silvietto

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Class of '56. Listening debut '70 1st ELP 1,850 CD, then there are SACDs, DVAs, Blu-rays and especially VINYLS!

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  • fog16136
    fog16136
    15 jul 24
    Hi, I read the review of Hackett's latest effort. I gave it a 4 because I think I/O by Gabriel isn't sleepy but rather intimate like his recent works. Unfortunately, I didn't see Steve, but I saw Peter in Milan, and what can I say... let's hold onto them tightly.
     
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    • silvietto
      16 jul 24
      Hi fog, I agree that the group of the Greats is unfortunately getting thinner, and it’s also possible that they miss the mark here and there. Their problem is that the fans are people who are used to quality and have a very fine ear, which is why they expect masterpieces at will, something almost impossible based on the very definition. Peter has definitely already given the best of his career in the past, which is now far behind, and probably Steve is also "recycling" (excellently) themes from a few years ago. Peter's intimacy is certainly there, but I've highlighted that it’s too insistent and ends up being boring over time.
  • ZiOn
    ZiOn
    7 jun 23
    However, in the photo I see you in shape. Class of 2023, maybe! 😆
     
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  • sergio60
    sergio60
    10 jun 17
    Ah Silvie... so that little one is you then or is it your son... I think it's your son... eh...
     
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    • silvietto
      14 jun 17
      Come on Sergio, how could you think it was me? Before you were born, color film cameras weren't used! SLRs would be invented later. It's my daughter Sofia at 2 months old, when her dad took her picture a long time ago.
    • sergio60
      14 jun 17
      Well, congratulations... you have a smile that brings peace... on the contrary, I can't upload photos, neither of myself nor of my two kids; I can't even manage to post an audio, let alone a photo... and it's true that if I posted a picture of Bea... there would be a line to ask me for friendship... believe me, it's not just paternal love... it’s that she’s really beautiful... end of bragging about "my kids"...
    • silvietto
      14 jun 17
      I am "piezze core"! Well, Sofia also has her admirers........but it's better if they don't get carried away. I believe I'm one of the few who has uploaded a home photo (taken with an incredible luck because to get an expression like that you can spend hours for nothing), even if it's really old. It's not difficult, Sergio, just customize your profile with a jpeg image; if I did it, being older.........
    • sergio60
      14 jun 17
      I’ve tried every possible way, but it’s likely that it depends on the PC; it’s old and doesn’t support different apps.
  • sergio60
    sergio60
    5 may 17
    Hey someone older than me!....a hug..Sergio
     
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    • silvietto
      5 may 17
      Well, I can't be the only one! There are even older ones than me in here, it's not a big deal, quite natural I would say. And even those who have more albums than the two of us put together... As for tastes, we're pretty much on the same page, except maybe that when it comes to classical, I'm all for the great Russians, maybe it's just EL&P's fault. I'll return the "connection."
    • sergio60
      6 may 17
      Hi... well you know... I don’t know about you, but when I go to my vinyl dealer, I often find myself talking to patrons usually much younger than me, and this usually means that the discussion ends up with me giving tips on what to get and what to avoid... it’s enjoyable and stimulating, but I miss that particular moment when information gets exchanged... which is exactly what happens on this site... that’s why, even knowing that there are people my age, I was pleased... the Russian school... I have no prejudices against that scene... but it’s no coincidence that I adore Stravinsky while I only listen to the rest if it comes up... I don’t know how to explain it... I’m not crazy about the use of brass in Russian symphonies... you know Prokofiev? ... whereas I have an immense adoration for Bach... nearly 300 years later, his music is embarrassingly contemporary... maybe it’s because he definitively codified writing with the "invention" of semitones, or maybe it’s that the sound of his works can only be placed in that era based on the instruments used, since the scores are timeless, as Emerson would say... apart from this... yes, I think we have more or less the same obsessions... I’d like to ask you a question, if you don’t mind... what number are you at with your records? ...I’m around three thousand... between LPs and CDs...
