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History
A very little known group from Venice, but their only album, released in a very limited pressing, is among the rarest of the Italian 70's rock.
Not really a progressive rock album, this is surely a progressive work, starting from its odd jute sack cover. It was also one of the first (or possibly THE first) LP's by an Italian blues band, as the blues was considered in Italy as a music only reserved to foreign musicians during the 60's.
The band's leader, guitarist Claes Cornelius, was in fact a foreigner, from Denmark, that had moved to Italy in the mid-60's and soon played an important role in the beat era and afterwards.
He had founded with sound engineer Ermanno Velludo the Suono Recording Studio.
The album, Our blues bag, contains seven tracks, all sung in English and in the best blues tradition, based on electric lead guitar solos and high-pitched voice. All the tracks are original.
Some Canned Heat similarities can be heard in the vocal parts or the use of a flute (like in Rushing wind), but generally the group has a personal sound.
The band had been formed at the end of the 60's, and after its demise Cornelius kept as a session player, moving to the USA for a year, and then, back in Venice, contributing to Venetian Power's The arid land. He moved back to Denmark in 1974 and has stayed in the music biz since then, as a producer and musician.
Collectors corner
incredibly rare album, Our blues bag changes hands for princely sums.
It was privately pressed in 500 copies and housed in a hessian bag silkscreened with the band's and record name, and also contained a lithographic print by venetian artist Vittorio Basaglia. The original print is hand numbered stating a total number of 150 copies and signed by the artist, hence not all the albums issued did contain it. Even the hessian bag was not probably present in all the copies sold or distributed.
Despite the low number of copies pressed, there are three different variants of the non-gatefold cover: along with the standard version with right-side opening there are copies that have the record inserted from the left-side and others which have the cover made by a single sheet folded in half and not glued.
No counterfeit exists.
The album has been reissued for the first time in 2009 on CD by AMS, it was the first chance for many collectors to hear it. This reissue, made with help from Claes Cornelius and Ermanno Velludo, comes in a hand-numbered 500 copies pressing, housed in a mini-LP cover and includes a booklet with notes in italian and english.
In 2012 the first vinyl reissue ever made for this record came out in England, produced by the Portuguese label Golden Pavilion Records (GP 1015LP) in 500 copies with a gatefold cover.
Discography
Albums
- Our Bluesbag Paplirnaplano (MLP 004) (1970) (Our blues bag Paplirnaplano (MLP 004) 1970 500 copies, housed in a hessian bag silkscreened with the group's name and LP title - some copies include a print)
- Our blues bag AMS/BTF (AMS 137CD) ( 500 copies numbered reissue of the 1970 album - mini-LP cover and booklet)
Our Bluesbag (1970)
Tracklist
- 1. One Mint Julie
- 2. Rushing Wish
- 3. Black Angel
- 4. Love's Gonna Show Up Someday
- 5. Leaving My Hometown
- 6. Born On The Highway
- 7. Miss D
Credits
- G.C. (Jesus) Salvador: Bass
- "Fuffi" Panciera: Drums
- Paolo Zanella: Flute
- Claes Cornelius: Guitar, Vocals
- Ermanno Velludo:Engineer, Mixed By
Notes
Recorded in Venice (Giudecca) 17-18 August 1970 with a Tandberg 62X
Source
- italianprog.com/a_bluesrightoff.htm
-discogs.com/release/3575141-The-Blues-Right-Off-Our-Bluesbag
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History
A very little known group from Venice, but their only album, released in a very limited pressing, is among the rarest of the Italian 70's rock.
Not really a progressive rock album, this is surely a progressive work, starting from its odd jute sack cover. It was also one of the first (or possibly THE first) LP's by an Italian blues band, as the blues was considered in Italy as a music only reserved to foreign musicians during the 60's.
The band's leader, guitarist Claes Cornelius, was in fact a foreigner, from Denmark, that had moved to Italy in the mid-60's and soon played an important role in the beat era and afterwards.
He had founded with sound engineer Ermanno Velludo the Suono Recording Studio.
The album, Our blues bag, contains seven tracks, all sung in English and in the best blues tradition, based on electric lead guitar solos and high-pitched voice. All the tracks are original.
Some Canned Heat similarities can be heard in the vocal parts or the use of a flute (like in Rushing wind), but generally the group has a personal sound.
The band had been formed at the end of the 60's, and after its demise Cornelius kept as a session player, moving to the USA for a year, and then, back in Venice, contributing to Venetian Power's The arid land. He moved back to Denmark in 1974 and has stayed in the music biz since then, as a producer and musician.
Collectors corner
incredibly rare album, Our blues bag changes hands for princely sums.
It was privately pressed in 500 copies and housed in a hessian bag silkscreened with the band's and record name, and also contained a lithographic print by venetian artist Vittorio Basaglia. The original print is hand numbered stating a total number of 150 copies and signed by the artist, hence not all the albums issued did contain it. Even the hessian bag was not probably present in all the copies sold or distributed.
Despite the low number of copies pressed, there are three different variants of the non-gatefold cover: along with the standard version with right-side opening there are copies that have the record inserted from the left-side and others which have the cover made by a single sheet folded in half and not glued.
No counterfeit exists.
The album has been reissued for the first time in 2009 on CD by AMS, it was the first chance for many collectors to hear it. This reissue, made with help from Claes Cornelius and Ermanno Velludo, comes in a hand-numbered 500 copies pressing, housed in a mini-LP cover and includes a booklet with notes in italian and english.
In 2012 the first vinyl reissue ever made for this record came out in England, produced by the Portuguese label Golden Pavilion Records (GP 1015LP) in 500 copies with a gatefold cover.
Discography
Albums
- Our Bluesbag Paplirnaplano (MLP 004) (1970) (Our blues bag Paplirnaplano (MLP 004) 1970 500 copies, housed in a hessian bag silkscreened with the group's name and LP title - some copies include a print)
- Our blues bag AMS/BTF (AMS 137CD) ( 500 copies numbered reissue of the 1970 album - mini-LP cover and booklet)
Our Bluesbag (1970)
Tracklist
- 1. One Mint Julie
- 2. Rushing Wish
- 3. Black Angel
- 4. Love's Gonna Show Up Someday
- 5. Leaving My Hometown
- 6. Born On The Highway
- 7. Miss D
Credits
- G.C. (Jesus) Salvador: Bass
- "Fuffi" Panciera: Drums
- Paolo Zanella: Flute
- Claes Cornelius: Guitar, Vocals
- Ermanno Velludo:Engineer, Mixed By
Notes
Recorded in Venice (Giudecca) 17-18 August 1970 with a Tandberg 62X
Source
- italianprog.com/a_bluesrightoff.htm
-discogs.com/release/3575141-The-Blues-Right-Off-Our-Bluesbag
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