01	La Paura						06:02
	02	Un Re Senza Reame						05:06
	03	Un Uomo						04:56
	04	Scacco Al Re Lot						04:32
	05	Il Vento, La Luna E Pulcini Blu						09:58
	06	Waiting						03:08

PANNA FREDDA


Angelo Giardinelli (guitar, vocals)
Giorgio Brandi (keyboards, guitar)
Filippo Carnevale (guitar, drums)
Carlo Bruno (bass)


With a great album, highly representative of the italian prog sound, Panna Fredda should have deserved some more success, but theirs is the typical story of a band having a record deal and not being able to produce an album. Uno was delayed for many months after its recording and even broadcast in radio programs before its release, but the record company, Vedette, didn't support it at all and the band disappeared.

The band leader was Angelo Giardinelli, composer of all the tracks on the album, that contains six long cuts, mostly based on a very effective guitar-keyboards interplay. Some english prog influences, like on Un re senza reame based on Heaven from Gracious' first album. Classical influences are evident, especially in the keyboard parts, but the music is convincing. The voice is good, the lyrics original and the album never has weak points.
Two drummers guested on the album, both soon to go to famous bands, Francesco Froggio Francica (then to Raccomandata con Ricevuta di Ritorno) and Roberto Balocco (Capsicum Red).



LP
Uno Vedette (VPA 8134) 1971 gatefold cover
album reissued on CD by Vinyl Magic in 1989


SINGLES (with picture sleeve)
Strisce rosse
Delirio Vedette (VVN 33177) 1970 both unreleased tracks
Una luce accesa troverai
Vedo lei Vedette (VVN 33184) 1970 both unreleased tracks


Released on the small Vedette label, Uno has never been reissued on vinyl and is very rare, and only had a CD reissue by Vinyl Magic.

No counterfeit exists, nor foreign reissues.


A conversation with Giorgio Brandi, by Augusto Croce, april 2003

1-How was Panna Fredda born?

We used to play together since 1966-67 as I Figli del Sole, we played the nightclubs circuit. Then we had the chance of playing many times at Vum Vum, a popular club in Rome, a sort of Piper, and they proposed us to change the name in I Vum Vum. It worked that way then, groups used to change their names quickly.
Then we had this contact with Vedette, to release a single, and we decided to change our name to Panna Fredda and our line-up to a quartet. The sax player was the brother of our drummer Filippo Carnevale, but the horns didn't fit in our new sound.

2-Were your singles successful?

Only the B-side of our first single, Delirio. This had been composed by Silvio Settimi, the singer with the Jaguars, a famous group in Rome in the 60's, not as much as Rokes or Equipe 84 but very popular indeed. It was played many times in "Per voi giovani" [this was a very popular radio show]. The A-side wasn't as successful, it had been composed for us by Roby Castiglione [also known as Roby Crispiano, he had his moments of fame as solo singer].

3-What about the LP?

I can't remember much about it, I was called up by the army, so I just took part to some recordings, then I had to leave for Sicily. During the 18 months of the draft I was in touch with Angelo Giardinelli, who even came to visit me with the band's van. I had taken my organ with me, so I could play with an army band and avoid the hardest works.

4-How come there were two guest drummers on the album?

For the same reason, we were disbanded, and they were contacted to replace our drummer who was in the army as well.

5-The album is rather different from the singles. Was it your choice or it was the record company who wanted this change?

No, it was Angelo who liked all these new groups, Uriah Heep and similar, and he wanted to do a rock album. He was not our leader, there was no leader in the group, but he composed all the tracks.

6-What happened after the album?

When I returned back home I was still in touch with Angelo only. We tried to make something together, but it didn't work.

7-What did you do after Panna Fredda?

I joined I Cugini di Campagna [a famous melodic pop group], I've played for more than twenty years with them, we made Anima mia [their biggest hit] and many other things.
Then I left in 1996, there was no more interest in investing in the group by the record companies, so I went on my own, with my recording studio.

8-So you're still in the music biz, what are you doing now?

I made a record with Flavio Paulin, he was the lead singer with I Cugini di Campagna and he left for a solo career in 1978, but it wasn't successful. We're playing together now and have a CD out on the On Sale label.







Many thanks to Giorgio Brandi for his friendly collaboration with lots of information on Panna Fredda.
His past and present activity with former Cugini di Campagna singer Flavio Paulin is documented in the www.brandipaulin.com site.






Panna Fredda [Italy]
Uno (71)
Similar to Errata Corrige yet a little heavier in parts, Panna Fredda's Floydian Italian progressive is a fascinating offshoot of the genre and is rather engaging. Recommended: Uno.