    • silvietto
      6 may 17
      Sure, it's easy to play with the young, especially at concerts.
      Hackett has noticed more about Bach (Horizon is a clear plagiarism) than Emerson, who is more oriented towards the great Russian composers Mussorgsky and that Prokofiev you like.
      I no longer count the LPs and only listen when I want to make an acoustic leap in quality, that is, when there’s a "The Court of the Crimson King," for example; for the CDs, the count is as above. Overall, we’re there.
      I love brass, but you need a powerful finale and adequate speakers, in addition to a well-soundproofed room; otherwise, with the "New World Symphony" or "The Great Russian Easter Overture," you risk arguing with the neighbors...
    • sergio60
      7 jun 17
      Well... I often play Carmina Burana by Orff at full volume just to test the speakers... According to the experts, if your system doesn’t struggle to deliver the choir across the entire acoustic spectrum with optimal resolution and no distortion at around 3 dB of pressure (which is a little over half volume) and without blurred mixtures of the orchestral fullness... it means that the system is well-balanced and performs excellently across all frequencies... I’ve tried it with three different cartridges and I must say it’s true! the Stanton 881EEE turned out to be better than the Ortofon Concorde 30 and a Shure whose model I don't remember, so much so that I gave it to my brother who has stuffed ears and can't tell an oboe from a bassoon...
    • silvietto
      7 jun 17
      Yes, you're right, the "Carmina Burana" is also a beautiful piece, but it also depends on the edition. The Stanton you're referring to is the 681 EEE, while the famous Shure you remember is the V15 IV, perhaps (I said perhaps, not definitely for the brass) more balanced with classical music, but for everything else, there's no comparison! Of course, they are jewels that have reached significant values, but the V15 IV is much more affected by the passage of time, and finding one in good condition is practically impossible. I also used an AKG for classical music, but some admirer has stolen it...
    • sergio60
      7 jun 17
      Yes, the Stanton is the 681... it's been thirty-two years and it still sounds divine... I really don't remember the Shure... it never drove me crazy; it had, for me, a sound that was too metallic with an emphasis on high tones that tends to dull the mids, resulting in voices taking a step back... my brother paired it with a Bose Acoustimass... it came out a disaster... to the endemic flaws of the Bose he added the peculiar sound of the Shure, resulting in bass that sounds like cans, mids that you sense are there but can't quite find, and piercing highs... no thanks, the Shures work well with speakers like B&W, Tannoy, or Wharfedale that have that typical slightly flat British tonal quality from the mids up... my system, although outdated, still makes a great impression... Luxman PD 288 turntable... two Luxman amplifiers, a L 314A and a 512... Canton 510 speakers with a 31 cm diameter woofer, with the only downside being their 4-ohm impedance, which somewhat limits their volume tolerance... the manufacturer rates them at 140 watts, but with my Luxmans I can drive them adequately because one has 28 watts RMS and the other just over 35... I also have a Thorens TD145 with an Ortofon LM30 cartridge from the Concorde series... all in all, for being over thirty years old, it still performs beautifully and with a pretty varied collection of music—from chamber, symphonic, jazz, rock, blues, prog, folk, to contemporary—it gives me no issues with any genre. When I decided to assemble it with these pieces, I didn't think it would have the balance that it later revealed... a nice surprise... yes...
    • silvietto
      8 jun 17
      I fully agree with your diagnosis of the Shure's coupling issues, which was indeed "tuned" for English speakers, rather than for the bright-sounding Bose, which I've never liked. An outdated but branded system, there's no need to flaunt its age with me, considering I use 2 TD 125 mkII... and I've never dared to go further, for instance into direct drive... Don't you have a CD player? Often, configurations (like in my case with Canadian speakers, English power amp, Japanese preamp, Swiss turntable, and American cartridge...) lead to a truly satisfying balance or even more!
