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.

 

 

LP
Crisi CGO (FC 1008) 1972 gatefold cover
  CGO (FC 1008) 1989 as above - official reissue


CD
Crisi Mellow (MMP 189) 1994 reissue of 1972 album
 

SINGLES (with picture sleeves)

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.

Crisi - LP

Il campanile della cattedrale - single L'anima nuda - single

 

 

Thanks to Maurizio Fulvi for details on the original LP.