Edoardo Bennato

Not certainly a progressive artist, Edoardo Bennato has always declared, and demonstrated in his records, a true love and commitment to rock'n'roll, always keeping a very good quality in his record releases through a 30-year long career that still lasts today.
After a lonely single in 1966 for Parade (the same label that produced Chetro & Co.'s single), his professional debut came in 1969 with a single on Numero Uno, the first of a very long series of 45's, and while his brother Eugenio (then with NCCP) was more interested in traditional music, Edoardo was since his beginnings a sort of italian Bob Dylan, always pictured with acoustic guitar and harmonica.

First album came in 1973 for Ricordi, as the later ones, and the main ingredients were already there: sharp lyrics on a rocking background built on acoustic guitar and harmonica but always with large use of electric instruments.

The long career of Edoardo Bennato still lasts in the 2000's and has given him many hit singles.

LP (until 1977)
Non farti cadere le braccia	Ricordi (SMRL 6109)	1973	rough gatefold cover with folded match and 4 page lyric insert
	Ricordi (SMRL 6109)	1973	later issue with single cover
	Ricordi/Orizzonte (ORL 8039)	1978	single cover
I buoni e i cattivi	Ricordi (SMRL 6129)	1974	single cover with lyric inner
	Ricordi/Orizzonte (ORL 8???)	1978	single cover
Io che non sono l'imperatore	Ricordi (SMRL 6149)	1975	gatefold cover
	Ricordi/Orizzonte (ORL 8256)	1979	single cover
La torre di Babele	Ricordi (SMRL 6190)	1976	gatefold cover with lyric inner
	Ricordi/Orizzonte (ORL 8553)	1980	single cover
Burattino senza fili	Ricordi (SMRL 6209)	1977	gatefold cover with glued insert
All albums reissued on CD
VARIOUS ARTISTS COMPILATION ALBUMS
Collezione Numero Uno (with 1941)	Numero Uno (ZSLN 55012)	1970	singles compilation, with Formula Tre, Jumbo, La Verde Stagione, Anna Maria Rame, Bruno Lauzi, Flora Fauna e Cemento, Computers
Quelli della Numero Uno (with Marylou, La fine del mondo, 1941, Marjorie, Goodbye Copenhagen)	Numero Uno (CFD 01080-10)	1999	10 CD - box set with tracks from singles
SINGLES (with picture sleeves - up to 1977)
Era solo un sogno Le ombre	Parade (PRC 5017)	1966
Marylou La fine del mondo	Numero Uno (ZN 50004)	1969
1941 Vince sempre l'amore	Numero Uno (ZN 50024)	1970
Goodbye Copenhagen Marjorie	Numero Uno (ZN 50123)	1971
Detto tra noi Non farti cadere le braccia	Ricordi (SRL 10701)	1973	both tracks from Non farti cadere le braccia
Salviamo il salvabile Ma che bella città	Ricordi (SRL 10714)	1974	both tracks from I buoni e i cattivi
Meno male che adesso non c'è Nerone Parli di preghiere	Ricordi (SRL 10745)	1975	side A from Io che non sono l'imperatore
Feste di piazza Io per te Margherita	Ricordi (SRL 10788)	1975	both tracks from Io che non sono l'imperatore
PROMOTIONAL AND JUKEBOX SINGLES (with blank sleeves - up to 1977)
1941	Numero Uno (JBZN 50028)	1970	split jukebox single coupled with Formula Tre - Se non è amore cos'è
Cantautore Venderò	Ricordi (SRL 10822)	1976	promo with white label and company sleeve - both tracks from La torre di Babele

All the albums by Edoardo Bennato are rather common and not expensive, being sold in huge quantities at the time. The three singles on Numero Uno are very rare and sought after.
The only rarity in his LP production is the original first album, having a gatefold cover containing a folded match. It also included a foldout lyric insert, and was soon re-released with a single cover and again later in the Ricordi/Orizzonte series.

Third album, Io che non sono l'imperatore, has been released in Germany with the title Canzoni and a different cover by Ricordi/Metronome (0045.015) in 1975. Later, some 80's singles have had foreign releases in Germany, Switzerland, Spain, France, Mexico.

Non farti cadere le braccia - front cover

Non farti cadere le braccia - open gatefold with insert and foldable match

I buoni e i cattivi - front cover

Io che non sono l'imperatore - front cover

La torre di Babele - front cover

Burattino senza fili - front cover

Marylou - 7" single cover