    • sergio60
      8 jun 17
      Yes, of course I have it; I have two and even a cassette recorder. For digital, I got two Philips: the CD 580, which is a recorder, and for playback, I have a CD 105. You might ask why I made this choice. As for the CD 105, it was the smallest from the brand and it flopped commercially because it was all plastic with pastel colors (mine is red!), but there's a catch... One day, needing to decide which player to invest my money in, I decided to see what the industry magazines were saying. To my surprise, I read in not one but two of them (practically 80% of the ones on the market back then) that the much-maligned CD 105 Philips could turn out to be a real bargain... Its look was horrifying—plenty of plastic, top-loading with manual disc insertion—but... and here's the point, it had top-notch electronics, with results surpassing those of much more expensive and renowned players, to the extent that it made them pale in comparison. And then there was the legendary digital-to-analog converter that Philips patented but didn't share with others, which produced a warm and clear sound, unlike other brands that struggled to deliver a "smooth" sound... all for 70,000 lire. The CDR 580 was chosen for the same reason and because it was the cheapest among CD recorders. The cassette recorder, on the other hand, is an Akai GFX 25... a true electronic miracle. The brand had recently released heads made of "sundast" (whatever that is), which they claimed were guaranteed for 250,000 hours of use. I was already fond of Akai, so I bought it without hesitation. Well, after thirty-two years, the head is still there, and it records wonderfully. If I use chrome cassettes to record, I have to pay attention to the hiss, which is actually greatly reduced, to discover that it’s a cassette... Of course, in these last years... let's say around ten... I have used it very little for recording, but I always listen to the already recorded cassettes; I have about 700, even though I never include them in my tally of records... With them, I reach or perhaps even exceed 4,000 units...
    • sergio60
      8 jun 17
      Um, sorry, the cdr is 880... or 850... well, I can't remember the exact code, but it was the "biggest" one in the catalog.
    • sergio60
      8 jun 17
      Well, my PD 288 is direct drive... but it has practically nonexistent background noise and one of the lowest wow and flutter rates around, the typical quality of medium to high-end Japanese electronics that are almost conceptually perfect and yield great results, but with costs that are not prohibitive, making them perfectly perfect.
    • silvietto
      14 jun 17
      In short, you're a bit wobbly on the digital front, dear Sergio; I understand, yet it's also necessary... I have a Sony X7ESD from '90 that performs much better than the recent (and expensive) Marantz I bought for the few dozen SACDs that I boldly deemed essential. The cassette recorders, what a history and culture; back in '71 I bought a Philips 2400, one of the first stereo models: back then, we recorded by placing two microphones a certain distance from the speakers... there were no connecting cables with the amplifiers! Yet it felt like GOLD, of course there was different Music on the turntables.
  • pippo 70
    pippo 70
    13 mar 17
    Do you happen to remember if Collage was used as the theme for any RAI television programs? I seem to recall reading something about it a while ago, but I can't remember the details. Have a good evening.
     
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    • silvietto
      14 mar 17
      It could be that in the good old days, "It Was Winter" was used for a special on the topic it addresses, but I wouldn't bet my life on it, and anyway it would have been very subtle, perhaps highlighting only the fateful line "10,000, 20,000 in the customer's hands.....". Hi
    • silvietto
      14 mar 17
      It could be that in the good old days, "It Was Winter" was used for a special on the topic it addresses, but I wouldn't bet my life on it, and anyway it would have been very subtle, perhaps highlighting only the fateful line "10,000, 20,000 in the customer's hands.....". Hi
    • sergio60
      6 may 17
      Hello.... I remember that "aliante" was used as a theme for a RAI program's opening ... I don't recall the title of the show or what it was about, but the detail stuck with me because RAI wasn't exactly generous towards the rock scene, and it left an impression on me... just like I perfectly remember the theme songs from the kids' program "avventura," which were two songs by Joe Cocker ... and another kids' program had "living in the past" or the political program "oggi al parlamento," which had as its theme the lively "Concerto grosso" by New Trolls....
