Golden Age Of Italian Progressive Rock

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  1. danielbravo

    danielbravo Senior Member

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    It was the first album I heard from them. Very good. I like Uomo Di Pezza much
     
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  2. old school

    old school Senior Member Thread Starter

    Le Orme live at Progfest 1997 I was lucky enough to be there what a awesome concert!
     
  3. sentinel90125

    sentinel90125 Forum Resident

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    Great thread! The Italians created (and continue to create) a massive body of awe inspiring progressive rock. If only it was better known world wide...
     
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  4. old school

    old school Senior Member Thread Starter

    Le Orme's Collage is one of the first Progressive albums to come out of Italy in 1971.
     
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  5. danielbravo

    danielbravo Senior Member

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    I have that! And it is quite interesting though little refined compared to others of their albums. I heard for the first time in school, there had been a collection of disks for the curious. It was another source of knowledge for me.
     
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  6. old school

    old school Senior Member Thread Starter


    Alberto Radius (guitar, vocals)
    Gabriele Lorenzi (keyboards, vocals)
    Tony Cicco (drums, vocals)

    In the third album, Sognando e risognando from 1972, the band included some original compositions, along with the usual Mogol-Battisti tracks, and the result is probably their best work ever. The best track here was a 10:30 minutes long version of the title track (a song already recorded by Lucio Battisti), but even the Aeternum suite is noteworthy.
     
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  7. old school

    old school Senior Member Thread Starter


    1974
    Massimo Morante (guitar, vocals)
    Claudio Simonetti (keyboards)
    Fabio Pignatelli (bass)
    Walter Martino (drums, percussion)

    1975-1978
    Martino replaced by:
    Agostino Marangolo (drums)
    Maurizio Guarini (keyboards
    A peculiar group in the Italian progressive scene, Goblin had their record debut in 1975, when that musical style was having its downfall, building their long career on mostrly instrumental albums composed as soundtracks to horror films and promoted with very few limited exhibitions. Despite their singularity, the group had until today a huge following in Italy, where their name has always been strictly associated to the Dario Argento horror films' soundtracks they've played on, as well as abroad. Second album was Roller, featuring new members Marangolo (from Flea) and Guarini. Not intended to be a soundtrack, this album was a good one, very similar to the previous one and developing the band's style.
     
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  8. no.nine

    no.nine (not his real name)

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    Not probably. Is.
     
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  9. old school

    old school Senior Member Thread Starter

    This genre is incredible in Italy today it is still going maybe not as strong like in the early 70s but still going. If I turned someone on to this music then this thread was a success. I know it is hard because of the language but don't let that hold you back from some of the greatest music ever recorded! Viva Italia.
     
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  10. Barnabas Collins

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    Man, I love Italian prog. I'm familiar with 95% in the discussion. It's still a pretty fertile scene in Italy with all those wonderful Fabio Zuffanti projects. I was lucky enough to see PFM twice, Banco twice, Le Orme twice, Il Balletto Di Bronzo once, Metamorfosi once and probably a few others I'm forgetting thanks to some prog rock festivals. My second PFM show was easily in my top ten of all time concerts. My God, what a show. Thanks to Old School for starting this thread!
     
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  11. innercircle

    innercircle Forum Resident

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    From Uomo Di Pezza album, Le Orme...Aspettando L'alba

     
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  12. Stefano G.

    Stefano G. Ab alto, speres alteri quod feceris.

    Thank you, my friend, really thank you.

    Currently, here in Italy we have some prog-rock bands. that deserve to be taken into account; but certainly the golden age has passed away many years ago; however, among the existing groups, I personally like a lot Il Bacio della Medusa, expecially with their album "Discesa agl'inferi d'un giovane amante"





    ...and the band "La Maschera di Cera" with the album "Le Porte del Domani" that was composed as if it were a sequel of the album "Felona e Sorona" by Le Orme (even the cover is very similar ...)


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcYonVdWhac
     
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  13. DRM

    DRM Forum Resident

    I definitely want to explore this dimension of progressive rock and know very little about it.

    What I DO know is that this is a very intriguing and original title for a thread: Golden Age Of Italian Progressive Rock.
     
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  16. old school

    old school Senior Member Thread Starter

    I am glad you brought up these bands and I will do a part II Retro Prog in Italy. Thank You for liking this my friend.
     
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  17. Wright

    Wright Forum Resident

    Has anyone mentioned Apoteosi, from Calabria? They did a really good one-off album in 1975, with female vocals to boot (not that common in Italian prog).
     
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  18. webbcity

    webbcity Confused Onlooker

    Great band...always loved that album, it was one of my first Italian prog discoveries so it holds a special place for me.
     
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  20. dphilippov

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    This one and Zarathustra by Museo Rosenbach... wow! Thank you old school.
     
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  21. old school

    old school Senior Member Thread Starter

    I'm glad there is still enthusiasm for Italian Progressive rock! Thanks dphilippov.
    This was a labor of love for me!
     
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  22. Tristero

    Tristero In possession of the future tense

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    Spoken like a true prog Masterman! ;)
     
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  23. Opeth

    Opeth Forum Resident

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    Wow thanks for this thread, always wanted to check this out but never new where to start!
     
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    • I can't believe how incredibly cool this thread is.

    I've spend half the day listening and researching.

    Thread of the year in my estimation.
     
  24. dphilippov

    dphilippov Forum Resident

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    I totally agree. With bands like PFM, Banco, Locanda delle Fate, Il Balletto di Bronzo I was already familiar but for some reason never dug deeper. And then this thread with so many new (for me) names! Alphataurus' debut album impressed me so much I'm still under the spell... And now I understand why Matia Bazar always seemed to me too sophisticated and smart for your average Italo pop band... The founding members came from Museo Rosenbach and JET - no surprise they made their pop project a state-of-the-art thing!
     
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