GOBLIN“Il fantastico viaggio del"bagarozzo"Mark Italy

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GOBLIN “Il fantastico viaggio del "bagarozzo" Mark orig Italy

1978/Italy/Cinevox SC 33.37……here’s a nice original Italian pressing of this rare prog lp. The colorful gatefold cover is in solid VG+ condition, there is light storage/ring wear top and bottom, light corner wear, light spotty seam wear on the bottom seams and 2” of heavy seam wear top seam at opening spine, there is a small surface tear on the back right at the bottom under Goblin, no splits or delete and looks nice. The vinyl is in strong shiny VG++ condition due to a bit of inaudible very light sleeve scuffs/smudges from the plastic inner sleeve, the vinyl plays clean with little noise, I’d doubt the record was played much at all, clean labels with no wear or spindle marks. A cool copy of this rare original lp for your collection! Please check my auctions for other Goblin, psych, and rock lp’s, good luck and thanks for looking!

Goblin represent a rare case of a band that's much more popular among foreign collectors than in Italy, where their name has always been strictly associated to the Dario Argento horror films' soundtracks they've played on, rather than as a real prog band. The roots of Goblin lay in a band called Oliver, formed by Claudio Simonetti and Massimo Morante. 
Simonetti had previously played with drummer Walter Martino in Il Ritratto di Dorian Gray and the short-lived Seconda Generazione.

They recruited bass player Fabio Pignatelli and drummer Carlo Bordini. The group moved to England, and briefly had an English singer, Clive "Artman" Haynes on vocals. The band played in the UK in the university circuit and even had some sessions taped by Eddie Offord (long time ELP collaborator). Coming back to Italy and with new singer Tony Tartarini (formerly known as Toni Gionta, from L'Uovo di Colombo), they had the chance of recording an album in April 1974, after a name change to Goblin. Helped by the past experience of Claudio Simonetti by Cinevox as soundtrack sessionman, the band had a recording deal with that company and was offered to compose the soundtrack to the director Dario Argento's debut horror film, Profondo rosso. 
The original drummer Bordini was sacked, having refused to sign the contract, and replaced by Walter Martino, formerly with Simonetti in Il Ritratto di Dorian Gray, and this line-up recorded the official first album, while the previous LP was released under the name of Cherry Five in 1976. The film was highly successful, like the dark, hypnotic title track that became an instant hit. Totally instrumental, mainly based on keyboards, Goblin's music was richly crafted in comparison to the rather anonymous soundtracks of the time. The album also included on second side a couple of orchestral themes by composer Giorgio Gaslini. The picture on the back cover shows the original five-piece line-up with Tartarini.

Second album was Roller, featuring new members Marangolo (from Flea) and Guarini. Not intended to be a soundtrack, this album was a good one, very similar to the previous one and developing the band's style.

The band also composed in 1976 as Reale Impero Britannico another soundtrack to a film called Perche si uccidono an album with some similarities with Cherry Five and Goblin's works. Cherry Five's Tony Tartarini sung on the only vocal track. A short album (around 31 minutes), disjointed as most soundtracks, and also including some orchestrated themes by composer Willy Brezza, Perché si uccidono is by far the rarest item of the Goblin discography along with Cherry Five.

Third album Suspiria came again with the collaboration with Dario Argento. This time it seems that the band composed the music before the film was ready, so the director could make some changes to it to have the music perfectly suited.

Another non-soundtrack album Il fantastico viaggio del "bagarozzo" Mark, from 1978, was the only Goblin album entirely sung, the others being instrumental only; a concept album about a flying bug, it's a good prog album with some pop leanings. The band also played some live dates to promote the LP, a rather strange thing for a group who didn't had a strong live activity.

From now on a long series of soundtracks, with the sound gradually becoming more commercial and less inspired. Noteworthy additions are the entrance of guitarist Carlo Pennisi (also from Flea and the last line-up of Libra along with keyboardist Guarini) in 1979 and Simonetti creating the disco-oriented Easy Going and abandoning his main group in 1980 for a solo career (to join again his former colleagues for 1982 soundtrack to Tenebre).

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MINT: as stated with no defects

NEAR MINT: as stated near Mint!, or Mint Minus, same thing, very clean with no defect to sound or visual appearance, one scuff or mark may be permitted but it will be mentioned in the description, a near Mint record looks and plays very clean

EXCELLENT: not much below near Mint, may have a delete hole and/or a minor defect or two not visually detracting from the cover, the vinyl will appear shiny and in clean condition with very minor defects not affecting the sound, still very clean and very collectable!

VG++ still a very nice copy with minimal cover wear and/or delete/splits, still visually appealing, the vinyl will retain it's original gloss and can have some minor scuffs/scratches that don't affect play very much

VG+ a little more cover/ring wear and delete, splits etc., the vinyl will still retain much original gloss with a bit more scuffs and/or scratches I may list a very rare or desirable item with a lower grade, I will try to list all defects, both cover and vinyl no matter the condition, I also play grade the records on high end equipment and will give an honest play grade as well as visual grade, considering the number of records I buy on line my grading is very conservative and fair.

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