TEMPO

The Italian band OSANNA was formed back in 1970, and was a popular band in their homeland, especially in the first half of that decade, but broke up in 1979. In 1999 Osanna reunited, and has been an active recording and performing unit since then. "Tempo" is their most recent production, a small book with a double DVD set, which was produced by the Italian companies Afraka and Black Widow.

If you are a fan of Osanna, "Tempo" is a production that should be placed fairly high on your list of material to purchase. The main DVD, documenting a splendid concert from 2012 in a high quality manner, is the principal reason for that. This concert is captured in all its glory, in a truly professional manner on all levels, and the concert itself is an entertaining watch too. The dedicated fans will enjoy the foreword, the detailed credits and the history of the band featured in the book that is a part of this production, and the 20 historical video clips on the second DVD are a nice supplement that should intrigue their core fan base. A superb package, and one that comes with my highest recommendations.

This amazing double DVD covers an important part in Osanna's discography and it's beautiful packaged in a digibook.

On Disc one we have the concert the band played in Naples in October 2012 with a lot of extra guests like David Jackson, Gianni Leone, Sophya Baccini, Giampiero Ingrassia, Tito Schipa Jr, Elio Eco, Maurizio Capone and Antonella Moreo. On the first part the band plays several of their classic tracks and some surprises.

On the part two of the DVD we have their soundtrack to the cult Italian movie Milano Calibro 9 called Preludio, tema, variazioni, canzona, released in 1972 in its entirety including the Rosso Rock Orchestra.

But it's in the Disc two that we have the biggest gem, an Osanna video Story. Including all the classic videos you've probably seem before on Youtube (but with the best quality possible), many of them recorded during the 70's on the Italian TV channel RAI, including lip synchinc moments of a gone time where Prog was on the open TV. Concluding we have videos recorded in their 00's comeback.

This amazing digibook was released through the Black Widow label and it is an OBLIGATORY item on any Prog collection and, of course, in any Osanna fan collection.

A must have!