Simonetti and Guarini live at the "Shock Stock 2012".

The 14^th of april Guarini and Simonetti have shook the foundations of the Rum Runners, during a special concert that was part of the convention 'Shock Stock 2012' in London, Ontario. The duo was supported by Chris Gartner and Bob Scott, the expert musicians that play with Guarini in the (occasional) live performances on the Canadian soil (the keyboardist, wisely, moved from Italy to Canada more than a decade ago ), so, to be pedantic, was an exhibition of Orco Muto featuring Simonetti!

The online version of Fangoria announced for that night even a live performance of a suite from 'Dracula 3D' by Simonetti and some songs from Fulci/Frizzi films by Guarini, but the concert focused on the Goblin / Simonetti repertoire with this set list:

L’alba dei morti viventi, Mad puppet, Dr. Frankenstein, Zombi, Simonetti classical solo, Phenomena (guest Gina Ferrugia), Profondo rosso, Tenebre. Encores: Demons, Halloween, Opera, Tubular Bells (the last one improvised by Simonetti but well played by the band).

Audience happily shocked, crowded room and very positive comments.

The performance of Joanna Angel, the tattooed porno actress who was supposed to introduce the performance of Simonetti and Guarini with a "zombie dance", was although preventively stopped by the police.

The local authorities decided to censor her show, a decision surely not welcomed by the Shock Stock staff and by the audience. Maybe they had a point ...

Some news from Goblin world.

On April 14, Claudio Simonetti and Maurizio Guarini will held an unique live performance. "The Goblin Keys" will take part in the Canadian horror convention SHOCK STOCK. The concert will take place at 185 Queens Ave, London, Ontario.

New Goblin some months ago announced their return on the stages but until now the only confirmed date (not by New Goblin but by the organizers) is the 5th of June 2012 in Brussels. Here is the link for more information:

http://www.abconcerts.be/fr/concerts/p/detail/goblin-profondo-rosso-05-06-2012
The show will be held at the historic club AB, the "Temple of rock music" in Brussels

Marangolo and Pignatelli, the two leaders of Goblin Rebirth, will held a master class titled “Goblin sound. Il progressive nelle colonne sonore” ("Goblin sound. Progressive rock music in film scoring") the 12th of May 2012, from 4 pm to 7 pm, in Trani, Italy. The seminar is part of the activities of the 'Scuola sul mare' a school for musician which counts among the teachers even Agostino Marangolo. For more info:

http://scuolasulmare.com/master-class/12052012-goblin-sound/

New Goblin "Live in Roma" and "Two concerts in Tokyo".

The label No Music No Life has published on the 6th of march the New Goblin album "Live in Roma". The double digipack CD, distributed by Self, is sold at major stores and soon will be available on vinyl as a double LP published by BTF / AMS.

A band self-produced Canadian edition of “Live in Roma” is now available at the New Goblin site. The double CD has a slightly different cover than the Italian edition with the band logo drawn in silver.

"Live in Roma" will be released even in Japan April 18, 2012.

On the New Goblin official site is now available the DVD "Two concerts in Tokyo" that features the two concerts held by New Goblin in Kawasaki, 4 and 5 November 2011 during the 'Italian Progressive Rock Festival'. It is an 'official bootleg' release, an amateur shooting filmed with a single camera and without any editing but it’s approved by the band. The DVD has a length of 193 minutes.

'Patrick' and 'Contamination' albums reissued on LP.

AMS has reissued the Goblin’s LPs 'Patrick' and 'Contamination'.  

These are the first vinyl reissues for these albums that, since the Cinevox publication in 1979-1980, had been reissued only on CD, first in Japan by SLC and then by Cinevox (the latter in extended versions, enriched with unpublished material).

 

The AMS reprints faithfully reproduce the covers of the original editions, including the labels.

AMS is selling 'Patrick' and 'Contamination' at 20 euros. The original LPs are quoted around 50 euros but outside e-bay they aren’t so easy to find.

‘Goblin sette note in rosso’ at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts!

I am proud to announce that ‘Goblin sette note in rosso’ was acquired in the permanent collection of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, one of the largest in the world dedicated to that field. I was happily surprised when I learned that my book has been purchased from this prestigious Public Library and made available for consultation (Call #:JMG 11-191!) in the Music Division. I am truly honored. New York fans have the possibility to watch (and read in italian) the book! Next time I’ll be in New York I will certainly make a jump at the Lincoln Center Plaza, third floor ...

