CHARLIE (1972) (SYMPH-PROG)
I CALIFFI - FIORE DI METALLO (1973) (SYMPH-PROG)
CAMPO DI MARTE - CAMPO DI MARTE (1973) (SYMPH-PROG)
CAPITOLO SEI - FRUTTI PER KAGUA (1972) (SYMPH-PROG)
I CAPRICORN COLLEGE - ORFEO 2000 (1972) / LP DI PRIMAVERA (1974) (POP-PROG)
CAPSICUM RED - APPUNTI PER UN'IDEA FISSA (1972) (SYMPH-PROG)
CELESTE - PRINCIPE DI UN GIORNO (1976)
FABIO CELI E GLI INFERMIERI - FOLLIA (1973) (POP-PROG)
CERVELLO - MELOS (1973) (like OSANNA)
CHERRY FIVE (GOBLIN) - CHERRY FIVE (1974)
CINCINNATO - CINCINNATO (1974) (JAZZ-ROCK)
CIRCUS 2000 - AN ESCAPE FROM A BOX (1972) (POP-PROG)
CITTA' FRONTALE - EL TOR (1975) (like OSANNA)
COCAI - PICCOLO GRANDE VECCHIO FIUME (1977) (like JETHRO TULL)
CORTE DEI MIRACOLI - CORTE DEI MIRACOLI (1976) (BANCO, PFM, BALLETTO DI BRONZO)
DALTON - RIFLESSIONI : IDEA D'INFINITO (1973) (SYMPH-PROG)
DE DE LIND - IO NON SO DA DOVE VENGO... (1973) (POP-PROG)
DUELLO MADRE - DUELLO MADRE (1973) (JAZZ-ROCK)
EDGAR ALLAN POE - GENERAZIONI (1974) (PFM, BANCO)
ENEIDE - UOMINI UMILI POPOLI LIBERI (1972) (SYMPH-PROG)

CE NE SONO VERAMENTE TANTI!!! TI HO ELENCATO ALCUNI ALBUM TRA I MENO CONOSCIUTI NEL PANORAMA PROG-ROCK ITALIANO.COMUNQUE SE VUOI SAPERNE DI PIU' TI CONSIGLIO UNA SPLENDIDA ENCICLOPEDIA CHIAMATA:

"THE RETURN OF ITALIAN POP": CENTINAIA DI GRUPPI FAMOSI E NON; DAGLI ANNI 70 FINO AD OGGI.

Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: December 05 2005 at 10:22

ANDREW wrote:

Andrea Cortese wrote:

ANDREW wrote:

Andrea Cortese wrote:

Never heard to any of them too!

TI CONSIGLIO DI COMPRARE L' ENCICLOPEDIA DI CESARE RIZZI DEL 2003 :

PROGRESSIVE & underground in Gran Bretagna ed Europa, 1967 - 1976.

Ho l'enciclopedia del rock (pubblicata nel del 1976) di Nic Logan e Bob Woffinden, controllerò meglio stasera.

Speravo mi citassi anche qualche oscura chicca del prog italiano...Arzachel, Affinity & Co. mi pare siano tutti inglesi.

ITALIANI? OK!

