IL VIAGGIO DI COLOMBO

1. "Ouverture" (2:40) keyboard and acoustic guitar intro. (4/5)

2. "Sognando la Meta" (4:54) very bluesy guitar searing in the lead position. The drums are recorded rather poorly. I like the down-to-earth vocal of lead vocalist. (8.75/10)

3. "Colombo" (4:49) base on a borrowed theme from EDGAR WINTER's "Frankenstein" (7.75/10)

4. "I Tre Marinai" (7:17) a mariner's tale using the acoustic guitars from PINK FLOYD's "Wish You Were Here" to set the scene. By 1:45 the chords and styles of the acoustic guitars have morphed into something more GENESIS-like-- just in time for the vocals to enter. With the fretless bass, it's actually quite nice--but then a weird, quirky abrasive guitar-based passage disrupts--for a bit--before we return to the gentler 1960s feel of the acoustic guitars. That weird passage returns for guitar soli before the song ends with a fuller version of the pastoral theme. (12/15)

5. "Ieri, Oggi, Ancora Niente" (5:54) interesting mix of styles, as if experimenting with Gentle Giant and other early prog styles. Slightly jazzy, slightly bluesy, slightly classic rock, slightly ELPian. I kind of like it despite its unfinished/unpolished feel. (8.5/10)

6. "Il Silenzio Rumoroso del Mare" (7:10) opens like a keyboard-centered jazz vamp over which fuzzy guitar solos. Yet another lead vocalist enters. He's not quite as well-trained, skilled, or confident as the previous vocalists. Then, suddenly, the song turns into a kind of Mellotron waltz before shifting back into Drive for the more impassioned second verse. At the 3:00 mark we again have another sudden stop. The bass and distant fuzz guitar are held together by thick, slowly delivered keyboard notes. Kind of cool in a dramatic Pink Floyd way. The red light is over and we race off again into a YES/CSN&Y group vocal passage. Weirdly likable in a "Certain Smile" kind of way. (13/15)

7. "Preghiera al Vento" (2:18) picked 12-string guitar with organ & piano beneath vocal. 1960s proto-prog folk comes to mind (even Rod Stewart). (4.25/5)

8. "Tre Giorni (l'Ammutinamento)" (3:36) multiple electric guitar and piano charge fast and furious into the fray with bass and drums holding the pace--until 0:45 when piano and Hammond hold out to support multiple lead voices singing in harmony. (8.25/10)

9. "Tierra ! Tierra !" (4:13) feels like a filler song. (7.75/10)

10. "Cercando l'Approdo" (3:57) a keyboard étude? At least until 1:20 when strummed 12-string joins in, then it becomes bluesy early Pink Floyd. (8.25/10)

11. "Conclusione (il Ritorno)" (2:17) keyboard flute and guitars. Sounds like something from Paolo Farina's 2014 HUMANA PROG album. Not terrible. Like a family finish. (4.25/5)

Total Time: 49:05

Unpolished music from a group of musicians in love with the early, early days of progressive rock music.

C/three stars; a fair representation of RPI but nothing that anyone needs to hear.

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