Artist
IL MUCCHIO
Sergio Piazza (vocals, flute)
Sandro Zane (organ, percussion, vocals)
Maurizio Rivoltella (harpsichord, clarinet, vocals)
Luciano Zanardo (bass, vocals)
Marino Rebeschini (drums, percussion)
A five-piece from Venice, Il Mucchio were active since
1970, releasing an album and three singles. Drummer Rebeschini had been
in the first Le Orme line-up.
The group was produced and followed by a popular 60's
singer, Pino Donaggio, who composed almost all their repertoire. The album,
eight tracks for around 34 minutes, contains lightweight progressive, mainly based on a
thin organ and a very melodic singing that give the sound a strong sixties flavour. A
reworking of Schubert's Ave Maria was also included.
A small similarity with New Trolls in their multivocal parts, but definitely not
a memorable album.
Soon after the recording sessions for the album, the singer/flutist Sergio
Piazza temporarily left the group to do his military service, and the others
kept playing as a quartet, sharing the lead singer role.
The line-up then changed radically around the only remaining founders Zanardo and Rivoltella, with newcomers Roberto Fagotto (voice and guitar), Franco Carradori (drums) and keyboardist Luciano Basso (who later had a solo career). This line-up produced the later singles (from 1972 and 1973), which were in a similar
vein, but with a more evident 70's prog feel in the arrangements and sounds,
especially the last one Lei se ne andrà.
After tha last single the group had another line-up change, with the bass player Lucio Franchin, drummer Massimo Rizzotto and guitarist Franco Scoblar (the latter who replaced Basso), then
the group broke up in 1975.
In 1995 Il Mucchio was reformed for a few concerts with three of the original
members (Piazza, Zane e Zanardo), along with drummer Francesco Satini and
singer/keyboardist Chiara Maccatrozzo. This line-up stayed together for around
two years.
A different reincarnation of Il Mucchio, still active includes Roberto Fagotto and Luciano Zanardo along with Alessandro Viola (keyboards and vocals), Willy Lorenzon (vocals), Fabio Runello (guitar) and Matteo Regazzo (drums).
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| Il Mucchio | Carosello (SCLN 25001) | 1970 | gatefold laminated cover |
| BTF/VinylMagic (VM LP 186) | 2016 | reissue with gatefold cover and orange vinyl | |
CD |
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| Il Mucchio | Mellow (MMP 166) | 1993 | reissue of 1970 album with 4 bonus tracks from singles |
| BTF/VinylMagic (VM CD 186) | 2016 | as above with mini-LP gatefold cover | |
SINGLES (with picture sleeve) |
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| Per una libertà Qualcuno ha ucciso |
Carosello (CI 20270) | 1970 | both tracks from the album |
| Un'estate senza caldo Quanto vuoto c'è |
Carosello (CI 20270) | 1972 | both unreleased tracks |
| Lei se ne andrà Il giullare |
Carosello (CI 20358) | 1973 | both unreleased tracks |
A very rare album, Il Mucchio had a gatefold laminated cover. It has been reissued for the first time in 2016 by BTF on orange vinyl.
The CD reissues made by Mellow and later BTF contain their entire production, with
four bonus tracks taken from their last two singles.
Even the Korean CD issue on Si-Wan (SRMC 2017) contains the same four bonus tracks.
No counterfeit exists, nor foreign vinyl reissues.
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Il Mucchio - LP |
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Per una libertà - 7" single cover |
Un'estate senza caldo - 7" single cover |
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Lei se ne andrà - 7" single cover |
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Thanks to Rockground (www.rockground.it) for one of the pictures in this page, and to Sandro Zane, Massimo Rizzotto and Fabio Bello for information.
