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Io Sono Murple
Douban
Murple
release date 2002-05-16 publisher: Akarma Italy
Originally released in 1974 on the BASF label. They only made one album and then disappeared but this is definitely an obscure classic out of the '70s Italian progressive rock scene. A concept album (the music is actually a fable concerning the penguin Murple) with two long tracks that together are a little bit over 30 minutes. For fans of King Crimson, Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Le Orme. Miniature LP sleeve with original artwork.
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Crac!
Douban
Area
release date 1975-01-01 publisher: Akarma Italy
Originally released in 1975, Area's third album is an eclectic furnace of Jazz-Rock, ethnic Folk, experimentation and an ethically conscious manifesto for the arising of the masses, which made Area an icon of the Italian music scene of the '70s. This is perhaps the best confirmation of the band's crazy fusion: furious, mind-bending rhythms and melodies balanced with humor and the avant-garde. Akarma. 2007.
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Time of Change
Douban
★ 8.8 5 ratings
The Trip
release date 1973-01-01 publisher: Trident
Their final album, "Time Of Change" (1974), was their crown achievement in terms of musical dexterity, displaying neck­breaking keyboard pyrotechnics. Here The Trip used a very broad range of influences, from conventional music to avant-garde. Opus Avantra had a similar basic idea, but with completely different results, musically speaking. Their complex jigsaw never hung well together, whereas The Trip's work was more convincing. Most impressive was "Rhapsodia" (20:00), in the top class of Italian keyboard-driven progressive rock.
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Landed
Douban
★ 7.5 8 ratings
Can
release date 2005-06-28 publisher: Mute U.S.
Part of the essential series of reissues playable on SACD players (is a Hybrid SACD). Remastered from the original tapes by the band with beefed up artwork including rare and unseen photos.