Various
Urla Dal Granducato, Vol. 3
We have finally arrived at the third and final chapter of our personal story of the GranDucato HardCore (and its surroundings). At first, we were a bit hesitant to do volume 3, but as we went on, our motivation and conviction grew... We started with Lanciafiamme (of which we are re-releasing the 7 "EP in its entirety as a due homage!) and the Testemarce on the one hand and Dements/Dia-triba on the other. Then, thanks to Testemarce, whom we were already happy to introduce to as wide an audience as possible that loved those sounds, we happened to come across a band that was more of a legend to us than anything else, because no one, starting with the members who had played with them in the early 80s, had a rehearsal recording, a live show on a Walkman, or any other trace of that experience... It was Soviet Sex (even the name is already a guarantee!) ... in the midst of the reels where Testemarce's songs were recorded there were also them: you can imagine our/their happiness at the chance discovery! Finally, everyone could meet them! At the same time, thanks to Dements/Dia-triba, we came across the infamous Oi! band of Sweet Baby Oi! from Lucca, the sound is not for the audiophiles, but it seemed too important a document to be so subtle! To stay within the length of an LP, which making a double seemed excessive to us, we included no less than 9 bonus tracks from Testemarce, Sweet Baby Oi! and Dia-triba! To stay at a good level, we opted for a 4-page insert with unreleased photos, band manifestos, as well as precious notes by Riccardo Signorini! To close, we relied on Winston Smith for the cover and Alessandro 'Ovi' Sportelli for the mastering! In short, we are as proud as ever of each printed volume, but perhaps this time we really managed to unearth bands and songs that seemed doomed to oblivion...