    • Dislocation
      7 jun 17
      Hi, Sergio, I am only three years younger than you and I remember that RAI used Joe Cocker's "She Came In Through The Bathroom Window" (from The Beatles' Abbey Road) for "Avventura" on "TV dei Ragazzi." They also used "A Salty Dog" by Procol Harum as the closing theme for the same show; it must have been the late '60s or early '70s. My older cousins would pass me their 45 and 33 RPM records, and I discovered The Beatles, Cream, Hendrix, EL&P, and dozens of others as a kid.... Do you also remember that "Tank" from EL&P's first album was used as the theme for G7 (I think it was called that)? And what about "Father's Sout" from Atom Heart Mother used in the advertisement for Fiuggi mineral water?
    • pippo 70
      7 jun 17
      "Propiedad Prohibida" by Battiato, if I'm not mistaken, was the theme for TG2 last night. And what about "One OF These Days" by Pink Floyd, the theme for Dribbling?
    • silvietto
      7 jun 17
      What a beautiful Amarcord of TV themes! I believe the most "used" ones have definitely been Pink Floyd, particularly "Money" and "Time" — I'd say they fit quite well!
    • sergio60
      7 jun 17
      property ..is the acronym for a special tg ,..then a fragment of karn evil nine pt 3 is the opening theme of a program on the first channel of national radio ...the theme for la domenica sportiva is baba o rylei by the who, and the soundtrack for the sisi socks in the 70s? living loving maid ..zepp. and father band son is used for an insurance ad? i free of all right now for citroen c3...nick drake for poste italiane...i focus of house of king for you and me on RADIO D'ANTAN...the mariachi for the poste pay ad..(actually it's because the trumpeter is a client of mine)...there are too many....and @dislocation..I hadn't mentioned the titles because I couldn't remember them....and yes ...it was a salty dog the ending theme of avventura....wow...it makes me want to cry...and greensleeves? theme of A come agricoltura? and the spring festival for the docking? just try to remember....I don't know if you recall ..for a knowledge cycle the n.c.c.p was co-opted to showcase all their repertoire in a series whose topic I can't remember ..
    • pippo 70
      7 jun 17
      "Child in Time" has recently been used for an advertisement of a women's perfume whose brand I can't recall.
    • sergio60
      7 jun 17
      Aren't you confusing it with "Schizoid Man"? You can hear a snippet in the advertisement for a well-known perfume... just like the Depeche Mode song used for Dior with "Personal Jesus"... I remember an ad from Dheer that used a fragment of "Epitaph" a few years ago...
    • sergio60
      7 jun 17
      It was the Dhreer beer.
    • Dislocation
      8 jun 17
      And all of this means that in the perpetual blindness (or deafness?) to the new at RAI, there evidently existed some programmer who, instead of using a Classical piece as the theme, "dared" to invoke Floyd, Procol, Cocker, and other Saints, inserting them in "pills" within the themes, perhaps for the kids' TV, thus accomplishing quite an act of popularization...
      As for the classics or less classic Rock used in advertisements (if I call them réclame, will someone take offense?), the discussion becomes even more explosive in terms of dissemination, to the point that even the youngsters raised on Ed Sheeran and Miley Cyrus absorb a bit of a stanza, for example, from "20th Century Schizoid Man"... good, right?
