Procession Frontiera

A lesser known act among the Italian prog bands of the 70's and formed in early 1972 in Turin, Procession were an idea of singer Gianfranco Gaza. In April 1972 the band started to perform in local base, but the next month, with the help of artistic director Tuccimei Pino, they found themselves unsigned but performing before 50000 people at the biggest rock event of Italy, the Villa Pamphili Festival. In October Procession move to Rome and record their debut ''Procession'' within a week, distributed by the smaller label of RCA, Help.
This is a great find for lovers of guitar-driven hard prog, as the band features two talented guitarists (Roby Munciguerra, Marcelo Capra), though it contains a few suprises as well. Plenty of hard guitar breaks, some nice soloing but also a few dual guitar attacks makes ''Frontiera'' a classic rock release presented under a progressive scope…

After the debut album "Frontiera" released in 1972, Procession released their second album for the record label Fonit Cetra in 1974 with a different line up festuring original members Gianfranco Gaza (vocals) and Roby Munciguerra (guitars) plus Maurizio Gianotti (sax, flute) and Paolo D'Angelo (bass). In studio they were helped by some guests musicians like drummer Francesco Froggio Francica (Raccomandata Ricevuta Ritorno), keyboardist Ettore Vigo (Delirium) and vocalist Silvana Aliotta (Circus 2000). The result was excellent. The overall sound is less raw and aggressive if compared with the previous album and dreamy acoustic atmospheres prevail while lyrics by Marina Comin perfectly fit the music blending dreams and reality.

Re-recording of 1972 and 1974 albums by new line-up, along with an unreleased track.
Procession formed in Turin in 1972. They came out that same year with an album titled "Frontiera" for the small Help label (an RCA subsidiary). Musically the style is rather acoustic; a lot of space is given to guitars. It can be easily described as a hard prog LP. After two years of silence, the band reappeared with a new line-up (Capra, Girardi and Capello were substituted by bass player Paolo D'Angelo and horns player Maurizio Gianotti), and a new recording deal, this time it's Fonit that releases their second album "Fiaba", their best work…