Poa Blocco Mentale SKU: VMLP032 Barcode: VMLP032 27.00 £27.00 Genre: Psychedelia / Garage Label: VM Released Date: 28th July 2011 Buying Format: 1LP Coloured Vinyl Gatefold Sleeve Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info A very obscure and one of the rarest albums from Italian rock music scene of the 70\’s. This album takes on ecology as its theme and sings of the evil of polluting the planet. Terrific basic progressive music housed in a creative gimmick sleeve with window to flower. Blocco Mentale were a quintet, consisting of Aldo Angeletti (who wrote the music) on vocals and bass, Michele Arena on drums and vocals, Gigi \”Roso\” Bianchi on guitar and vocals, Filippo Lazzari on keyboards, harmonica and vocals, and Dino Finocchi on vocals, sax and flute. Musically Blocco Mentale is characterised by a progressive style with some personal touches. The best intruments are the horns and the keyboards. The album opens with angular staccato sax riffs and then slides into a lush melody somewhat reminiscent of PFM ( Premiata Forneria Marconi ) in their early (and best) days. There are rich vocal harmonies blended with organ and flute, and once again a Meditteranean sensibility which distinguishes much of the best Italian progressive rock. (The opening lines of that opening track, \”Capita,\” are recapitulated in the closing lines of the sixth track, \”Ritorno,\” but the album still has one track to go at that point, oddly enough.) Swelling Mellotrons blend into vocal harmonies, and give way to a cascading piano line. The music moves around a lot in the course of the album. The fourth track, \”Io E Me,\” is an amazing Meditteranean blues, with a wailing harmonica taking the lead. First time ever reissue, in its gorgeus gimmick gatefold cover. Limited to 500 copies, each 100 of them in one different colour (Red, yellow, white, blue and green). 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