Artist

I CALIFFI

1966-1971:
Paolo Tofani (guitar)
Giacomo Romoli (keyboards)
Franco Boldrini (bass)
Carlo Felice Marcovecchio (drums, vocals)

1972-1973:
Vincenzo Amadei (guitar, vocals)
Sandro Cinotti (tastiere)
Franco Boldrini (bass, vocals)
Maurizio Boldrini (drums, vocals)

Once again two almost completely different bands with the same name, Florence band I Califfi included in their first line-up the future Area and Electric Frankenstein guitarist Tofani and Campo di Marte drummer Marcovecchio and were a very popular band in the 60's, before disbanding at the turn of the 70's. They released an album on RiFi and no less than eleven singles.

The band was reformed in 1972 by bass player Franco Boldrini, the only member from the original line-up, for a new recording deal with Fonit Cetra, that only produced an LP.

Fiore di metallo is a good prog album, based on organ and moog sounds, even if the lyrics are a bit naive and too close to the typical italian beat themes. Some interesting keyboard passages, as in the instrumental Varius or the opening track Nel mio passato, make this album well worth listening.

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LP (second line-up)
Fiore di metallo	Cetra (LPX 23)	1973	gatefold laminated cover
	Fonit/Vinyl Magic (LPP 420)	1991	gatefold cover - copies with single cover may exist
CD (second line-up)
Fiore di metallo	Fonit/Vinyl Magic (CDLP 420)	1991	reissue of the 1973 album - now deleted
	BTF/Vinyl Magic (VM 122)	2007	new reissue with mini-LP gatefold cover

A very rare album, probably due to the absolute lack of interest and a small pressing, Fiore di metallo has been re-released in the Fonit / Vinyl Magic series in early 90's but it's one of the hardest to find of those reissues. Some copies of this 1991 reissue are reported to have a single cover instead of the standard gatefold.

No counterfeits exist nor foreign vinyl pressings.
A japanese CD exists, on Strange Days (1010), with mini-LP cover, just like the 2007 italian reissue on BTF.