Artist
ANONIMA SOUND LTD.
1967-70 (as Anonima Sound)
Ivan Graziani (guitar, vocals)
Walter Monatti (bass)
Velio Gualazzi (drums)
1971 (as Anonima Sound Ltd.)
Massimo Meloni (guitar, vocals)
Walter Monatti ( bass)
Velio Gualazzi (drums)
1972
Richard Ingersoll (vocals, flute)
Massimo Meloni (guitar, vocals)
Lamberto Clementi (guitar)
Peter Dobson (guitar)
Piero Cecchini (bass, vocals)
Velio Gualazzi (drums)
Claudine Reiner (percussion, vocals)
Formed in Urbino, Marche in 1964, Anonima Sound were a beat-pop trio that released four singles until 1970, when their leader Ivan Graziani (from Teramo, Abruzzo) left to pursue a very successful solo career that lasted until his death in 1997. Their first single Fuori piove was a hit at the time.
The others reformed the band in 1971, changing their name to Anonima Sound Ltd. and with a new member in guitarist Massimo Meloni, and released a good Italian-sung single in 1971, Io prendo amore. A year later a radical change in the line-up transformed the band into a seven-piece with two americans, singer/flutist Richard Ingersoll and percussionist Claudine Reiner, and englishman Peter Dobson on guitar, and a music heavily influenced by the English prog of the time. Their only album, on Arcobaleno label, is strongly influenced by the likes of Jethro Tull, with a good use of flute and totally sung in English, so it's not particularly representative of the Italian prog music.
Richard Ingersoll, singer in the last line-up, had a long and celebrated career as architectural historian until his death in 2021.
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| Red tape machine | Arcobaleno (ARC 000111) | 1972 | gatefold cover |
| Akarma (AK 1006) | 1999 | as above | |
| AMS/BTF (AMS LP 139) | 2018 | as above | |
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| Red tape machine | Mellow (MMP 178) | 1993 | reissue of 1972 album |
| Akarma (AK 1006) | 1999 | as above - digipack cover | |
VARIOUS ARTISTS COMPILATION ALBUMS |
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| Quelli della Numero Uno (with Girotondo impossibile and Ombre vive) |
Numero Uno (CFD 01080-10) | 1999 | 10 CD - box set with tracks from singles |
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SINGLES (all with picture covers) |
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| Fuori piove Parla tu |
CBS (CBS 3048) | 1967 | as Anonima Sound |
| L'amore mio, l'amore
tuo I tetti |
CBS (CBS 3418) | 1968 | as Anonima Sound |
| Josephine Mille ragioni |
CBS (CBS 4212) | 1969 | as Anonima Sound |
| Ombre vive Girotondo impossibile |
Numero Uno (ZN 50006) | 1969 | as Anonima Sound |
| Io prendo amore Cerchi |
Arcobaleno (ARC NP 2071) | 1971 | |
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PROMOTIONAL AND JUKEBOX SINGLES (with blank cover) |
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| Fuori piove Parla tu |
CBS (JB 3048) | 1967 | as Anonima Sound - jukebox issue with white label |
| L'amore mio, l'amore
tuo |
CBS (JBH 88) | 1968 | as Anonima Sound - jukebox single - backed with Mini Molly/L'ultima preghiera |
| Ombre vive | Numero Uno (ZJN 50021) | 1970 | as Anonima Sound - jukebox single - backed with Tony Renis/Canzone blu |
Red tape machine is a very rare album that commands high prices, being released on the small Arcobaleno label probably in a limited quantity. It came in a gatefold sleeve.
No counterfeits should exist, nor foreign issues.
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Fuori piove - 7" single |
Josephine - 7" single |
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Ombre vive - 7" single |
Io prendo amore - 7" single |
Thanks to Federico Bordo, Corrado Magnano and Michele D'Alvano for information
