Now I’m trying to mix Sudafed with cough syrup in an attempt to both dry out my head (congestion) and stop the cough that has developed during the past 48 hours. I can’t tell if I’m getting worse or better at this point, but the “up” provided by the Sudafed and the “downer” cough medicine is making me feel preeeetty weird inside. If I wasn’t combining the two for legit medicinal purposes I might even be enjoying the opposing side effects.
So, once again, you get a blog post that requires little effort on my part. Don’t worry, someday soon I’ll start to feel better and the energy required to post original content will return.
By the way, I tried to watch NEBRASKA last night and within 30 seconds I think I was on my phone playing poker online. It couldn’t keep my interest. I wound up watching the first episode of the new season of Sherlock, which was decent but not great.
Ahem.
From Italian Prog Map:
“La Seconda Genesi came from Canino, a small town in the province of Viterbo, and was one of the many Italian progressive rock “one-shot bands” of the seventies. The leader of the band was guitarist Paride De Carli, who, along with drummer Sandro Leoni, from 1963 to 1969 had been playing in clubs and on cruise ships. From 1969 to 1971 Paride De Carli spent two years in the Bahamas Islands playing with a local multi-ethnic band and when back in Italy he released an album with a band called Paride e gli Stereo 4, “Naufrago in città”, on the independent label Picci Records. In 1972 he joined again with Sandro Leoni and with Nazzareno Spaccia (bass), Giambattista Bonavera (sax, flute) and Alberto Rocchetti (lead vocals and keyboards) formed La Seconda Genesi. The band released only one album, “Tutto deve finire”, also on Picci Records, before split up. In that period progressive rock was very popular in Italy and “Tutto deve finire” is just one of the many Italian albums in that vein, with the musicians trying to blend many influences, from jazz and avant-garde to hard rock and classical music.”
““Tutto deve finire” (Everything must end) is a concept album featuring lyrics by the producer Giuseppe Cassia dealing with religious issues such as the faith in God and the awareness that everything is bound to come to an end except your soul. The instrumental opener “Ascoltarsi nascere” (Listening to our own birth), is an experimental piece where the band, with the sound of the sax in the forefront, try to blend jazz and avant-garde with rock. The following “L’urlo” (The scream) is another instrumental, a jazz-rock track featuring a great saxophone work. It ends with a short organ solo that marks a change in mood and atmosphere.
“…On the whole “Tutto deve finire” might not be considered an outstanding album but I think it’s really worth listening to. Bye the way, the original vinyl version of this album is extremely rare and precious for “vinyl collectors” because of the particular art cover featuring random jets of colour (actually, there’s a different album cover for each one of the first 200 vinyl copies).”
Note, most links you’ll find to this LP online omit the 8th track, “Un’ Infanzia Mai Vissuta”. I’ve gone and fixed that.
La Seconda Genesi
Tutto Deve Finire
(Picci, 1972)
MediaFire DL Link
01. Ascoltarsi Nascere
02. L’urlo
03. Se Ne Va Con Noi
04. Vedo Un Altro Mondo [MP3]
05. Dimmi Padre
06. Breve Dialogo
07. Giovane Uomo
08. Un’ Infanzia Mai Vissuta
