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daz2112
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Topic: Italian prog bands Posted: April 11 2006 at 12:06 |
Hi i just recently got into italian prog,thanks to this site! I have got a couple of PFM & Banco cd's & was wondering what other italian bands are worth investigating? I heard Le Orme are pretty good!! Thanks daz2112
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Chris_Kemp
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Posted: April 11 2006 at 12:17 |
Le Orme is good. Maxophone and Locanda Della Fate, both one album wonders, are also good.
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Posted: April 11 2006 at 12:19 |
LE ORME is one the best Italian bands. Start with any of their classic albums '72 - '74.
I often say that Italian prog is the world you can live in.
Other important bands, to name a few, are: QUELLA VECCHIA LOCANDA, MAXOPHONE, ALPHATAURUS, LOCANDA DELLE FATE, MUSEO ROSENBACH, IL BALETTO DI BRONZO, CELESTE, OSANNA, NEW TROLLS, ....
There are many threads, dedicated to Italians, in PA forums, please take a look. And read Andrea Cortese's reviews on Italian albums, they are so informative.
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daz2112
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Posted: April 11 2006 at 13:01 |
Thanks for that ![](smileys/smiley32.gif) I'll check them out!
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Posted: April 11 2006 at 13:29 |
I don't have too much Italian prog, but Semiramis' album is fantastic!! So is Ys by Il Balletto Di Bronzo and both the Quella Vecchia Locanda albums are also very good.
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Posted: April 11 2006 at 13:45 |
Oh no, here comes Andrew with his infamous lists .
Notaproghead says it all, definetely try Quella Vecchia Locanda, I've heard their first two but prefer their first one. Its quite wonderful !!!
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Posted: April 11 2006 at 13:50 |
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Posted: April 11 2006 at 14:54 |
- PFM - "Storia Di Un Minuto", "Per Un Amico", "L' Isola Di Niente", "Chocolate Kings"
- BANCO - Same, "Darwin", "Io Sono Nato Libero"
- LE ORME - All '70s albums, especially "Uomo Di Pezza" and "Felone E Sorona"
- NEW TROLLS - "Concerto Grosso Per I New Trolls", "Searching For A Land", "Ut"
- NEW TROLLS ATOMIC SYSTEM - Same, "Tempi Dispari"
- OSANNA - "L' Uomo", "Preludio Tema Variazioni E Canzona", "Palepoli", "Landscape Of Life"
- MUSEO ROSENBACH - "Zarathustra"
- METAMORFOSI - "Inferno"
- LA LOCANDA DELLE FATE - "Forse Le Lucciole Non Si Amano Più"
- ACQUA FRAGILE - Same, "Mass Media Stars"
- ALLUMINOGENI - "Scolopendra"
- ALPHATAURUS - Same
- ALUSA FALLAX - "Intorno Alla Mia Cattiva Educazione"
- APOTEOSI - Same
- AREA - "Arbeit Macht Frei", "Caution Radiation Area", "Crac"
- ARTI + MESTIERI - "Tilt", "Giro Di Valzer Per Domani"
- BALLETTO DI BRONZO - "Ys"
- BARICENTRO - "Sconcerto", "Trusciant"
- FRANCO BATTIATO - "Fetus", "Pollution", "Sulle Corde Di Aries"
- BIGLIETTO PER L'INFERNO - Same
- BLOCCO MENTALE - "Poa"
- BUON VECCHIO CHARLIE - Same
- CALIFFI - "Fiore Di Metallo"
- CAMPO DI MARTE - Same
- CAPITOLO SEI - "Frutti Per Kagua"
- CAPRICORN COLLEGE - "Orfeo 2000", "LP Di Primavera"
- CAPSICUM RED - "Appunti Per Un' Idea Fissa"
- CELESTE - Same (aka "Principe Di Un Giorno")
- CERVELLO - "Melos"
- CHERRY FIVE - Same
- CIRCUS 2000 - "An Escape From A Box"
- CITTA' FRONTALE - "El Tor"
- CORTE DEI MIRACOLI - Same
- DALTON - "Riflessioni: Idea D'Infinito"
- DEDALUS - Same
- DE DE LIND - "Io Non So Da Dove Vengo..."
- DELIRIUM - "Dolce Acqua"
- EDGAR ALLAN POE - "Generazioni"
- ENEIDE - "Uomini Umili Popoli Liberi"
- ERRATA CORRIGE - "Siegfried, Il Drago E Altre Storie"
- FESTA MOBILE - "iario Di Viaggio Della Festa Mobile"
- GARYBALDI - "Nuda", "Astrolabio"
- GIGANTI - "Terra In Bocca"
- GLEEMEN - Same
- GOBLIN - "Profondo Rosso", "Roller", "Suspiria"
- IBIS - "Canti D' Innocenza, Canti D' Esperienza", "Sun Supreme", "Ibis"
- J.E.T. - Fede, Speranza, Carità"
- JUMBO - "DNA", "Vietato Ai Minori Di 18 Anni?"
