O: Le Orme

10-21-09 O: Le Orme

I actually met 2/3 of Le Orme in Italy, in 1979! Aldo Tagliapietra was so nice to me (thanks to an introduction I was given by the late Tony Harrington).

Aldo Tagliapietra solo album:

LP ...NELLA NOTTE HOLLY ITAL HR 26703

1984 8 TRKS

Le Orme:

CD BIANCANEVE (aka VENERDI) REPLAY IT RMCD 4034

1982 10 TRKS

CD COLLAGE PHILIPS IT 842505.2

1971 7 TRKS ('90 issue)

LP COLLAGE PHILIPS IT 6323 007L

1971 7 TRKS original issue

CD CONTRAPPUNTI PHILIPS IT 842506.2

1974 7 TRKS ('90 issue)

LP CONTRAPPUNTI PHILIPS IT 6323 035A

1974 7 TRKS original issue

LP FELONA & SORONA CHARISMA UK CAS 1072

1973 8 TRKS in English, with lyrics by Peter Hammill

CD FELONA E SORONA PHILIPS IT 842507.2

1973 9 TRKS ('90 issue)

LP FELONA E SORONA PHILIPS IT 6323 023L

1973 9 TRKS original issue

CD FLORIAN PHILIPS IT 842508.2

1979 7 TRKS ('90 issue)

LP FLORIAN PHILIPS IT 6323 086

1979 7 TRKS original issue

CD IL FIUME TRING TRI 024

1996 11 TRKS CD-only release?

CDx2 LIVE ORME KING/CRIME JPN KICP-2715/6

1993 27 TRKS (70's recordings, 11 x bonus tracks)

LPx2 LIVE ORME KING JPN K20P-611/2

1986 16 TRKS Live, insert (70's recordings)

CD ORME PHILIPS IT 846410.2

1990 9 TRKS

CD ORME IN CONCERTO PHILIPS IT 846412.2

1974 8 TRKS Live

LP ORME IN CONCERTO PHILIPS IT 6323 028A

1974 7 TRKS Live, original issue

LP PICCOLA RAPSODIA DELL'APE PHILIPS IT 6323 102

1980 8 TRKS original issue

CD SMOGMAGICA PHILIPS IT 842509.2

1975 9 TRKS ('90 issue)

LP SMOGMAGICA PHILIPS IT 6323 041A

1975 9 TRKS insert, original issue

CD STORIA O LEGGENDA PHILIPS IT 842510.2

1977 8 TRKS ('90 issue)

LP STORIA O LEGGENDA PHILIPS IT 6323 052

1977 8 TRKS original issue

LP UOMO DI PEZZA PHILIPS IT 6323 013L

1972 7 TRKS original issue

CD UOMO DI PEZZA UNIVERSAL JPN UICY-9115

1972 7 TRKS ('01 issue) kami sleeve

LP VENERDI DDD ITALY ZPLDR 34145

1982 10 TRKS

CD VERITA NASCOSTE PHILIPS IT 842512.2

1976 8 TRKS ('90 issue)

LP VERITA NASCOSTE PHILIPS IT 6323 045A

1976 8 TRKS original issue

I actually met Aldo on several visits to Italy. Once he took Tony H, & I to be interviewed in Italian TV, not far from his beloved Venice. But what city was it in? I remember talking about eels. (It’s not what you think).

It was also so much fun to go to Italy; I visited Milano, Bologna…stayed at a hotel called “Nasco” on (or near) Corso Buenos Aires, in Milano. I remember buying my first Bialetti Moka Express (coffee maker), in a tiny hardware store in Venice. I remember buying multiple flavored ices in Bologna (hazelnut ice?) – and my memory contains looking at a map while traveling by train through Italy – “What town are we in?” (looks outside) “Uh, we’re in Uscita” “I can’t find that on our map!” You dummy, it means “exit” in Italian – when you looked out of the train window, all you ever saw was the exit sign of the train platform.

Oh, and I really love Le Orme. The first one I heard and got was “Collage”, their debut 70’s LP. I had heard “Evasione Totale” from the late night FM radio, and was hooked. “Verita Nascoste” also really kicked my butt, a great album. And it was super getting to meet and talk with Aldo of Orme (who spoke excellent English) at the time of “Florian”, him telling me about how they all got tired of the loud music. It’s a really beautiful album, must play it again one day soon.

The Japanese made a beautiful paper sleeve CD of “Uomo Di Pezza”, which I found on my last visit to Japan (pictured).

Yes, I have a bit more Le Orme than is listed above, mostly 7” singles – some of which were / are totally non-LP/CD.