Il Rovescio della Medaglia

Il Rovescio della Medaglia, or RDM, were an Italian hard rock and symphonic rock band. They are most famous for their symphonic rock piece Contaminazione, released in 1973. It contained four pieces from Bach's Well-tempered Clavier seamlessly integrated with RDM's own music, which often was inspired by rock or hard rock. In 1974 the record was released in an English version, Contamination, with the group's name simplified to RDM, although still written in full on the back of the LP jacket.

Il Rovescio della Medaglia
OriginRome, Italy
GenresProgressive rock
Years active1970-1977
1993–present

The band was produced by Luis Enríquez Bacalov.

The band split up in 1977, but reformed in 1993.[1][2]

Personnel

As listed on Contamination:

  • Gino Campoli - percussives
  • Enzo Vita - guitar
  • Stefano Urso - bass
  • Franco di Sabbatino - keyboard
  • Pino Ballarini - vocals

Discography
  • La Bibbia (1971)
  • Io come io (1972)
  • Contaminazione (1973) [3]
  • Contamination (English version of Contaminazione, 1975)
  • Giudizio avrai (1988)
  • Vitae (1993)
  • Il Ritorno (1995)

CD releases
  • Contaminazione
South Korea, Si-Wan Records SRMC 1002, 1992. Booklet in Korean and (original) Italian.

See also

Italian progressive LPs re-recorded in English

References
  1. http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=303
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-07-08. Retrieved 2013-07-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. The Italian-language version features Johann Sebastian Bach on the cover of the LP and CD. The album's full title is Contaminazione di alcune idee di certi preludi e fughe del Clavicembalo ben temperato di J. S. Bach (English: Contamination of some ideas from certain preludes and fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier of J. S. Bach).

Sources
  • Paolo Barotto (1989). Il ritorno del pop italiano. Luserna San Giovanni: Stilgraf.
  • Cesare Rizzi, ed. (1993). Enciclopedia del rock italiano. Milano: Arcana. ISBN 88-7966-022-5.
  • Alessandro Bolli (1998). Dizionario dei Nomi Rock. Padova: Arcana editrice. ISBN 978-88-7966-172-0.
  • Alessandro Gaboli e Giovanni Ottone (2007). Frazz (ed.). Progressive italiano. Firenze-Milano: Giunti. ISBN 978-88-09-04794-5.
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