Artist

I DIK DIK

since 1965:
Erminio "Pepe" Salvaderi (guitar, vocals)
Pietruccio Montalbetti (guitar, bass, vocals)
Giancarlo "Lallo" Sbriziolo (guitar, vocals)
Mario Totaro (keyboards)
Sergio Panno (drums)

mid 70's:
Erminio Salvaderi (guitar, vocals)
Roberto Facini (guitar)
Joe Vescovi (keyboards)
Pietruccio Montalbetti (bass)
Nunzio "Cucciolo" Favia (drums)

Many pop bands from the sixties had to face the new musical tastes at the turn of the seventies, and I Dik Dik were one of these, and like I Giganti and Equipe 84, they kept the same line-up, simply evolving into a more progressive inspired sound.
The group had been playing together since around 1965, their distinctive name deriving from an african gazelle, with their first single and album coming out respectively in 1966 and 1967, and had a successful career as many others in the pop/beat field, especially with some foreign tracks' covers (like Sognando la California from Mamas and Papas' California dreaming and L'isola di Wight from Michel Delpech's Wight is Wight).

Their only progressive effort came in 1972, the long-named Suite per una donna assolutamente relativa, an eleven-tracks album  mainly based on keyboards and with good lyrics by Herbert Pagani. 
As in other similar cases (Terra in bocca by I Giganti or Id by Equipe 84), it didn't have the attention the band expected. Young audiences considered them to be an old group, while the old fans didn't appreciate the change in musical style.

After a line-up change, with only two of the original members remaining and newcomers including former Osage Tribe drummer Cucciolo and Trip keyboardist Joe Vescovi (later replaced by Roberto Carlotto a.k.a. Hunka Munka, Dik Dik returned to a more commercial style with their later works.

A rare album that sold very little at the time, Suite per una donna assolutamente relativa came in a centre opening foldout cover.
It has been reissued on CD in March 2003 by BMG with mini-LP cover (reproducing the original) and obi, as part of their "Dei di un perduto rock" series, and later repressed in October of the same year when a second batch of those CD's came out.
The CD was announced by BMG as being also available with standard jewel case (cat.no. 74321-98852-2) but was probably never issued in this form.

The album was reissued on vinyl in Korea (Si-Wan SMRL 2013) with the same design. 
Also Japanese CD's exist on King (KICP 2218), and a new one, released in 2005 on Fun House (BVCM 37584) with mini LP centre-foldout cover.
No counterfeits exist.

The cover doesn't mention the musicians' names, but it's likely that the band included at that time all the original members. By the way all the compositions are credited to keyboardist Mario Totaro.
The Korean reissue has an insert with a 60's black and white picture (reverse printed, so the guitarist seems to be left-handed), but it mentions the last line-up with new members Vescovi and Favia (misspelt Fava as usual) that were still part of their original bands in 1972 and entered Dik Dik later.

Suite per una donna assolutamente relativa - foldout cover

Dik Dik have an official website at www.dikdik.it 

The band's last drummer Cucciolo has his own website at www.cucciologiadikdik.com