ITALIAN PROG
English version.
784 pages (120 in full colour),
hard cover, with bonus CD (first 500 copies), more than 560 artists

AMS 2008
(2009 reissue has soft cover)
ITALIAN PROG
Japanese version.
640 pages (64 colour),
soft cover, with bonus CD

Marquee Inc. 2009

 

 

Not too many books and other sources of information on Italian prog, especially for non-Italian language readers.

Here are some of my main sources of information, starting with the Italian ones:

ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DISCOGRAPHIES

ESSAYS AND STUDIES

BEAT, SIXTIES, EIGHTIES

MUSIC IN THE CITIES

GROUPS AND ARTISTS OF THE ITALIAN PROGRESSIVE

 

here's a few English written books on the subject:

 

and a Japanese one, containing black & white pictures of all the records described, but difficult to understand for non-Japanese readers: