RDM Il Rovescio della Medaglia CONTAMINATION German Pressing RCA 1974 MINT/MINT
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Description
This is RDM,
Il Rovescio della Medaglia
CONTAMINATION
German Pressing
RCA
1974
Disk is in MINT, unplayed condition.
Jacket MINT
Inner sleeve MINT
TPL 1-1049 on jacket.
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Il Rovescio della Medaglia
Origin Rome, Italy
Genres Progressive rock
Years active 1970-1977
1993–present
Il Rovescio della Medaglia, or RDM, were an Italian hard rock and symphonic rock band. They are most famous for their symphonic rock piece Contaminazione, released in 1973. It contained four pieces from Bach's Well-tempered Clavier seamlessly integrated with RDM's own music, which often was inspired by rock or hard rock. In 1974 the record was released in an English version, Contamination, with the group's name simplified to RDM, although still written in full on the back of the LP jacket.
The band was produced by Luis Enríquez Bacalov.
The band split up in 1977, but reformed in 1993.[1][2]
Personnel
As listed on Contamination:
Gino Campoli - percussives
Enzo Vita - guitar
Stefano Urso - bass
Franco di Sabbatino - keyboard
Pino Ballarini - vocals
Discography
La Bibbia (1971)
Io come io (1972)
Contaminazione (1973) [3]
Contamination (English version of Contaminazione, 1975)
Giudizio avrai (1988)
Vitae (1993)
Il Ritorno (1995)
CD releases
Contaminazione
South Korea, Si-Wan Records SRMC 1002, 1992. Booklet in Korean and (original) Italian.
See also
Italian progressive rock
Il Balletto di Bronzo
Il Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
I Cervello
La Locanda delle Fate
Le Orme
Osanna
Nova
La Premiata Forneria Marconi
Italian progressive LPs re-recorded in English
Felona e Sorona by Le Orme
Per un amico by Premiata Forneria Marconi
L'isola di niente by Premiata Forneria Marconi
Maxophone by Maxophone
References
"Il Rovescio della Medaglia".
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-07-08. Retrieved 2013-07-08.
The Italian-language version features Johann Sebastian Bach on the cover of the LP and CD. The album's full title is Contaminazione di alcune idee di certi preludi e fughe del Clavicembalo ben temperato di J. S. Bach (English: Contamination of some ideas from certain preludes and fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier of J. S. Bach).
Sources
Paolo Barotto (1989). Il ritorno del pop italiano. Luserna San Giovanni: Stilgraf.
Cesare Rizzi, ed. (1993). Enciclopedia del rock italiano. Milano: Arcana. ISBN 88-7966-022-5.
Alessandro Bolli (1998). Dizionario dei Nomi Rock. Padova: Arcana editrice. ISBN 978-88-7966-172-0.
Alessandro Gaboli e Giovanni Ottone (2007). Frazz (ed.). Progressive italiano. Firenze-Milano: Giunti. ISBN 978-88-09-04794-5.
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