I Dik Dik - 2007 - I Singoli As & Bs 1966-1979 (3 Cd's) @320

 

I Dik Dik 

Dik Dik is an Italian beat/pop-rock band, named after the antelope Dik-dik, formed in the 1960s and still active. They were most popular in the late 1960s,

when they released a string of hit singles with the contribution of renowned lyric-writer Mogol and songwriter Lucio Battisti, their greatest successes

being "Sognando la California" and "Senza luce", respectively covers of "California Dreamin'"

by the Mamas and Papas and "A Whiter Shade of Pale" by Procol Harum. While their early production is mostly inspired by the Beatles, in the 1970s they also experimented in other genres, including progressive rock.

They went on hiatus in the 1980s but later returned to the scene, mostly in revival television shows and live performances. 

History

Dik Dik formed in Milan in 1965. The original line-up included Giancarlo Sbriziolo (aka Lallo) on vocals and bass, Pietro Montalbetti

(aka Pietruccio) on guitar, Erminio Salvaderi (aka Pepe) on guitar, Sergio Panno on drums and Mario Totaro on keyboards. Their first single, 1-2-3, was a cover version of the song by Len Barry.

Their second single, Sognando la California, was released in

October 1966 and ended up topping the Italian charts for two months. Dik Dik subsequently released

a string of successful singles, mostly a mix of original compositions and Italian renditions of

popular songs by other artists, including Il mondo è con noi

(1966), Inno (1967, cover of Let's go to San Francisco by The Flower Pot Men), Senza luce (1967, cover of A Whiter Shade of Pale by

Procol Harum), Il vento (1968), and Il primo giorno di primavera (1969). In 1969 they performed with Rita Pavone at the

Festival della canzone italiana in Sanremo. Other singles released in the following years include L'isola di Wight (1970),

Vendo casa (1972), Storia di periferia (1973), Help Me (1974), and Volando (1975, a cover of Sailing by Rod Stewart). 

Their long-playing albums were not commercially successful. Their first three releases, largely collections of their singles, were published in 1967, 1969, and 1970

respectively. In 1972 the band recorded the first proper studio album, Suite per una donna assolutamente relativa

("Suite for an absolutely relative woman"), which was an experiment in progressive rock.

Suite was conceived as a concept album about the feminine universe, with lyrics by artist and poet Herbert Pagani; it was very different from Dik Dik's

previous production, and was somehow rejected by their audience, resulting in a commercial flop.

As a consequence, the band thereafter returned to their earlier pop-beat style. 

From the mid-1970s to the early 1980s the band experienced several personnel changes, with Panno and Totaro leaving in 1974

(replaced by Roberto "Hunka Munka" Carlotto on keyboards and Nunzio "Cucciolo" Favia on drums), and Sbriziolo leaving in 1978

(replaced by two guitarists, Roberto "Roby" Facini and Rosario Brancati). In 1980 Carlotto was replaced by keyboard virtuoso Joe Vescovi,

who had been collaborating with the band since 1974. Dik Dik's alienation of the mainstream audience continued with ambitious sonic experiments such as I'te vurria vasà (1976), which drastically departed from

Dik Dik's traditional sound, and also with the advent of disco music, which caused the decline of several pop-rock bands. 

After a couple of relatively successful singles, such as Laser vivente (1980) and Giornale di bordo (1982), the band went on hiatus.

Pietruccio, Pepe, and Lallo eventually reconvened and released a few more singles such as L'amico mio (1983) and Senza luce...

reggae (1984), and participated in the Musicaitalia per l'Etiopia humanitarian project for Ethiopia. 

In 1986, Favia and Carlotto gave life to a spin-off of the band, originally named "Carlotto e Cucciolo già Dik Dik", which led to a legal

quarrel about the ownership of the "Dik Dik" brand. The dispute went on until 2006, when the name "Dik Dik" was finally given to Pietruccio,

Pepe, and Lallo while Favia and Carlotto were allowed to perform under the name "Già Dik Dik" ("Ex Dik Dik"). 

From the second half of the 1980s, Dik Dik returned to the scenes participating in popular music revival television shows such as

Una rotonda sul mare. In 1993 they performed again at the Festival di Sanremo together with former rivals I Camaleonti, another band from the 1960s-1970s Italian scene, and Maurizio Vandelli from Equipe 84. 

Dik Dik are still occasionally performing. In 1997 they have started their own website. 

In 2010, Pietruccio has published an autobiographical book about the history of the band, I ragazzi della via Stendhal

("The Via Stendhal Boys", a reference to Molnár's novel "The Paul Street Boys"[8] as well as a reference to the street where Lallo and Pietruccio grew up in Milan). 

In November 2020, Pepe Salvaderi died because of covid-19 complications.

In 2021, they released their last studio album "Una vita d'avventura" (An adventurous life) which contains six new songs and new r

ecordings of five of the band's evergreen. The album is also the last performance by Pepe Salvaderi before his death.

Tracks;

Cd.1

01 1-2-3.mp3

02 Se Rimani Con Me.mp3

03 Dolce Di Giorno.mp3

04 Sognando La California (California Dreamin').mp3

05 Il Mondo E Con Noi (I Saw Here Again).mp3

06 Se Io Fossi Un Falegname (If I Were A Carpenter).mp3

07 Guardo Te E Vedo Mio Figlio.mp3

08 Senza Luce (A Whiter Shade Of Pale).mp3

09 Inno (Let's Go To San Francisco).mp3

10 Windy.mp3

11 Il Vento.mp3

12 Primavera Primavera.mp3

13 Dimenticherai.mp3

14 Eleonora Credi.mp3

14 L'esquimese (Mighty Queen).mp3

15 Zucchero.mp3

16 Piccola Arancia.mp3

17 Il Primo Giorno Di Primavera.mp3

18 Nuvola Bianca.mp3

20 Sogni Proibiti.mp3

Cd.2

01 Io mi fermo qui.mp3

02 Restare bambino.mp3

03 L'isola di Wight.mp3

04 Innamorato.mp3

05 Vivo per te.mp3

06 Quattro bicchieri di vino.mp3

07 Dove vai.mp3

08 Ninna nanna (cuore mio).mp3

09 Incantesimo.mp3

10 Vendo casa.mp3

11 Paura.mp3

12 Viaggio di un poeta.mp3

13 Oggi no.mp3

14 Il cavallo, l' aratro e l' uomo.mp3

15 Senza luce ( A wither shade of pale).mp3

16 Vendo casa (in spagnolo).mp3

Cd.3

01 Storia Di Periferia.mp3

02 Libero.mp3

03 Il Confine.mp3

04 Ma Perche´.mp3

05 Help Me.mp3

06 Sono nato.mp3

07 Piccola mia.mp3

08 Uno strano sentimento.mp3

09 Volando.mp3

10 Ossessioni.mp3

11 Come Una Babina.mp3

12 I' Te Vurria Vasa`.mp3

13 Io, Te E L'infinito.mp3

14 Walking In The Sunshine.mp3

15 Un Giorno Cent'anni.mp3

16 Flowers Freedom And Love.mp3

17 Amico.mp3

18 Senza Di Te.mp3

19 Hard stuff.mp3

20 Strani Fili.mp3

21 Dimenticare Venezia.mp3

22 Sentimento.mp3

With front covers.

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