PER... UN MONDO DI CRISTALLO

Here is another great Italian gem that I would put on the same shelf as "IL BALLETTO DI BRONZO, AREA, OSANNA and others. RACCOMANDATA RICEVUTA RITORNO blend the musical escapades of KING CRIMSON with the early folk'ish appeal of PFM and the classic prowess of YES providing the listener with a highly original and highly detailed album for exploration. This 5 piece band blend swirling keyboards with classical and electric guitars hosted along some pretty intricate percussive elements. Overall this tasty little album combines solid vocals with flute, tenor sax, piano, hammond organ and contrabass. Songs are dark'ish and deep in color with a sharp edge to the overall tone. In many ways stylistically this album reminds me a bit of Italy's DELIRIUM with their flute, sax and jazz like free form approach to structure. If you love the 70's Ital-prog scene then this album is in the essential category IMHO... a real killer album.