Artist
IL CERCHIO D'ORO
1974
Franco Piccolini (keyboards)
Giuseppe Terribile (bass, guitar, vocals)
Gino Terribile (drums, vocals)
1975
enter
Giorgio Pagnacco (keyboards)
Roberto Giordana (guitar)
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.
Some of the musicians later played with the hard rock group Black Out, with a
single out in 1981, then since 1982 in the Beatles-cover band Cavern. Even this band released a single in 1988 and later two LP's. 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). The group also played many times in concerts and festivals.
The line-up expanded with the entrance of new guitarist Bruno Govone on the 2013 album, the nice Dedalo e Icaro. As its predecessor, it's a concept-album in 70's style, with the guest appearance in this case of some big names of those years, but the revived group shows here an improved energy and personality.
The band has released other excellent works, Il fuoco sotto la cenere, that came out on CD in mid-2017 and then on LP, and Pangea e le tre lune from 2023.
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| 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 |
| Dedalo e Icaro | Black Widow (BWR 150) | 2013 | gatefold cover with lyric insert - also in limited gold vinyl issue with two extra inserts |
| Il fuoco sotto la cenere | Black Widow (BWR 204) | 2018 | gatefold cover with lyric insert - also in limited red vinyl issue with an extra insert |
| Pangea e le tre lune | Black Widow (BWR 255) | 2023 | gatefold cover - also in limited 66 copies pressing on white vinyl with embossed cover with an insert |
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| Il Cerchio d'Oro | Mellow (MMP 334) | 1999 | includes singles' tracks and 70's recordings |
| Il viaggio di Colombo | Black Widow (BWRCD 109-2) | 2008 | digipack cover - 2 bonus tracks from the 1977 single |
| Dedalo e Icaro | Black Widow (BWRCD 150) | 2013 | |
| Il fuoco sotto la cenere | Black Widow (BWRCD 204-2) | 2017 | |
| Pangea e le tre lune | Black Widow (BWRCD 255-2) | 2023 | 1 bonus track |
SINGLES (with picture cover) |
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| 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 | |
PROMOTIONAL AND JUKEBOX SINGLES (with blank cover) |
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| Quattro mura Futuro prossimo |
Playphone (ABN 22) | 1977 | white label jukebox version |
| Dialogo | Black Widow (BWRFLX014) | 2023 | one-sided picture flexidisc with a track from the Pangea e le tre lune album - issued in 30 copies |
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.
The LP's on Black Widow all have gatefold covers. Along with the standard black vinyl issues, Dedalo e Icaro came out in a limited yellow vinyl issue with two extra inserts. Il fuoco sotto la cenere in limited edition on red vinyl with an extra postcard insert, Pangea e le tre lune in a 66 numbered copies pressing on white vinyl with embossed cover and an insert.
After the first split, brothers Terribile, Pagnacco and Pradal with other musicians played in the hard rock group Black Out, releasing a single in 1981, Crisi/Numero uno (Golden FC 1066). A limited 100 copies LP entitled 33 (Ace Records AR004) was issued in 2014, including both tracks from the single along with eight demo recordings from 1981-82. Crisi was included as bonus track on the CD version of Pangea e le tre lune issued in 2023 by Il Cerchio d'Oro.
The Terribile twins, along with guitarist Roberto Giordana later formed Cavern, releasing a single in 1988, Dear John/Eleanor Rigby (Autostop AUT 112) and an LP, A lovin' mixture (Beat 3001) in 2010, the latter including a side with Beatles' covers and another one with originals. Another LP, The long way, with recordings from 1988 to 1994, was issued in 2020 in a limited pressing of 150 numbered copies on blue vinyl (Beat 3002).
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La quadratura del cerchio - LP |
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Il viaggio di Colombo - LP |
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Dedalo e Icaro - LP |
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Il fuoco sotto la cenere - LP |
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Pangea e le tre lune - LP |
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Quattro mura - 7" single and standard and jukebox labels |
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Funky dream - 7" single |
Too many nights - 7" single |
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Il Cerchio d'Oro - CD |
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Black Out / Crisi - 7" single |
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Black Out / 33 - LP |
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Cavern / Dear John - 7" single |
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Cavern / A lovin' mixture - LP |
Cavern / The long way- LP |
Click on the pictures to enlarge
Il Cerchio d'Oro has a page on Facebook, www.facebook.com/Il-Cerchio-dOro-190064085088
Thanks to Gino Terribile for the friendship, the singles' covers and the
pictures on this page with relative information
Also thanks to Corrado Magnano for information and pictures.
