L' UOVO DI COLOMBO: S/T ODEON EMI RARE Italian Prog

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What you are bidding on is a beautiful copy of the lp of L'UOVO DI COLOMBO: L'UOVO DI COLOMBO.  This is a very old pressing from ITALY of this classic piece of 70's Italian prog.  Long out of print, super rare version on Odeon. This is on EMI and sub distributed by Odeon (there is an Odeon sticker under the EMI logo).

L'Uovo di Colombo's name means "The egg of Columbus." It is a common phrase in Europe, referring to the story that Christopher Columbus discovered the fact that if an egg sinks in water it is still fresh. This is useful knowledge on a ship, and was one of the things that enabled him to make a succesful Atlantic crossing. So when Europeans say "That's the egg of Columbus," they mean "That's the key piece of knowledge that will make this project possible." The only reason I mention this is to avoid the rather stale opening "L'Uovo di Columbo are yet another one-shot band that produced one good album, then sank without a trace."

The sound of L'Uovo di Colombo is very much centred around the Hammond organ. Unlike groups such as Metamorfosi, the sound is not an ominous one, but full of joy and high spirits. Keyboardist Enzo Volpini uses a number of different keyboards and plays them all well, but it is on the Hammond he really lets rip as a kind of Italian Billy Preston. The other standout musician on this album is brother Elio Volpini. Elio's electric guitar playing is pretty solid, but his bass is one of the best around. He is not a flashy bass player, but his patterns always add to the music without distracting the listener.

Musically, the album starts off with its best piece, the upbeat "L'Indecisione". It starts off as an incredibly danceable song (if I were forced to make comparisons it would be with "Run" by Bill Oddie of The Goodies), before taking a sharp left into a Bach-inspired organ solo. The rest of the album never quite gets as good, but is sufficiently entertaining that the flaws can be overlooked. The penultimate track "Visione delle Morte," at over six and a half minutes, appears to be the band's attempt at something a little more epic, drum solo and all. Unfortunately, it never quite fits together the way it should, despite a number of very good ideas.

One of the rarest Italian art rock albums ever!

Warehouse find! Hundreds of soul and rock sealed lps coming.....

TRACKS:

A1
L'indecisione

A2
Io

A3
Anja

A4
Vox Dei

B1
Turba

B2
Consiglio

B3
Vision Della Morte

B4
Scherzo

COVER VG+ (small hole bottom right)
RECORD VG+ (looks great)

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EMI / ODEON C064-1789 Gatefold sleeve.

How we grade records:

NM:  We never rate records this way, someone can find a flaw in the records even sealed....
VG+ :Most of our records fall into this range. Some will be new and unplayed, some will have a few marks, but well taken care of and should play fine.
VG: There are a few marks and scuffs and will have a little noise, but still well enjoyable.
VG- : We will not list these.  Only buy them if you have to have them.
FACTORY SEALED: These lps are a good as you can get, bear in mind it may have a piece of dust on it. It may have a tiny ding on the corner, but what do you expect for records that are 30-40 years old. They are well worth having and probably have less damage on them than you do.  (I'm only saying this for people who expect these things to be totally flaw free after 30 years, if you are that critical DON'T BID, I REPEAT DON'T BID!).  99.9% of you will be well happy with them.


How we grade covers:

NM: We never rate covers this way, you will find a flaw even if we condider perfect.
VG+ This is not mint, there may be a few scuffs, tiny seam splits, mabe a piece of tape, but the cover still looks good considering it's age.
VG: This will be very noticeable larger seam splits, repairs, somewhat worn, but still ok.
VG-: We will not list these.
VG- : We will not list these.  Only buy them if you have to have them.
FACTORY SEALED: These lps are a good as you can get, bear in mind it may have a piece of dust on it. It may have a tiny ding on the corner, but what do you expect for records that are 30-40 years old. They are well worth having and probably have less damage on them than you do.  (I'm only saying this for people who expect these things to be totally flaw free after 30 years, if you are that critical DON'T BID, I REPEAT DON'T BID!).  99.9% of you will be well happy with them.