Artist
LUCIANO CILIO
A questionable inclusion here, as Dialoghi del presente is probably much closer to contemporary classical music than to the standard Italian progressive music, but the album usually has very good reviews by the lovers of the genre.
Cilio was from Naples, and worked both in the musical and theatrical circuit of the city, collaborating with Alan Sorrenti, Shawn Phillips and Armando Piazza in the first part of the 70's. A talented piano, guitar and sitar player, he was always interested in new forms of avantgarde music.
The album, his only record release, was released in
1977 by EMI, and composed by four main parts and an
interlude.
With help from many guest musicians including well known session players Toni
Esposito and Robert Fix the album is mostly instrumental and with long parts
built on acoustic guitar, piano, cello and other classical instruments, the only
vocal parts are wordless chants.
The album was not particularly successful and closed the career of Cilio as musician, though he was involved in many important artistic events held in Naples until his death by suicide in 1983.
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| Dialoghi del presente | EMI (3C064 18253) | 1977 | single cover with inner |
| BTF/Vinyl Magic (VMLP 191) | 2017 | reissue of the 1977 album with single cover, clear vinyl and insert - later reissued on white (250 copies), orange, red and green vinyl with no insert | |
| Dell'universo assente | Die Schachtel (DS 26/2) | 2013 | 2 LP - reissue of Dialoghi del presente with a second LP containing 8 unreleased tracks - gatefold cover - 500 copies limited pressing |
| I nastri ritrovati | Konsequenz (KNZ 018) | 2018 | credited to Luciano Cilio and Girolamo De Simone - 1975-76 recordings - issued in 300 numbered copies |
CD |
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| Dell'universo assente | Die Schachtel (DS 7) | 2004 | reissue of Dialoghi del presente with 6 unreleased tracks in digipack foldout cover |
| Die Schachtel (DS 26) | 2013 | new issue of the above with two extra unreleased tracks - 500 copies limited pressing | |
| I nastri ritrovati | Konsequenz (KNZ 019) | 2018 | credited to Luciano Cilio and Girolamo De Simone - 1975-76 recordings - contains 6 tracks not on the LP version |
A rare album, Dialoghi del presente
came in a single cover, some copies having a printed inner. No counterfeits or foreign pressings exist.
The 2004 reissue on Die Schachtel included the whole album with 6 long
unreleased extra tracks, and a booklet in Italian and English on the life and
works of Luciano Cilio. It has been reissued in 2013 on CD and 2LP's, both containing two other unreleased tracks.
The BTF reissue restored the original album artwork and was first issued on clear vinyl, later on white (2018), orange (2019) and red (2021) vinyl.
The 2018 album I nastri ritrovati contains unreleased recordings from 1975-76 newly found in the archive of musicologist Eugenio Fels. It was released on vinyl, in 300 numbered copies (but there are some unnumbered copies aronund), and CD with some extra tracks.
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Dialoghi del presente - LP |
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Dell'universo assente - LP |
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Luciano Cilio-Girolamo De Simone / I nastri ritrovati- LP |
