Cerchio d'Oro

1974
Franco Piccolini (keyboards)
Giuseppe Terribile (bass, guitar, vocals)
Gino Terribile (drums, vocals)

Il Cerchio d'Oro, from Savona, only released three singles at the end of their career, that had begun in 1974.

Their beginnings were as one of the many symphonic oriented bands active in their area, with a strong influence by Le Orme. In fact their surviving recordings even include some early tracks played as a trio of keyboards/bass/drums.

Unfortunately they couldn't manage to get a recording deal while still in their progressive years, and their only record releases are three singles, issued between 1977 and 1979, in a very commercial style.
Later line-ups of the band included guitarists Piuccio Pradal and Maurizio Bocchino.

Two posthumous releases are useful to know the sound of this group in the 70's, a 1999 CD by Mellow, with 12 tracks recorded around 1976, including their first single Quattro mura, and three later tracks in an almost disco-style.
Much better is the recent LP La quadratura del cerchio, issued in 2005, that contains 9 unreleased recordings, some of which are covers of tracks by Le Orme, New Trolls, The Trip, along with some originals, and though they come from rehearsal tapes, they show good quality and arrangements.

The Terribile twins later played with the hard rock group Black Out with a single, Crisi/Numero uno (Golden FC 1066) in 1981, then, since 1982 the Beatles-cover band Cavern, that also includes guitarist Giordana. Even this band has released a single, issued in 1988, Dear John/Eleanor Rigby (Autostop AUT 112). In two concerts in Turin, in December 1990, Cavern were augmented on stage by Francesco Di Giacomo and Rodolfo Maltese of Banco del Mutuo Soccorso.
Keyboardist Giorgio Pagnacco played with the heavy metal band Vanexa (with three LP's between 1983 and 1994) on their third album.

Il Cerchio d'Oro was reformed in 2006 and released their first studio LP in 2008, a concept album entitled Il viaggio di Colombo, an interesting return to the 70's sound with a line-up featuring all original members, Franco Piccolini (keyboards), Giuseppe Terribile (bass, acoustic guitar and vocals), Gino Terribile (drums, vocals), Piuccio Pradal (12 string guitars and vocals), Roberto Giordana (guitar). An important and promising comeback!

LP
La quadratura del cerchio	Psych-Out (PO-33018)	2005	single cover - 300 numbered copies
Il viaggio di Colombo	Black Widow (BWR 109)	2008	gatefold cover and inner
CD
Il Cerchio d'Oro	Mellow (MMP 334)	1999	includes singles' tracks and 70's recordings
Il viaggio di Colombo	Black Widow (BWR 109)	2008	digipack cover - 2 bonus tracks from the 1977 single
SINGLES (with picture cover)
Quattro mura Futuro prossimo	Playphone (ABN 22)	1977
Funky dream L'amore mio	Golden (FC 1052)	1978
Too many nights Dolce strega	Golden (FC 1060)	1979

The original singles are not so common to find, though they will only interest completists, due to their commercial style.

The limited LP La quadratura del cerchio has been released by Psych-Out Records in a 300 copies numbered pressing, housed in a nice thick cardboard single cover.


La quadratura del cerchio - LP

Il viaggio di Colombo - LP

Quattro mura - 7" single	Funky dream - 7" single

Too many nights - 7" single

Il Cerchio d'Oro - CD

Black Out / Crisi - 7" single

Cavern / Dear John - 7" single

The limited issue 2005 LP La quadratura del cerchio can be ordered from Psych-Out through their website www.psychout.it/

Thanks to Gino Terribile for the singles' covers and the pictures on this page with relative information


Il Cerchio d'Oro 1974 promotional photo	Il Cerchio d'Oro 1977 promotional photo

Cavern with Francesco Di Giacomo and Rodolfo Maltese - 1990