Lucio Battisti Amore E Non Amore

If Lucio Battisti was Italy's answer to France's Serge Gainsbourg, then „Amore E Non Amore” is his own “Histoire De Melody Nelson”, a concept album that's widely regarded as a formative artistic achievement (if far from the most hit packed album) of his respective career. Both albums were released in 1971. For Battisti, the concept came from that dichotomous title: there's a rocky 'non-love' side of the album, which has songs about obsession and adultery, and a 'love' side of dreamy, prog-rock instrumentals. The album saw Battisti working with lyricist Giulio 'Mogol' Rapetti, with whom he'd collaborated closely since 1965, enjoying huge hits with the likes of “29 Settembre" and “Sognando La California,” an Italian version of “California Dreamin’". In an incredibly rare English language interview accompanying this lavish reissue, Mogol speaks of the album's conception.
All material of this officially licensed reissue got remastered from the original tapes and pressed to 180-gram vinyl. The record is housed in a deluxe gatefold “tip-on” Stoughton jacket.