OSANNA MILANO CALIBRO 9 (O/S/T) ULTRA-RARE ORIGINAL 1973 P.I. RECORDS LP MINT

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·       OSANNA - MILANO CALIBRO 9 (ADAPTED ORIGINAL MOVIE SOUNDTRACK) - VERY RARE ORIGINAL  1973 P.I. (PETERS INTERNATIONAL) STEREO LP PILPS-9001

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       ORIGINAL RED P.I. LABEL WITH THE BLACK RECORD MOTIF ON TOP

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       SONIC RECORDNG PRODUCTS ("SON") PRESSING, HOLBROOK, LI, NY PRESSING

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       THE RECORD HAS A 'BELL SOUND'  STAMP IN THE TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) AREA, WHICH IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED A PROOF OF AUTHENTICITY OF THE FIRST PRESSING.

·       As far as we know, this album has NEVER been available on legitimate Compact Disc or in any other way, manner or format.

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Osanna followed L'Uomo with Milano Calibro 9 in 1972. A crime film directed by Fernando Di Leo was called Milano Calibro 9 and Argentinian orchestra conductor Luis Enriquez Bacalov and Osanna provided the music for the movie. The resulting album, Milano Calibro 9 aka Preludio Tema Varazione Canzona wasn't the actually music for the movie, despite the album saying otherwise. It, in fact, is variants and different versions of songs used in the film, as well as a bunch of stuff never featured in the film. "Canzona ("There Will Be Time") and all parts of "Variazione" aren't featured in the film. A different version of "Tema" is used on the film. On the film, there's a scene where Barbara Bouchet is dancing on the table and there's a song from Osanna not featured on any of their albums, it wouldn't be out of place on L'Uomo. Also the film actually featured a track from New Trolls' Concerto Grosso Per 1 (which Bacalov had a hand in as well), naturally you won't find it on the Milano Calibro 9 album, you have to get Concerto Grosso Per 1.

The album was originally released on the Fonit label with the textured gatefold cover. In 1973 the album received an American release on the Peters International label, a label more focused on world music than rock, but rock was still in the label's radar scope, and the company frequently imported albums into the States, as you might have ran across imported LPs with the "Peters International" label on the cover. The American version features no gatefold, but easier to read text (white print, as opposed to black like on the Italian release, which is hard to read against the psychedelic background), which was an actual improvement, since the American LP was generally inferior. Also the American version states that Lino Vairetti is credited to Mellotron, where the Italian version doesn't, since he didn't have one yet (their following album Palepoli very much features the Mellotron). It's been said once the American version became available, record dealers stopped importing the Italian version (or I believe Peters International stopped importing it once they made it available in the States). Peters also released Landscape of Life in the States (again, no gatefold, unlike the Italian version), but mysteriously they didn't make Palepoli available here. I understand why L'Uomo didn't get released here as they hadn't been established yet.

The whole album is basically a collection of short pieces showing off the talents of the band. Orchestra is provided by Luis Enriquez Bacalov, the same guy responsible for New Trolls Concerto Grosso Per 1 (and their 1976 sequel, Concerto Grosso Nr. 2) and RDM's Contaminazione (and its English-language counterpart, Contamination). So like those albums mentioned, this is another excellent combination of classical orchestra with '70s prog, in this case, a Jethro Tull, King Crimson, VdGG influenced type of prog. Dominated by loud saxes, flutes (Jethro Tull-like), synthesizers (the ARP 2600), aggressive guitars, and drums. "Preludio" starts off with piano, then the orchestra kicks in, before the band gets in to an aggressive jam. "Tema" is a nice, laid-back clasically-influenced piece, dominated by piano and ARP 2600. Then you have "Variazione" which are divided in to several parts. The first part consists of aggressive jams, dominated by Elio D'Anni's saxes (he played two saxes at once, like VdGG's David Jackson or Colosseum's Dick Heckstall-Smith), before mellowing out with some more mystical passages dominated by quite electric guitar and vibes. This part most points to their following album, Palepoli. Then the vocals kick in, which are in English, which shows the band's weak point and that is not singing in their native language. Luckily vocals are almost completely absent on this album. The rest of the album consists mainly of very short pieces that show the trademark Osanna sound, although you wished they were longer in order to really let the band soar (luckily that problem was solved with Palepoli). The final piece, "Canzona" is also called "There Will Be Time", the only other vocal cut on this album. This isn't particularly progressive, it's simply a pop number, and really out of place on the album. Regardless, this is still a worthwhile album for the Italian prog collector. The only real reason for the four stars is Palepoli is even better, in my opinion, and the English language vocals, I'm afraid, was never the band's strong points (just like PFM) (they solved that problem with Palepoli by being all in Italian).

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY BENJAMIN MILLER)

Track list:

A1         Prelude      4:10

A2         Theme       4:50

A3         Variation I (To Plinius)       2:10

A4         Variation II (My Mind Flies)       5:05

B1         Variation III      1:38

B2         Variation IV       1:30

B3         Variation V        2:08

B4         Variation VI       2:50

B5         Variation VII     1:25

B6         There Will Be Time

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               THE RECORD:

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(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL  AS  NEAR MINT. Some VERY LIGHT AND SUPERFICIAL abrasions – mostly sleeve scuffs -  are (barely) visible, but are probably inaudible,  and do not affect visual integrity or beauty of the vinyl. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)          The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(c)           Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·                               THE COVER

COVER IS NEAR MINT

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        The cover has a small (1") razor-like line (cut) on the back panel, as if someone attempted to cut away the shrink wrap with a razor, but inadvertently left the mark on the cover as well. The paper slick is intact and no part is missing, but the razor line is visible.

-        Cover has some tiny, faint writing on its back side (a microscopic price code written in one corner)  (the writing is black on black background and is virtually invisible)

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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