two more italian prog artists

In the seventies there were a lot of prog artists in Italy... Some of them are almost completely unknown and their albums are quite difficult to find... So, no wonder if nobody knows them!

Anyway, this is a good site where you can find a lot of info about the Italian prog artists of the seventies...

http://www.italianprog.com/

How about I Dik Dik? They are on this site only with the album "Suite per una Donna Assolutamente Relativa" (1972).

My opinion is that we have to include to this site all the prog stuff.

Even the "Parsifal" album.

Since the band is clearly only a "slushy, commercial pop" band (thanks for using your own words) then we should avoid the rest of its discography.

As for example I Dik Dik their one studio album here.

http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_BAN D.asp?band_id=1796

This is what to do with Sorrenti & co. and that's my humble opinion.

The fact of the popish records from Yes and Genesis during the 80s (the most clear example), this is an irrilevant matter because these bands are undoubtetly "PROG BANDS".

Ghost Rider wrote: Sean Trane wrote: Cociante has some horrible 90's stuff (that is the one I am unfortunately familiar with) and this means that those albums would find themselves in the Archives too, given that the entire discography must be present Sorrenti: The name rings a bell (maybe read in references books), but like Branduardi and Batiatto, I was always guilty of searching groups rather than solo artistes. This was so for years and not just in Italians artistes let's also avoid Zucchero No, please, not Zucchero.... BTW, I saw the above list, and being familiar with all of those names I must say I have my doubts about most of them. I agree on Alan Sorrenti's first two albums being prog - I used to like them quite a lot when they came out (I was not even a teenager, but I already listened to a lot of prog) - but then you would have to include the rest of his production... "Tu sei l'unica donna per me" on PA? God forbid!!! Branduardi, on the other hand, is quite good... but prog? I'm not sure about that. As to the funnily-named band Pooh (which was actually named after Winnie the Pooh), I can only comment with a . Perhaps they had some connection to prog when they started, about 40 years ago, but then they made lots of money playing slushy, sentimental pop music.

By the way... Do you know that Corrado Rustici (Cervello, Nova) produced and arranged some of the best known Zucchero's album like "Blue's" and "Oro incenso e birra"? ... so also Zucchero is in a certain way "prog-related"...

My list was made just to underline the influence of prog in Italian music, I don't think that all this artists should be included in PA, but it could be interesting discuss them in the forum... In 1971-1973 almost everybody in Italy was playing prog: prog was "in fashion" and plenty of prog albums were released... more than the market could absorbe! So many groups disbanded while other bands changed and tried new ways more rentables, like Pooh or Jet/Museo Rosenbach that formed Matia Bazar, or the former guitarist and singer of Semiramis Michele Zarrillo... Personally I don't like Pooh but if they had relesed only "Parsifal" they woud have been in PA... 

Alan Sorrenti was tightly bound to prog mouvement at the beginning of his career ... So his early albums were definitely prog... I can't see what's the problem if also the other ones are included in PA: all we have to do is simply tell that they're awful!!! (like some albums of the eighties of PFM, BMS, New Trolls or Genesis, Yes, etc...) 

Great to know you also have listened to Zappa (Riccardo).

Prog-folk? Yes, this is what I also think, even if his music is not "folkish" at all! This is the main problem with Zappa.

BTW the great role for acoustic instruments (guitars mainly but also mandolin and from the second album percussions) moves me to cathegorize his works under the sub-genre Prog-Folk.

Thanks andrea for supporting all the great italian stuff!!

But it's absolutely natural, since you're italian too!!!

Brand new reissue in papersleeve CD edition for Riccardo Zappa's debut album from 1977!

Euro 15,00!!

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Andrea Cortese wrote: You have to consider that Alan Sorrenti's career is a UNICUM in the italian prog scene of the seventies! His progressive works (first three albums, 1972, 1973, 1974) are miliar stones of the genre in the development of the genre in Italy! His works are definable "RIO / Avant Prog" and are so strongly progressive as so strongly pop are the next albums he released after a two years break from 1976! Here we are not speaking about a pop artist who made also (and curiously) a progressive album, but about a PROGRESSIVE ARTIST who, surprisingly, changed his musical behaviour after he reached so high goals (I'm not speak of sellings, obviously!). For the right development of this site, I ask you and Max to re-consider this unjust choice!

ALAN SORRENTI is not my favourite artist but I have to agree... The early works of Sorrenti were very inluential, he took part to many prog-festivals... He was part of the Italian-prog scene... Differently from Battiato the rest of his career is absolutely to forget... Fortunately he wasn't so prolific!

Ok for Cocciante but leaving out Alan Sorrenti it's a crime!!

You have to consider that Alan Sorrenti's career is a UNICUM in the italian prog scene of the seventies!

His progressive works (first three albums, 1972, 1973, 1974) are miliar stones of the genre in the development of the genre in Italy! His works are definable "RIO / Avant Prog" and are so strongly progressive as so strongly pop are the next albums he released after a two years break from 1976!

Here we are not speaking about a pop artist who made also (and curiously) a progressive album, but about a PROGRESSIVE ARTIST who, surprisingly, changed his musical behaviour after he reached so high goals (I'm not speak of sellings, obviously!).

For the right development of this site, I ask you and Max to re-consider this unjust choice!

P.S. and what about Riccardo Zappa? Have you heard Celestion or Chatka? Let me know about.