    • sergio60
      8 jun 17
      Yes, there were some pious souls who took care to spread the new musical gospel... I remember Paolo Giaccio, who ran Popoff, and for you young people, the issue was not so much the stubbornness in limiting space to new trends, but being a generalist radio as a public radio should be, the time to dedicate was obviously limited. I remember the requests that were read in Ciao2001 about this topic; from our point of view, "we were" right... but we tended to overshadow everything else by putting in place an equal and opposite policy, where we were the new and the radio should have focused more on the young audience... but today, in hindsight, I'm not very convinced of that position. Sure, it wasn't the musical Mecca we longed for as young folks, but deep down, there was much more democracy than we could "see" at the time... today, for example, 90% of "free" radios are under the grip of the record industry; their mission is to play what the record producers have produced, regardless of the actual value of the proposal. The motto holds true: "if it’s played on the radio, it’s cool; the more it’s played, the more people like it." In short, the old story of the lie... the more it's repeated, the more it takes on the status of truth... and lacking a true disseminating pole for everything that's different or less marketable, you listen to what you believe you like, but in reality, they make you enjoy what they deem fit to be launched in the market... arbitrariness is not contemplated. The indie movement, for example, thrives on its own efforts, capturing small market shares, but it remains confined there... and if it weren't for the widespread service provided by fanzines, everything would be exhausted in the neighborhood where these entities operate... to make a long story short... from the frying pan into the fire...
    • silvietto
      8 jun 17
      Sergio, you're making me tear up. It makes me think that besides liking it, you might be a "Living in the Past," and sorry for the joke! Sure, there were radio shows aimed at spreading new musical ideas, but just think about what kind of selection they could count on between '68 and let's say '74......... Now, they could do the same only with some Northern American rap garbage.
    • sergio60
      8 jun 17
      Eh... it's not that I'm living in the past... but you've already given yourself the right answer... do you want to compare the decade '66/'76 with the current scene from 1980 to today? If everything that's being produced today had even 10% of the innovative drive and some of the creative outlets of back then, we would be talking about a different story, and maybe a blog like this wouldn't even exist, because we would still be discussing something in motion that started from there and is expanding like the universe... but instead, we are almost doing archaeological work, think about how many positive energies have been wasted... rap, you say... I've always dismissed it like this: "it sounds like a lot of Lama, Benvenuto, Camusso, talking and talking and saying nothing at all, only that unlike politicians or unionists, they also annoy the hell out of you with that skeletal, obsessive, mind-numbing rhythm." Aho! Maybe I'm big-headed, but if I want to break the mold, I'm putting on an electoral rally!!
    • Dislocation
      9 jun 17
      @sergio60: As for Rap, I completely agree with you... it’s just chatter without even a badge... I tried, in my time, I swear I tried to understand it, if not to fully absorb it, at least to grasp it... I thought perhaps it was me, from the height of my vast audio collection, who felt entitled to be snobbish toward a genre, rap/hip hop, which perhaps only had the flaw of being "new" and that I just didn’t want to understand... but then enough, however, any moron can pick up a microphone and spew out rhymes to a beat... Among Italians, I only save Frankie Hi-Nrg who at least thought it over before opening his mouth, and much of what he said was at least shareable. In general, any tone-deaf buffoon, covered in tattoos and wearing a tank top, without any musical talent, can start spouting nonsense one after another, only caring about making rhyming couplets that calling them drivel is a compliment... indeed, almost always the rhymes seek effect without caring about meaning, only to find assonance, completely disregarding the significance. And this is a fact... However, to claim that the driving force of rock-pop runs out in 1980... Come on, I wouldn’t even start giving you examples, it would be stupid... It’s clear that it all starts from the hips of Elvis and goes through the Beatles, the Stones, Hendrix, and blessed company, amen. You might like it less, but alongside the fading of prog and rock ideas in general, we must admit that Punk first and then New Wave actually dismantled rock to its foundations and injected fresh air and energy, bands and soloists who, innovating, brought new life to a music, that rock-pop-prog in general, was showing its age from any angle you looked at it. Initially, these people operated in rejection of all virtuosity, they had almost abolished solos, but in two or three years, by setting a new standard, many of them qualitatively elevated the genre, ennobling it and setting themselves as a model for other and younger generations of musicians... Then, we can prefer this or that genre, this or that branch and subgenre, but to me, this seems like the evidence of the facts... What do you think?
