Paese dei balocchi - Paese dei balocchi

A band from Rome formed in 1971 and featuring two ex-members of Under 2000, a group that had released some singles in 1970.
Their only album, released in 1972 by CGD, is a typical Italian symphonic prog album with strong classical influences and keyboards as leading instrument, some orchestral arrangements in around the same style as the later Contaminazione by Rovescio della Medaglia, and short vocal parts.
The LP contains two long suites divided into small movements with very long and complex titles. The album is very good and sadly overlooked by many, it's surely worth a listen.
After the entrance for a short while of a second keyboardist, Franco Di Sabbatino (later with Rovescio della Medaglia), the band split around 1974, when a second album had been recorded in demo form but never released. [source: www.italianprog.com]