Il Rovescio della Medaglia explained

Il Rovescio della Medaglia
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Origin:Rome, Italy
Genre:Progressive rock
Years Active:1970-1977
1993–present

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.

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:

Discography

CD releases

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

See also

Italian progressive LPs re-recorded in English

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Il Rovescio della Medaglia.
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 2013-07-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130708051238/http://www.ilrovesciodellamedaglia.it/ChiSiamo.asp . 2013-07-08 . dead .
  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).