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Il Rovescio della Medaglia

Il Rovescio della Medaglia, or RDM, were an Italian hard rock and symphonic rock band. They are most famous for their symphonic rock piece Contaminazione, released in 1973. It contained four pieces from Bach's Well-tempered Clavier seamlessly integrated with RDM's own music, which often was inspired by rock or hard rock. In 1974 the record was released in an English version, Contamination, with the group's name simplified to RDM, although still written in full on the back of the LP jacket.

Il Rovescio della Medaglia

1970-1977
1993–present

The band was produced by Luis Enríquez Bacalov.


The band split up in 1977, but reformed in 1993.[1][2]

Gino Campoli - percussives

Enzo Vita - guitar

Stefano Urso - bass

Franco di Sabbatino - keyboard

Pino Ballarini - vocals

As listed on Contamination:

(1971)

La Bibbia

(1972)

Io come io

(1973) [3]

Contaminazione

(English version of Contaminazione, 1975)

Contamination

(1988)

Giudizio avrai

(1993)

Vitae

(1995)

Il Ritorno

Contaminazione

Italian progressive rock

Il Balletto di Bronzo

Il Banco del Mutuo Soccorso

I Cervello

La Locanda delle Fate

Le Orme

Osanna

Nova

La Premiata Forneria Marconi

Paolo Barotto (1989). Il ritorno del pop italiano. Luserna San Giovanni: Stilgraf.

Cesare Rizzi, ed. (1993). Enciclopedia del rock italiano. Milano: . ISBN 88-7966-022-5.

Arcana

Alessandro Bolli (1998). Dizionario dei Nomi Rock. Padova: . ISBN 978-88-7966-172-0.

Arcana editrice

Alessandro Gaboli e Giovanni Ottone (2007). Frazz (ed.). Progressive italiano. Firenze-Milano: Giunti.  978-88-09-04794-5.

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