Genres Progressive rock Labels Fonit Cetra Genre Progressive rock | Years active 1971–1973; 2009 - Record label Fonit Cetra Origin Rome, Italy (1971) | |
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Members Luciano Regoli, Nanni Civitenga, Francesco Froggio Francica, Damaso Grassi, Manlio Zacchia, Stefano Piermarioli Albums Per... un mondo di cristallo, Il Pittore Volante, Live in Elba Similar Osanna, Il Balletto di Bronzo, Quella Vecchia Locanda, Reale Accademia di Musica, Biglietto per l'Inferno | ||
Raccomandata con Ricevuta di Ritorno, Raccomandata Ricevuta Ritorno or RRR, are an Italian progressive rock band.
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Nuova raccomandata con ricevuta di ritorno
Career
They released only one LP, the concept album Per... Un Mondo di Cristallo (1973), considered an excellent album in some progressive rock circles [1]. The band spent two years secluded in a monastery of an undisclosed religion perfecting the lyrics and the music. The album tells the story of an astronaut who on returning home finds life on Earth to be extinct.
Vocalist Luciano Regoli and guitarist Nanni Civitenga went on to form the band Samadhi in 1974. Civitenga also released a 1974 record with the hard rock band Crystals, which included members of Banco del mutuo soccorso, Area and Alphataurus. Drummer Froggio Francica played with Procession in 1974 and then briefly with Kaleidon. Later Regoli became a painter, and was the singer of the first few records by the band DGM.
Second phase
In 2010, after a 37-year hiatus, the band released the album Il pittore volante under the name Nuova Raccomandata con ricevuta di ritorno. The CD booklet was decorated by Regoli's paintings.
The band played a concert with Thijs van Leer in 2010. Several live tracks by this constellation appears on the album Prog Exhibition: 40 anni di musica immaginifica, including an extended version of "Il palco di marionette" from the 1973 album.
Discography
Songs
Un palco di marionettePer un mondo di cristallo · 1972
Il mondo cadePer un mondo di cristallo · 1972
Su una rupePer un mondo di cristallo · 1972