Carnascialia

Pasquale Minieri (guitar, bass, vocals)
Giorgio Vivaldi (percussion, flute)
Carlo Siliotto (violin)
Demetrio Stratos (vocals)
Clara Murtas (vocals)
Nunzia Tambara (vocals)
Piero Brega (vocals)
Luciano Francisci (accordion)
Tommaso Vittorini (sax)
Maurizio Giammarco (sax)
Mauro Pagani (violin, mandolin)
Danilo Rea (piano)
Marcello Vento (drums)
Pablo Romero (tin whistle)

A sort of supergroup formed by Pasquale Minieri and Giorgio Vivaldi with help from Carlo Siliotto, all of them being past members of Canzoniere del Lazio, an interesting folk group born near Rome in the early70's that released five albums between 1973 and 1978.

The Carnascialia project, including such famous names as Mauro Pagani and Demetrio Stratos among others, just lasted for an LP and a few concerts, but the LP is a very good example of progressive italian folk music, much in the same style as Mauro Pagani's debut album.
The six tracks it contains vary between traditional inspired folk-rock numbers (Canzone numero 1), vocal exercises in Area-style (Fiocchi di neve e bruscolini, with the distinctive voice of Demetrio Stratos) and are generally much influenced by an interesting mediterranean folk feeling, being an early example of "world music" from Italy.

The group also appeared in 1979's tribute concert for Demetrio Stratos, with a remake of a song from the first album of Mauro Pagani.

LP
Carnascialia	Mirto (6323 750)	1979	single cover with lyric inner
CD
Carnascialia	Mercury (522 837-2 )	1993	reissue of 1979 album - now deleted
VARIOUS ARTISTS COMPILATION ALBUMS
1979: Il concerto (with Europa minor)	Cramps (5203 001)	1979	2LP - gatefold with inner - from the Demetrio Stratos tribute concert - also features Area, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, Francesco Guccini, Angelo Branduardi, Antonello Venditti, Eugenio Finardi, Roberto Ciotti and others
PROMOTIONAL AND JUKEBOX SINGLES (with blank cover)
Canzone numero uno Gamela	Mirto (5000 534)	1979	white label promo-only single

Now becoming increasingly expensive and sought after, Carnascialia was released in a nice single cover on the small Mirto label (a Phonogram subsidiary).

Carnascialia - LP

Carnascialia - LP label