Quel Giorno di Uve Rosse. 1976 Italy

Back in the early 1990s, Quel Giorno Di Uve Rosse's sole album made the rounds into progressive rock collector's circles, promising two side long tracks of classic Italian bombast. Bzzt! Working hard for a good trade to obtain it, the result ended up in disappointment for moi. But I did stick with it, and over time I was satisfied enough to keep it for awhile. A few years later, opportunity struck for me to move it out, and I've never looked back (how Biblical of me...).

So what is the deal with Quel Giorno Di Uve Rosse? The album was released by PCC which stands for Pro Civitate Christiana. Yea, we're talking Catholic Church here. The music provides the background to a Biblical story (I presume) and that which features a multitude of male/female vocalists, all of them quite good I must say. There is also some male narration. It's not a stretch to compare some of Quel Giorno Di Uve Rosse to Latte E Miele's debut Passio Secundum Mattheum, an album also referencing a Biblical story with narration. The rock music displayed here though is considerably softer, pastoral, and much more in the background than the pure Italian progressive rock of Latte e Miele. Plenty of harpsichord and flute as well. So yea, it's something of an Italian holy roller kind of thing I'm sure. But classy and well done. Worth hearing in general music terms, but calling it progressive rock is clearly misleading.

Ownership: LP: 1976 PCC (Pro Civitate Christiana)
 

Traded off many years ago.

Not reissued in any format as I update this post (6/9/24)