GOBLIN MEGACOMPILATION on ‘VERSO LA STRATOSFERA’

On "Verso la stratosfera" a great blog dedicated to the Italian progressive bands, can be downloaded the 30^th volume in the series 'Rare 45rpm from Italian progressive rock', entirely dedicated to Goblin and Claudio Simonetti. This is a quintuple compilation with three 'CDs' for Goblin that bring together live performances, singles, collaborations, and two 'CDs' for Simonetti, with an eye even for his productions in the 'disco field', often neglected. The anthology collects only material found on YouTube with a selection in chronological order that reconcile rarities and musical value. Since the primal source is YouTube, the sound quality is variable. A monumental sampler designed for those who want to deepen the 'Goblin world' but that will delight even the most experienced fans.

Here's the link:

http://verso-la-stratosfera.blogspot.com/2012/01/collection-45-giri-rari-prog-rock_23.html

I remind you that on "Verso la stratosfera" were posted unavailable and historically extremely important concerts from Italian progressive rock artists (Battiato, Le Orme, Banco, Latte e Miele, just to mention the last) and I hope that many other will follow in the near future. Recordings from the '70s, until now impossible to find elsewhere, provided by collectors in order to spread and preserve the musical culture of that magical and unforgettable era of the Italian rock.

(New) Goblin (Rebirth) live albums.

New Goblin announced for February the release of the album "Live in Roma" with the recording of the concert that they held on February 18th, 2011 at  the Alpheus rock club. Contrary to what was stated earlier, the album will not include a DVD with the same performance filmed by director Luigi Pastore, maybe this DVD might 'arise' in the future, as a bonus for of some other product. The track list of 'Live in Roma' is: Magic thriller; Mad puppet, Dr. Frankenstein, Roller, E suono rock, Aquaman, Nonhosonno - Death farm, Goblin, L’alba dei morti viventi - Zombi, Suspiria, Tenebre, Phenomena, School at night – Profondo rosso, Zaratozom.

However there are no news about the release of the album with new studio material, initially scheduled for October 2011.

Even Goblin Rebirth are about to release their live album, recorded at the Crossroads club on April 22, 2011. Fabio Pignatelli asked to an old friend (well known to any true Goblin fan) to create a new logo with a different lettering. I saw the first sketches and I think that the basic idea is good. I appreciate very much that Pignatelli has opted for a talented artist and not for computer and Photoshop whose deleterious results are visible on many covers. I sincerely hope that this excellent artist will draft even the album cover.

I don’t want to spoil the surprise to the fans so I will simply say that the look of the evil new-born goblin is totally different and he does not play a violin anymore but a much more ‘suspiria linked ' musical instrument. For the lettering they’re thinking for a modern style but with some Roger Dean's reminiscences. Some passions, you know, never fade ...

In the meantime appeared on the Japanese market a variety of bootleg CDs with all the concerts played by the bands at the ‘Italian Progressive Rock Festival’ held in Kawasaki. With regard to New Goblin (however indicated simply as Goblin), "Wildlife Records" has published 'Inferno', a double CD with the November 4th 2011 concert, 'Volcano', a double CD with the November 5th show as headliners and a quadruple CD called 'Inferno / Volcano' which contains the two shows. "Wildlife Records" published four boxed sets, each one devoted to a day of the Festival, with all the concerts. The sets dedicated to the 4th and 5th November are respectively quadruple and quintuple. Of course are even available CDs with PFM, Osanna, Arti / Mestieri, Il Balletto di Bronzo and The Trip  shows.

Another (illegal, we’re talking about bootlegs) label, called SNE, has released several CDs with the shows of 'Italian Progressive Rock Festival': the one dedicated to New Goblin it’s a triple set named 'Suspiria to behind the core'.

Here are all the covers.

MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL THE READERS OF 'GOBLIN SEVEN NOTES IN RED'!!

More ‘Dracula 3D’ news.

Dario Argento’s 'Dracula 3D' is currently in post production and should be ready for theaters in March 2012. Simonetti (pictured below struggling with the 'ghostly' Theremin) is still working on the film's orchestral score. Daemonia (and not New Goblin) will perform the song for the end credits, as for 'La terza madre' ('The mother of tears'). Let’s cross our fingers…