221)AA.VV. 0721 Manicomio(1989,lp on Manicomio,private pressing)not metal,a weird compilation(0721 is the phone code number of Pesaro,hometown of P.Chain and of most of the bands involved),quite hard to find,for more details
http://www.thecorroseum.com/comps/0721manicomio.html
Note that Midway was a side project of Alberto Simonini(Crying Steel's guitar player)and Red Crotalo(Revenge's guitar player),they recorded a master published only many years later...
222)AA.VV. Italian Rock Invasion(1989,lp on Dischi Noi)it was a mixed compilation,not only metal, the appearance on this vinyl was the prize for the bands that won a contest/battle of the bands,this lp was officially presented with a concert at the Hammersmith Odeon in London where the winning bands played live together;for more details see at
http://www.thecorroseum.com/comps/italianrockinv.html
223)AA.VV. Metal Master Compilation(1990,mc,lp and picture disc on Metal Master)compilation with italian and polish bands,not so hard to find.
Side A:
1) Death SS - Kings Of Evil
2) Bulldozer - Ilona The Very Best
3) Sabotage - Hoka Key
4) Deathrage - Hard Times Are Coming
5) Turbo - Salvator Mundi
6) Astharoth - Gloomy Experiments
7) Necrodeath & Schizo - Necroschizophrenia
8)Nuclear Simphony - Lustful For Disaster
Side B:
1) Royal Air Force - Leading The Riot
2) Strana Officina - King Trolls
3) Drama - The Magic Box
4) Nadaj - Hey Jo
5) Hocculta - Along The River Of Memories
6) Dragon - The Priest Of Betray
7) Alastor - The Time Of Judgements
Note that the presence of Polish groups is due to the friendship that bound AC Wild(Bulldozer's bass player/singer,at that time he was also the A&R guy of Metal Master)to the guy/agency who organized concert for Bulldozer in Poland(and now known as Metal Mind Productions),that's why there are some Polish bands with some Metal Master releases.
224)AA.VV. Nightpieces(1990,lp on Dracma records)not so hard to find(15/30 euro max.)it was the first release ever for this label,note that all the bands came from Torino and neighborhood;for more details see at
http://www.thecorroseum.com/comps/nightpieces.html
225)AA.VV. Cherish Project(1991,lp on Metal Gold)this obscure compilation is oriented to hard rock/glam and aor,all the bands were from Torino and surroundings;even if little known it is not so hard to find(from 25 to 40 euro).
side A:
1)Daya -- Dirty dancin'
2)Fuzzy Duck -- Block Buster
3)Shaddok -- It was wrote
4)Flat Liners -- Trip in the storm
5)Cream Puff -- Only Me
side B:
1)Fuzzy Duck -- Johnny
2)Shaddok -- Light and darkness
3)Cream Puff -- Say you want me too
4)Daya -- Double skin
5)Flat Liners -- Zeta
So the job should then be finished...but digging never ends
, something may still exist, especially some private pressing of the period 1979/1982 (I have vague news about some obscure 7 ", who knows that sooner or later ...)when information was scarce or even unavailable,btw here is the latest update(just found
):
226)White Collars -- La Moltitudine...la solitudine(1991,lp,private pressing)this lp is almost impossible to find(no one here in Italy heard of this band before i found the lp)this band came from Avellino(near Napoli),the 8 songs were recorded in two different sessions(in 1988 and in 1990),musically oriented towards AOR Hard/Melodic(for whose who likes Giuffria,Prophet etc.),very good sound and recordings but thumbs down for the vocals that reminds me of Robert Smith/Cure and dark/new wave
;lyrics are in italian with the exceptions of a couple of songs on side b where the choruses are in english.
"A guide to Italian Steel"...
Solo i morti hanno visto la fine della guerra.
