Which RPI next?
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Topic: Which RPI next?
Posted By: Walker
Subject: Which RPI next?
Date Posted: July 29 2007 at 13:07
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Over the last 18 onths or so, I have become totally hooked on all these great Italian prog gems that I never knew existed! (I live in the USA). Italian is such a beautiful language and fits the music perfectly! I can't get enough!. Below is what I have right now. As you can see I have most, if not all, of the required listening, and I am ready to dig deeper. Where should I go next? Suggestions Please!
Alphataurus - s/t
Alusa Fallax - Intorno Alla Mia Cattiva Educazione
Apoteosi - s/t
Il Balleto Di Bronzo - Ys
Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - s/t
Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - Darwin!
Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - Io Sono Nato Libero
Biglietto Per L'Inferno - s/t
Biglietto Per L'Inferno - Il Tempo Della Semina
Buon Vecchio Charlie - s/t (on order)
Cherry Five - s/t
De De Lind - Lo Non So Da Dove Vengo...
Formula 3 - Sognordo E Risognordo
I Giganti - Terra In Bocca
Jumbo - DNA
Jumbo - Vietato Ai Minori Di 18 Anni
Latte E Miele - Passio Secundum Mattheum
Locanda Delle Fate - Forse Le Lucciole Non Si Amano Più
Maxophone - s/t
Metamorfosi - Inferno
Murple - Io Sono Murple
Museo Rosenbach - Zarathustra
New Trolls - Concerto Grosso 1 & 2
Le Orme - Collage
Le Orme - Uomo Di Pezza
Le Orme - Felona E Serona
Le Orme - Contrappnti
Osanna - Palepoli
PFM - Storia Di Un Minuto
PFM - Per Un Amico
PFM - L'Isola Di Niente
PFM - Chocolate Kings
Quella Veccia Locanda - s/t
Quella Veccia Locanda - Il Tempo Della Gioia
Reale Accademie Di Musica - s/t
Il Rovesca Della Medaglia - Contaminazione
Semiramis - s/t Il Volo - s/t
Il Volo - Essere O Non Essere?
ok, what am I missing? Ready, set, go!
EDIT: I am updating the list as I get new CD's, so it is always current the day you view it.
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Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: July 29 2007 at 13:18
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Delirium maybe. On the first album there are some beautiful vocals.
More recent are La Maschera di Cera - Luxade. great album.
Some Nuova Era?
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Posted By: Walker
Date Posted: July 29 2007 at 13:30
Thanks! I'll check out Delirium. As for the others I'm going to stick the 70's for the time being. I should have mentioned that.
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glass house wrote:Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: July 29 2007 at 13:34
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Indeed, get all of La Maschera di Cera. You can also add Finisterre, for that matter, and other 70's gems, like RDM's "Contaminazione", Jumbo's "Vietato ai minori..." and Campo di Marte's self titled. ------------- Bigger on the inside. |
Posted By: Dirk
Date Posted: July 29 2007 at 14:05
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You already have quite a few 70's albums, Metamorfosi and the very mellow Celeste are very good, you might give them a try. RDM's Contaminazione is also a very good album. If you like 70's italian a lot i'd certainly not ignore modern italian symph though,I agree with Glasshouse and Kotro about La Maschera di cera, Finisterre and Nuova era. |
Posted By: Walker
Date Posted: July 29 2007 at 14:25
^ OOPS! .... I have Metamorfosi.... don't know how I missed that one  LOL. I have added it to the list. As far as the newer music goes, I don't intend to ignore it, I'm just concentrating on the 70's right now. Gotta set priorities! 
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: July 29 2007 at 14:58
You could go for less convention RPI like Goblin or Picchio dal Pozzo. 
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: July 29 2007 at 15:10
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Walker.... check out some Battiato. Especially the first 4.. and after that.... if you are intriqued by him as an artist as I was.... you have 30 years of material to go through.. from the hard to listen to experimental to the easy to listen to and pleasing on the ear 80's stuff. Great artist. also a 'traditional' RPI artist you might like.. that Hugues and I love... Jumbo. I haven't reviewed them yet... but they put out some great albums. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: July 29 2007 at 15:20
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Oh and don't forget Stormy Six. Even though they're classed as RIO/Avant-Prog, they're extremely accessible. Check them out! L'Apprendista is a wonderful album. -------------
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Posted By: Walker
Date Posted: July 29 2007 at 15:27
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Thanks everyone... great suggestions!