- LATTE E MIELE - "Passio Secundum Mattheum"
- MAXOPHONE - Same
- MURPLE - "Io Sono Murple"
- NUOVA IDEA - "Mr. E. Jones", "Clowns"
- OPUS AVANTRA - "Introspezione"
- OSAGE TRIBE - "Arrow Head"
- PAESE DEI BALOCCHI - Same
- PANNA FREDDA - "Uno"
- PENTOLA DI PAPIN - Same
- PERIGEO - "Abbiamo Tutti Un Blues Da Piangere", "Genealogia"
- PHOLAS DACTYLUS - "Concerto Delle Menti"
- PICCHIO DAL POZZO - Same
- PIERROT LUNAIRE - Same
- PROCESSION - "Fiaba", "Frontiera"
- QUELLA VECCHIA LOCANDA - Same, "Il Tempo Della Gioia"
- RACCOMANDATA RICEVUTA RITORNO - "Per...Un Mondo Di Cristallo"
- REALE ACCADEMIA DI MUSICA - Same
- RICORDI D' INFANZIA - "Io Uomo"
- IL ROVESCIO DELLA MEDAGLIA - "La Bibbia", "Contaminazione"
- RUSTICHELLI & BORDINI - "Opera Prima"
- SAINT JUST - Same, "La Casa Del Lago"
- SAMADHI - Same
- SECONDA GENESI - "Tutto Deve Finire"
- SEMIRAMIS - "Dedicato A Frazz"
- SENSATIONS' FIX - "Fragments Of Light"
- SENSITIVA IMMAGINE - "E Tutto Cominciò Cosi'"
- ALAN SORRENTI - "Aria"
- STATALE 17 - "Statale 17"
- I TEOREMI - Same
- TRIADE - "1998: La Storia Di Sabbazio"
- TRIP - "Trip", "Caronte", "Atlantide", "Time Of Change"
- UNO - Same
- L' UOVO DI COLOMBO - Same
- VENEGINI E CO. - "Sarabanda"
- IL VOLO - "Il Volo", "Essere O Non Essere"
- ZAUBER - "Zauber - Il Sogno"
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Posted: April 11 2006 at 14:55 |
glass house wrote:
Oh no, here comes Andrew with his infamous lists .
Notaproghead says it all, definetely try Quella Vecchia Locanda, I've heard their first two but prefer their first one. Its quite wonderful !!!
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Posted: April 11 2006 at 15:25 |
LOCANDA DELLE FATE!!! MY FAV FROM "PROGO ITALIANO"!!! I hope,this phrase ,at least, sounds Ital-related
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ANDREW
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Posted: April 11 2006 at 15:32 |
Prog-jester wrote:
LOCANDA DELLE FATE!!! MY FAV FROM "PROG ITALIANO"!!!
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Posted: April 12 2006 at 11:28 |
ANDREW wrote:
Prog-jester wrote:
LOCANDA DELLE FATE!!! MY FAV FROM "PROG ITALIANO"!!! I hope,this phrase ,at least, sounds Ital-related ![](smileys/smiley36.gif) |
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daz2112
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Posted: April 12 2006 at 12:20 |
Thanks Andrew ![](smileys/smiley20.gif) That's one helluva list!!
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Posted: April 12 2006 at 12:30 |
My recomendations (Some of them are in previous posts)...
LOCANDA DELLE FATE
IL ROVESCIO DE LA MEDAGLIA (Contaminazione is one of the great almums that I ever heard!!)
AREA
IL BALLETO DI BRONZO
OSSANA
MUSEO ROSENBACH
CORTE DEI MIRACOLI
DEUS EX MACHINA
IL SEGNO DEL COMANDO
LA MASCHERA DI CERA
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Posted: April 12 2006 at 12:49 |
I think you could check the top 25 italian prog records (listed on this site ):
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Posted: April 12 2006 at 13:09 |
^^^^
That's what I did when I first got into Italian prog,and the list did not let me down!!!!
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Posted: April 12 2006 at 13:16 |
ITALIAN PROG ROX!! great list andrew, im close to complete all the albums in the list.... all great bands!
