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Discography:
LP - Ullu (RCA PL 31322 - 1978)
45 - Questo č il mio tramonto/L'isola lontana (RCA PB 6123 - 1978)
A singer-songwriter from Sardinia who had previously collaborated with Tito Schipa Jr on his Orfeo 9, Giovanni Ullu is worth mentioning here
because this album featured all the Perigeo
members. A good songs album, very
well played, this can be interesting for Perigeo fans though very different from
the group's own production.
In the same year Ullu released another singer-songwriter album, Il mio
diario (Philips 6323 065) and a single, Il mio diario/Vai alla deriva
(Philips 6025 210) under the nickname Leo Davide, with drummer Walter Martino (from Goblin
and Libra), keyboardist Sandro Centofanti and bassist Dino Cappa, both also from Libra and guitarist Fernando Fera (ex Alberomotore).
Line-up:
Fabio Fabiani (guitar, vocals)
Remo Baldasseroni (keyboards, vocals)
Aldo Parente (bass, vocals)
Sandro Laudadio (drums, vocals)
Discography:
45 - Preghiera d'amore/Taglia la corda (Help ZH 50051 - 1970)
45 - Oh my love/Let's get together (Help ZH 50059 - 1970 - English version
of the above)
45 - Avvicinami a te/Se fossi un'amica (Help ZH 50084 - 1970)
A group from Rome, formed in 1965, that released three singles in 1970 for the Help
label under the production of the austrian Eddy Korsche. The second one was the English version of their debut single. Their style was a
guitar/organ-led psych-inspired rock not far from early New
Trolls.
When bassist Aldo Parente, who tried to pursue a solo career as Folkaldo
and later Franco Maria Giannini, and italo-tunisian
keyboardist Baldasseroni quit the group, the remaining two musicians formed Il Paese
dei Balocchi.
Discography:
45 - Arcipelago/Emisfero (Radio RR1060 - 1970)
An odd and interesting single with two tracks also included in the first Underground Set LP, Arcipelago and Emisfero, in vocal version.
Discography:
LP - Antico adagio (Private pressing NO LP 001 - 1978)
LP - L'attesa (Lynx Z 00841 - 1992)
+ others
Former percussionist with Aktuala and Telaio Magnetico, Pasquale Vaccina released his first solo album in private form, with help from Juri Camisasca and always in an ethno-jazz style. A second album followed 14 years later, and a few more have been released throughout the 90's on CD.
Discography:
45 - Diavolo/Tiahvanaco (Tickle TCK 1314 - 1977)
45 - L'urlo del vento/Slow down (Tickle TCK 1322 - 1977)
In these singles released in a few months in 1977, The Valeriano Group backed two funky/disco hits' covers, Disco inferno by Trammps and Slow down by John Miles, with two good level original tracks in a progressive style, the slow L'urlo del vento and especially Tiahvanaco, with flute and lead guitar to the fore.
Line-up:
Antonello Chichiricco (guitar, keyboards, vocals)
Enzo Marcelli (guitar)
Antonio Antonazzo (bass, vocals)
Sandro Conti (drums, percussion, vocals)
Formed in Rome in 1972, with three members from the beat group I Diapason, Il
Vaso di Pāndora (unusually pronounced with the accent on the first "a") was
active until 1978, with a progressive rock style with symphonic
inspirations but even with ethno-oriental influences. Their compositions were
all original, lyrics having strong political contents. The group had a good live
activity in central Italy, playing with well-known artists such as
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso,
Canzoniere del Lazio, Inti Illimani, often in the "Feste dell'Unitā"
[Italian Communist Party festivals], but unfortunately they never recorded
anything.
Drummer Sandro Conti also played with
Quelle strane cose che, Corvi,
Samadhi, Kaleidon,
while guitarist/keyboardist Antonello Chichiricco stayed in the music field with
his recording studio and as teacher, arranger and musician.
Discography:
LP - Calypso (EMI 3C064 18239 - 1977)
After his past days with Saint Just and his
collaboration with Jenny Sorrenti, Neapolitan multi-instrumentalist Toni
Verde moved to London to record this album with help from very good Italian (Francesco Froggio Francica, ex-Raccomandata and Procession) and international (Lol Coxhill, Vincent Crane, David Vorhaus) musicians.
The result is a jazz rock LP with various influences, almost entirely instrumental.
After some years in the USA, he returned back to Italy where he still works as producer and composer.
Line-up:
Lando Ilhe (vocals, guitar)
Patrizio Ilhe (guitar)
Luca Ilhe (bass)
Fabrizio Innocenti (drums)
Discography:
45 - La verde stagione/Lacrime sul cuscino (Numero Uno ZN 50003 - 1969)
45 - Milioni di domande/Come una rondine (Numero Uno ZN 50031 - 1970)
45 - Senza Elisa/Stella stella (Numero Uno ZN 50121 - 1971)
45 - L'onestā/Al nord (Numero Uno ZN 50141 - 1972)
A group from Florence, whose four singles were all released on Numero
Uno in a soft rock style. Their third one, Senza Elisa, was a
reworking of Beethoven's Für Elise. Some of the band members were later
involved in Tavola Rotonda.
The same group had also released a single in 1967 under the name Gems (Innamorati
unitevi/Seduto per terra - Equipe EQ0112).
