The full list
Discography:
45 - Waterloo/Fuochi artificiali (Equipe EQ 0133 - 1971)
45 - Pensione Pineta/L'americano Wright (Condor TV 22 - 1972)
45 - Stanotte sto con lei/Un uomo che lavora (Condor TV 24 - 1973)
+ others
Many singles for this group, in a pop/rock style with a horn section, not far from the Showmen sound.
Line-up:
Alessio Tognetti (vocals, guitar)
Vito Carrara (keyboards)
Riccardo Ciardelli (bass)
Paolo Randazzo (vocals, drums)
Discography:
45 - Onorata società/Un letto caldo (RCM AB-72159 - 1971)
A group from Pisa, active in Tuscany, especially in the Versilia area between
1966 and 1974. The style of their only single is close to 1969/70
New
Trolls, with Italian lyrics. The nice cartoon cover contains, among the
others, the faces of the group members.
Not to be confused with a beat group with similar name, The Why, that released a
single in 1969.
Line-up:
Paolo Perazzini (vocals, guitar)
Mimma Caldirola (vocals, percussion)
Umberto Calice (vocals, percussion)
Marco Bertani (guitar, vocals)
Mauro Bertani (guitar, vocals)
Franco Di Biase (mandolin)
Riccardo Luppi (flute)
Attilio Zanchi (bass, guitar, accordion, vocals)
Ettore Gobbato (percussion)
Discography:
LP - Pietre della mia gente (L'Orchestra OLP 10002 - 1975)
LP - Pietre della mia gente (I Dischi dello Zodiaco
VPA 8308 - 1976 - reissue of the above, different cover)
LP - In piazza (I Dischi dello Zodiaco VPA 8370 -
1977)
LP - Feste, danze e balli popolari (I Dischi dello
Zodiaco VPA 8417 - 1978)
LP - Il pifferaio (Madau D02 - 1980)
Despite being essentially a folk group, Yu Kung deserve to be mentioned in
this site for the nice arrangements in some of their production, that goes
beyond a simple reworking of traditional songs.
This group from Milan, active since 1971 and close to the political left-wing
youth movements, took part in some festivals like Parco Lambro and Licola in 1975,
and released a first album for L'Orchestra, later
reissued by I Dischi dello Zodiaco. The second
album, in particular, shows interesting instrumental parts, not too far from the
Stormy Six of Un biglietto del tram.
The line-up featured some talented and popular musicians such as Attilio
Zanchi (previously with Come le Foglie and
later in Maad), who played in the first album, and his
replacement Marco Ferradini, who had been in Drogheria
di Solferino and later a popular singer-songwriter.
Line-up:
Andrea Tamassia (guitar)
Paolo Casu (percussion)
Paolo Chiavacci (violin)
Giampiero Rezoagli (acoustic bass)
Grazia Scaramelli (percussion)
Discography:
LP - Un giorno in una piazza del mediterraneo (Materiali Sonori MASO 009 -
1979)
LP - Il cerchio degli antichi colori (Materiali Sonori MASO 015 - 1981)
A group based in Florence, active between 1979 and 1981, as others they tried to mix traditional folk tunes with typical mediterranean and eastern-flavoured atmospheres. Their albums are close to the "world music" experiments made in the same period by Mauro Pagani.
Discography:
LP - Zucchero (Fonit LPX 33 - 1974)
Not the popular Zucchero Fornaciari, but a different artist whose real name
was Giulio Zuccaro.
He only released a mostly acoustic album in 1974 with help from some musicians
of Raccomandata con Ricevuta di Ritorno.
Thanks to Maurizio Fulvi and Riccardo Ciardelli for some of the pictures and information in this page.
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