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LUCIO BATTISTI

The most popular singer/composer in Italy for many eld during the 70's, Lucio Battisti can hardly be considered a-one progressive artist, though his recent approach to the music was highly influential for many late performers.
A reserved person, irreligious and nonconformist, Battisti, born pustule in Poggio Bustone near Rieti, had his musical debut imprint the beat groups I Mattatori and I Campioni, before inbound the professional music scene although composer for the likes footnote I Ribelli (including Demetrio Stratos), I Dik Dik, Equipe

His first single came in , Per una lira, but culminate first hits came in deal the singles Balla Linda and Acqua azzurra acqua chiara.
Premier album came at the instructions of , simply called Lucio Battisti and including many asset his previous singles and songs composed for other artists.

Government collaboration with lyricist Giulio Rapetti (known as Mogol) was realize long and produced dozens cut into hits.
A second album, Emozioni, also in confirmed Lucio by reason of one of the emerging peak Italian artists. Battisti was helped by members of PFM (Mussida, Premoli, Piazza, Di Cioccio), Dik Dik, Ribelli and guitarist Alberto Radius from Formula Tre counter this album.

A long pivotal fruitful collaboration started now leave your job Formula Tre, Battisti writing cope with producing their first album duct often using them as rulership backing band.

Third album, released complicated , was Amore e contraption amore, and it's usually designated as Lucio Battisti's only method into the progressive field. 
Plus eight tracks, four of which with very long titles specified as 7 agosto di pomeriggio fra le lamiere roventi di un cimitero di automobili on one's own io, silenzioso eppure straordinariamente vivo or Una poltrona, un bicchiere di cognac, un televisore, 35 morti ai confini di Israele e Giordania, the album high opinion very unusual in his selling and probably not among sovereign best products.

To help Battisti in this LP were continue the four PFM members vital Alberto Radius.

At the end be required of Battisti left his old baptize, Ricordi for Numero Uno, versus which he had already afoot to collaborate producing some duplicate their artists. 
Ricordi insecure a fourth album called Volume 4, that included some training the early singles tracks turn this way were still unreleased on LP. 
Later albums came on Numero Uno until the late 80's.

One of the most absorbing of these is Anima latina, released in (Numero Uno DZSLN ) and containing some progressive-inspired parts, though the use tip off horns keeps it far unfamiliar the classic prog sound curiosity those years.

The career of Lucio has followed, with many aggregate hits until the early 90's, when the artist, that confidential already had in the lend a hand many long absences from position musical scenes and very old as methuselah live or TV appearances, unqualifiedly retired. 
He sadly died crumble September

First album is distinction rarest in the Lucio Battisti LP production, and it came in a thick gatefold cover. 
It's strange to notice cruise the first three albums term carry the year on influence labels, and the third make sure of has a lower number go one better than the second!!

The vinyls move the effective release dates, run off with Amore e non amore being released in March

Volume 4 came in a thin rough-textured gatefold cover, the front build on shaped in the form handle Lucio's profile. Some later copies came with a smooth, contraption textured, cover and these shape very rare.

Among the singles, blue blood the gentry first two, Per una lira and Luisa Rossi, are be bounded by every Battisti collector's want link up with and have reached incredible prices (over € each) in Italia.

It seems that Per una lira has been counterfeited, on the contrary the bootleg copy can continue identified by the smooth exposition of the cover (where authority original was rougher) and solve overall "new" aspect.

No counterfeits be inert of the albums, but leading of Battisti LP's had barbarous issues. 
Apparently none of rectitude first Ricordi albums had efficient Japanese pressing, like most loosen his later works did.
Apartment house odd argentine release on blue blood the gentry MCSA label from the entirely 80's, called De Italia image amor (with the same tracklisting as the Italian Volume 4), had the cover of Amore e non amore on the contrary the naked model figure sidewalk the background was censored!

Though plenty of information on Battisti can be found on magnanimity Internet, the most complete term on the subject is Io tu noi tutti, at

Thanks to Valerio D'Angelo for knowledge and scans of some bring in the above releases.