Io Sono Murple

Io Sono Murple Artist: Murple
Label: Akarma Italy
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 8026575035157
ASIN: B0000695O1


Release Date: 2002-05-16

Io Sono Murple


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Tracks:

  1. Antartide
  2. Metamorfosi
  3. Pathos
  4. Senza un Perche'
  5. Nessuna Scelta
  6. Murple Rock
  7. Preludio E Scherzo
  8. Tra I Fili
  9. Variazioni in 6/8
  10. Fratello
  11. Mondo Cost
  12. Antarplastic

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Album Description

Originally released in 1974 on the BASF label. They only made one album and then disappeared but this is definitely an obscure classic out of the '70s Italian progressive rock scene. A concept album (the music is actually a fable concerning the penguin Murple) with two long tracks that together are a little bit over 30 minutes. For fans of King Crimson, Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Le Orme. Miniature LP sleeve with original artwork.

Album Details

An Obscure Classic Out of the 70's Italian Progressive Rock Scene Originally Released in 1974. A Concept Album (The Music is Actually a Fable Concerning a Penguin Named Murple) that features Two Long Tracks that Together Run a Little Bit Over Thirty Minutes. For Fans of King Crimson, ELP, Le Orme, etc.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A good album by this Italian band.......2007-04-27

The Italian prog community is species rich and incredibly vast; perhaps overwhelmingly so. The fact that there were so many bands that released a single album, only to disappear off the face of the earth shortly thereafter makes it that much more difficult to get your arms around it. Murple is one of those bands and unfortunately it is easy to lose sight of these short-lived groups when the well known bands like PFM, Banco, and Le Orme dominate the scene. Io sono murple (1974) is a great album by a decent band and it is a shame that they did not stick around longer - there is a great deal of promise on this album and I personally would have loved to hear more from them.

The lineup on this album includes Duilio Sorrenti (drums, percussion, gong, tambourine, timbales); Pier Carlo Zanco (vocals, Hammond organ, piano, Eminent, mini moog synthesizer; and double bass); Mario Garbarino (bass guitar, percussion); Pino Santamaria (6 and 12 string electric and acoustic guitars; vocals).

While these guys may not have been capable of the blinding ensemble virtuosity of a Banco or a PFM, they certainly hold their own and released a very interesting rock record that features some classical aspirations. Of all the musicians, Pier Carlo Zanco is by far the most gifted musician and holds his own with the greats of the prog genre, English and Italian alike. Interestingly enough Pier Carlo Zanco was a piano and acoustic bass student at the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia - this guy received formal training and trust me, it shows! The vocals (in Italian) are very good and the vocal harmonies are very well thought out. In large part, the music on this album mixes riff heavy and harder edged passages featuring some great Hammond organ and synth work with quieter, spacier passages with haunting melodies. The keyboard work really makes this album work for me though - especially the acoustic piano work, which is excellent. Although Murple is not easily compared to other bands active at the time, I do hear a little Le Orme and perhaps a smidge of Keith Emerson and Tony Banks - especially in the Hammond organ passages. For the most part however, Murple sounds like...well...Murple.

This remaster by Akarma is pretty good and features the LP format, along with the lyrics and some informative tidbits. The sound quality is OK.

This album is recommended to all fans of Italian prog.

4 out of 5 stars

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