Il Mucchio

Sergio Piazza (vocals, flute)
Sandro Zane (organ, percussion, vocals)
Maurizio Rivoltella (harpsichord, clarinet, vocals)
Luciano Zanardo (bass, vocals)
Marino Rebeschini (drums, percussion)

A five-piece from Venice, Il Mucchio were active since 1970, releasing an album and three singles. Drummer Rebeschini had been in the first Le Orme line-up.
The group was produced and followed by a popular 60's singer, Pino Donaggio, who composed almost all their repertoire. The album, eight tracks for around 34 minutes, contains lightweight progressive, mainly based on a thin organ and a very melodic singing that give the sound a strong sixties flavour. A reworking of Schubert's Ave Maria was also included.
A small similarity with New Trolls in their multivocal parts, but definitely not a memorable album.

Soon after the recording sessions for the album, the singer/flutist Sergio Piazza temporarily left the group to do his military service, and the others kept playing as a quartet, sharing the lead singer role.
The line-up then changed radically around the only remaining founders Zanardo and Rivoltella, with newcomers Roberto Fagotto (voice and guitar), Franco Carradori (drums) and keyboardist Luciano Basso (who later had a solo career). This line-up produced the later singles (from 1972 and 1973), which were in a similar vein, but with a more evident 70's prog feel in the arrangements and sounds, especially the last one Lei se ne andrà. The group broke up in 1975, and had in the latest line-up the new bass player Lucio Franchin and guitarist Franco Scoblar (who replaced Basso).

In 1995 Il Mucchio was reformed for a few concerts with three of the original members (Piazza, Zane e Zanardo), along with drummer Francesco Satini and singer/keyboardist Chiara Maccatrozzo. This line-up stayed together for around two years.
A different reincarnation of Il Mucchio, still active includes Roberto Fagotto and Luciano Zanardo along with Alessandro Viola (keyboards and vocals), Willy Lorenzon (vocals), Fabio Runello (guitar) and Matteo Regazzo (drums).

LP
Il Mucchio	Carosello (SCLN 25001)	1970	gatefold laminated cover
CD
Il Mucchio	Mellow (MMP 166)	1993	reissue of 1970 album
SINGLES (with picture sleeve)
Per una libertà Qualcuno ha ucciso	Carosello (CI 20270)	1970	both tracks from the album
Un'estate senza caldo Quanto vuoto c'è	Carosello (CI 20270)	1972	both unreleased tracks
Lei se ne andrà Il giullare	Carosello (CI 20358)	1973	both unreleased tracks

A very rare album, Il Mucchio has never been reissued on vinyl. It was issued in a gatefold laminated cover.
The Mellow CD reissue contains their entire production, with four bonus tracks taken from their last two singles.

No counterfeit exists, nor foreign vinyl reissues, but a Korean CD issue exists on Si-Wan (SRMC 2017) with 4 bonus tracks from the 1972-73 singles.


Il Mucchio - LP

LP and single labels

Per una libertà - 7" single cover	Un'estate senza caldo - 7" single cover

Lei se ne andrà - 7" single cover

Thanks to Rockground (www.rockground.it) for one of the pictures in this page, and to Sandro Zane and Fabio Bello for information.