The work "Tutti morimmo a stento cantata in si minore per solo, coro e orchestra" is one of the earliest examples of a concept album in Italy. FDA said in an interview with L'Europeo in 1969: The record is already a best seller; it is among the girls, students, and middle school teachers... more
Almost all the songs from the album were also printed on 45 RPM records at the time. more
To be honest, it would be a compilation of tracks already released on 45 rpm records starting from 1963. more
Posthumously published on March 5, 1971, after Jimi's death, it mainly consists of unfinished material. more
Smash Hits was the first compilation of the hits by the British/American band. more
Pirated on two tapes.
Here are the three core members of the band: Jimi Hendrix - lead guitar, rhythm, slide and acoustic, vocals, piano, keyboards, bass, percussion, kazoo
Mitch Mitchell - drums, percussion, vocals
Noel Redding - bass, guitar, vocals
are joined by Jack Casady - bass on Voodoo Chile
Steve Winwood - organ on Voodoo Chile
Larry Faucette - conga on Rainy Day, Dream Away and on Still Raining, Still Dreaming
Mike Finnigan - organ on Rainy Day, Dream Away and on Still Raining, Still Dreaming
Fred Smith - horn on Rainy Day, Dream Away and on Still Raining, Still Dreaming
Buddy Miles - drums on Rainy Day, Dream Away and on Still Raining, Still Dreaming
Chris Wood - flute on 1983... (A Merman, I Should Turn to Be)
Al Kooper - piano on Long Hot Summer Night
Mike Mandel - piano
Dave Mason - guitar, vocals
The Sweet Inspirations - vocals more
Just before the completion of the album, Hendrix forgot the master tapes of side A in a taxi, and they were never found. So a quick remix of side A had to be done, which Jimi didn't particularly like; he later stated that he wasn't very satisfied. However, the band's bassist, Noel Redding, claimed that this album was, in his opinion, the best of the three released. (uhm, musicians, go figure...) more
US version remixed in stereo format with Hey Joe on side A.
In 1987, it was considered the fifth best album in the history of Rock.
The band in that 1967 was made up of Jimi Hendrix on guitar and vocals, Mitch Mitchell on drums, and Noel Redding on bass. more
On drums & percussion, son Claudio (then thirty...) more
The title of the album (and the eponymous song) is a quotation from the film by Yugoslav director Aleksandar Petrovic, I Have Also Met Happy Gypsies, from 1967, and in the last part, there are four verses of three lines each, freely reworked from Peter Weiss's text "Cantata del fantoccio lusitano." more
Paraphrasing Samuel Beckett, I cannot assert while listening to this first album by CL "Waiting for Godo..." more
"An exceptional album...
In 'Bolormaa' there’s a wonderful phrase: Monito terrorista che la retta è per chi ha fretta...
T.R.E. is, to put it succinctly, an apocalyptic album.
However, we should be mindful of the use of this word in its original meaning of revelation.
An album that belongs to a Nordic existential conception, with an idea of revolution not in its destructive sense.
A revolutionary album."
(quoted from Franco Battiato) more
One of the emblematic pieces shared with Ivano Fossati describes the enchanting preparation of a Ligurian dish, and in the finale, the chef exclaims: "mangè mangè nu séi chi ve mangià," cursing all those who will consume his 'A çimma... more
His best work (just because he won’t have the chance to create others up there or down there or wherever the heck!) more
The Big Brother may have been terrible, and it’s true that at a certain point they were kept away from Janis so they wouldn't ruin her career. They certainly don’t appear here, and anyway, the spotlight is undoubtedly on Joplin's sumptuous voice for a lavish album that definitively crowns her! more
Summa of concatenated art. more
There is much worse. more
Second chapter of the four in the golden epic of the Byrds. Catchy and crystalline melodies, superb pop and psych-pop songs. This is the album where Crosby's songwriting dominates, gifting us masterpieces like "Mind Gardens" and "Everybody's Been Burned," and he is well supported by an equally inspired Hillman ("Have You Seen Her Face," "Thoughts and Words," which has nothing to do with Battisti). The extraordinary cover of Dylan is unmissable here, "My Back Pages," and I must say that indeed, Dylan's songs interpreted by such superb melodists are even more beautiful; the rendition here is moving. McGuinn takes a back seat in terms of writing compared to his two inspired companions, but his electric guitar brands the entire album with fabulous passages. Ah, how I love the sound of McGuinn's electric guitar, one of my favorites and the most distinctive. more
Creator of great Snacks more
Absolute masterpiece, warm and rough just enough. more