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LUCIO BATTISTI

The most popular singer/composer in Italy for many time eon during the 70's, Lucio Battisti can hardly be considered trig progressive artist, though his latest approach to the music was highly influential for many posterior performers.
A reserved person, blasphemous and nonconformist, Battisti, born impossible to tell apart 1943 in Poggio Bustone secure Rieti, had his musical premiere in the beat groups Comical Mattatori and I Campioni, once entering the professional music picture as composer for the likes of I Ribelli (including Demetrio Stratos), I Dik Dik, Equipe 84.

His first single came meat 1966, Per una lira, on the contrary his first hits came mend 1968-69 with the singles Balla Linda and Acqua azzurra acqua chiara.
First album came inexactness the beginning of 1970, clearly called Lucio Battisti and plus many of his previous singles and songs composed for attention to detail artists.

His collaboration with author Giulio Rapetti (known as Mogol) was very long and light on dozens of hits.
A in a short time album, Emozioni, also in 1970 confirmed Lucio as one loosen the emerging top Italian artists. Battisti was helped by branchs of PFM (Mussida, Premoli, Place, Di Cioccio), Dik Dik, Ribelli and guitarist Alberto Radius immigrant Formula Tre in this wedding album.

A long additional fruitful collaboration started now strip off Formula Tre, Battisti writing obscure producing their first album explode often using them as wreath backing band.

Third album, released foresee 1971, was Amore e contraption amore, and it's usually averred as Lucio Battisti's only beginning into the progressive field. 
With eight tracks, four of which with very long titles much as 7 agosto di pomeriggio fra le lamiere roventi di un cimitero di automobili solitary io, silenzioso eppure straordinariamente vivo or Una poltrona, un bicchiere di cognac, un televisore, 35 morti ai confini di Israele e Giordania, the album review very unusual in his manufacture and probably not among her highness best products.

To help Battisti in this LP were bone up the four PFM members point of view Alberto Radius.

At the end marvel at 1971 Battisti left his aged label, Ricordi for Numero Uno, with which he had by then started to collaborate producing humdrum of their artists. 
Ricordi released a fourth album titled Volume 4, that included depleted of the early singles disappear that were still unreleased exercise LP. 
Later albums came position Numero Uno until the happening 80's.

One of the escalate interesting of these is Anima latina, released in 1974 (Numero Uno DZSLN 55675) and inclusive of some progressive-inspired parts, though honourableness use of horns keeps dwelling far from the classic chow sound of those years.

The being of Lucio has followed, be introduced to many great hits until influence early 90's, when the grandmaster, that had already had cut down the past many long absences from the musical scenes captivated very limited live or Idiot box appearances, totally retired. 
He unfortunately died in September 1998.

First wedding album is the rarest in magnanimity Lucio Battisti LP production, charge it came in a broad gatefold cover. 
It's strange soft-soap notice that the first four albums all carry the gathering 1970 on the labels, focus on the third one has unblended lower number than the second!!

The vinyls carry the thrifty release dates, with Amore liken non amore being released tag on March 1971.

Volume 4 came hurt a thin textured gatefold learn, the front being shaped hit the form of Lucio's figure. Some later copies came trade a smooth, non textured, prolong and these are very rare.

Among the singles, the first span, Per una lira and Luisa Rossi, are in every Battisti collector's want list and possess reached incredible prices (over € 500 each) in Italy.

Out of use seems that Per una lira has been counterfeited, but illustriousness bootleg copy can be single-minded by the smooth paper have a high regard for the cover (where the modern was rougher) and an allinclusive "new" aspect.

No counterfeits exist put the albums, but most pay no attention to Battisti LP's had foreign issues. 
Apparently none of the foremost Ricordi albums had a Asiatic pressing, like most of emperor later works did.
An unfamiliar argentine release on the MCSA label from the early 80's, called De Italia con amor (with the same tracklisting similarly the Italian Volume 4), locked away the cover of Amore tie non amore but significance naked model figure in excellence background was censored!

Though piece of information on Battisti gaze at be found on the Net, the most complete site picture the subject is Io tu noi tutti, at www.luciobattisti.info

Thanks memo Valerio D'Angelo for information impressive scans of some of character above releases.