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Italy Prog Fest 1972: Volume 1,2,3 Audience 7.5 - The stuff that dreams are made of! How long I have waited for something like this to materialize. I mean, I have been listening to and collecting these bands for ages and now I get to hear a full on multi-artist concert experience by all of the era’s top artists at the zenith of the prog rock movement. How cool is that? What a set this is too! The quality of presentation equals the unquestionable importance of this as a document of an important time for rock music. Thank you to whoever recorded this, and thank you to whoever packaged the recording like this. CONTROCANZONISSIMA Roma, Piper Club, January 28th, 1972 Latte e Miele, Delirium, Francesco Guccini, The Trip, Le Orme, Premiata Forneria Marconi, Tito Schipa Jr., Claudio Rocchi, Osanna, New Trolls Disc 1 EDDY PONTI 01. Introduzione LATTE E MIELE 02. Unknwon Title I 03. Unknown Title II 04. Unknown Title III ARMANDO GALLO 05. News Internazionali DELIRIUM 06. Sequenza I e II (Ipocrisia-Verità) 07. Movimento I (Egoismo) 08. Unknown Title(pt.1) 09. Assolo di batteria 10. Unknown Title (pt.2) 11. Assolo di flauto & finale 12. Unknown title 13. Canto di Osanna Disc 2 FRANCESCO GUCCINI 01. Armando Gallo presenta Guccini 02. Canzone per un’amica (In morte di S.F.) 03. Il vecchio e il bambino 04. Un altro giorno è andato 05. Auschwitz 06. Canzone della bambina portoghese 07. Gli Ubriachi THE TRIP 08. Eddy Ponti presenta The Trip 09. Caronte (pt.1) 10. Two brothers 11. L’Ultima Ora e Ode a J. Hendrix 12. Fortuna Disc 3 LE ORME 01. Armando Gallo presenta Le Orme 02. Collage 03. Sguardo Verso Il Cielo 04. Evasione Totale 05. Cemento Armato 06. Rondò Disc 4 PREMIATA FORNERIA MARCONI 01.Carlo Silvestro presenta la PFM 02. È festa 03. Dove e Quando (inclusi assoli & improvvisazioni) 04. La Carrozza Di Hans TITO SCHIPA JR. 05. Combat Disc 5 CLAUDIO ROCCHI 01. Autopresentazione e accordatura 02. La tua prima luna 03. Cattive vibrazioni... OSANNA 04. Autopresentazione 05. Unknown Title (incompleto) 06. In un vecchio cieco 07. Unknown Title 08. Oro caldo Disc 6 NEW TROLLS 1. Eddy Ponti presenta i New Trolls 2. Bright Lights 3. Muddy Madalein (incompleto) 4. To Edith 5. Adagio (Shadows) 6. A Land To Live A Land To Die 7. Lying here (pt.1) 8. Assolo di chitarra 9. Lying Here (pt.2) 10. Assolo di batteria & finale -
Audience 8.8 - Sounds like a pro recording to me. A little remastering would have this officially releasable. -
Audience 7.3 - The sound field just won’t open up no matter how much you hope it will. However, this tape holds some rewards if you hang in there, there’s enough head room to sweeten the sound with Equalizer, so it does need a little boost on the highs – the mids and lows are all there and are not super well defined nor are they too boomy or muddy. There’s some muddiness but it is not a deal breaker. This is a good historic artifact. -
Audience 7.7 - Some muddiness, but historically nothing short of astonishing! -
Volume 1: BBC 1971-1978 - Pro Studio 9.8 From the moment the first track plays to the last, fasten your seat belts because it’s quite a ride! A MUST! -
Volume 2: BBC 1971-1978 – Pro Studio 9.8 From the moment the first track plays to the last, fasten your seat belts because it’s quite a ride! A MUST! -
Volume 3: BBC 1971-1978 – Pro Studio 9.8 From the moment the first track plays to the last, fasten your seat belts because it’s quite a ride! A MUST! -
Volume 1,2,3: BBC 1971-1978 – Pro Studio 9.8 (each Volume is individually housed in its separate gate-fold cover). From the moment the first track plays to the last, fasten your seat belts because it’s quite a ride! A MUST! -
Audience 8.7 - A fascinating live document that showcases some amazing talents paired with Jack’s keen sense of songcraft on a night where all cylinders are firing. A great way to begin exploring the post Cream Jack Bruce if you have not done so already. The bonus material on disc 2 is equally fascinating, offering a sneak peak into the inner workings of Jack’s mind. Everyone can get into this power-packed set! -
Audience 7.2 - A reasonable rating and better at times. -
First Show: Audience 7.3 / Second Show: Audience 7.9 - This one is much clearer, but both shows are going to be good for those who appreciate the pre-Deep Purple Tommy Bolin. -
Radio Broadcast 8.3 - Somewhat hissy but MUCH better than the version that circulated before. Someone remastered this, thank goodness because it’s great but needed some work. -
Audience 8.7 -
Audience 8.5 -
Soundboard 8.8 - Very cool when you listen to these ’66 shows because to my ears this music really was the heart and soul of the hippie free love movement. Just incredible stuff. -
Audience 8.6 - A solid large hall recording. -
Audience 9.2 - A lot of dynamics and presence on this tape. -
Radio Broadcast 8.8 - Very nice, with only maybe a little bit of that typical analog tape compression keeping anything from soaring too high. Anyway, it is delightful and sure to please. -
Audience 7.7 - Suffers from a lack of clarity of instruments and a little bit of large hall echo, with bass being in the forefront but not a boomy bass so that is good. -
Audience 8.4 - Captures all the stage action with clarity but maybe not so much of the dynamics, so add just a pinch of your own Equalizer (maybe more bass) it will dramatically improve this already decent recording. -
Audience 8.6 - Good strong recording with a bit of atmosphere too. This is one you can sink your teeth (or ears) into. -
Audience 8.8 - Spectacular live presence and good clear vibrant recording. -
Audience 8.8 - Clean, good and punchy sound with plenty of hot, live atmosphere. On one or two songs Jeff’s solo gets lost, but it does return thankfully. -
Audience 8.6 - Pretty hot levels on this one, but it is clear and good balance of instruments with plenty of low end and highs (slightly overloaded but not distorted). -
Audience 7.1 - A mediocre recording with some tape hiss present, and bass distortion that is present but thankfully is very minimal. Guitar work is great and is not buried in the mix. With some remastering this could be a lot better. The performance is worth the price of admission- definitely one of his better shows. -
Audience 7.4 - Noisy recording from very close to stage, but it’s so raw and energetic you get sucked into it immediately. A jolly good show! Clear, loud, and tons of fun to listen to. -
Audience 7.3 - A good remastering would help this one a lot. There is a lot to work with, Jeff is actually up front in the mix, followed by Rod Stewart. -
Audience 8.0 - Reasonably clear but there’s that lack of wideness that characterizes a recording captured with condenser mics on cheap decks. But it is not bad for a 1972 recording at all. All can be heard! -
Audience 8.8 -
Audience 7.8 - Good and clear but missing some fatness in the bottom. Still a good one and the band is hot. -
Audience 8.4 - A pretty loud recording, and not super defined but it’s VERY good nonetheless and well worth hearing. It certainly has a very immediate and live feel to it, even after all these years it’s as if it happened yesterday. -
Audience 8.5 - Stomping show by Jeff, as you know he could be quite erratic but I think he nails it here. Good clear sound although not hi fi by any means. Add Equalizer, add low end, but it’s a good clear sound.