Artist
I ROMANS
Claudio Natili (guitar, vocals)
Ignazio Polizzy Carbonelli (keyboards, vocals)
Alfredo (bass)
Gianni (drums)
A well-known group during the 70's for their commercial pop hit singles, I Romans had a long career that lasted until the early 80's.
As their name suggests they were formed in Rome in the
mid 60's, and released many singles since 1961.
Their first LP only arrived in 1970, on
the small Style label. The album is a good period work, well balanced between
rock songs and more poppy tunes. It's strange to notice that no less than 10 of
the 12 songs on the album were also released on singles by their record
label.
The starting Gente qui gente lą (the longest track at 4:14, the others
are all around 3 minutes long) is probably the best track for progressive fans,
containing a nice long organ-led instrumental part, and even the following Nel
fondo del bicchiere contains interesting instrumental parts. Some of the
tracks, like Lollypop are more in a bubblegum-pop direction and best
suited for single release.
The sound of the group is closer to other Italian bands
of the late 60's-early 70's era, like Il Mucchio, I
Boom, Fabio Celi e gli Infermieri, early New
Trolls or Le Orme.
I Romans released other albums during the seventies (the second and third on
Polaris, the same label that issued the Numi and Teoremi
LP's), and disbanded in the early 80s, but their first album remains the closest
they ever released to a prog sound.
| LP (1970-1974) | |||
| Gente qui gente lą | Style (STLP 405) | 1970 | single laminated cover |
| Caro amore mio | Polaris (BP 714) | 1972 | gatefold cover |
| Quando una donna | Polaris (BP 715) | 1974 | single cover |
SINGLES (with picture sleeve - 1970-1974) |
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| Lucy Lucy Processo a George Brown |
Miura (PON-NP 40110) | 1970 | |
| Lollypop Nel fondo di un bicchiere |
Style (STMS 733) | 1970 | both tracks from Gente qui gente lą |
| Le scarpe mi portano da te Ore 20,40 |
Style (STMS 734) | 1970 | both tracks from Gente qui gente lą |
| Apri gli occhi 6/2023 |
Style (STMS 735) | 1970 | both tracks from Gente qui gente lą |
| Gente qui gente lą L'ora giusta |
Style (STMS 737) | 1970 | both tracks from Gente qui gente lą |
| Io, la primavera e tu Te ne vai |
Style (STMS 738) | 1970 | both tracks from Gente qui gente lą |
| Gente qui gente lą Sole sole mare mare |
Style (STMS 741) | 1971 | Side A from Gente qui gente lą |
| Mamma mia non piangere Voglia di mare |
Polaris (FK 7) | 1971 | Side B from I Romans |
| Anyway Fingevo di dormire |
Polaris (FK 8) | 1972 | both tracks from I Romans |
| Mille nuvole Sono io che torno |
Polaris (FK 20) | 1972 | Side B from I Romans |
| Sono io che torno Caro amore mio |
Polaris (FK 21) | 1973 | both tracks from I Romans |
| Il mattino dell'amore Valentino e Valentina |
Polaris (FK 22) | 1974 | both tracks from Quando una donna |
| Quando una donna Un momento di pił |
Polaris (FK 23) | 1974 | both tracks from Quando una donna |
First album is rather rare, and it appears from time to time on international high level dealers' lists at very high prices. It came in a laminated single cover
Most of their later production is cheap and easy to find in Italy, especially the singles.
No counterfeits exist of these nor foreign issues.
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Gente qui gente lą - LP |
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Caro amore mio - LP |
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Quando una donna.... - LP |
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| Lucy Lucy - 7" single |
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| Le scarpe mi portano da te - 7" single |
Thanks to Giacomo Beatrici for some pictures and information included in this page
