BARRACUDA BLUE

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Vinile I have it ★★★★★

31 aug 12

The majesty of this album transforms my attic into an impregnable medieval tower: an extraordinary quintet grappling with a fantasy imagery to be delivered into the annals of Hard Rock history. Blackmore's present can only long for such a pinnacle, a vocalist and a drummer who may only appear in his dreams.

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Vinile I have it ★★★★★

Renaissance: Live at Carnegie Hall

23 nov 12

The best way to approach a one-of-a-kind band. Perfect in reproducing historical tracks with the orchestra to emphasize their magic. With Dunford's farewell, their Thousand and One Nights come to a close forever. A sound remains that no one will ever be able to replicate.

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hjhhjij
23 nov 12

Dunford: (I console myself thinking about the substantial artistic legacy he left us in the '70s. Great band.
BARRACUDA BLUE
23 nov 12

The last American dates of last month were all sold out, with some new tracks in the setlist. While waiting for a second round, they returned to England for a break... a stroke while having dinner with his family.
hjhhjij
23 nov 12

Yes, I saw him yesterday, I’m very sorry. I had stopped at "Songs For All Seasons" with them and I have no intention of delving further, but it was obvious they still had their remarkable following of loyal fans (if they had happened to come here, I would definitely have gone). To me, they are one of the most interesting progressive bands. With Dunford's death, who knows if they will break up... It wouldn't be a huge tragedy, they have left a lot, but if they were to disband this way, god, I feel so sorry for Dunford :(

Vinile I have it ★★★★★

Renaissance: Renaissance

31 jul 12

The Folk-Pop duo of former Yardbirds Relf and McCarthy transforms into a fantastic quintet filled with a thousand ideas built on a classic piano, that somewhat underrated John Hawken, who is also iconic in the ups and downs of the harpsichord that illuminate Jane Relf's vocalizations in Wanderer. Bullet anticipates certain upcoming German Trip-Jams. A seminal album.

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Marco Salzano
31 jul 12

And Island? How beautiful is it? A fundamental album of progressive music closer to classical.
BARRACUDA BLUE
31 jul 12

Even the B-side of the 45 by Island, THE SEA, is an extraordinary song. I have always loved this line-up, preferring it to the subsequent one.
Marco Salzano
31 jul 12

mmm nice fight. Certainly this Mark I didn't have the same commercial success. Even the Illusion, who came after, made a nice album (OUT OF THE MIST) that has been quite overlooked.
BARRACUDA BLUE
31 jul 12

The two albums by Illusion are wonderful, released just at the wrong time. There is also a third one, ENCHANTED CARESS: over 20 years ago, I had the chance to exchange a couple of minutes of chat with Jim McCarthy in a pub in London, surprised that an Italian knew about those albums that were never released here; I still have his autograph on the cover of that newly purchased CD. :-)
Marco Salzano
31 jul 12

Nice shot :-) However, the first of the Illusion came out in '77, the same year as NOVELLA, which was the best-selling album by Renaissance up to that point (although, if I'm not mistaken, more in the USA than in the UK).
BARRACUDA BLUE
31 jul 12

In '77, Island Records was much more interested in reggae and punk than in an album like Out of the Mist; the subsequent Illusion wasn't even released in the USA, zero promotion... and the band broke up.

Vinile I have it ★★★★★

Rick Wakeman: The Six Wifes Of Henry VIII

26 jun 12

Rarely has a record managed to evoke a piece of history in such an exemplary way: redundant yet enlightened, the author's flair, supported by members of Yes and Strawbs, portrays six women with different destinies: the majesty of the Pipe Organ in the tragic childbirth of Jane Seymour and the romantic ascent to the gallows of Anne Boleyn frame the best LP of Instrumental-Prog.