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.
Il Rovescio della Medaglia | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Rome, Italy |
| Genres | Progressive rock |
| Years active | 1970-1977 1993–present |
The band was produced by Luis Enríquez Bacalov.
Personnel
editAs listed on Contamination:
- Gino Campoli - percussives
- Enzo Vita - guitar
- Stefano Urso - bass
- Franco di Sabbatino - keyboard
- Pino Ballarini - vocals
Discography
edit- 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
edit- Contaminazione
- South Korea, Si-Wan Records SRMC 1002, 1992. Booklet in Korean and (original) Italian.
See also
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- ^ "Il Rovescio della Medaglia".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-07-08. Retrieved 2013-07-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ 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
edit- 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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