1978.CARPINETA.Italian Progressive.PRIVATE PRESS.Rare sought after obscurity.NM
$
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From a marvelous collection of records I just bought!
Don't know that band myself, but here's what people in the know say:
" Fwd: CARPINETA Line-up: Francesco Fortunato (guitar, mandolin, vocals) Roberto Leonetti (keyboards, acoustic guitar) Mario Lauria (sax, flute, clarinet, zampogna) Francesco Tarantino (bass, vocals) Franco Bozzi (drums, percussion) Discography: LP - Carpineta (Mu.Co. MC 6021 - 1978) Just a little known album for this group, whose name comes from the hill facing the town of Mormanno (Calabria) where three of the musicians came from. The album mixes popular music with lyrics dealing with labour and emigration, and modern sounds that show jazz-rock influences, with an interesting result that sometines resembles the latest production of Canzoniere del Lazio. The record was self-produced, recorded in the band's rehearsal studio in Florence, with the limits of an amateurish production. It had a limited distribution that makes it hard to find now. To promote the LP the group had some concerts in Tuscany and Calabria, but it broke up soon afterwards."
"For quick reference, I'd say Carpineta tracks closest to Canzoniere del Lazio at the end of their storied career (Morra 1978, Miradas). That is - at their most progressive! Mid 70s Area also deserves a shout out, as well as artists as disparate as Gramigna, Franco Battiato, and even Aktuala. For my tastes, Carpineta surpasses all of them. Yea, it's THAT good. "
"Hardly any mention of this strange prog folk psych fuzz LP on the web and my expert friends don't seem to know it"
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