ACQUA FRAGILE - ACQUA FRAGILE (1973) / MASS MEDIA STARS (1974) (like GENESIS)
ABISSI INFINITI - TUNNEL (1981) (like LE ORME - NEW TROLLS)
AGORA' - LIVE IN MONTREAUX (1975) / AGORA' 2 (1976) (JAZZ-ROCK)
ALBERO MOTORE - IL GRANDE GIOCO (1974) (POP-PROG)
GLI ALISEI - GLI ALISEI (1979) (POP-PROG)
GLI ALLUMINOGENI - SCOLOPENDRA (1972) (like ELP)
ALPHATAURUS - ALPHATAURUS (1973) (like ELP)
ALUSA FALLAX - INTORNO ALLA MIA CATTIVA EDUCAZIONE (1974) (SYMPH-PROG)
ANONIMA SOUND LTD - RED TAPE MACHINE (1972) (like JETHRO TULL)
ANTONIUS REX - ZORA (1977) / RALEFUN (1978) (DARK-PROG)
APOTEOSI - APOTEOSI (1975) (PFM STYLE)
ATLANTIDE - FRANCESCO TI RICORDI (1975) (like BIGLIETTO PER L'INFERNO - IBIS)
AURORA - QUANDO LA VITA E' MORE (1982) (MELODIC PROG)
IL BARICENTRO - SCONCERTO (1976) / TRUSCIANT (1978) (JAZZ-ROCK)
BLOCCO MENTALE - POA (1973) (SYMPH-PROG)
BUON VECCHIO CHARLIE - BUON VECCHIO CHARLIE (1972) (SYMPH-PROG)
I CALIFFI - FIORE DI METALLO (1973) (SYMPH-PROG)
CAMPO DI MARTE - CAMPO DI MARTE (1973) (SYMPH-PROG)
CAPITOLO SEI - FRUTTI PER KAGUA (1972) (SYMPH-PROG)
I CAPRICORN COLLEGE - ORFEO 2000 (1972) / LP DI PRIMAVERA (1974) (POP-PROG)
CAPSICUM RED - APPUNTI PER UN'IDEA FISSA (1972) (SYMPH-PROG)
CELESTE - PRINCIPE DI UN GIORNO (1976)
FABIO CELI E GLI INFERMIERI - FOLLIA (1973) (POP-PROG)
CERVELLO - MELOS (1973) (like OSANNA)
CHERRY FIVE (GOBLIN) - CHERRY FIVE (1974)
CINCINNATO - CINCINNATO (1974) (JAZZ-ROCK)
CIRCUS 2000 - AN ESCAPE FROM A BOX (1972) (POP-PROG)
CITTA' FRONTALE - EL TOR (1975) (like OSANNA)
COCAI - PICCOLO GRANDE VECCHIO FIUME (1977) (like JETHRO TULL)
CORTE DEI MIRACOLI - CORTE DEI MIRACOLI (1976) (BANCO, PFM, BALLETTO DI BRONZO)
DALTON - RIFLESSIONI : IDEA D'INFINITO (1973) (SYMPH-PROG)
DE DE LIND - IO NON SO DA DOVE VENGO... (1973) (POP-PROG)
DUELLO MADRE - DUELLO MADRE (1973) (JAZZ-ROCK)
EDGAR ALLAN POE - GENERAZIONI (1974) (PFM, BANCO)
ENEIDE - UOMINI UMILI POPOLI LIBERI (1972) (SYMPH-PROG)

CE NE SONO VERAMENTE TANTI!!! TI HO ELENCATO ALCUNI ALBUM TRA I MENO CONOSCIUTI NEL PANORAMA PROG-ROCK ITALIANO.COMUNQUE SE VUOI SAPERNE DI PIU' TI CONSIGLIO UNA SPLENDIDA ENCICLOPEDIA CHIAMATA:

"THE RETURN OF ITALIAN POP": CENTINAIA DI GRUPPI FAMOSI E NON; DAGLI ANNI 70 FINO AD OGGI.

Ce ne sono davvero tantissimi!

P.S. me ne sto impratichendo per bene!

Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: December 05 2005 at 10:25

My fave of these is either T2's album or Spring, and seeing as Spring had a few votes I'll go for T2.

Posted By: RoyalJelly
Date Posted: December 05 2005 at 16:43

Wow, that's a lot of obscure progressive...can they really all
be masterpieces if they're that unknown? I don't know, but you
gotta love a band with three mellotron players in the line-up.
Did they really have three mellotrons? Sounds like a touring
nightmare.

The only album there I know is Arzachel, but I think it's too
sketchy to qualify as a masterpiece. Check out Jan Hammer's
"The First Seven Days" (1975) for a true forgotten masterpiece.
Out of print for years, it just came out on CD very recently, and I
still find it the best multi-keyboard album ever made.

Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: December 05 2005 at 19:42

My vote goes to the Arzachel album. Especially the 2nd side (of the vinyl) is excellent.

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Posted By: DallasBryan
Date Posted: December 07 2005 at 22:46

Andrew,

maybe you can help me looking for 70's instrument prog(sorry, but italian lyrics get in the way of the music for me).

Anyway Ill give you a list of the ones I know I like and see if you have others for suggestion. I have heard most of the releases by the artists I name, so only looking for new artists I havent heard.

Picchio dal Pozzo - debut, Il Volo - Essere, o non essere!, Sensations Fix - Portable Madness, Luciano Basso - Voci and Il Baricentro - Trusciant.

thanks for the help!

Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: December 07 2005 at 22:48

only heard "fantasy--paint a picture" so that's where my vote went...

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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: December 07 2005 at 22:50

Tommy wrote:

never heard of any of them

me either

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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!

Posted By: Soul Dreamer
Date Posted: December 07 2005 at 22:57

Curved Air - Metamorphosis from the album "Air Cut"

Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: December 08 2005 at 09:41

RoyalJelly wrote:

Wow, that's a lot of obscure progressive...can they really all
be masterpieces if they're that unknown? I don't know, but you
gotta love a band with three mellotron players in the line-up.
Did they really have three mellotrons? Sounds like a touring
nightmare.

The only album there I know is Arzachel, but I think it's too
sketchy to qualify as a masterpiece. Check out Jan Hammer's
"The First Seven Days" (1975) for a true forgotten masterpiece.
Out of print for years, it just came out on CD very recently, and I
still find it the best multi-keyboard album ever made.

PAT MORAN / vocals, mellotron
RAY MARTINEZ / guitars, mellotron
ADRIAN (BONE) MALONEY / bass guitar
PICK WITHERS / drums
KIPPS BROWN / piano, organ, mellotron

I recommend you to buy this album, it's a real lost gem!

Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: December 08 2005 at 10:50

DallasBryan wrote:

Andrew,

maybe you can help me looking for 70's instrument prog(sorry, but italian lyrics get in the way of the music for me).

Picchio dal Pozzo - debut, Il Volo - Essere, o non essere!, Sensations Fix - Portable Madness, Luciano Basso - Voci and Il Baricentro - Trusciant.

thanks for the help!

There are so many unknown bands!!! I'll give you some titles ; i listed some bands to ANDREA CORTESE above ; i'll add a few :

