Artist
I POOH
1966-67
Roby Facchinetti (vocals, keyboards)
Mario Goretti (guitar)
Mauro Bertoli (guitar)
Riccardo Fogli (bass, vocals)
Valerio Negrini (drums)
1968
Bertoli quits
1969
Goretti replaced by
Dodi Battaglia (guitar, vocals)
1971
Negrini replaced by
Stefano D'Orazio (drums, vocals)
1973 until now
Roby Facchinetti (keyboards, vocals)
Dodi Battaglia (guitar, vocals)
Red Canzian (bass, vocals)
Stefano D'Orazio (drums, vocals)
Like I Nomadi, even Pooh are a marginal inclusion here, name them to an Italian prog fan and you'll probably cause strange visual expressions. Anyway, they're highly regarded by some foreign collectors, especially from Japan and Korea, and smart dealers often describe their albums as "prog classics".
Another beat band, I Pooh started in 1964 in Bologna
with an early repertoire, as common to many beat groups of that time, mainly based on
Italian-sung covers of English and American hits.
Their first LP, Per quelli come noi, is an enjoyable beat classic, with
covers of songs by the Who, the Kinks, Spencer Davis Group, along with original
material.
Two later albums went in a more melodic pop direction, and at the turn of the 70's, with a line-up and record company change the band took their typical pomp pop style. In 1973 one of the founder members, Riccardo Fogli, left for a successful career and was replaced by former Capsicum Red guitarist Red Canzian, now on bass. The stable line-up lasts today, and Pooh are still in the 2000's one of the main live attractions in Italy with a long series of gold albums.
In the 70's production, prog fans can find something interesting in Parsifal and Un po' del nostro tempo migliore, but the multivocal falsetto parts and orchestral arrangements will sound disturbing to many.
| LP (up to 1975) | |||
| Per quelli come noi | Vedette (VRM 36033) | 1966 | single laminated cover |
| Vedette / Scacco Matto (SM 7020) | 1982 | reissue in budget-price series | |
| Suoni Rari (SR5) | 1995 | picture disc with cutout cover - 1000 copies | |
| Memorie | Vedette (VPA 8083) | 1968 | |
| Contrasto | Vedette (VRMS 358) | 1969 | |
| Opera prima | CBS (64592) | 1971 | gatefold cover |
| Alessandra | CBS (69023) | 1972 | gatefold with insert |
| Parsifal | CBS (69043) | 1973 | gatefold with 12-page photo booklet |
| BTF/Vinyl Magic (VM 161LP) | 2014 | reissue with the same cover as the original - orange vinyl | |
| Un po' del nostro tempo migliore | CBS (69118) | 1975 | gatefold with stapled 4-page lyric booklet |
| BTF/Vinyl Magic (VM 162LP) | 2014 | reissue with the same cover as the original - orange vinyl | |
| All albums have been reissued on CD | |||
SINGLES (with picture sleeve - up to 1975) |
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| Vieni fuori L'uomo di ieri |
Vedette (VVN 33106) | 1966 | |
| Bikini beat Quello che non sai |
Vedette (VVN 33114) | 1966 | |
| Brennero '66 Per quelli come noi |
Vedette (VVN 33121) | 1966 | |
| Nel buio Cose di questo mondo |
Vedette (VVN 33138) | 1967 | |
| La solita storia Nel buio |
Vedette (VVN 33145) | 1967 | |
| Piccola Katy In silenzio |
Vedette (VVN 33148) | 1968 | |
| Buonanotte Penny Il tempio dell'amore |
Vedette (VVN 33159) | 1968 | |
| Mary Ann E dopo questa notte |
Vedette (VVN 33170) | 1969 | |
| Goodbye madama Butterfly Un minuto prima dell'alba |
Vedette (VVN 33182) | 1969 | |
| Tanta voglia di lei Tutto alle tre |
CBS (7216) | 1971 | |
| Pensiero A un minuto dall'amore |
CBS (7514) | 1971 | |
| Noi due nel mondo e
nell'anima Nascerņ con te |
CBS (8054) | 1972 | initially with white gatefold cover, later with group photo on cover |
| Cosa si puņ dire di te Quando una lei va via |
CBS (8478) | 1972 | |
| Io e te per altri giorni Lettera da Marienbad |
CBS (1640) | 1973 | |
| Infiniti noi Solo cari ricordi |
CBS (1790) | 1973 | |
| Se sai se puoi se vuoi Inutili memorie |
CBS (2440) | 1974 | |
| Per te qualcosa ancora E vorrei |
CBS (2837) | 1974 | |
| Ninna nanna E' bello riaverti |
CBS (3530) | 1975 | |
From a collector's point of view the first three albums
by Pooh on Vedette are particularly rare and expensive, the hardest to find being
Contrasto, released in a very limited quantity.
The first one has been reissued by Raro magazine on picture disc with a cutout
cover. It includes a small insert with the song titles.
Later production on CBS is still very easy to find in
Italy, though the early pressings often contained inserts or booklets. All these
LP's were reissued on grey/orange CGD label.
Parsifal and Un po' del nostro tempo migliore were both reissued in 2014 by BTF with the same covers with booklets as the originals and on orange vinyl.
No counterfeits exist of these not foreign issues.
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Per quelli come noi - front cover |
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Contrasto - front cover |
