Locanda Delle Fate

The one mp3 available for this band, Forse le lucciole non si amano più, from the album of the same name, is absolutely amazing. This is incredible! A few questions:

1) Where on earth would I be able to get this album? on CD? on vinyl?

2) Who here has this one amazing album from this band? What is the rest of the album like? is it as good?

3) Why did this group only release this one record?

Well how about that!

That's so bizarre... to have released their second record twenty two years later... wow

Sweetnighter wrote: The one mp3 available for this band, Forse le lucciole non si amano più, from the album of the same name, is absolutely amazing. This is incredible! A few questions: 1) Where on earth would I be able to get this album? on CD? on vinyl? 2) Who here has this one amazing album from this band? What is the rest of the album like? is it as good? 3) Why did this group only release this one record?

Thanks to this site - and especially the Mp3 samples available - I have just recently discovered both this and all the other great Italian groups.

Answer to Question 1): I got mine through Amazon.com.  CD was brand new, shipping was fast.
Answer to Question 2): The remainder of the songs are equally as good as the sample download.
Answer to Question 3): Don't know...

BTW, for European buyers, I recommend BTF (http://www.btf.it) which is where I buy most of my Italian Prog (they stock a lot of non-Italian Prog too).

 

Sweetnighter (in no way should this post be seen as an excuse to get my avatar on your thread ...seriously have tried and seems to be no way of stopping it) ...

I'm totally with you in falling in love with the Locanda Delle Fate soundbite here ... absolutely blew me away ... I know some critics have said that the group's sound is lighter than that of the other classic Italian bands, but the compositional skill is exquisite ... and I can't wait to hear more

I'm not entirely sure why they broke up, but I know that by the time the album came out in 1977, most of the great Italian prog bands had already started a shift away from prog towards pop/rock ... also that lead singer Leonardo Sasso (Zucchero's evil twin) did not participate in the reunion album which was brought about by the prog Renaissance of the 90s ... 

Hello, Sweetnighter!

Yes, you've got to discover one of my favorite bands from Italy and one of the best albums by 1977, IMO. I have two CDs by Locanda Delle Fate. The 1st one is just mentioned Forse le lucciole non si amano più, the 2nd one is the Live album by the same 1977 year (the stuff and performance is still great, though the sonic quality is not excellent).

Replying to your questions:

All the rest of the album is of the same melodic, compositional and character quality, which is outstanding. In most of the albums's space the sound is rather quiet, balladeering, guitar-acoustical...

If somebody of your friends or you by yourself will come to Russia (or at least to Europe) I could record both CDs to you...

I also recommend to you several other bands rather similar to LDF: Le Orme, Il Volo, the two debut albums by Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso (all three are Italians), plus French band Pentacle (with only one album released in 1975).

Thanks for the offer Emperor... although unfortunately I don't think I'll be overseas anytime soon... Well, not in that direction anyway. I will be going to Mongolia this summer though... if you feel like making the hike across siberia! 

Yeah, Le Orme, Il Volo, Banco and of course PFM are all very good groups. I just can't wait to get my hands on an actual as opposed to just the mp3s off the site.