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Editorial
Originally announced as work in progress in Audion 37's "Diversions" section, way back in 1997, it's taken 25 years for our Italian music book "A Fistful Of Spaghetti" to become a reality. Other work, life, etc., all got in the way of its completion for some time, and during this time we managed to get or hear everything that was reputed to be of any interest. And, all this time, the articles and reviews in Audion magazine also mounted up, culminating in what could become a sizeable tome in its own right. So, that's how this publication came about, initially as a bonus freebie for those that pre-ordered the book, and as a supplement to those that discover the book later.
So, for those that wanted all the Italian and related content from Audion magazine, here is your dream request answered. As a companion to our book edition of "A Fistful Of Spaghetti", the "Audion Italian scrapbook" is culled from Audion issues 1 to 71 (the current issue at the time of compilation). It is compiled in a rough A-Z format, with artist and label articles first, followed by special review features, and an A-Z reviews section. Most of the articles are presented with the original layout, when this is possible. It all amounts to yet another way of discovering this special scene. I hope you enjoy it.
Alan Freeman
Friday, 21 October 2022.
credits
released November 16, 2022
VOL. 1 - 64 pages, A4 pdf printable
VOL. 2 - 60 pages, A4 pdf printable
VOL. 1
ADN - The leading voice in new music from Italy 3
new from ADN 5
AMS / BTF / Vinyl Magic (Diversions) 5
Artis - Opus Avantra & Garybaldi 5
Alan seeks out the strangest types of Spaghetti 6
Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - the Italian masters of classical rock 11
Franco Battiato Pollution - his music and the Bla Bla label 16
The return of Maurizio Bianchi 18
Interview with Roberto Cacciapaglia 19
Cramps Records - Nova Musicha & Diverso series 20
Goblin - music to terrorise! 22
Goblin - amendment 26
Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza by Roger Sutherland 28
Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza by Alan Freeman 29
Carlo La Manna 33
Black Widow Records 33
Materiali Sonori - Music Of The World From Italy 34
Mellow Records (Diversions) 35
MP Records (Diversions) 35
Reformations (Diversions) 35
Futurismo - Antologia di rumori futuri 35
The American-Italian enigma of Musica Elettronica Viva 36
Musicando (label) 40
New Trolls, Nuova Idea, Osanna, Nova - a little bit of Spaghetti... the entangled Napoli & Genova 70's prog scenes 41
Le Orme - the Italian prog legend 46
Perigeo & other prog-fusion acts of the 1970s 52
Pierrot Lunaire - an Italian rock legend 55
Oöphoi - Alan asks "who & what is an Oöphoi?" 55
Premiata Forneria Marconi - Tales from the award winning Marconi bakery, the rise of "spaghetti rock" and other adventures 56
Premiata Forneria Marconi - 10 Anni Live, 1971-1981 box set 63
Premiata Forneria Marconi - Live In Japan 2002 63
VOL. 2
Russolo - Father Of Noise 67
Riccardo Sinigaglia - interview 70
Arturo Stalteri - Lord of the piano 71
Silvia Tarozzi - new old music from Italy 75
Italian prog reissues from Japan - "Made in Japan!" 76
New era of Progressive rock 77
Italian Progressive Rock reissue explosion 78
Italian Progressive Rock reissue explosion - part 2 84
Italian 180g LP relics 88
Obscure psychedelic & progressive singles of the 1960s/70s
- part 3: Italy 89
Italian library music gems 1 82
Italian library music gems 2 93
new Italian prog & underground 94
new Italian prog & underground - part 2 96
new Italian prog & underground - part 3 99
new Italian prog & underground - part 4 100
reviews A-Z 101
A-Z index 121
Italian front cover articles in Audion magazine 123
contributors...
Peter Beaman
Chris Conway
Alberto Crosta
Alan Freeman
Steve Freeman
Andy Garibaldi
Clive Graham
David Griffith
Nigel Harris
Phil Kime
Cameron Macaulay
Mike McLatchey
Alessandro Michelucci
Nick Mott
Desidério Murcho
Gary Scott
Henry Schneider
Roel Steverink
Roger Sutherland
Dean Suzuki
Alan Terrill
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supported by 5 fans who also own “A Fistful Of Spaghetti - Audion Italian scrapbook”
what should have been originally released. the lo-fi nature works wonderfully in the record's favor... feels very natural. bailey plays off of the backing quite nicely! james
