I Teoremi

1971
Tito Gallo (vocals)
Mario Schilirò (guitar)
Aldo Bellanova (bass)
Claudio Mastracci (drums)

A quartet from Rome, though their singer Vincenzo "Lord Enzo" Massetti came from Naples, having had a solo career since the late 60's and having also participated at the 1968 Festival degli Sconosciuti in Ariccia.

The group's debut was with a single in 1971, Sognare backed by an italian version of Jethro Tull's With you there to help me called Tutte le cose. The line-up on the single was different from their later LP, with Tito Gallo on vocals.

The album, simply called I Teoremi, is one of the rarest italian prog-era albums, though not a proper prog LP, as it contains a hard rock inspired sound in the same style as early Rovescio della Medaglia. It was issued in 1972 on the small Polaris label, that also produced the Alpha ralpha boulevard LP by I Numi, and contains seven self-penned tracks, mostly in the hard rock vein, with light prog influences as in the long Mare della tranquillità, the only track including piano. A very good album whose original copies are worth a fortune.

Bassist Aldo Bellanova later went to Samadhi, while Lord Enzo left Italy to Thailand where he is still working as singer.
Drummer Claudio Mastracci briefly played with Il Punto (also at Villa Pamphili festival in Rome with them), and later with some pop artists like Donatella Rettore and Sergio Caputo, and in some TV shows orchestras. He still works as drum teacher.
Guitarist Mario Schilirò has played with important italian artists like Antonello Venditti and, still now since many years, Zucchero.

LP
I Teoremi	Polaris (POL/BP 711)	1972	gatefold cover with flap on right side
	Vinyl Magic (VM LP 031)	1993	as above with textured cover + bonus 7" single - 300 numbered copies
	Akarma (AK 1020)	1999	standard gatefold cover - 2 extra tracks
CD
I Teoremi	Vinyl Magic (VM 031)	1993	reissue of 1972 album
	Akarma (AK 1020)	1999	as above with mini gatefold cover
SINGLES (with picture cover)
Sognare Tutte le cose	Polaris (FK2)	1971	both unreleased tracks - orange red label and picture sleeve
SINGOLI PROMOZIONALI E DA JUKEBOX (with blank cover)
Sognare Tutte le cose	Polaris (701)	1971	same as FK2 but with black label, promotional single with blank cover
Sognare	Polaris (JP1)	1971	juke box single with white label - backed with Mauro Teani/La voglia di piangere

An incredibly rare album, I Teoremi has been reissued by two different labels with its gatefold white cover.
The first reissue by Vinyl Magic (who also issued it in CD) was in a numbered issue of 300 copies with a textured gatefold cover having a flap on the right side as the original; the band's only 7" release was included as a bonus single. This reissue is rather difficult to find.
Last reissue is by Akarma and has a standard gatefold cover, adding the singles' tracks on the LP.

The band's only single, almost as rare and expensive as the LP, was issued with two different catalogue numbers and label designs, one with Polaris' classic red/orange background and the other with a black label. The last one was possibly a promo.


I Teoremi - LP (from LP reissue)

I Teoremi - gatefold inner (from LP reissue)

Original LP label

Sognare - 7" single cover		Sognare - 7" Vinyl Magic reissue single

Sognare - 7" single labels - standard, promo, jukebox issues

Lord Enzo official photo	Mario Schilirò official photo	Aldo Bellanova official photo	Claudio Mastracci official photo

Lord Enzo - Polaris label official picture

Many thanks to Vincenzo (Lord Enzo) Massetti for precious information and pictures. Hope to have a full Teoremi story soon!!!

Also thanks to Rockground (www.rockground.it) and Nicola Di Staso for some of the pictures.