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    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!!
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Le Orme is good. Maxophone and Locanda Della Fate, both one album wonders, are also good.
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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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Thanks for that I'll check them out!
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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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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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  • 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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Points: 3064 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 11 2006 at 14:55
Originally posted by glass house 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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LOCANDA DELLE FATE!!!
MY FAV FROM "PROGO ITALIANO"!!!


I hope,this phrase ,at least, sounds Ital-related
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Points: 3064 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 11 2006 at 15:32
Originally posted by Prog-jester Prog-jester wrote:

LOCANDA DELLE FATE!!!
MY FAV FROM "PROG ITALIANO"!!!


I hope,this phrase ,at least, sounds Ital-related
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Originally posted by ANDREW ANDREW wrote:

Originally posted by Prog-jester Prog-jester wrote:

LOCANDA DELLE FATE!!! MY FAV FROM "PROG ITALIANO"!!! I hope,this phrase ,at least, sounds Ital-related

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Points: 4483 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 12 2006 at 12:20
Thanks Andrew That's one helluva list!!
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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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... E N E L B U N K E R...
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I think you could check the top 25 italian prog records (listed on this site):

1 1972 4.50
Essential: a masterpiece of progressive music
(71 ratings) 		PREMIATA FORNERIA MARCONI (PFM)
Per Un Amico
2 1972 4.51
Essential: a masterpiece of progressive music
(66 ratings) 		PREMIATA FORNERIA MARCONI (PFM)
Storia Di Un Minuto
3 1973 4.45
Excellent addition to any prog music collection
(61 ratings) 		ORME, LE
Felona e Sorona
4 1973 4.33
Excellent addition to any prog music collection
(72 ratings) 		MUSEO ROSENBACH
Zarathustra
5 1972 4.36
Excellent addition to any prog music collection
(64 ratings) 		BANCO DEL MUTUO SOCCORSO
Darwin!
6 1973 4.34
Excellent addition to any prog music collection
(58 ratings) 		BANCO DEL MUTUO SOCCORSO
Io Sono Nato Libero
7 1975 4.57
Essential: a masterpiece of progressive music
(25 ratings) 		MAXOPHONE
Maxophone
8 1972 4.55
Essential: a masterpiece of progressive music
(25 ratings) 		ORME, LE
Uomo Di Pezza
9 1977 4.29
Excellent addition to any prog music collection
(49 ratings) 		LOCANDA DELLE FATE
Forse Le Lucciole Non Si Amano Più
10 1972 4.27
Excellent addition to any prog music collection
(51 ratings) 		BANCO DEL MUTUO SOCCORSO
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
11 1973 4.44
Excellent addition to any prog music collection
(27 ratings) 		ROVESCIO DELLA MEDAGLIA (RDM), IL
Contaminazione
12 1974 4.43
Excellent addition to any prog music collection
(27 ratings) 		PREMIATA FORNERIA MARCONI (PFM)
L'isola di niente
13 1971 4.44
Excellent addition to any prog music collection
(26 ratings) 		NEW TROLLS
Concerto Grosso Per I New Trolls
14 1972 4.19
Excellent addition to any prog music collection
(58 ratings) 		BALLETTO DI BRONZO, IL
Ys
15 1973 4.35
Excellent addition to any prog music collection
(31 ratings) 		METAMORFOSI
Inferno
16 1972 4.34
Excellent addition to any prog music collection
(30 ratings) 		QUELLA VECCHIA LOCANDA
Quella Vecchia Locanda
17 1976 4.36
Excellent addition to any prog music collection
(28 ratings) 		CELESTE
Principe di un Giorno
18 1971 4.33
Excellent addition to any prog music collection
(28 ratings) 		ORME, LE
Collage
19 1995 4.33
Excellent addition to any prog music collection
(27 ratings) 		NUOVA ERA
Il Passo Del Soldato
20 1972 4.33
Excellent addition to any prog music collection
(26 ratings) 		OSANNA
Palepoli
21 1974 4.27
Excellent addition to any prog music collection
(30 ratings) 		QUELLA VECCHIA LOCANDA
Il Tempo Della Gioia
22 1975 4.48
Excellent addition to any prog music collection
(15 ratings) 		VOLO, IL
Essere O Non Essere?
23 1973 4.30
Excellent addition to any prog music collection
(26 ratings) 		SEMIRAMIS
Dedicato a Frazz
24 1973 4.23
Excellent addition to any prog music collection
(25 ratings) 		PREMIATA FORNERIA MARCONI (PFM)
Photos Of Ghosts
25 1974 4.36
Excellent addition to any prog music collection
(17 ratings) 		BIGLIETTO PER L'INFERNO
Biglietto Per L'Inferno

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Points: 27802 		Direct Link To This Post 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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ITALIAN PROG ROX!! great list andrew, im close to complete all the albums in the list.... all great bands!
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Originally posted by ANDREW 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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