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Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: July 29 2007 at 15:32
You should go for Delirium III. The best of their three releases. Riccardo Zappa's Celestion. Raccomandata Ricevuta di Ritorno. Arti + Mestieri.
Then you would like also some contemporary stuff. La Maschera di Cera as other pointed out. Just to start.
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Posted By: Walker
Date Posted: July 29 2007 at 17:53
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I just ordered Jumbo - DNA & Vietato ai Minori di 18 Anni... thanks Kotro & Micky!
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: July 29 2007 at 17:56
Awesome!!!! . Great albums, for me espeically Vietato ai Minori di 18 Anni. Love that album.. a future 5 star review and I don't give them out lightly. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: paolo.beenees
Date Posted: July 29 2007 at 18:09
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First of all, I recommend you to complete your set by Le Orme with "Florian". First-rate classical acoustical stuff.
If you want to listen to a different side of RPI try also "Fragments of Light" by Sensations' Fix.
Anyway, do not miss "Celestion" by Riccardo Zappa. ------------- 
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: July 29 2007 at 18:24
very much so... what an album ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: honganji
Date Posted: July 29 2007 at 21:06
Many proggers frequently miss Italian singers' progressive stuff. 
Then I recommend these interesting albums.
*Riccardo Cocciante / Mu (great masterpiece!)
*Alan Sorrenti / Aria (great masterpiece!)
*Tito Schipa Jr. / Io Ed Io Solo (great masterpiece!)
*Tito Schipa Jr. / Concerto Per Un Primo Amore (another fine album)
*Ciro D'ammicco / S.T. (seldom spoken in PA thread?!)
*Caterina Caselli / Primavera (I Pooh type)
*Claudio Baglioni / Un Cantastorie Dei Giorni Nostri (popular music singer, but this is a progressive album in my opinion)
*Mauro Pelosi / La Stagione Per Morire (Leo Nero plays in this album. dark songs)
*Mauro Pelosi / Al Mercato Degli Uomini Piccoli (Peter Hammill's album Over is close to this sence. great masterpiece)
Also need to check !
*I Pooh / Parsifal
*I Pooh / Un Po'Del Nostro Tempo Migliore
*I Pooh / Forse Ancora Poesia
*Il Giardino Dei Semplici / S.T.
*Il Giardino Dei Semplici / La Favole Del Giardino
*La Bottega Dell'arte / S.T.
*La Bottega Dell'arte / Dentro
Alunni Del Sole, I Camaleonti, Equipe 84, etc are close to above groups. They have some interesting albums. If you like I Pooh, Il Giardino Dei Semplici, La Bottega Dell'arte, please try these (frequently put into) popular love song groups. You may be hugely moved with their heartwarming progressive rock.
  <--- Ciro D'ammicco / Ciro D'ammicco <---- Mauro Pelosi / Al Mercato Degli Uomini Piccoli <--- Caterina Caselli / Primavera <--- Tito Schipa Jr. / Concerto Per Un Primo Amore |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: July 29 2007 at 21:24
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@ Honganij: some of the albums you mentioned are genuinely progressive, and you will find they have often been discussed in the All Prog for Italy Appreciation thread (in the Prog Lounge). I also think two other albums by famous Italian singer-songwriters should be mentioned here: "Theorius Campus" by Antonello Venditti and Francesco De Gregori, and "Amore e non amore" by Lucio Battisti. As to the others, I have to admit I have my doubts. Being Italian and born in 1960, I know all those singers and groups, and I find their relation to prog is quite flimsy. In my humble opinion, the influence of the Italian melodic pop tradition is far too strong, and overwhelms the prog component. I would make an exception, though, for I Nomadi and Equipe 84, who were undoubtedly superior both from a musical and a lyrical point of view. There are lots of lesser-known, fully prog RPI acts to explore - as a confirmed hater of Italian melodic pop, I think many people could be seriously put off by the poppy, slushy sound of many of those acts. It is true that in the early Seventies prog influenced most of the Italian music scene, but we should never forget that the melodic tradition was, and still is, much stronger and durable. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: July 29 2007 at 21:56
^ hahhahah..... you ain't seen nothing till you've seen Raff being forced to listen to I Pooh  shades of the Exorcist when Linda Blair's head spins around and that green sh*t comes out of her mouth. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: July 30 2007 at 09:02
I wish I was there...
 I wonder what will happen with her if you'll force her to listen to "Opera Prima" (1971)...
 (their most classic record). |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 04 2007 at 14:43
hhahhaha..... missed this earlier.... I will be sure to find out my friend ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |