Digitally remastered and expanded edition of this 1970 album from Italy's biggest '60s band. This definitive reissue celebrates it's Mellotron-enveloped and orchestrated beauty. Jumping off from the Beatles' White Album, it's the Progressive Pop album the Moody Blues never made. As a special bonus, this reissue includes as extras all the original tracks the band recorded for their 1966 Io Ho in Mente Te album and their 1968 Stereoequipe album. These bonuses were also issued as singles, including the legendary 1966 hit quot;Auschwitz.quot; Although well-known for recording Italian-language versions of British and American songs, their own material was formidable, mixing the baroque with a yearning sensibility enhanced with strings, sitars and exotic percussion. This is the essential Equipe 84 - their own voice. RPM.
Digitally remastered and expanded edition of this 1970 album from Italy's biggest '60s band. This definitive reissue celebrates it's Mellotron-enveloped and orchestrated beauty. Jumping off from the Beatles' White Album, it's the Progressive Pop album the Moody Blues never made. As a special bonus, this reissue includes as extras all the original tracks the band recorded for their 1966 Io Ho in Mente Te album and their 1968 Stereoequipe album. These bonuses were also issued as singles, including the legendary 1966 hit "Auschwitz." Although well-known for recording Italian-language versions of British and American songs, their own material was formidable, mixing the baroque with a yearning sensibility enhanced with strings, sitars and exotic percussion. This is the essential Equipe 84 - their own voice. RPM.