LP DALTON Argitari (IAF 1975) prog 1st press EX
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LP DALTON - Argitari (IAF, 1975, ediz. ITA, cat. number: IAF-LP 29001, first press!)
Conditions: Cover: EX Record: EX (PLEASE NOTE: the cover and vinyl grading is VISUAL! NB: le valutazioni della copertina e del vinile sono VISIVE!) First Italian press with original IAF label for this impossibly rare record of the Italian prog rock band! 3-parts gatefold laminated cover in excellent conditions (note: ring wear, slightly worn-out angles)! Includes the original white inner sleeve. Excellent vinyl, played few times! A monster rare piece for Italian prog collectors, impossible to find in these EX conditions! Prima stampa italiana con etichetta originale IAF per questo disco incredibilmente raro della band prog rock italiana! Cover apribile in 3 parti laminata in condizioni eccellenti (NB: ring wear, angoli lievemente consumati)! Include la busta interna bianca originale. Vinile eccellente, suonato poche volte! Un pezzo mostruosamente raro per i collezionisti di prog italiano, impossibile da trovare in queste condizioni EX!
Two groups with the name Dalton existed in the Brescia-Bergamo area, and there's always been much confusion about them.
The first group was formed in 1967, releasing in the same year their first single Monia (later re-released) and appearing at 1969 Cantagiro festival with Da cinque anni, and among their productions there was also the Italian version of the hit Venus by the dutch band Shocking Blue.
The same line-up played on all the early singles except the last one, Venus, where Bergamini was replaced by a drummer from Milan named Adamo. Incidentally Venus was sung by guitarist Belli, while the lead singer of the band was bassist Saponaro.
In 1970, after their last single, the line-up was expanded with a fifth element, multiinstrumentalist Mauro Pagani, who had already played with Dalton's drummer in the beat group Gli Araldi around 1966. With this line-up Dalton played many concerts, but in September 1970 they broke up when Pagani was noticed by the members of I Quelli and invited to join them to form Premiata Forneria Marconi. Dalton's style in live concerts was a rock-blues with psychedelic influences and long instrumental parts.
The name Dalton was later used by another group, with no connections with the previous one and a totally different line-up, which released a very good debut album with Riflessioni: idea d'infinito.
With a great use of flute and good guitar riffs, the album has some very good moments, like Idea d'infinito with some Jethro Tull influences, Riflessioni and the closing Dimensione lavoro, while Cara Emily is a slow acoustic ballad. It has to be noticed that the album has a very short running time of around 30 minutes. The band had a moderate success and even won the first prize in a swiss Pop Festival in Zurich.
After a good single in 1974, La donna e il bambino, the band had a line-up change with Reduzzi and flutist Alex Chiesa leaving to be replaced by keyboardist Giancarlo Brambilla and singer Massimo Moretti, but the second album Argitari (a title formed with the initials of the musicians' names) was on a lower level than their debut.
Mainly built on acoustic guitar, it seems rather a solo album by singer/guitarist Cereda than a group record. Newcomer singer Moretti is only credited on backing vocals, and the sound is generally much weaker than on their debut LP.
Also included is an unusual rendition of Bob Dylan's Blowin' in the wind called La risposta, and one of the best tracks, Visione di una notte d'estate (with old member Alex Chiesa on flute) is in fact a reworking of the single La donna e il bambino with different mix and lyrics, whose original subject had been considered too irreverent causing the track to be discarded from the Sanremo Festival selections.
The band closed its career with a late commercial single in 1979.
Two band members, Temi Reduzzi and Aronne Cereda, were also involved in a pop opera released in 1975, Paciana story, a mix of traditional folk and pop.
Drummer Walter Locatelli formed Mo.Do.
Reduzzi remained in the business with a dance band and a music shop near Bergamo.
It's interesting to mention that three of the Dalton musicians, Aronne Cereda, Giancarlo Brambilla (on bass and then keyboards) and Rino Limonta played until 1970-71 with the group I Puritani, that also included two future members of Pholas Dactylus, Valentino Galbusera and Giampiero Nava.
2005 has seen a new CD reissue of Dalton's second album, Argitari, strongly enriched by new flute overdubs by original member Alex Chiesa, and a much better sound.
One of the members of the early Dalton line-up, guitarist Rolando Belli, moved to Germany, where he played for some months and 6 concerts with Can to replace Michael Karoli during a trip to India. In 1977 he came to Italy to record with his family a song album credited to Family Belli (Start - IAF 89014) and a single (Solo se lo vuoi/Foxtrottato - IAF 1912).
Both albums are very rare, especially the first one, on the scarce Music label.
Riflessioni: idea d'infinito had a gatefold cover, while Argitari was housed in a triple gatefold cover.
Some copies of the first album came with a sticker containing the group’s logo (as in the centre of the LP cover), its size was 14.5 x 10 cm and it was probably meant for promotional reasons and only included in very few copies.
(I dischi doppi valgono come 2 LP, i dischi tripli come 3 LP) Spedizione + imballaggio da 5 a 40 dischi/LP (fino a 30 kg): Paccocelere 3 (tracciabile e sicuro!) al costo di 11,00 Euro
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