Artist
EXPLOIT
Carlo Crivelli (keyboards, vocals)
Enzo Cutuli (bass, vocals)
Aldo Pignanelli (drums, percussion)
Exploit were a little known band from Rome that only released an
ultrarare album, Crisi, for the small label CGO.
Another of those minor albums with two different faces, A side containing a long
three-part suite, while the B side contains six commercial pop songs, four of
which were also released on the band's singles.
While these songs are rather dull and inconsistent, the side-long Crisi,
composed by three parts, has very interesting moments with the keyboards of
Crivelli being the lead instrument with some ELP and Le Orme influences. One
of the three parts of the suite is sung in english, rest in italian.
For this long track only, the album deserves a listen, but its current price is too high for the real musical value.
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| Crisi | CGO (FC 1008) | 1972 | gatefold cover |
| CGO (FC 1008) | 1989 | as above - official reissue | |
CD |
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| Crisi | Mellow (MMP 189) | 1994 | reissue of 1972 album |
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SINGLES (with picture sleeves) |
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| Il campanile della
cattedrale Giochiamo insieme |
CGO (EX 001) | 1972 | both tracks from Crisi |
| L'anima nuda La tua pelle scotta |
CGO (EX 601) | 1972 | both tracks from Crisi |
| The green's man Hot Mexico road |
CGO (EX 607) | 1973 | both unreleased tracks - apparently only issued with blank cover |
An extremely rare item that only had a limited pressing of a few hundred copies, reaching a $1000-1500 value; the album has had a 1000 copies reissue in 1989 from the original masters, keeping the same design and label as the original, and this second issue is easier to find though expensive.
The reissue is very similar to the original, and can be identified mainly by the label, that's smooth where the first issue had a rough, almost textured, paper. All the labels in the reissue carry the "Disco campione - Vietata la vendita" writing ("Promotional copy - Not for sale") and have the circular SIAE stamp in dark ink, very hard to notice.
No counterfeits nor foreign issues exist.
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Crisi - LP |
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| Il campanile della cattedrale - single | L'anima nuda - single |