Line-up:
Mauro Schellino
Piero Michelotti
Dario Bosio
Luciano Vescovo
Discography:
45 - Collina pt.1&2 (SBVM V 001 - 1970)
Only a single with a long track divided in two parts for this group from
the Biella area, in Piedmont, active since the mid 60's. The recording and production quality is far from a professional
level, but the track is very good, with an organ intro in the best Italian prog
tradition.
After the entrance of Roberto Bellis as a replacement for Dario Bosio, the group
changed name to Magma, and kept playing until the end of 1971.
Bassist Michelatti had a long professional career playing with
Fabrizio De Andrč, Giorgio Gaber, Adriano
Celentano and other popular Italian artists.
Discography:
LP - Tecnica di un amore (B.B.B. BCLB 0003 - 1973)
LP - Tecnica di un amore (Moving Image Ent. MIE005
LP - 2000 - reissue of the above)
CD - Roma drogata: La polizia non puō intervenire (GDM GDM
4011 - 2007)
+ others
This French-born composer moved to Italy in the 60's forming the
group I Pyranas, with two albums on Arc. With him came his sister Evelyne, who had some popularity as solo singer with the name Evy and the single L'abito non fa il beatnik.
After collaborating with many artists, among which Alan Sorrenti for his debut album Aria (where he appears as keyboardist and arranger under the name Albert Prince), in the 70's Verrecchia mostly dedicated his interest to film soundtracks, among
these Tecnica di un amore, also released on LP by the Naples label B.B.B.
and later reissued on vinyl and CD, and the recently rediscovered Roma
drogata: La polizia non puō intervenire, from a 1975 movie but never
released before on record.
Opposite from other soundtrack composers, Verrecchia used electric sounds rather
than orchestral arrangements, and the recent CD contains some interesting tracks
in rock and blues style, with some vague psychedelic influences. Among the
musicians playing in this soundtrack are Cyan,
Baba Yaga, Toni
Esposito and singer Sammy Barbot.
He later worked as producer using the name Albert Weyman.
Websites:
Evelyne Lanton/Evy - www.evelynebelleepoque.com (a page is dedicated to her brother Albert Weyman/Verrecchia)
Line-up:
Miky Rissolo (vocals, guitar)
Claudio Zoppi (keyboards)
Carlo Buratti (bass)
Silvio Cortassa (drums)
Discography:
45 - Lo stalliere/Giorni neri (Sombrero DM 210 - 198?)
A quartet from Pinerolo, near Turin, formed in 1975, Vieta were only active in their area, and released a single with some PFM influences in the A-side. According to some sources the single was issued in 1977, but the press cuttings used as background for the cover can be dated around 1981-82, from the news they contain.
Line-up:
Alberto Borrini (guitar)
Riccardo Bruni (keyboards)
Riccardo Malatesta (bass)
Elio Caredda (drums)
From La Spezia (Liguria), the group Vita Postuma was formed in 1970 as a quartet, with the first guitarist Franco Tasselli and a repertoire made of cover versions of English rock groups' hits. With new guitarist Borrini, who joined the band in 1971, they started playing original material, and played at the II Festival della Musica d'Avanguardia e Nuove Tendenze held in Rome in June 1972 with the most important Italian groups.
Guitarist Borrini left the group in 1973 and the remaining three kept playing in a more symphonic style, helped by the entrance of flute player Ettore Giorgi a year later.
The group broke up in 1975, having had a live activity mostly based in their home town.
Websites:
Vita Postuma - digilander.libero.it/vitapostuma
Discography:
45 - Il cuore brucia/Un anno una stagione (CGO IV 549 - 1971)
45 - Strega/La lunga strada (CGO IV 565 - 1972)
A mysterious group, that like others on the same CGO label (Macchie
Rosse, The Juniors) issued singles
containing foreign hits' covers with original compositions on the B-side. The
first single has Into the fire by Deep Purple, translated as Il cuore
brucia, in the second Black magic woman by Fleetwood Mac becomes Strega.
Worth noticing that among the composers there is the name of Complex (Rinaldo Prandoni), who also
wrote tracks for Lydia e gli Hellua Xenium and Scorpyo.
Discography:
LP - Le voci blu (Mimo ZSLM 55087 - 1972)
45 - Sitar/Emanuela Gianna Luisella (Mimo ZM 50054
- 1970)
45 - Cosa non pagherei/Una vecchia foto (Mimo ZM
50097 - 1970)
45 - Senti..sentimenti Revival day (Mimo ZM 50216 - 1972)
A female pop trio, the names of the three singers were also in their first single's B side. They only released three singles and an album, housed in a nice triple gatefold cover.
Discography:
LP - Il volo di Icaro (Studiosound SSL 0100 - 1978)
Led by Alessandro Lencioni, composer and keyboardist, this group from Tuscany released a self-produced ten-track songs album in 1978. The LP was recorded in Florence and seven musicians helped Lencioni, but it's unclear whether this was a proper group or just session musicians helping in his solo album.
Discography:
45 - Un amore per noia/I will beg (Condor TV 25 - 1974)
+ others
A melodic pop band from Savona, whose only interesting track is I will beg, released on B side of a 1974 single. One of the band members was later in I Signori della Galassia.
Thanks to Marco Catellani, Luigi Papi, Antonello Chichiricco, Fabio Fabiani, Lorenzo Pittan of Amarcord, Ubaldo Cibei (Franco), Claudio Ponti, Mirko Ferrarini, for some of the information and pictures on this page
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