Mucchio Classic Rock #14 - Italian "Cantautori" 1971-1977

Italian Graffiti: Fabrizio De André 

What:
Fourteenth music history lesson, courtesy of italian magazine Il Mucchio and its old Classic Rock special features (published in Italy in the 1990s). After Punk, New Wave, Dark/Gothic, Hard Rock, Psychedelia, Power Pop, Canterbury, Reggae, Krautrock, White Man's Blues, Hardcore-Punk, Old Skool Hip-Hop and Soul, it's time for a sentimental journey through Italy of the 1970s. A sentimental and political one. Those were "gli anni di piombo" ("years of lead"), hard times filled with terrorism, bombs, social conflicts. Music danced with politics, too. Especially pushed by those artists known as "cantautori", whose music often was far less important than words. This is a good compilation of that decade and that scene. And some of the artists included - Lucio Battisti and Fabrizio De André, more than others - go beyond the "cantautori" label and deserve to be featured in the Italian Hall of Fame of the 20th Century.
Even if you probably won't understand one word... enjoy! :o)

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The Playlist

(14 albums out of 20, 70%)

10 Pivotal Albums
Lucio Battisti - Il mio canto libero (Numero Uno, 1972)
Edoardo Bennato - Io che non sono l'imperatore (Ricordi, 1975)
Fabrizio De André - Non al denaro, non all'amore, né al cielo (Produttori Associati, 1971)
Francesco De Gregori - Francesco De Gregori (RCA, 1974)
Eugenio Finardi - Diesel (Cramps, 1977)
Giorgio Gaber - Io se fossi Dio (F1 Team/Panarecord, 1980)
Rino Gaetano - Aida (IT/RCA, 1977)
Francesco Guccini - Radici (Emi, 1972)
Claudio Lolli - Ho visto anche degli zingari felici (Emi, 1976)
Antonello Venditti - Le cose della vita (RCA, 1973)

10 Albums More
Alberto Camerini - Cenerentola e il pane quotidiano (Cramps, 1977)
Juri Camisasca - La finestra dentro (Bla Bla, 1974)
Ivan Cattaneo - Primo secondo frutta (Ivan compreso) (Ultima spiaggia, 1977)
Alfredo Cohen - Come barchette dentro un tram (It, 1977)
Giorgio Lo Cascio - Il poeta urbano (Divergo, 1976)
Gianfranco Manfredi - Zombie di tutto il mondo unitevi (Ultima spiaggia, 1977)
Mauro Pelosi - Al mercato degli uomini piccoli (Polydor, 1973)
Paolo Pietrangeli - Karlmarxstrasse (I dischi del Sole, 1974)
Alan Sorrenti - Aria (Harvest/Emi, 1972)
Roberto Vecchioni - Ipertensione (Philips, 1975)



Listen to it on Spotify:

Mammoth (full albums): HTTP Link, URI. (SR0568)

Lite (3 songs each "pivotal" album, 2 songs each "more" album): HTTP Link, URI. (SR0569)

Mucchio Classic Rock - Top 20 Albums series:

1. Punk '77

2. New Wave
3. Dark 1980-1985
4. Hard Rock 1968-1975
5. Psychedelia (1965-xxxx)
6. Power-Pop
7. Canterbury scene
8. Reggae 1968-1981
9. Krautrock
10. White Man's Blues
11. Hardcore-Punk USA (1980-1983)
12. Hip Hop Old Skool (1981-1991)
13. Soul 1951-1972
14. Italian "Cantautori" (1971-1977)