    • sergio60
      9 jun 17
      I partially agree with you... because something happened in the 80s, but think about it... it was physiological. I firmly believe that the decade from '66 to '76 was the big bang of musical culture. If you look closely, you'll notice that all of human/musical knowledge intertwines and unfolds within that narrow time frame. For example, take Hendrix; he's the "case"... in the sense that before him there were many excellent guitarists, but he wiped the slate clean... you could say there is a before and an after Hendrix. Then came guitarists who were more technical and faster, but he revolutionized the way of playing the instrument, and that happened in '66. For a decade, new paths were forged in every direction; there was no genre that hadn't been tried, tested, and mixed. Everything connected to the dominant culture at that precise moment received a push towards innovation and revolution; music, in particular, was enriched with unusual and innovative sounds and moods. But like everything human, in the long run, it stalls... every stream, every sign was followed, expanded, exposed, and analyzed; it all started from there. Even punk, which is just a rehash of the garage sound that was very popular in the 60s... except that punk had a much more marked sociological significance, and this gave it an important weight in the reckoning. But don’t come to me talking about a revival for punk… it only had the merit of shaking the sleeping giant. Even the new wave was nothing more than a rehash of things already played; sure, it produced significant bands... Talking Heads, Japan, Devo, and Pere Ubu, who, along with Suicide, were perhaps the most original things, but the quantity and quality of that magical decade remain unmatched. PS: You should listen to "Trouble Every Day" by Zappa from Freak Out... and tell me what the rappers of today would have invented... he had already done it in '66... and in a much more elegant and intelligent way. See you soon, and thanks for bringing me into this...
    • sergio60
      9 jun 17
      I want to give you a heads-up... look for the book "Il libro degli Area." It's a true goldmine of information related to what I've mentioned above and has the advantage of being easily relatable as it refers to the Italian scene. And since we are roughly the same age, you'll find things and feelings from the past that are very familiar...
    • Dislocation
      10 jun 17
      @sergio60 Yes, yes, I agree with you, it doesn’t even cross my mind to deny or downplay the importance of the decade you described; rather, we are perfectly in tune... I just wanted, and you understood, to emphasize how the somewhat asphyxiating landscape of the late '70s was, as you know, surpassed, revitalized, and enriched by the Wave wave we were talking about… It was certainly inevitable, physiological, as you say, that this would happen, and we also need to recognize, to no lesser extent, the significance that the stylistic elements of Disco had on all music—rock, pop, wave… I’m interested in your opinion on this…
      The book you mentioned, I searched for it some time ago but couldn't find it, though I’ll try again; it has been on my radar for a while, it would be worth it just for the title…
      As for "Freak Out," for me it’s a chapter in the Bible, on par with Revolver, Highway 61 Revisited, John Barleycorn Must Die, Electric Ladyland, EL&P, Wheels of Fire, Larks' Tongue in Aspic, and many, many others, maybe for some not as monumental but so meaningful to me... The track you mention is one of the best pieces from Zappa's mind, always a serious yet cheerful innovator, irreverent but never foolish (a few years later, do you remember "Ship arriving too late...?"), a great mixer and thus, essentially, an innovator...
      What has always appealed to me about him, aside from the due respect he deserves for what he brought to the knowledge of humankind, are the mixtures, just like many other great figures who merge their genre with other genres and hybridize, that is to say, enrich and strengthen, the genre from which they started… Do you remember what happened when Weather Report used a disco beat in "River People"?
      See you soon!
    • sergio60
      10 jun 17
      Hi... look, with Zappa you're hitting an open door... I have everything and more, from official releases to bootlegs and video books, and even the tour program from the last concert he did in Rome. I'm a Zappiano, not of iron but of stainless steel... you mention the Weather Reporters... I haven't missed anything here either... even the live in Tokyo, a chimera for many fans for decades... I have no idea where you might live, but for the Area book, I ordered it at Feltrinelli and within a week I had it in my hands... But anyway, every respectable bookstore can get it for you with a deposit... if you want, I can send you the publisher and catalog number; you already know the title and could try through the publisher's website...