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Posted: April 12 2006 at 13:48 |
ANDREW wrote:
- PFM - "Storia Di Un Minuto", "Per Un Amico", "L' Isola Di Niente", "Chocolate Kings"
- BANCO - Same, "Darwin", "Io Sono Nato Libero"
- LE ORME - All '70s albums, especially "Uomo Di Pezza" and "Felone E Sorona"
- NEW TROLLS - "Concerto Grosso Per I New Trolls", "Searching For A Land", "Ut"
- NEW TROLLS ATOMIC SYSTEM - Same, "Tempi Dispari"
- OSANNA - "L' Uomo", "Preludio Tema Variazioni E Canzona", "Palepoli", "Landscape Of Life"
- MUSEO ROSENBACH - "Zarathustra"
- METAMORFOSI - "Inferno"
- LA LOCANDA DELLE FATE - "Forse Le Lucciole Non Si Amano Più"
- ACQUA FRAGILE - Same, "Mass Media Stars"
- ALLUMINOGENI - "Scolopendra"
- ALPHATAURUS - Same
- ALUSA FALLAX - "Intorno Alla Mia Cattiva Educazione"
- APOTEOSI - Same
- AREA - "Arbeit Macht Frei", "Caution Radiation Area", "Crac"
- ARTI + MESTIERI - "Tilt", "Giro Di Valzer Per Domani"
- BALLETTO DI BRONZO - "Ys"
- BARICENTRO - "Sconcerto", "Trusciant"
- FRANCO BATTIATO - "Fetus", "Pollution", "Sulle Corde Di Aries"
- BIGLIETTO PER L'INFERNO - Same
- BLOCCO MENTALE - "Poa"
- BUON VECCHIO CHARLIE - Same
- CALIFFI - "Fiore Di Metallo"
- CAMPO DI MARTE - Same
- CAPITOLO SEI - "Frutti Per Kagua"
- CAPRICORN COLLEGE - "Orfeo 2000", "LP Di Primavera"
- CAPSICUM RED - "Appunti Per Un' Idea Fissa"
- CELESTE - Same (aka "Principe Di Un Giorno")
- CERVELLO - "Melos"
- CHERRY FIVE - Same
- CIRCUS 2000 - "An Escape From A Box"
- CITTA' FRONTALE - "El Tor"
- CORTE DEI MIRACOLI - Same
- DALTON - "Riflessioni: Idea D'Infinito"
- DEDALUS - Same
- DE DE LIND - "Io Non So Da Dove Vengo..."
- DELIRIUM - "Dolce Acqua"
- EDGAR ALLAN POE - "Generazioni"
- ENEIDE - "Uomini Umili Popoli Liberi"
- ERRATA CORRIGE - "Siegfried, Il Drago E Altre Storie"
- FESTA MOBILE - "iario Di Viaggio Della Festa Mobile"
- GARYBALDI - "Nuda", "Astrolabio"
- GIGANTI - "Terra In Bocca"
- GLEEMEN - Same
- GOBLIN - "Profondo Rosso", "Roller", "Suspiria"
- IBIS - "Canti D' Innocenza, Canti D' Esperienza", "Sun Supreme", "Ibis"
- J.E.T. - Fede, Speranza, Carità"
- JUMBO - "DNA", "Vietato Ai Minori Di 18 Anni?"
- LATTE E MIELE - "Passio Secundum Mattheum"
- MAXOPHONE - Same
- MURPLE - "Io Sono Murple"
- NUOVA IDEA - "Mr. E. Jones", "Clowns"
- OPUS AVANTRA - "Introspezione"
- OSAGE TRIBE - "Arrow Head"
- PAESE DEI BALOCCHI - Same
- PANNA FREDDA - "Uno"
- PENTOLA DI PAPIN - Same
- PERIGEO - "Abbiamo Tutti Un Blues Da Piangere", "Genealogia"
- PHOLAS DACTYLUS - "Concerto Delle Menti"
- PICCHIO DAL POZZO - Same
- PIERROT LUNAIRE - Same
- PROCESSION - "Fiaba", "Frontiera"
- QUELLA VECCHIA LOCANDA - Same, "Il Tempo Della Gioia"
- RACCOMANDATA RICEVUTA RITORNO - "Per...Un Mondo Di Cristallo"
- REALE ACCADEMIA DI MUSICA - Same
- RICORDI D' INFANZIA - "Io Uomo"
- IL ROVESCIO DELLA MEDAGLIA - "La Bibbia", "Contaminazione"
- RUSTICHELLI & BORDINI - "Opera Prima"
- SAINT JUST - Same, "La Casa Del Lago"
- SAMADHI - Same
- SECONDA GENESI - "Tutto Deve Finire"
- SEMIRAMIS - "Dedicato A Frazz"
- SENSATIONS' FIX - "Fragments Of Light"
- SENSITIVA IMMAGINE - "E Tutto Cominciò Cosi'"
- ALAN SORRENTI - "Aria"
- STATALE 17 - "Statale 17"
- I TEOREMI - Same
- TRIADE - "1998: La Storia Di Sabbazio"
- TRIP - "Trip", "Caronte", "Atlantide", "Time Of Change"
- UNO - Same
- L' UOVO DI COLOMBO - Same
- VENEGINI E CO. - "Sarabanda"
- IL VOLO - "Il Volo", "Essere O Non Essere"
- ZAUBER - "Zauber - Il Sogno"
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