My new discovery in the world of Italian Prog (and extremely recomended):
From www.italianprog.it or www.italianprog.com:
Artist
ROCKY'S FILJ
Roberto "Rocky" Rossi (vocals, sax, clarinet)
Roby Grablovitz (guitar, flute)
Luigi Ventura (bass, trombone)
Rubino Colasante (drums, upright bass)
A band of very good
musicians from Parma, Rocky's Filj (from their leader Rocky Rossi's name)
gained a contract with Ricordi after a positive tour with http://www.italianprog.com/a_banco.htm - Banco del Mutuo
Soccorso , and the album was produced by Sandro Colombini, who had worked with
http://www.italianprog.com/a_banco.htm -
Banco in their first albums.
The album is jazz-rock oriented, but all the tracks
have vocals, and Rocky's voice is very original even if not great.
Instrumental parts are very well made, all the band members could professionally
play various instruments and the album is always very enjoyable. The long
opening track, L'ultima spiaggia, with dramatic vocals and long guitar
and sax solo parts is a fine example of their music.
A band that deserved more consideration, Rocky's Filj
broke up soon after the album was recorded, as one
of them was jailed, reappearing in 1979 with a commercial single recorded with
help from former http://www.italianprog.com/a_acqua.htm - Acqua Fragile Pier Emilio Canavera
and (probably) Franz Dondi.
Rocky Rossi sadly died in 1985 in a car accident.
Drummer Colasante is probably the same which appears (with the name Roby)
in the records by Delta Blues Band, in 1979, and the funky-disco Midnight Band in 1980.
Guitarist Roby Grablovitz has kept playing in Northern Italy with a 70's cover
band, and has released a solo CD in 2005, entitled Speranze d'artista
(Acid Studio RG001).
LP |
Storie di uomini e non |
Ricordi (SMRL 6115) |
1973 |
gatefold cover - lyric
inner |
CD |
Storie di uomini e non |
BMG (74321-98160-2) |
2003 |
reissue of 1973 album |
SINGLES (with picture sleeve) |
Ingrid
Lo spettro |
Cobra (CB 002) |
1971 |
as "Roky's Fily" |
Astrocar
Come una nuvola |
Shirak (SRF 4514) |
1979 |
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Original album on Ricordi label has recently gained a
high value, being one of the few prog era albums that have never had an official CD
reissue until 2003.
It was only been reissued before on the Neverland (japanese? authorized?)
label with a mini-gatefold cover.
The nice gatefold
cover contains a lyric inner and was designed by Caesar Monti. A picture from
the same photo session was later used in http://www.italianprog.com/a_branduardi.htm - Angelo
Branduardi 's Alla fiera dell'est booklet.
No counterfeit exists, nor foreign reissues.
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Storie di uomini e non -
LP |
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Storie di uomini e non - inner
gatefold |
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Ingrid - 7" single cover
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Astro car - 7" single cover
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Thanks to Milan Vyskocil for some information on the group
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P.s.:
Rocky's Filj changed the keyboards with the sax, trombone and clarinet
and for this situation Rocky's Filj is a very good band for aficionados
of ISP/ RPI and these instruments!!!
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