    • Dislocation
      10 jun 17
      Ah, Sergio, so many beautiful memories, sigh! Even after all this time, I can't come to terms with the death of Jaco, my absolute idol, and the circumstances that took him away from us.... I remember the Live in Tokyo well, for reasons, as you can imagine, of age; I discovered it from a friend in '77, or thereabouts, who made me two tapes that I still have, unlistenable, somewhere, they even did military service together with me.... Then, about fifteen years ago, I got the double CD from Fnac, terrible packaging but.... how can you not admire Vitous's work underneath, and sometimes above, the others that drive us crazy? It's quite different from the style of "8:30", years later, a beautiful album that lives up to the global fame of the WR, but just a tad too "rock" (forgive the exaggeration) for someone who has known the WR since the early days.... but Jaco......
      PS I'm from Genoa, you have piqued my curiosity so much after a long time, and now I'm going to buy it....
    • sergio60
      10 jun 17
      Hi... can you believe I saw Pastorius live about a year before the tragic end of his life? Even though he was high and accompanied by musicians not at his level, he put on a respectable show, and I fondly remember his version of "Third Stone from the Sun" by Hendrix... then I had the chance to see the Weather Report... with the lineup from "Procession"... let me tell you... a real war machine, and I can only imagine what it would have been like to see the previous lineup! Great concerts... yes... one that disappointed me was Billy Cobham; his show felt more like a percussion lesson than a concert, and the only pieces that warmed up the audience were the cuts from "Spectrum".... on the other hand, he had the Mike Stern Group as the opening act, which put on an outstanding performance, and that’s where I discovered a great guitarist... Stern.
    • sergio60
      11 jun 17
      But were you referring to live in Tokyo? I don't think it has an unwatchable cover... I got my copy thanks to a friend who worked at a music store... they brought in some imported copies directly from Japan knowing that I was crazy about W.R. The good Massimo hid a copy for me and handed it to me as soon as I walked into the store... all good, except I shelled out an outrageous sum... a whopping 25,000 lira when an LP cost on average between 5,000 and 6,000 lira! But never was a spending so blessed... I didn't see another copy of this record until recently, thanks to Sony, which distributes its titles from the Japanese catalog worldwide...
    • sergio60
      11 jun 17
      Ah...strictly on double vinyl...audio quality superior to a CD...
    • sergio60
      11 jun 17
      So ...the book of area by Domenico Coduto, published by Auditorium Edizioni www.auditoriumedizioni.it, €12.50...happy hunting!
    • sergio60
      11 jun 17
      Note that the email address is all attached; I don't know why it broke the line, splitting the sentence.
    • Dislocation
      11 jun 17
      No, dear Pippo, I was talking about the cover of the double CD, poorly printed and even worse covered.... But still, it’s not like the original cover was something special.... yet it remains one of those CDs that you always listen to while dreaming.... I’ve already searched online for the book; it seems to be sold out everywhere, and I’ve subscribed to various newsletters to be notified when it becomes available again... I envy you if you’ve seen WR and Jaco, what the heck.... Best regards and respect....
  • pippo 70
    pippo 70
    9 mar 17
    Professor Farina wrote "Santo dio," yet he should know that God is always capitalized. Hello again, Silvietto, sorry for bothering you. I'm writing to you privately to avoid Farina accusing us of being lovers.
     
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    • silvietto
      9 mar 17
      Yes, this is how you realize the reason why I try to counter this common arrogance and presumption of various top students who feel obliged and capable of tearing down everything others write. In substance and as a Christian, I can even be morally offended! But in all things, there is Good and also evil; it’s up to you to determine who belongs to the first and who to the second... Let's hope that ppf doesn’t come to greet me, because that suspicion would grow.
