Penny Vinyl & CDs

Review: Welcome to 70s Italy. A time of serious cultural flux, while the country suffered extended periods of military presence and austere pressures, a create counter culture was wafting psychedelically through the family TV sets. Funk-fusion, blues bangers and cosmic sensations were commissioned by the country's leading channels, only to be released in limited amounts (if released at all) before being lost in the annals of musical history. Here's a 35-track flavour of what we missed. From vocal harmonised guitar-weeping dreaminess ("Una Storia") to sleazy, tripped out blues ("Motocross") via pristine jazz boogie ("Contatto"), it's a side to Italy's rich musical history that demands repeat revisits. It would be criminale not to...