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Veteran Italian rock band Pooh formed in Bologna in 1966. During the late '60s, the band featured Roby Facchinetti, Valerio Negrini, Dodi Battaglia, and Riccardo Fogli, but after Negrini left in 1971, the band recruited guitarist, bassist, and vocalist Red Canzian plus drummer and percussionist Stefano D'Orazio, and began a long run as one of the best and most popular Italian rockers of their times. The band recorded for many labels, including CBS, Vedette, CGD (Compagnia Generale del Disco), and Warner Music Italy, selling over 100 million records in the process. Pooh continued to tour and record continually up into the 2010s, but in late 2016 they decided to call it quits by the end of the year, in order to complete their 50-year anniversary as a band.

Album released in 1974 in Spain with a collection of hits from the orchestra of the British musician and conductor George Edward 'Ted Heath' (London, 1902-69). The album selected items from their original recordings on published in England. Heath, who was always looking for innovative musical ideas, sought for the 12 issues published here, arranged by John Keating, the marriage of the band with a string section achieved a splendid result.

The celebrations of the 40th anniversary of "Sotto il segno dei pesci", among the album-symbol of the discography of Antonello Venditti, seem to never end. Started in September last year with the release of the unpublished "Sfiga" and the box set "Sotto il segno dei pesci - 40° anniversario", the celebrations went on with the concert-event at the Arena di Verona (which among the other things saw the Roman singer-songwriter find his friend Francesco De Gregori on stage - they debuted together, in 1972, with the album "Theorius Campus", then over the years removals, digs and rapprochements), with the appearance in Sanremo as guest and with a tour in the sports halls. Now comes "Sotto il segno dei pesci - The anniversary tour (Live)" - the live record of the forty-year album - forgive the pun.

In the late 80's, five university students vowing a common admiration for Metallica, Iron Maiden and the likes formed the band Physeter; under that moniker, they covered their idols' material while composing a few pieces of their own. As new members entered their circle, however, they started to integrate other influences into their sound, borrowing from the more symphonic style of PFM or Banco. Renaming themselves Imagin' Aria, they released a first of three albums that prompted a series of concerts sponsored by Heineken and earned them a couple of stage appearances with Banco as well as a contribution on a Demetrios Stratos tribute…

The debut from Manu Chao, the former leader of French world-punks Lo Mano Negra, leaned heavily on Latin America for its inspiration, but this time around he's obviously been spending time–at least in his head–in the Caribbean. Reggae rhythms abound, and the opener "Merry Blues" features some wonderfully wonky Jamaican-style brass, while "Promiscuity" takes its cue from Trinidadian calypso. Of course, this being Chao, there are plenty of playful touches–from ringing cell phones to speeded-up vocals–and inevitably there are the Latin influences throughout to remind you of what remains close to his heart ("La Primavera" in particular is a standout).

Qüassi is an instrumental music band (from Argentina) that travels through different soundscapes with the fusion of various genres that range from progressive rock to experimental jazz among others. The main idea of the band is to invite the listener to enter a musical journey, where each person can experiment with their senses at different levels.

The Italian is the debut album of Italian baritone Patrizio Buanne. It was released in the United Kingdom on February 28, 2005, and in the United States on March 7, 2006. The album is composed of romantic Italian tunes, influenced by the songs of Italian and Italian-American singers (such as Sergio Bruni and Frank Sinatra) that Buanne heard played as a youth in his father's Italian restaurant. Buanne strives to re-invent the classics of that era with this new album of traditional songs arranged in a fresh style and sung in both Italian and English. The album has sold over a million copies worldwide, and has reached platinum status in the UK, South Africa, Asia, and New Zealand, and triple platinum in Australia. At its peak, it also charted at number five on Billboard's "Top World Music Albums" chart.