  • pippo 70
    pippo 70
    9 mar 17
    Wow, what a ridiculous little scene has unfolded from one of my reviews. At first, I didn't pay much attention to the criticisms aimed at me, perhaps justified but expressed poorly; I have to admit that, given the long line of comments that followed, I realized how arrogant this pierpaolofarina is. You’ve piqued my curiosity; I really need to check out the comments on your review of Iron Butterfly. Talk soon, have a good afternoon.
     
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    pippo 70
    3 mar 17
    Hello Silvietto. I tried my hand at my first two reviews, and since I consider you an extremely knowledgeable person, I would be happy to have your opinion.
     
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    Kism
    5 jun 16
    I only know "In the Sky and in Other Silent Things," I'll listen to it along with "Spring Song"; they are the only ones I don't know well. I'll let you know... oh, I found the '75 album for Manticore on vinyl while searching in a used record store in Germany!
     
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    • silvietto
      5 jun 16
      Ah, the one I reviewed: a true and rare gem. I have both the vinyl and the Japanese CD; what can I say, I still prefer the former, maybe because I’m too old now for new things…
    • sergio60
      6 may 17
      Goodness gracious, folks... the Italian prog... what virus have you awakened in me... I'll just say this... my first LP purchased was, and still is, a concert by Le Orme...
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    Kism
    3 jun 16
    For the upcoming ones, I'll take more time; however, I've already written several reviews, with different opinions. It often depends on the state of mind, the time available, or the enthusiasm. I really like Le Orme, ever since I saw them as a kid in Sanremo with "Marinai," "Elementi" was a must. I like Banco so much that I even enjoy their albums from the '80s. My favorite remains "Io sono nato libero," but I also really like "Come in un'ultima cena." Sticking to the '70s, I also enjoy PFM, New Trolls, Alberto Radius, and Area.
     
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    • silvietto
      4 jun 16
      Uhm: Le Orme in San Remo in '82 is an understandable weakness; if you were a child, it means that you didn't experience the legendary '70s (musically), unlike the writer: who, unfortunately, has to say so for demographic reasons, but fortunately from a musical perspective. Well, there’s an album by Banco that I find quite underrated; for the few who know it, it’s ".......di terra." Have you ever listened to it?
    • Dislocation
      8 jun 17
      Sorry for the interjection, but I vividly remember purchasing the LP of "... Di terra" when I was fifteen and eagerly awaiting a worthy successor to "Come In U'Ultima Cena," and, of course, I was disappointed and set it aside, even reassured shortly after by "Canto di Primavera"... In short, I picked it up again six or seven years later and... Wonder!!! I couldn't understand it at fifteen, even having gone through numerous repeated listens of everything available at the time... Now it lies, heavily played and with grooves marked by mediocre needles... when I reconsidered it, I realized how many steps forward Banco had taken, even without Di Giacomo's voice, which was practically absent in "Di Terra." The song titles were his, instrumentally it was a stunning album, complete with a symphonic orchestra, not very suitable for the Bel Paese but I'd say not for many others either, perhaps a tad pretentious, but with "Canto di primavera" they would later land back down, before sliding into the 80s where, if possible, they would commit even worse abominations than their traveling companions like Orme, New Trolls, and Premiata... Best regards to both and sorry again for the interruption!
    • silvietto
      8 jun 17
      Please, feel free to act as if you were on your site, no problem! Especially in this last intervention where you uncovered one of my favorite albums that I just had to repurchase for the same reason you would do well to do. Well, "....di Terra" is one of Banco's best works if not the best, but if you go see what is written about it on this site, you'll find that many "kids" cannot comprehend it or others pretend to after a couple of listens, perhaps distracted. In short, to approach and appreciate Music, preparation and patience are required! Patience often means not so much listening to a work 50 times, but rather "setting it aside" for a few, or more years, and rediscovering it as happened to you, with the maturity gained by listening to it and focusing on what comes out of the speakers. Excuse me!
    • Dislocation
      9 jun 17
      @silvietto: Totally and unconditionally agree with you. "... Di Terra" bought yesterday, on CD, 12 euros spent not well, even more..... Regards and respect.
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