PROG FOLK - COME LE FOGLIE - Unreleased 1972 Recordings - 1998

Artista / Banda: Come Le Foglie

Álbum: Unreleased 1972 Recordings

Ano: 1998 (1972)
Gênero: Progressive / Folk Rock

País: Itália

Comentário: Pérola formada em Milão, inicialmente fazendo cover de CSNY e Joni Mitchell. Na virada de década, passaram a fazer composições próprias e chegaram a dividir palco com PFM, Banco e Curved Air, porém sem nunca lançar um disco nos anos de atividade. Este é um disco lançado pela Giallo, trazendo à luz antigas gravações, no total 13 curtas faixas que mesclam influencias West Coast / folk (origens da banda) e rock progressivo típico do país, com maior desenvolvimento instrumental. As letras são todas em italiano e trazem uma beleza grande às composições, que geralmente são acústicas, com boa participação de violões e flauta.

Um belo trabalho para fãs de RPI em geral, recomendado!

While most of the musical influences on Italian artists during the late 60's and early 70's came from English groups, there were quite a few artists who were strongly attracted to the West Coast sound.
Come Le Foglie, like later groups such as Stradaperta, Madrugada or Grosso Autunno, were particularly influenced by an US-sounding style based on acoustic guitars and vocal harmonies.
The trio has been formed in Milan around 1968, from the ashes of a rhythm and blues group, Formy Blues Band. Their early repertoire was full of covers by the likes of CSNY and Joni Mitchell, and the band had an intense live activity and a good following in the Milan area.
At the turn of the seventies, the group began creating their own sound, often helped by guest musicians, but still keeping their initial West Coast feeling. They were invited at many important open-air festivals in the North of Italy, and had the chance of supporting some of the top Italian and foreign artists of the time. Of course many record companies were interested in signing them, and they recorded many demo tapes, but unfortunately their uncompromising behaviour caused them to lose any chance of a recording deal.
The band split in the mid 70's, sadly little has survived of all those studio recordings that never found their way to an LP. A CD, including demo recordings from 1972 was released in 1998 by the Giallo label; it also includes a few live tracks, also from the same year, but having a worse quality, and this record can give an approximate idea of what this group sounded like.

Text: Italian Prog

Come Le Foglie - Unreleased 1972 Recordings (MP3 192 kbps): 
https://yadi.sk/d/R50Vogrb3EQMQW

Músicos:

Giancarlo Galli (vocal, guitarra)
Claudio Lugli (vocal, violão)
Attilio Zanchi (baixo, vocal)

Faixas:

01 Incoscienza

02 Via Ludovico Il Moro

03 Gli Ombrelli Di Volterra

04 L'emigrato

05 Alisei

06 Felicità

07 Hydra

08 Amalfi

09 Finale

10 La Farfalla

11 La Battaglia Di Marignano

12 Zerbo (Pronto In Tasca)

13 Il Castello Di Nogarola