Perigeo
Alice

Here we have one of the most unusual records ever made: beneath the clever music of Giovanni Tommaso, the lyrics written by Maurizio Monti and a 'bunch of singers, here emerges "Alice": I keep this record jealously and I would like to see: it manages to blend genres and artists that are very different from each other and combine them into thirteen homogeneous tracks. The album (easy to guess) is a concept album based on Alice in Wonderland and each singer on the record plays a character.

Giovanni Tommaso, leader of Perigeo, plays the narrator (called Uno in the booklet) and sings "Bella la città", in essence, the narrator announces the meeting between Alice and the White Rabbit and the beginning of the journey. And indeed "Il viaggio" is the name of the following track, and it's the first instrumental excellently played by Perigeo; in this track, Lina Sastri's voice appears for the first time, interpreting Alice (or rather what's written in Alice's diary). Following is "Al bar dello sport", where we find a dazzling Cheshire Cat interpreted by an excellent Rino Gaetano and a lesbian duchess played by the talented Maria Monti. After the high-level instrumental "Il decalogo", Tommaso returns this time playing the Caterpillar in the very successful "Il bruco". A little story: when I play the record in the car in the presence of my father, I always put on this song because I know he loves it; I'm talking about the brilliant "Mammina", where a formidable Jenny Sorrenti (sister of Alan) plays this character angry with the world. The splendid and brief instrumental "Il quartiere" follows, and right after a little surprise: a very successful duet between Lucio Dalla (Mad Hatter) and Anna Oxa (March Hare) called "Tea party". The top-level instrumental "Il festival" introduces us to "Regina pop star", where we find Ivan Cattaneo's voice in the role of the queen (yes, he played her even though he's male). "Bullo e pupa" goes a bit off the rails of the album, a bit risky but still not to be dismissed as trash. The highest point of the LP is reached by the instrumental "La quadriglia delle aragoste", where Perigeo gives its best while two girls and Lina Sastri speak in a rather annoying dialogue. The finale "Confusione gran confusione" brings together all the voices that appeared previously (including Lina Sastri), creating one of the greatest collaborations in Italian music.

In short: an excellent and unjustly forgotten album, and at the time little commercialized (strange). However, I make an appeal: RECORD LABELS REMASTER THIS RECORD, IT DESERVES RESPECT AND ATTENTION!