ERRATA CORRIGE - "SIEGFRIED, IL DRAGO E ALTRE STORIE" - 1976 - symph-prog
ESAGONO - "VICOLO" - 1976 - jazz-rock
EXPLOIT - "CRISI" - 1972 - symphonic-prog
FESTA MOBILE - "DIARIO DI VIAGGIO DELLA FESTA MOBILE" - 1973 - symphonic-prog
GARYBALDI - "NUDA" - 1972 - symphonic-prog with blues touches
GEN FUOCO - "DENTRO L'INVISIBILE" - 1979 - symphonic-prog
I GIGANTI - "TERRA IN BOCCA" - 1971 - symphonic-prog
I GOBLIN - "PROFONDO ROSSO" 1975 - "ROLLER" 1976 - "SUSPIRIA" 1977; they adapted their music to the movie industry, mainly horror movies;
HORUS - "STELLE DI BATTAGLIA" - 1978 - symphonic-prog
IBIS - "CANTI D'INNOCENZA, CANTI D'ESPERIENZA" (1973) - "SUN SUPREME" (1974) - "IBIS" 1975) - symphonic prog (NEW TROLLS)
JACULA - "TARDO PEDE IN MANGIAM VERSUS" 1972 - dark-prog
JET - "FEDE, SPERANZA, CARITA' " - 1972 - symphonic-prog
JUMBO - "JUMBO" (1972) - "DNA" (1972) - "VIETATO AI MINORI DI 18 ANNI ?" (1973) - symphonic-prog
LATTE E MIELE - PASSIO SECUNDUM MATTHEUM" (1972) - "PAPILLON" (1973 - "AQUILE E SCOIATTOLI" (1976) - symhonic-prog
LIBRA - "MUSICA E PAROLE" (1975) - symphonic-prog
LA LOCANDA DELLE FATE - "FORSE LE LUCCIOLE NON SI AMANO PIU' " (1977) - symphonic-prog
MAXOPHONE - "MAXOPHONE" (1975) - symphonic-prog
METAMORFOSI - "E FU IL SESTO GIORNO" (1972) - "INFERNO" (1972) - symphonic-prog
MO.DO - "LA SCIMMIA SULLA SCHIENA DEL RE" (1975) - symph-prog
IL MUCCHIO - "IL MUCCHIO" (1970) - symph-prog
I MURPLE - "IO SONO MURPLE" (1974) - symph-prog
MUSEO ROSENBACH - "ZARATHUSTRA" (1972) - symph-prog
NOVA - "BLINK" (1976) - jazz-rock
NUOVA IDEA - "IN THE BEGINNING" (1971) - "Mr. E. JONES" (1972) - "CLOWNS" (1973) - symph-prog
ODISSEA - "ODISSEA" (1973) - symph-prog
OPUS AVANTRA - "OPUS AVANTRA" (1974) - avantgarde-prog
OSAGE TRIBE - "ARROW HEAD" (1972) - symph-prog
OSANNA - "L'UOMO" (1971) - "PRELUDIO, TEMA, VARIAZIONI, CANZONA" (1972) - "PALEPOLI" (1973) - "LANDSCAPE OF LIFE" (1974) - symph-prog
IL PAESE DEI BALOCCHI - "IL PAESE DEI BALOCCHI" (1972) - symph-prog
PANNA FREDDA - "UNO" (1971) - symph-prog
PARADISO A BASSO PREZZO - "PARADISO A BASSO PREZZO" (1973) - symph-prog
LA PENTOLA DI PAPIN - "ZERO 7" (1977) - symph-prog
IL PERIGEO - "AZIMUT" (1972) - "ABBIAMO TUTTI UN BLUES DA PIANGERE" (1973) - "GENEALOGIA" (1974) - jazz-rock
PHOLAS DACTYLUS - "CONCERTO DELLE MENTI" (1973) - symph-prog
PIERROT LUNAIRE - "PIERROT LUNAIRE" (1974) - "GUDRUN" (1977) - soft-prog / avantgarde-prog
I PING PONG - "PING PONG" (1973) - jazz-rock
PLANETARIUM - "INFINITY" (1971) - electronic-prog
PROCESSION - "FRONTIERA" (1972) - "FIABA" (1974) - symph-prog
IL PUNTO - "ETTORE LO FUSTO" (1972) - symph-prog
SAINT JUST - "SAINT JUST" (1973) - "LA CASA DEL LAGO" (1974) - symph-prog
SAMADHI - "SAMADHI" (1974) - symph-prog
LA SECONDA GENESI - "TUTTO DEVE FINIRE" (1972) - symph-prog
IL SEGNO DELLO ZODIACO - "IL SEGNO DELLO ZODIACO" (1974) - "PARLAMI SOTTO LE STELLE" (1977) - symph-prog / pop-prog
I SIGNORI DELLA GALASSIA - "QUALCOSA SI CREA, NULLA SI DISTRUGGE" (1978) - electronic-prog / symph-prog
IL SISTEMA - "IL VIAGGIO SENZA ANDATA" (1971) - symph-prog
SLOGAN - "PHOTOSYNTHESIS" (1984) - symph-prog
LA SORGENTE - "TRASPARETE" (1981) - symphonic-prog
STATALE 17 / EMPHASIS - "STATALE 17" (1979) - symph-prog / electronic-prog
I TEOREMI - "I TEOREMI" (1972) - (LED ZEPPELIN 's style)
TRIADE - "LA STORIA DI SABBAZIO" (1973) - symphonic-prog
THE TRIP - "THE TRIP" (1970) - "CARONTE" (1971) - "ATLANTIDE" (1972) - "TIME OF CHANGE" (1973) - symphonic-prog (ELP)
UT - "HOMO" (1974) - "LA STRADA ERA BELLA" (1976) - symphonic-prog
VENEGONI E CO. - "RUMORE ROSSO" (1977) - "SARABANDA" (1979) - jazz-rock (similar in style to ARTI E MESTIERI)
ZAUBER - "ZAUBER" (1978) - symphonic-prog

You can find the bands not listed here in this site.

Posted By: Trotsky
Date Posted: December 08 2005 at 11:14

This is a good poll ... and the three albums I've heard are all excellent ... T2, Comus and Tonton Macoute ...

I voted for T2 ... but even that was a tough choice ... now I'm even more keen to hear the others!

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Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: December 08 2005 at 11:19

Hello Andrew, you're really a great connoisseur of the italian progrock field!

What do you think about Riccardo Zappa?

What about the first three Alan Sorrenti's (progrock) albums?

Meglio non abusare troppo dell'italiano, altrimenti poi gli altri non capiscono!

Posted By: DallasBryan
Date Posted: December 08 2005 at 19:15

I have heard 60-70% of all those you list. Just looking for specific mostly instrumental prog for 70's italy that is as original and diverse as the ones I previously mentioned. If you know some specifically.

thanks

Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: December 08 2005 at 20:15

For more information about italian prog look at this site : www.italianprog.it