Cédric Avril

🇮🇹, 1999. 2 CDs, containing <i>lots</i> of tracks and which duration is more than 2 hours of 1976 - 1982 Live Compilation. No review about this release on PA, but their biography says they've been playing from 1965 to 1983, and then reunited in the late 90s. They also turned out to be the first RIO band worldwide, with lyrics and political discussions in italian. We can hear many humoristic moments here and there, not forgetting <i>long</i> kinda debating times, occasionnally in english and rarely in french, but the whole talking moments are just jokes, mimics or pranks of all sorts, mostly in the crazy #34 Enzo, when not whymsical sounds e.g. from the drummer mouth during an expanded drumming solo. This compilation is a long funny story that deserves to be heard and not read, from the beginning to the end. You will find out a country/oldies/folk tag somewhere on the net if you look for the genre of this album, but this is real italian RIO/avant-prog material. You also will hear them covering traditional US/italian/other songs, Sinatra, "I wanna be loved by you" for fun. There are many orchestral instruments, ambiant times and King Crimson reminiscences. The whole story is an excellent enjoyable music feast.