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Wow, love the front cover with those animals on it, Pierre! Other than the link your provided, I can't find any trace of that album on the net!! What a shame, I'd love to hear it!

Wow, seems like I am million miles away from being complete in terms of fulfilling my RPI thirst. Man, every time I look this thread up I feel like a baby.
Thanks you guys.

Listening to Cervello's Melos on my way home on the bus feeling pretty inebreated. I love how this album sounds like an Italian version of the Danish band Burnin Red Ivanhoe. Gotta love those angular reeds!!!!!!!

There is a CD Michael, but it's very rare.

I was thinking. Frankly, a label like BTF is happy when it can sell a few hundred copies of a rarity. Why not create a system of pre order for people like you and me and then decide, based on the number of pre orders, for the reisue of the CD ?

Don't know if I'm very clear

Count me in! I am fed up with the prospect of having to use YouTube for the rest of my miserable life just to hear some of my most beloved albums, because nobody ever puts them out

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: Guldbamsen wrote: Franco Leprino's Integrati.....Disintegrati. A bonafide masterpiece of electronic music, if you ask me. Here's the whole album for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs95WDm7pY0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ09UrQUmek And secondly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqtFH_txFZA Both these albums feature a clear imaginative inspiration drawn from the early German pioneers, but they've got much more under their belts. Personally I hear a lot of the same stuff that fuelled the RPI 'genre' and the folky bands. Classic guitar arpeggios and romantic bittersweet piano orchestrations, all of which fit perfectly within the progressive electronic sphere. If you ever come across either of these albums Michael, please don't hesitate Dave, I've heard the first side of that Leprino album, and it's wonderful! I was very curious (skeptical, even?! ) when you mentioned the album balanced electronic soundscape with more traditional RPI qualities, but you were spot on! I love how both those elements gently wash over you, sheer bliss!! Now on to side 2....thanks for those Youtube links! No idea if it's available on CD anyone?

It is an amazing album. I am glad you enjoy it Michael.
I have it on vinyl, so no idea if it's gotten a reissue over the years.
We should definitely employ the duck's suggestion methinks. Not only does it taste good, it is an incredible thinker..... the duck.

Thanks so much, Jim.  I love all those Xian artists !

I do too. Mats made a list of theXian bands he knows on his site, but I imagine there are many others.

Impossible to find that one on CD, Pierre. 

Another impossible CD to find. Though I found it two hours ago on a bulgarian site and bought it for 22 euros. 10 minutes later, I receive a message from Paypal. Sorry, but the CD is not available, out of stock. But that's not the end. 15 minutes later I receive another message from the bulgarian site. Finally we have it, but, considering that the CD is out of stock, the price is not 22 euros anymore, but 122 euros. My answer ? GO TO HELL !!!!! The name of the site is Kupid.com.