Difference In Pie Tobacco And Rolling

Le Mani: Le mani (1975 ca., pubb. 2006)

In the chaos of smaller groups that operated in the golden years of Italian Prog , there were also the Milanese Hands , founded in the early '70s by bassist Umberto Licari and drummer Maurizio Gazzi e che compresero a partire dal 1975 anche il popolare cantautore Claudio Fucci.

Stabilizzatisi nel 1973 con la sostituzione di Licari con Mario Orfei e l’arrivo del tastierista Dario Piana e del fiatista Roberto Bianconi , il quartetto inizia a comporre brani propri influenzati dal prog sinfonico d’oltremanica e a presenziare a diversi festivals pop .
Dopo due anni di attività, l’arrivo di Fucci che era già in forze alla scuderia Trident , prospetta al gruppo sia l’incisione di un 45 giri prodotto da Eugenio Finardi , sia la pubblicazione di un Lp, but the sudden collapse of the label suppresses all projects of the group to disperse.
Dario Piana will become a senior art director , Bianconi impact with a single for Radio Records in 1978 ("Re Elios" / "In the air "), then you'll lose all of the unlucky quintet track. This
least until in 2006 his friend Matthias Scheller of BTF not decide to publish 666 copies of a CD containing five songs of the period that even in their brevity (about 20 minutes in all) , return rather than exhaustive list of the identity cards of the musicians.

Before listening, however, must be duly premise that unlike many other hagiographic operations of this kind, " Hands" contains only Takes final study, and in this case, good sound quality will allow us to appreciate in all respects the potential of the band that, among other things, were not at all negligible.

Since the leading track "Tarantella " In fact, it is clear that even if the bedrock of the band was definitely made PFM ed Emerson Lake & Palmer (con qualche spruzzata di Delirium e Jethro Tull nell’uso del flauto) , il brano oltrepassava adi gran lunga i limiti dell’esercizio di stile.
L’esecuzione è impeccabile e ci sono almeno un paio di breaks che denotano come la formazione milanese avesse una gran voglia di osare e contaminare e la successiva “ Il palazzo ” ne fornisce un'ulteriore dimostrazione.

Anche se il primo minuto sembra la fotocopia del brano precedente , a partire dalla fine dell’ intro it is introduced in very different atmosphere than the original stamp Fucci makes it even more disturbing.
Certainly, the spirit of Dick Heckstall Smith and all Colosseum is just around the corner, but in this case a strong dose of Mediterranean seasoned by classicisms and melodic rock , is that the "Palace " Finally a track definitely proves vital and invigorating. Same goes for
ilterzo song "Canto " whose charm lies rather in the evocation of atmosphere modernized underground.

To be honest though, at this point of hearing the use of certain mannerisms begins to weigh a little on the overall dynamics.
Here, however, cleverly, with the fourth track of short solo piano (" Hands") you will be catapulted into new atmospheres, suspended between jazz and night club -revival so dear to the venturi 80 .

the same level, also the final resting " The house wind" that once, really leaves a good impression for the benefit of a group that, with some minor shoring would could have in my view of the significant commercial rewards.

certainly could have been the most obvious temper derivatività the first three songs in favor of more personal harmonies, create a more complex and diverse lineup , provide the potential of a disk 'image more exciting and a more solid conceptual , and it would not take much on the skill and imagination of the performers.
Apparently no one heard her do so.

Then we agree: given the time they ran, Hands probably would never have become a group Prog tout court, maybe they would turn up their nose or even the purists would have quickly abandoned the good intentions to give the mainstream . The rest were in '75 or maybe even in '76 and it was time to turn the page.
But we can also imagine that their deference to the progressive roots would always be a guarantee for fans of the genre.

Another missed opportunity and this time, very promising.