RYM The following review is from RYM Recorded in 1 day in an East German studio, this album was Clara Murtas' debut in Canzoniere Del Lazio (CDL). It's also the only time Mauro Pagani of PFM was in the band. The primitive recording techniques suit the band well and give the songs a clear sound. The songs themselves are drawn from Spirito Bono, Miradas, and, surprisingly, Morra. But they are all graced with enough changes to make these recordings worthwhile. CDL prove once again that they were Italy's best folk band by far. I only uploaded lossless because you can get mp3 HERE
Angelo Branduardi is one of my favorite Italian singers .
He released a lot of original albums until today . RYM
Every album is an excellent one ,however ,
the following 4 albums are the most important ones as progressive rock masterpiece.
Alla Fiera Dell'est (1976) ....3rd
La Pulce D'acqua(1977 ) .....4th
Cogli La Prima Mela (1979).....5th
Cercando L'oro (1983) .....7th
He sings and plays the violin even today as a SSW .
They are not prog rock ,unfortunately ......
But ,the 4 albums are shining brightly in the prog skies even tonight !!!!!
Many of his songs' lyrics were written by his wife Luisa Zappa Branduardi . PHOTO
It may be because his songs fills with a lot of love and peace....(although I don't understand Italian language at all ...)
I do hope younger generations enjoy Angelo Branduardi's music a lot
If you listen to my selected Angelo Branduardi 's favorite tracks ,
and like them ,listen to his original albums,please .
you will find that they are brilliant treasures to prog fans ,absolutely .
In addition ,we cannot forget the contribution by Maurizio_Fabrizio for those 4 albums .His brilliant arrangement for them makes all of the tracks more & more progressive .
Maurizio is also still active .These days ,he supported making Renato Zero's new double studio album " Zerovskij" Maurizio composed 9 tracks of 18 tracks (Mi trovi dentro di te, Ti do i voli miei, Colpevoli, Vivo qui, L'amore che ti cambia, Aria di settembre, Ti andrebbe di cambiare il mondo?, Un uomo da niente, Stalker )
Angelo & Maurizio
tracklist
Il Libro ..7th (1)
La Giostra ...7th (2)
Donna ...5th (4)
Ballo ...4th (1)
Vanita Di Vanita' ...State Buoni Se Potete (OST,1983 ,1)
La Manifestazione Dei Bambini ...Momo (OST,1986,14 )
Cogli La Prima Mela...5th (1)
La Pulce D'acqua...4th (6)
L'isola ...7th (7)
Alla Fiera Dell'est...3rd (1)
L'acrobata ...7th (3)
Capitan Gesu' ....State Buoni Se Potete (OST,1983 ,10)
Il Vecchio ...3rd (3)
Profumo ...7th (8)
Il Marinalo ...4th (5)
Se Tu Sei Cielo ...5th (2)
Nanna Ninna ...5th (9)
Who is the best prog guitarist all over the world ?
I think it is Steve Hackett . RYM
Especially ,
From 1st solo album to 4th solo album are the best .(no question asked ! )
Hackett is active enough by making new albums and performing concert tours all over the world even now .
I also watched his concert several times before ,
Everytime ,he did GREAT performance for us ,and made us so excited .
This time ,I edited Hackett songs nonstop (part 1 + part 2 ) for young generations.
Almost of the tracks are from his 1st to 4th solo albums .
By listening to them ,I hope more young generations will know his excellent prog tracks and guitar playing ,
and you will go to enjoy his live performance a lot when he visits your countries .
Absolutely ,Hackett is the best prog guitarist all over the world .
Many prog bands ask Hackett to play in their albums and in their concerts even now.
It proves Hackett is still one of the living great musicians to everyone .
One of the examples is the following album .(released on May 29 ,2017 ) WATCH
Hackett plays 12 strings guitar on the track "The Hermit " in the album .
"The Hermit " was originally included in Hackett's 1st solo album "Voyage Of The Acolyte "(1975) ,The Watch version (2017) is quite different from the original version .
It has more powerful symphonic rock taste .
Worth to try The Watch version ,too .
tracklist
(pt1)
Every Day (3-1)
The Show (4-9)
Narnia (2-1 )
Racing In A (2-3)
The Stepps (4-1)
Time To Ger Out (4-2)
The Air-Conditioned Nightmare (Cured -4)
Slogans (4-3)
Land Of A Thousand Autums (2-7)
Please Don't Touch ( 2-8)
Spectral Mornings (3-8)
Clocks (3-4 )
A Tower Struck Down (1-3)
(pt2)
Kim (2-4)
Lost Time In Cordoba (3-6)
Tigermoth (3-7)
Jacuzzi (4-6)
Ace Of Wands (1-1)
Horizons (Bay Of Kings -9 )
Shadow Of The Hierophant (1-10 ,Extended Version )
Some albums released by PRWW (Brazilian record company) has terrible poor recording quality .
