Milano Calibro [Import] [Original recording remastered]

1. Preludio

2. Tema

3. Varizaone I (To Plinuis)

4. Ii (My Mind Flies)

5. Iii (Shumm)

6. Iv (Tredicesimo Cortile)

7. V (Dianalogo)

8. Vi (Spunti Dallo Spartito N.14723/Ay Del Prof. Imolo Meninge)

9. Vii (Poizione Raggiunta)

10. Canzona (There Will Be Time)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Japanese remastered reissue of the Italian progressive rock act's 1972 album, packaged in a miniature LP sleeve. Arcangelo. 2004.

Tracks:

Preludio
Tema
Variazione I. (To Plinius)
Variazione II. (My Mind Flies)
Variazione III. (Tredicesimo Cortile)
Variazione IV. (Shumm...)
Variazione V. (Pianalogo)
Variazione VI. (Spumti)
Variazione VII. (Posicione Raggiunte)
Canzona

Album Description

Japanese remastered reissue of the Italian progressive rock act's 1972 album, packaged in a miniature LP sleeve. Arcangelo. 2004.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Japanese Limited Edition in an LP-STYLE Slipcase.

Customer Reviews:

Great Italian prog band providing soundtrack music.......2004-06-22

Osanna followed L'Uomo with Milano Calibro 9 in 1972. This time around, it's a soundtrack to a film, apparently a mob film (since Calibro 9 translates to Caliber 9, if I'm not mistakened). The whole album is basically a collection of short pieces showing off the talents of the band. Orchestra is provided by Luis Enriquez Bacalov (who was born in Argentina), the same guy responsible for New Trolls Concerto Grosso Per 1 (and their 1976 sequel, Concerto Grosso Nr. 2) and RDM's Contaminazione (and its English-language counterpart, Contamination). So like those albums mentioned, this is another excellent combination of classical orchestra with '70s prog, in this case, a Jethro Tull, King Crimson, VdGG influenced type of prog. Dominated by loud saxes, flutes (Jethro Tull-like), synthesizers (the ARP 2600), aggressive guitars, and drums. "Preludio" starts off with piano, then the orchestra kicks in, before the band gets in to an aggressive jam. "Tema" is a nice, laid-back clasically-influenced piece, dominated by piano and ARP 2600. Then you have "Variazioni" which are divided in to several parts. The first part consists of aggressive jams, dominated by Elio D'Anni's saxes (he played two saxes at once, like VdGG's David Jackson or Colosseum's Dick Heckstall-Smith), before mellowing out with some more mystical passages dominated by quite electric guitar and vibes. This part most points to their following album, Palepoli. Then the vocals kick in, which are in English, which shows the band's weak point and that is not singing in their native language. Luckily vocals are almost completely absent on this album. The rest of the album consists mainly of very short pieces that show the trademark Osanna sound, although you wished they were longer in order to really let the band soar (luckily that problem was solved with Palepoli). The final piece, "Canzona" is also called "There Will Be Time", the only other vocal cut on this album. This isn't particularly progressive, it's simply a pop number, and really out of place on the album. Again the English vocals detract further more. Regardless, this is still a worthwhile album for the Italian prog collector.

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