Sonny Stitt - Live at the Left Bank, 1971

1 Deuces Wild 8:16
2 Samba de Orpheus 5:55
3 Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) 6:29
4 Cry Me a River 5:03
5 John Brown's Body 10:13
6 The Shadow of Your Smile 6:30
7 Blues Up and Down 7:07

Sonny Stitt — Electric Saxophone
Don Patterson — Organ
Billy James — Drums

AMG:
"The second of two premier releases from Label M and the archives of The Left Bank Jazz Society of Baltimore, MD (along with My Foolish Heart from Stan Getz). One of Sonny Stitt's many performances for The Left Bank was recorded in March 1971 and is the source of this set. Stitt's electric saxophone, of course, is the main attraction. And while the treatment of the instrument scuttles some of its tone, with Stitt at the mouthpiece (he was the first to record the instrument, back in 1966), the electric tenor sax is more than just a novelty. The traditional "John Brown's Body" proves to be the set's highlight."


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Murple (Italy) - Io sono Murple, 1974

1. Antartide
2. Metamorfosi
3. Pathos
4. Senza un perché
5. Nessuna scelta
6. Murple rock
7. Preludio e scherzo
8. Tra I filí
9. Variazioni in 6/8
10. Fratello
11. Un mondo cosí
12. Antarplastic

Pier Carlo Zanco - lead vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, bowed contrabass, chorus
Pino Santamarià - lead vocals, guitars, chorus
Mario Garbarino - bass, bongos, triangle
Duilio Sorrenti - drums, timbales, gong, tympani

Progarchives:
"MURPLE was one of those bands that only made one album and then disappeared. Typically symphonic Italian progressive, as always quite inspired by classical music. On their release, this four-piece group from Rome plays a long suite divided on the two sides, based on the story of a penguin. The music is very good, with classical inspirations especially in the keyboards playing and nice guitar parts. I really don't find any bands that would make a good comparison, indeed I urge you to buy this album about the penguin MURPLE and his long strange journey. You will for sure find some very nice moments here. A CLASSIC AND FIRST QUALITY OPUS. "


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Alpha Centaury (France) - Alpha Centaury, 1976

1. La montre (6:03)
2. L'Arbre (5:50)
3. La Rire des Pierre (2:01)
4. Cage en Béton (2:43)
5. Passant de la Nuit (6:35)
6. Sans nom (5:56)

Serge Nevez - keyboards, vocals
Bruno Nevez - guitar, bass, vocals
Gilles - bass
Daniel Abherve - drums

Progarchives:
"ALPHA CENTAURY is a rare French band from the seventies. Like many others, they recorded one album, and that was it. As you can imagine, information is very hard to find. This is evidenced in the discrepancy in the spelling of the name. On the album, Cenaturi is spelled with a Y. However, if you try to search with that spelling, you find nothing. The band was comprised of Daniel Abherve on drums, Serge Nevez on keyboards and vocals, Bruno Nevez on guitar, bass and vocals, and Gilles on bass

The have a lot in common with other French arists of the time, but not entirely. The closest comparison could be made to Asia Minor. There is that darkness that was prevalent with others, but they have more of a jazz influence. That is mixed with a bit of spacey, almost psychedelic, element. There is even a bit of an operatic tinge in some of the vocals. Their self-titled album was released in 1976."


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Atlantide (Italy) - Francesco Ti Ricordi, 1976

1. L'Uomo Ed Il Cane
2. Sporcandosi Di Sangue
3. Quando La Luna
4. Se Perdessi La Vita Cosi
5. Il Pagliaccio
6. Francesco Ti Ricordi

Mimmo Sanseverino - guitar, vocals
Leonardo Sanseverino - organ, synth
Mario Sanseverino - bass
Matteo Sanseverino - drums

Progarchives:
"Like their contemporaries HERO, ATLANTIDE was an all-Italian band active in Germany in the Seventies. Its four members, the Sanseverino brothers (Mimmo, Matteo, Leonardo and Mario), originally came from Cirigliano, a town in the Basilicata region of southern Italy. They already used to play together as a band before their move to Rottweil (Germany) in 1973, where they still live (though one of the brothers, Leonardo, died in 2006).

In their new country ATLANTIDE engaged in a lively concert activity, mainly as a support act to local bands, such as THE SCORPIONS, and gained critical acclaim from the press. However, their only, self-produced album, "Francesco ti ricordi" (1976), released exclusively in Germany, had very little commercial success (though it seems to have been printed in relative large quantities). It is a good heavy progressive rock album, strongly influenced by the likes of DEEP PURPLE, featuring six tracks one of which, "Quando la luna", is over 11 minutes long."


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Jackie & Roy - Lovesick, 1966

1. Lovesick 3:21
2. Samba Triste 2:19
3. Mimosa and Me 3:19
4. Quiet Nights (Corcovado) 3:41
5. Such a Lonely Girl Am I 3:40
6. A Big Beautiful Ball 2:10
7. Let's Begin 3:10
8. I Wonder What's the Matter With Me 2:13
9. If You Could See Me Now 3:08
10. Mountain Greenery 2:19
11. You Really Started Something 3:32
12. The World Is Your Balloon 2:36

Jackie Cain - Vocals
Roy Kral - Piano, Vocals
Don Payne - Bass
Donald MacDonald - Drums

AMG:
"With Lovesick, Jackie Cain and Roy Kral produced an album that had every bit as much optimism and flower-powered innocence as did any album coming out of San Francisco in the summer of love. But this is decidedly not folk-rock or rock music -- it's vocal jazz of the highest degree. It is high-spirited, sexy, life-affirming, sometimes silly, but always wonderful. Jackie Cain proves what a fine singer she is, and Roy Kral shows what a fine pianist he is. Their vocal harmonies are every bit as irresistible as those of Simon & Garfunkel, with the added ingredients of swing and scat thrown in. The duo and their rhythm section truly sound like they are having "A Big Beautiful Ball.""


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Anonima Sound Ltd (Italy) - Red Tape Machine, 1972

1. The Red Tape Machine (5:24)
2. The Last Debutante (5:12)
3. Window On The City (4:10)
4. Metro Song (4:57)
5. Dog's Life (4:13)
6. Triangle (7:00)
7. Freedom (3:19)
8. The Roofer (4:34)

Richard Ingersoll - vocals, flute
Massimo Meloni - guitar, vocals
Claudine Reiner - vocals, percussion
Lamberto Clementi - guitar
Peter Dobson - guitar
Piero Cecchini - bass, vocals
Velio Galazzi - drums

Progarchives:
"Formed in 1964 in the Italian city of Urbino, ANONIMA SOUND were a beat-pop trio that recorded four singles, including the hit single "Fuori piove", released in 1967. In 1970, lead vocalist and guitarist Ivan Graziani left to pursue a career as a solo artist, which would see him become one of the most popular Italian singer-songwriters of the Eighties.

At this point, after having recruited new members, the band changed its name in ANONIMA SOUND LTD. After the release of the single "Io prendo amore" in 1971, they became a seven-piece that included one English and two American musicians, and completely changed their musical orientation. In 1972 they released an album, "Red Tape Machine", entirely sung in English and influenced by British psychedelia and progressive rock. It's an interesting effort, featuring obvious JETHRO TULL influences: the singer tries in places to imitate Ian Anderson, and one of the main instruments used by the band is the flute. However, ANONIMA SOUND LTD. were also one of the most distinctive-sounding bands on the Italian prog scene of the early Seventies.

Anonima Sound Ltd. are a rare, very interesting example of an Italian prog band of the Seventies influenced by psychedelia rather than by symphonic prog."


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