The Italian Prog Appreciation den

^Superb, top 5 of the year for me. Great review John. Amazing album. Moogg

Anyone else enjoy this rather unappreciated gem?


FESTA MOBILE Diario Di Viaggio Della Festa Mobile

http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=2711

Always a lovely listen!

On to this one now...one that I really enjoy, but it's a shame the whole album isn't as good as that first track, gets your hopes up!


GRUPPO 2001 - L'Alba di Domani

http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=5161



I always loved their single `Messagio' as well, lovely tune!

^^^ Love the Festa Mobile album, have not listened to it lately.  Time to break it out again!

That still sounds like a repeating Sisyphus-like cycle that I seem to repeat about every 3 months or so with Syn-Phonic Records, Jim!

My Ipod crashed a few months back and I'm slowly putting everything back on it, but there's been so many RPI discs that I've all of a sudden remembered, cue me sending an email home from work with - "REMEMBER: xxx title"!

Next up will be the E.A.Poe album, it's been a few years since I dug it out, and I remember how much I worshipped that one!



Edited by Aussie-Byrd-Brother - December 29 2016 at 07:35

I remember that Generazioni album, pretty good music in this one, when i first seen the cover i laughed, but when i listed the music it was so diferent from what i imagined, but was so good that i simply become addicted to this album for a very long time.

Taking Michael's lead to check out some old gems, I threw on the EA Poe as I washed the dishes.  Ahhhh, what is it that makes these innocuous 32 minute ancient rarities so much more appealing to me than the bloated 80 minute modern opus that takes itself so seriously? 

Certainly not nostalgia.  When EA Poe came out I was a little boy with zero appreciation of Italian culture or music, I was too busy riding my bike and chasing snakes in the field.  The length of the old albums is certainly much appreciated.  As my buddy Colin used to say when talking about the Grateful Dead...."yeah its OK, but jeezus just get to the f**king point."  Colin didn't care for the 42 minute Dark Star live version. 

I love how the classic era RPI cobbled together lots of little ideas, each with immediacy, stitched them together into something pleasing.  The recording sound so live and unpolished, yet good enough.  The analog keys, the little acoustic sunbursts out of no where.  So much more of the folk/Italian song tradition coming through.  In the case of Poe, some nice gritty bluesy guitar here and there. 

Wonderful little album that wasn't trying to shake the world. 

Something new by a nostalgic band: Locanda delle Fate

hellogoodbye wrote: My nostalgia had something to do with my first visits on the thread.

Understood my friend. 

Today I am spinning that old Exploit album from '72....."Crisi"    Love that cover art. 

My favorite 2016 RPI remains Testa's "Andrea" although it must be stated I have not heard very much RPI this year.  I've been listening to only limited amounts of prog rock of late. 

Almost every year is, in my estimation