Piazza Delle Erbe ‎– Saltaranocchio (1977, LP, Italy)

Lato A
A1. Un tempo lontano 4:13
A2. Saltaranocchio fammi divertire! 1:33
A3. La fiaba 8:53
A4. Una festa ci sarà 2:11
A5. Scimmioni incatenati!?! 5:03
Lato B
B1. Fiabe 2:37
B2. Presagi 6:34
B3. La festa 1:17
B4. Manca poco alla mezzanotte 2:23
B5. L'arte del buffone 4:04
B6. La vendetta 5:15

Musicisti:
Giorgio Bettinelli - voce
Roberto De Giuseppe - voce
Flavio Arpini - voce, tastiere, violoncello
Lisi Gallini - voce
Mario Petrò - batteria, percussioni
Lucio Fabbri - voce, violino, tastiere
Stefano Erfini - percussioni, chitarra
Michael Diliberto - voce, flauto, sassofono
Andrea Bellani - voce, chitarra
Bruno Mori - basso, voce, mandolino

A group formed in Cremona around 1973, and playing at III Festival d'Avanguardia in Naples in 1974, Piazza delle Erbe only arrived at their record release in 1977 with Saltaranocchio, a concept album born as a soundtrack for a theatre play by the group Teatro Zero from Crema.

The album is based on an E.A.Poe novel, and is a rather fragmented work with long vocal parts (eight of the ten band members were singers) and musically inspired by folk and medieval tunes. An unconvincing album, this has been their only record release.

Violinist/keyboardist Lucio Fabbri released a solo album on Cramps in 1978, Amarena, and has had a long career as composer and conductor as well as member of PFM.