Il Tempo Della Gioia

Having been a huge fan of PFM in the 1970s, this cd ranks among the best of that genre and time period. For my tastes, Italian prog is a hit or miss proposition (both between groups and within album selections) as the vocal arrangements in particular frequently can grate on my ears. This album has an element of that, regardless the vocals /melodic lines are interesting and the musicians are top notch. If you are a fan of Italian prog (particularly groups like Banco and Le Orme), I think you will find this cd well worth the investment!

A beautiful piece of progressive music. Right up there with PFM.Recommended.

Good Italian prog

Classic,

Excellent Italian progressive album of the golden years. Well, this is the second album by this Italian band, formed in Rome in 1972, also debuting at the festival of Villa Pamphili. Well, this is a very good job, which follows the same line classical symphony, the first, and even exceed it. It is a pity that they only got these two magnificent albums.

Now THIS is my kinda music.What we have here is an Italian progressive rock band from the 70's. On this album, you can expect Emerson, Lake and Palmer-like piano jams, fast and furious violin solos, some extremely emotional singing that's both melodic and interesting (even though I can't speak Italian, that doesn't matter when it comes to vocal melodies).Some of the violin jams are so sizzling hot, they remind me of Frank Zappa's "The Gumbo Variations". Check out the 10-minute track 4 for further proof! What a song THAT one is! There's violins, classical pianos, just the right amount of electric guitar, and I believe that's a saxophone at the end. Man, what a song!These guys are very good at building musical ideas, and finding creative ways to use their musical instruments. I love it. The one surprising thing is the lack of guitar playing in many spots. That's not a bad thing though- there's a lot of things going on at once that keep your interest, and you know, we can't have guitars ALL the time, can we?Also, I love the way Quella Vecchia Locanda mixes classical elements with rock, and the results are fantastic. I will never understand why more Americans won't dig deeper into the catalog of 70's rock and find hidden gems such as this one. I love this album, and highly recommend it for fans of Frank Zappa, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Soft Machine, Caravan, Jethro Tull, and other prog rock artists.I apologize for not typing up the name of each song, but please buy this great album. If you like diversity in your music, you will absolutely love this album. Oh, and I agree with the other reviewer who mentions how welcoming and friendly the instrumentation is. Yup, it's like that for the entire album.It's amazing growing up in America with bands like the Allman Brothers, Doobie Brothers, Three Dog Night, and other artists constantly playing on the radio and TV, that a band I've never heard before tonight from Italy can have the same kind of memorable songwriting, creativity, and diverse musical ideas that many other bands from the same time period were famous for. Just goes to show great musicians were all over the world back then.The spirit of 70's rock lives on with albums like this. Don't worry about the fact that hardly anyone has reviewed this album- just remember that the 70's were responsible for some magnificent musicians, and Quella Vecchia Locanda is yet another fantastic artist.Look, I know the price for the album is quite expensive, but you gotta find a way to hear this. It's really THAT good.

This is a great recording of very classically influenced Italian progressive rock that was released in 1974. The musicians on the album are all excellent and include the wickedly talented Claudio Gilice (violin), Giorgio Giorgi (vocals, flute, piccolo), Elbassimo Giorgi (vocals, electric bass, string bass); fantastic keyboardist Elbassimo Roselli (acoustic piano; harpsichord; electric piano); Patrick Fraina (drums); and Raimondo Cocco (vocals, acoustic and electric guitar). The five tracks on the album range in length from 4'12 to 9'42, and the entire album is only 34 minutes in length.What sets this album apart from all of the other mid 1970s Italian prog includes the instrumentation, which is mostly dominated by acoustic instruments, and the compositions themselves, which are the most polite rock pieces I have ever heard. In fact it is a little like listening to a Baroque period string ensemble with an electric bassist, the occasional clean sounding and delicate electric guitar, a drummer, and good vocalists (the vocals are in Italian). I should note that although synth fans won't like this album too much, there is a brief passage at the end of the album that lasts for about 45 seconds or thereabouts, that features some string synth and an ARP 2600 "explosion".In general, this is a very warm and intimate album that is just plain nice to listen to - the acoustic piano work and the violin playing is excellent. Furthermore, the flute work reminds me a little of PFM's quieter moments. There are however, fleeting moments when the arrangements get really interesting and become a little more angular and modern classical sounding. I should note that these passages are neither overbearing nor harsh - the instrumentation is the same, with incredible violin playing weaving in and out and around the (great) drumming, electric bass and soft electric guitar parts. Things just get a little more insistent.This album was remastered by BMG Ricordi in 2003 and reproduces the LP format. Although the mini-LP format is cool and the sound quality is excellent, there are no informative tidbits in the liner notes.All in all this is a great album of Italian prog that is a little different than most of the heavier sounding albums of the mid 1970s. Highly recommended along with Florian (1979) by Le Orme, which is a late period attempt at arranging pop/rock tunes to be played on acoustic instruments.

Beautiful and so emotional opus of italian music,must say it's a so serious album. Diferent from the first album by Vecchia locanda and with unique expresions in that. Music for soul,i can say.

Valutazione sulla base dei miei gusti personali musicaliDa consigliare a chi come me ama un certo tipo di musica

Il Tempo Della Gioia es un gran disco de rock progresivo, pero particularmente del progresivo italiano tan afecto a los sonidos clásicos y con muchos aires jazzísticos.

Tutto ok

Ottimo disco , dal punto di vista artistico ed anche tecnico: registrato molto bene.Suggerisco per ulteriori approfondimenti sul Progressive la rvista bimestrale Prog Italia 😎😎