RPI Experts and Fans: Need your opinions. I dusted off my Progressive Italia box (vol 1) a few months ago and have given all the discs many listens. Awesome! 2 stone classics, 2 really interesting but too odd (IMHO) to be masterpieces, and 2 rock solid. This is what's in the box:
Il Balletto Di Bronzo – Ys; Just too odd to be a full-on masterpiece. Hatfield & the North on acid?
De De Lind - Io Non So Da Dove Vengo...; Strong flute rocker, a la Jade Warrior
Jumbo - Vietato Ai Minori Di 18 Anni? The second odd one. Great instrumental bits. Hard to get past the vocals.
Sensations' Fix - Portable Madness; Masterpiece #1 beats the Krautrockers at their games.
Latte E Miele - Passio Secundum Mattheum; Masterpiece #2 One minute they jam like Traffic, the next they sound like orchestral Rick Wakeman. It works.
Mauro Pelosi - Al Mercato Degli Uomini Piccoli; Solid singer/songwriter effort w/ mellotron.
I wouldn’t mind picking up 1-2 more of these boxes. So what do you all think of the rest of these? What jumps out as a possible classic? I have never heard any of these other than the Cacciapaglia (Vol. 2), which I own.
Vol. 2 Locanda Delle Fate - Forse Le Lucciole Non Si Amano Pui, Ibis - Same, Sensations' Fix - Finest Finger, Roberto Cacciapaglia - Sei Note In Logica, Pasquale Minieri & Giorgio Vivaldi - Carnascialia, Stradaperta - Maida Vale
Vol. 3 Jumbo - Same, Billy Gray - Feeling Gray?, Sensations' Fix - Boxes Paradise, Tritons - Satisfaction, Toni Esposito - La Banda Del Sole, Mauro Pelosi - Same
Vol. 4 Ibis - Sun Supreme, Jumbo - Dna, Madrugada - Same, Sensations' Fix - Fragments Of Light, Mauro Pelosi - La Stagione Per Morire, Latte E Miele – Papillion
Vol. 5 Claudio Pascoli - Naifunk, Maurizio Arcieri - Trasparenze, Sensations' Fix - Flying Tapes, Claudio Dentes - Pantarei, Mauro Pelosi - Il Signore Dei Gatti, Madrugada - Incastro
Vol. 6 Franco Falsini - Cold Nose, Maurizio Fabrizio - Movimenti Nel Cielo, Pangea - Invasori, Carlo Siliotto - Ondina, Pueblo - Same, Sensations' Fix – Same
Vol. 7 Maurizio Fabrizio - Azzurri Orizzonti, Francesca Messina - Medio Occidente, Latte E Miele - Papillon (English Version), Gino D'eliso - Santi Ed Eroi, Ermanno De Biagi - L'albero Della Pazzia, Saro Liotta - La Seduzione
Vol. 8 Gens - Same, Mauro Panseri - Sulla Spiaggia D'inverno, Maurizio Fabrizio - Primo, Gianni Bonfiglio - Luci Spente A Testaccio, I Nuovi Angeli - Stasera Clowns, La Stanza Della Musica - Same
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