This album is one of them ,so remastered and uploaded here .
This album is a really excellent symphonic rock album in Brazil.
We should listen to it better sound quality to praise the album's value once again.
If you want the original terrible poor file ,I will post it here again .Request ,please .
"Mizuki da Fantasia" is a Japanese prog newcomer .
They will release their 1st album "In memory of fantasy " in late July .
The file I uploaded here includes some tracks from the album (not for sale CD ,promotion only )
Mizuki (1992 - ) started her career as a solo female singer in 2010 ,but formed this prog group to realize her dream in 2016 .
Pedro Ruy-Blas is a popular singer in Spain ,and Dolores was his backup band (5 members ).
They released 3 excellent jazz rock albums during 1976-78 .
In fact,there is another compilation (2 CDs set ) released in Spain in 1999.
But three tracks are not included in the 2 CD set compilation (track 5,6 ,7 ),so it may be worth to upload this compilation released in Japan in 2001 .
track 1,7,11....1st album (1976 )
track 2,10....2nd album (1977)
track 5,8...3rd album (1978)
track 3,4,9 ....Pedro Ruy-Blas "Luna Llena " (1975 )
track 6 .... Paco De Lucía " Interpreta A Manuel De Falla " (1978 )
The following info is from one of my friends in Brazil.
Thanks to him .
"Mario Garcia" is a brazilian! Recorded this album in Brazil! After recording this record ,he moved to the city of "Corrientes" (Argentina)! In Argentina he created 3 bands: "Tamanduá Maluco", "García & García" and the most current "The Brother". He died in October 2015 at the age of 57... You can DL mp3 here .
Jolyon Jackson was a keyboard player and former member of Supply,Demand & Curve .
I posted their sole album here ,and after disbanded, he released this collaborated album in 1980.
He played almost all of the instruments except fiddle (=traditional folky violin) by Paddy Glackin.
It is an excellent instrumental Irish trad & folk music album.
Gotic's unreleased 2nd album can be purchased at the Gotic official website now.
official_website info I got a following message from official GOTIC website these days . It says..... The “Gegants i serpentines” record is a digitalized, cleaned, polished and remastered version of the 1978 original master tapes, revised, remastered and approved by us!!
Maqueta is an Unathorized “pirate” version, of poor quality as it was recorded from a “cassette”.
Reminds me of Caravan ....Hatfield and the North .....National Health .......and sometimes Gentle Giant .......
I got crappy mp3 files one day ,and was surprised to know that it was one of Canterbury-type masterpieces ....
I purchased the vinyl at once to show better ripping here .
You should use your headphone or earphone to enjoy this tricky album.
Recorded time is quite different from the printed one (A-1 & A-2 )
Orchestration: Doros Georgiadis Conductor: Johnny Boshoph Production: Loizides - Nicolas Production Producer for Greece: Kon. Fasolas Slide Front-Cover: Jacques Wyrs / Paris Slides & Inside back cover: Kon. Papaconstantinou
Barrock was one of Italian neo-prog bands that was formed in 1982 and disbanded in 1999 (?)
They released 3 cassettes before they released 1st album "L'alchimista" (1990) at a Japanese label.
Thier 1st cassette was released in 1985 ,and after the release, 2 cassettes were followed..."L'alchimista"(half of the tracks were studio recording and the rest were live recording ) and "Romeo & Juliet" (OST for the theater play )
Anyway,
Although they released 3 CDs ,they could not jump over this 1st cassette ...
Giampaolo Poles (bass) Maurizio Poles (drums) Valter Poles (guitar, keyboards) Graziella Vendramin (Vocals ) Paola Poles (vocals) Giuseppe Vendramin (keyboards) Laura Ivan (vocals, 1982-88)
At RYM ,this allbum is rated as a worse album. (average ...2.68 )
So I have avoided it for a long time.
But I listened to it for the first time these days and found it a better album.
What do you think ,mates ?
This album was reissued as the CD before.
I borrowed it from my friend ,but not so good sound quality,so thought it would be a value to post from the vinyl ripping and tried to make it better .
Happy merry Xmas to all prog fans all over the world !!!