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Stormy Six: Macchina Maccheronica
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| Back in the days when there was such thing as the word "Progressive" in front of the word "Rock", the Stormies were the most formidable band from Italy. Macchina Macceronica is arguably the most complex and well-arranged example of what RIO meant in southern Europe at the time of the of the original organization, and the band themselves have yet to top this record. I'd go so far as to say that if you were to own only one Italian, Progressive Rock album, it should be this. Though there are strong, musical links to both Henry Cow (Georgie Born is featured here) and Picchio Dal Pozzo (along with Stormy Six, they were the main instigators of the musical collective, L'Orchestra), the band's impetus came from their county's left-wing political "folk" movement before they transformed into a unit whose compositions showed an astounding leap into the world of the complex.
Four songs in particular here are call-to-arms anthems: Pianeta, Le Lucciole, Verbale and Banca (which has the absolute best drum groove in 9/8 ever !) were some of the reasons that early Rock in Opposition raised the bar of modern, popular music at a time when the rest of the world seemed to be floundering around in the depths of commercialism. interspersed between the heavier bits are shorter , musical interludes or "vignettes", that approach surf/carnival madness, presumably there to give the listener some respite.
This Euro-import issue faithfully re-creates the 12" record in CD scale-down form (beautiful, cardboard cover, lyric booklets, photos etc.), and the sound is magnificent.
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Stormy Six: Megafono
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| Stormy Six were the Italian members of the Rock In Opposition collective. This is a double live album, spanning their most exciting period: 1976-1982. Sadly, the sound quality is only so-so. For this reason I recommend it for established fans; But for the uninitiated, please read on, and start with either, or both, "Macchina Macheronica" or "L'Apprendista" (2 classic, indispensable records).
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