Artist
GRUPPO 2001
Piero Salis (keyboards, vocals)
Pietro Carrus (guitar)
Ciccio Solinas (guitar)
Paolo Carrus (bass)
Tore Corazza (drums)
One of the few professional bands to come from
Sardinia, Gruppo 2001 were formed around 1971, with a commercial single in the
same year for the small King label.
After a successful appearance at the Disco per l'Estate TV festival with Messaggio,
the band released their only album in 1972, that, starting from their typical
melodic pop style, had more ambitious and prog-inspired arrangements.
Mainly acoustic but with some good keyboard parts by
the leader Piero Salis, the album went totally unnoticed, and the group followed
its career with some other commercial singles.
Salis left in 1974 for a solo career (as Piersalis, with the album Plancton in
1974 again on King, and later as Piero Marras), while the others kept playing until late 70's.
Their last singles were released on the local label La Strega that also produced
the first and only album by Pierpaolo Bibbò.
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| L'alba di domani | King (NLU 62019) | 1972 | gatefold cover and inner |
CD |
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| L'alba di domani | AMS/BTF (AMS 198CD) | 2012 | reissue of 1972 album with gatefold mini-LP cover |
SINGLES (with picture sleeve) |
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| Avevo in mente Elisa Quella strana espressione |
King (NSP 56127) | 1971 | |
| Messaggio Una bambina... una donna |
King (NSP 56134) | 1972 | both tracks from L'alba di domani |
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Angelo mio L'anima |
King (NSP 56140) | 1973 | |
| Addio primo amore Carla |
Mercury (6027 004) | 1974 | |
| Per un momento Nella tua mente solo lui |
Mercury (6027 008) | 1975 | |
| Navigando Il mio paese |
Mercury (6027 009) | 1975 | also exists on CP label (CPNP 03) |
| Chi sei? Stratosfera |
La Strega (CM 0015) | 1978 | |
| Trovarsi To Jimi |
La Strega (CM 0016) | 1979 | |
PROMOTIONAL AND JUKEBOX SINGLES (with blank cover) |
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| Avevo in mente Elisa | King (???) | 1971 | jukebox single - backed with Peppino Gagliardi/Come le viole |
| Addio primo amore | Philips/Polydor (AS 282) | 1974 | jukebox single - backed with James Brown/My thang |
L'alba di domani is a very rare album, that
hasn't so far gained an Italian vinyl reissue. The original album had a gatefold
cover and lyric inner.
It's been issued in Japan by Nexus/King, both on vinyl (K25P 413 - gatefold) and
CD (KICP 2835).
The record has been reissued on CD in Korea in 2008 by the Media Arte label (no.MI-0001) with
mini-LP cover in a limited 500 copies pressing.
No counterfeit exists.
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L'alba di domani - LP |
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Avevo in mente Elisa - 7" single cover |
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Messaggio - 7" single cover |
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Angelo mio - 7" single cover |
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Addio primo amore - 7" single cover |
Piero Salis (Marras) has a website at http://digilander.libero.it/steveblos/
Thanks to Flavio Tassinari for some information
