Piero e i Cottonfields

Piero Cotto (vocals)
Adelmo Musso (keyboards)
Maurizio Scarpellini (flute, sax, guitar)
Aldo Musso (guitar)
Beppe Icardi (bass, guitar)
Luciano Saraceno (drums, percussion)

This group was formed and led by singer Piero Cotto (from Asti, Piemonte), who had begun his musical career in the early 60's as singer and guitarist. Cotto had also lived in the U.S.A. at the end of the 60's and had release some records under the name of Peter Cook, some say that with this nickname he also played with the british group (but mainly active in France between 1969 and 1971) Majority One.

Piero e i Cottonfields had their debut with a successful appearance at the Disco per l'Estate TV contest in 1972 with their first single Due delfini bianchi. In the same year they released their one and only album, with the long title Il viaggio, la donna, un'altra vita, housed in a beautiful gatefold cover.
Despite some more pop-inspired tracks, the album is on a good musical level, halfway between early Delirium and Odissea, with very nice flute passages like in Cantico or the title track, and the powerful harsh voice of Piero Cotto (similar to Delirium's Ivano Fossati) in evidence.

The album went unnoticed and the group split after a fourth single that was again presented at 1974 Disco per l'Estate, but Piero Cotto followed his musical career with a solo album in 1978, totally sung in english, and a collaboration with Turin jazz-rock group Gialma 3 for their 1982 third album Gialma planet.

LP
Il viaggio, la donna, un'altra vita	Music (LPM 2006)	1972	gatefold cover
CD
Il viaggio, la donna, un'altra vita	AMS/BTF (AMS 109)	2006	reissue of 1972 album with mini-LP gatefold cover
SINGLES (with picture sleeve)
Due delfini bianchi Via Mazzini 31	Joker (M 7122)	1972	both tracks from Il viaggio, la donna, un'altra vita
Il viaggio, la donna, un'altra vita Cantico	Music (M 7145)	1972	both tracks from Il viaggio, la donna, un'altra vita
Oh Nanà Uomo da quattro soldi	Joker (M 7161)	1973	both unreleased tracks
Gardenia blu Passo su passo	Joker (M 7170)	1974	both unreleased tracks

Il viaggio, la donna, un'altra vita is another rare album, that has never been reissued on vinyl.
It was issued by the small Music label (the same as the first Dalton LP) and came with a beautiful gatefold cover by german painter Beate Müller.

No counterfeits exist nor foreign issues. The first CD reissue ever released has been made by AMS/BTF/Vinyl Magic in 2006, with mini-LP gatefold cover and booklet.


Il viaggio, la donna, un'altra vita - LP

Il viaggio, la donna, un'altra vita - LP label

Due delfini bianchi - 7" single cover	Il viaggio, la donna, un'altra vita - 7" single cover

Oh Nanà - 7" single cover	Gardenia blu - 7" single cover

Piero Cotto - LP

PIERO COTTO LP
Piero Cotto	Eleven (ELC 25137)	1978	single cover