Picchio dal pozzo (album)

Picchio dal Pozzo
Studio album by Picchio dal Pozzo
Released	1976
Genre	Progressive rock, Italian progressive rock
Label	Grog
Picchio dal Pozzo chronology
Picchio dal Pozzo (1976) Abbiamo tutti i suoi problemi (1980)

Picchio dal Pozzo is the debut album by the Italian progressive rock band Picchio dal Pozzo, released in 1976.

The album was released on vinyl in 1976 by Grog Records, a record label founded by Aldo De Scalzi, the band's leader. It is a work in its own right in the panorama of Italian progressive, similar in some ways to the style of groups of such so-called Canterbury scene bands as Soft Machine and Gong. Dominated by keyboards and horns, accompanying vocals characterized by the surreal lyrics and unusual vocal effects. ^[1]

The album is dedicated to Robert Wyatt ^[2] and the opening track "Merta" closely follows the melodic line of Wyatt's "Sea Song" from his 1974 album Rock Bottom .

Track listing

Side A ("Hay Fay")

1. "Merta"
2. "Cocomelastico"
3. "Seppia"
3a. "Sottotitolo"
3b. "Frescofresco"
3c. "Rusf"
4. "Bofonchia"

Side B ("Fay Hay")

5. "Napier"
6. "La floricultura di Tschincinnata"
7. "La bolla"
8. "Off"

Personnel

• Andrea Beccari — bass, horn, voice
• Aldo De Scalzi — keyboard, voice
• Paolo Griguolo — guitar, voice
• Giorgio Karaghiosoff — percussion

See also

• Italian progressive rock
• Canterbury scene

Notes

1. Martin, John N. "Picchio dal Pozzo: Picchio dal pozzo (1976)". classikrock.blogspot.it. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
2. Canterbury Archived 2008-05-21 at the Wayback Machine on Picchio dal Pozzo's official site