Artist

TRITONS

Nico Di Palo (guitar, vocals)
Maurizio Salvi (keyboards)
Frank Laugelli (bass)
Ric Parnell (drums)

aided by
Kamsin Urzino (vocals)
Jimmy Villotti (guitar)
Roger Mazzoncini (keyboards)
Gilberto Faggioli (bass)
Daniel Palella (drums)

Another mysterious chapter in the long New Trolls saga, Tritons were an offshoot of Ibis, as during the recordings of their Canti d'innocenza, canti d'esperienza first album, the band released a personal arrangement of the Rolling Stones' classic Satisfaction, and their record company Fonit decided to release it as a single under the new name Tritons. By the time the single was recorded, their drummer Gianni Belleno had left the band and was replaced by former Atomic Rooster Ric Parnell, who also played on Ibis' second album.

The single was an instant hit in Italy as well as in other countries, and when the band left Fonit for the release of an album on Polydor, again called Satisfaction, the old record company issued an LP called Country rock live by Tritons, that despite the title was not a live album nor by the real Tritons, being a collection of international cover versions played by an English group, the Roy Young Band, under a false name!

The Satisfaction LP was also a sort of divertissement for the musicians, being all made by covers of 50's and 60's rock classics with original and pleasant arrangements, but to make things more confused, another similar LP was released by the old drummer Gianni Belleno on Magma label as Johnny dei Tritons.

The "real" Tritons were in fact the ones on Polydor, a band composed by five musicians backing the four Ibis members.
In 1974, when Salvi and Parnell left Ibis, the remaining members Di Palo and Laugelli recruited two new musicians to record their third and last album, leaving Tritons to concentrate on their own work. The five remaining Tritons released a last single in 1976.

Both Tritons albums (the real one and the one by the false band) are easy to find and not expensive. No counterfeits exist.
The Satisfaction single was issued in some foreign countries such as Spain (on Fonit Cetra/Zafiro), France (Barclay N 61860), Germany (Polydor 2121 193), all with different covers.
Even I saw her standing there by the fake Tritons was issued in France as a single, on Barclay (620 055).
The Country rock live by Tritons album was issued in two different versions: the first one (ILS 9030) contained eight tracks, but two Beatles' hits, Got to get you into my life and Get back, were replaced by Satisfaction on a later 7-track issue. This second edition had the same cover as the first one, with a round sticker to promote the Satisfaction hit and another with the new catalogue number (ILS 9031) on front and back.
The 7-track version of the LP was also issued in 1974 in Argentina (with the title Pais del rock, Barclay BLS-70016) and France (Barclay 840.028), both with different artwork. It was reissued in Italy in 1980 in the Pellicano series with new title Satisfaction by Tritons.
Along with the Country rock live by Tritons album, at least another LP played by the Roy Young Band with the name Tritons exists, Rock on the road from 1974, but Roy Young's old website also listed another LP issued in 1973 by Fonit Cetra International, entitled If you could only see me now, with no further details.

Thanks to Ubaldo Cibei (Franco) for the collaboration in this page