BTF NEWSLETTER October 01st 2009

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SOUNDTRACKS   NEW Soundtrack for the film Baaria, nominated for the Academy Award.

PROGRESSIVE   The first complete guide to progressive-beat-folk-rock-blues-gospel-spirituals with christian influences. It spans more than 30 years from the sixties till the nineties. Dicographies and biographies with all photos in colour. Written in italian. Featuring a sampler CD with 24 tracks!

PROGRESSIVE   NEW Yngwe Guddal and Roger T. Matte with the production of Steve Hackett recorded these two CDs few years ago. 2 grand pianos following the shades of "Opera for 2 grand pianos" by Stravinsky. For the first time the two CDs are packed together so you have the whole project. Set list: The Fountain of salmacis Mad man moon Can-utility and the coastliners One for the vine Down and out Duke's Travels Evidence of autumn Me and sarah jane Seven stones The lamb lies down on broadway The battle of eppig forest Blood on the rooftops Eleventh earl of mar The Cinema Show

PROGRESSIVE   NEW New studio album for this historic italian progressive rock band. Available at BTF their previous works: Papillon, Passio Secundum Mattheum and Live tastings.

PROGRESSIVE   NEW Legendary Osanna is back! With a new line-up but still representing the spirit that was always typical for the original band, but with a new, dynamic, innovative and passionate sound. David Jackson from Van Der Graaf generator joined this project, becoming much more than a guest but a stable element of the band, contributing with a strong added value, and so did guest stars Gianni Leone (Balletto di Bronzo), David Cross (King Crimson), Tim Stevens, Lello Brandi and the other guests, who enriched the project with their talent and creativeness, creating a true and deep-hearted homage to this historical band. Lino Vairetti knew how to gather a real "Prog family" rearranging Osanna's classic tunes keeping the vintage sound of the electric and acoustic guitars, synths as Mellotron and Hammond, and especially the flute and saxophone of David Jackson. The 2LP also includes a stunning version of Theme One by Van Der Graaf Generator! Over 70 minutes of music, gatefold sleeve LP. Tracklist: TEMA/ANIMALE SENZA RESPIRO/MIRROR TRAIN/L'UOMO/A ZINGARA/CE VULESSE CE VULESSE/FUJE 'A CHISTU PAESE/IL CASTELLO DELL'ES/ORO CALDO/MY MIND FLIES/L'AMORE VINCERA' DI NUOVO/EVERYBODY'S GONNA SEE YOU DIE/IN UN VECCHIO CIECO/VADO VERSO UNA META/SOLO UNITI/THEME ONE/THERE WILL BE TIME

PROGRESSIVE   NEW Proteo began playing rock n'roll in 1996, but soon moved on to progressive. Their sound is immediate but rich with articulated arragements; a kind of prog-pop. In the summer of 2005 Proteo played at the Trieste Summer Rock Festival CONTEST and played as supporting act of Banco del Mutuo Soccorso. In 2006 they started working on their very first album, Under A Red Polar Light, with the aid of studio engineer Diego Pernich. It includes 9 tracks for about 60 minutes and it has been released by MaRaCash records on the 14th September 2009.

PROGRESSIVE   NEW The first album released back in 1973 by YES keyboard player has been re-recorded live in 2009 in the fantastic Hampton Court Palace!

PROGRESSIVE   NEW The first album by YES keyboards player recorded live in 2009 in the fantastic Hampton Court Palace!

PROGRESSIVE   NEW Finally on CD what is probably the biggest rarity of the mythical Cinevox catalogue (the one that released Cherry Five, Goblin, and Reale Impero Britannico)! Motowns where an English band that arrived from Liverpool to Italy in the mid sixties. Their first album came out in 1967, “Sì, proprio i Motowns” on RCA, followed by a long series of singles, most of them being cover version of beat music hits. After some label changes and some other singles, they were signed to Cinevox in 1971 and immediately recorded “Motowns”, a record that is far away from their beat origins, being halfway between psychedelia and classic progressive, It’s only because of its extreme rarity that such a great record was never noticed by prog-lovers, a it represents the missing link in the progressive discography of the Cinevox label, and is also an interesting connection between British and Italian progrock. This first-time-ever reissue faithfully reproduces the orginal artwork and contains detailed liner notes by musical journalist Franco Vichi. Finalmente ristampata su CD quella che da molti è considerata la più grande rarità del mitico catalogo Cinevox (quello dei Cherry Five e dei Goblin, del Reale Impero Britannico, per intenderci). I Motowns erano un gruppo interamente inglese arrivato da Liverpool in Italia alla metà degli anni sessanta. Il primo album uscì nel 1967, “Sì, proprio i Motowns” per la RCA, a cui fecero seguito molti singoli, tutti di matrice prettamente beat, quasi tutti versioni cover Italiane di brani celebri. Dopo alcuni cambi di etichetta e una conseguente manciata di singoli, nel 1971 il gruppo passò alla Cinevox e incise il presente “Motowns”, un disco molto lontano dal passato beat della formazione che si orienta verso delle notevoli soluzioni a cavallo tra psichedelia e progressive classico con tanto di brano di improvvisazione finale. E’ solo a causa della sua estrema rarità che un disco di questi livelli qualitativi non sia mai stato notato dagli appassionati di prog, tanto più che il lavoro – oltre ad essere IL tassello mancante nella discografia di matrice prog della Cinevox, rappresenta anche un interessante tratto d’unione tra il prog Britannico e quello Italiano. La ristampa riproduce fedelmente il vinile originale in tutti i suoi dettagli e contiene un ampia introduzione al disco a cura del critico musicale Franco Vichi.