RARE 1972 ORIG "UT" THE NEW TROLLS HEAVY PROG PSYCH - SABBATH GUITAR BLASTS
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Jan 11, 2015
Sold Date
Jan 6, 2015
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RARE ORIGINAL 1972 FIRST PRESS
HEAVY PROG PSYCH
the NEW TROLLS
U.T.
\ ITALY - FONIT CETRA - LPX 20
Final Collection Copy
Rare Original 1972 first pressing in nice gaefold sleeve...known as the HEAVY one by legendary Italian progressive rock
Many people regard "UT" as the high point of the TROLLS career... It's no secret that this album, recorded and released at the end of 1972 polarized the band. It brought a temporary end to NEW TROLLS. The reason was guitarist Vittorio de Scalzi wanted to continue the progressive-artrock route of NEW TROLLS and the other guitarist (and vocalist) Nico di Palo favored a hard & heavy underground rock approach. And because of that, the group split, with Nico di Palo forming a group that would become "Ibis", and Vittorio de Scalzi, with some legal problems wanting to continue the NEW TROLLS name, had to continue on as "N.T. ATOMIC SYSTEM." However -- the album UT brought in keyboardist Maurizio Salvi, who would hop on to Ibis (in which he was responsible for the wonderful keyboard work to Sun Supreme). "UT" is actually, and it's only 1972 mind you, The New Trolls FIFTH album -- a veteran group that will be lasting unusually long and will produce shorter-lived offshoots. The New Trolls appeared in '67 as a psychedelic group releasing hard blues-rock singles (and later compiled into their second eponymous album), before releasing the first concept album of the peninsula (even if it is a bit confused and not really prog). From 71 onwards, New Trolls will hit their stride with "Concerto Grosso", "Searching For A land" and this upswing album, "UT" usually considered their best. The New Trolls sound is now full-blown progressive rock with lots of classical influences - but the devilish metallic Sabbath grinding guitar serves as an album awakening. Not really lucky with its incredibly bland outer artwork, slightly better with the innerfold, the group develops a surprisingly tough-sounding hard-progressive sound with backdrops of tasteful symphonic creativity -- but there is again little doubt who's the leader of the group: singing lead guitarist Nico Di Palo, though right behind him is keyboardist Maurizio Salvi, which comes in handy since second guitarist Vittorio De Scalzi is quite discreet on this album - he would leave soon after this album's release. In some ways "UT" is even more metallic than the huge sound of the De De Lind album! Opening on a gong-bang, the album is strongly heading into a deeply rich classical arrangement, which will be followed by another bong of the gong featuring keyboards leading into a short head-twisting jammer (22nd Century) full-speed ahead, an all sails deployed scorcher. Horseman Of Lake Ontario is quite a different ride starting smoothly, after a marching drum (and ending in one too) but soon the two guitars are adopting evil Black Sabbath stances - an almighty crunch of doom (hinting at the flipside's epic), but the end of the track is dominated by constant key changes. The following Foglia is starting out on acoustic guitar and delicate vocals, maintaining throughout the song, and Di Palo pulls in some lovely electric leads. Nato Adesso is more of a Focus-type of number with Di Palo sounding like Jan Akkerman with lengthy complex rythms soloing while Salvi pulls in the Strings ARP synth lines behind it. Excellent. The second side starts out on the monstrous "Troppa Guerra", entertained with its Black Sabbath Iommi-esque guitar riffs and often trading space with more pastoral moments; the many different parts mesh well into each other and can make the unaware a bit dizzy. This is one of Italy's prog more surprising songs and yet another highlight of a great album. - Nico Di Palo / guitar, lead vocals- Gianni Belleno / drums, vocals
- Frank Laugelli (Rhodes) / bass
- Maurizio Salvi / piano, organ, synthesizer
- Vittorio De Scalzi / guitar
Studio (3:09)
Xxii Road (1:51)
The Knights Of Lake Ontario (5:02)
History Of A Leaf (2:57)
Born Now (7:53)
There's Too Much War (9:53)
Paolo And Francesca (6:06)
Who I Can Understand (4:35) TRANSLATIONS OF TRACKS: Studio (3:09)
Xxii Strada (1:51)
I Cavalieri Del Lago dell'Ontario (5:02)
Storia Di Una Foglia (2:57)
Nato Adesso (7:53)
C'e' Troppa Guerra (9:53)
Paolo E Francesca (6:06)
Chi Mi Puo' Capire (4:35)
CONDITION: The cover: Slick colorful gatefold is M- a top copy = nice fresh original colors, no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing ... collection worthy rarity ...
The vinyl: Clean and glossy over both sides, rated M- TOP COPY expect clean, enjoyable audio...NO surface problems ... both labels are clean
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
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