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.
Two posthumous releases are useful to know this group, 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.
Later line-ups of the band included guitarists Piuccio Pradal and Maurizio
Bocchino.
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.
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| La quadratura del cerchio | Psych-Out (PO-33018) | 2005 | single cover - 300 numbered copies |
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| Il Cerchio d'Oro | Mellow (MMP 334) | 1999 | includes singles' tracks and 70's recordings |
SINGLES (with picture cover) |
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| Quattro mura Futuro prossimo |
Playphone (ABN 22) | 1977 | |
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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.
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La quadratura del cerchio - LP |
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Quattro mura - 7" single |
Funky dream - 7" single |
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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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Cavern / Dear John - 7" single |
Click on the pictures to enlarge
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| Il Cerchio d'Oro 1974 promotional photo |
Il Cerchio d'Oro 1977 promotional photo |
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| Cavern with Francesco Di Giacomo and Rodolfo Maltese - 1990 | |
The limited issue LP released in 2005 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
