Il Rovescio della Medaglia
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Il Rovescio della Medaglia, or RDM, were an Italian hard rock
and symphonic rock
band. They are most famous for their symphonic rock masterpiece 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.
The band was produced by Luis Enríquez Bacalov
.
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
and symphonic rock
Symphonic rock
Symphonic rock is a sub-genre of progressive rock. Since early in progressive rock's history, the term has been used sometimes to distinguish more classically influenced progressive rock from the more psychedelic and experimental forms of progressive rock....
band. They are most famous for their symphonic rock masterpiece Contaminazione, released in 1973. It contained four pieces from Bach
Bạch
Bạch is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Bai in Chinese and Baek, in Korean.Bach is the anglicized variation of the surname Bạch.-Notable people with the surname Bạch:* Bạch Liêu...
'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.
The band was produced by Luis Enríquez Bacalov
Luis Enríquez Bacalov
Luis Enríquez Bacalov is a prolific Argentine, naturalized Italian, composer of film scores. Early on in his career, he composed scores for Spaghetti Western films. In the early 1970s, he collaborated with Italian progressive rock bands. Bacalov has been nominated twice for the Academy Award...
.
Personnel
As listed on Contamination:- Gino Campoli - percussives
- Enzo Vita - guitar
- Stefano Urso - bass
- Franco di Sabbatino - keyboard
- Pino Ballarini - vocals
Discography
- La Bibbia (1971)
- Io come io (1972)
- Contaminazione (1973)
- Contamination (English version of Contaminazione, 1975)
- Giudizio avrai (1988)
- Vitae (1993)
- Il Ritorno (1995)
CD releases
- Contaminazione
- South Korea, Si-Wan Records SRMC 1002, 1992. Booklet in Korean and (original) Italian.
Italian progressive LPs re-recorded in English
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by Premiata Forneria Marconi