Artist

FESTA MOBILE

Francesco Boccuzzi (keyboards)
Giovanni Boccuzzi (keyboards, guitar)
Tonio Napolitano (bass)
+ 2 other members not mentioned

Little is known about this band from Bari, except the name of three of their five members that three years later reappeared in jazz-rock band Baricentro.

Diario di viaggio della Festa Mobile is a fantasy concept album, with large space given to keyboards and vocals a bit too low compared to the musical background. The album has its good moments though not one of the best in the symphonic prog style. Some jazz influences are evident.

The musicians from Festa Mobile played in 1973 on the album Jacopone (RCA DPSL 10608), taken from a musical with Gianni Morandi and Paola Pitagora.
Brothers Boccuzzi and bassist Napolitano formed Il Baricentro with two albums in 1976 and 1978 on EMI; Giovanni Boccuzzi has had an intense activity as music composer, teacher, writer until now.

Diario di viaggio della Festa Mobile is a rare album, probably released in small quantities by RCA. 
It was housed in a gatefold cover (with no information on the band members), and only few copies contained a small insert (approx.14.5x9.8cm) with a quotation on popular music by Marcel Proust, which was also included on other contemporary RCA albums (among these Rovescio della Medaglia/Contaminazione and Maurizio Monti/L'amore).

The album has been reissued on CD in March 2003 by BMG with mini-LP gatefold cover 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. 74321-98445-2) but was probably never issued in this form.

The LP has been reissued in Japan (Edison European Rock Series ERS28016) and never counterfeited.

Many thanks to Manuel Da Achada for the scan of the rare insert