Search - Rice & Beans Orchestra :: Dante's Inferno

Oh Por Dios!!! Long, long suites....

Juan Roca Guzman | Chicago, Ill. | 11/22/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Este es el 3er y ultimo trabajo de estudio de Rice & Beans Orchestra. Grabado en 1978, es un album que nunca vio la luz, claro, hasta este momento. Bajo la direccion, arreglos y produccion de Pepe Luis Soto (Celi Bee), este album, sale por completo del concepto al que nos tenia acostumbrados este grupo disco. De hecho cuenta con una magnifica orquestacion y el mas puro sonio disco de principios de 1979. En algunos momentos llega a sonar como Alec R. Costandinos, pero siempre con esencia propia.



GetDisconnected se ha dado a la tarea que dejo olvidada Hot Productions, pero con albums diferentes y en sus versiones originales. La remasterizacion de este CD tiene en algunos momentos muy minimas fallas, pero al seguir escuchando la musica y las deliciosas voces, todo lo demas sale sobrando y al final solo queda un buen sabor de boca. Como siempre, solo es para los que amamos la musica disco y coleccionistas empedernidos. Este album solo cuenta con dos extensos tracks, son los siguientes:



1. DANTE'S INFERNO, SUITE 1 (17.18)

Canto One - Introduction

Canto Two. - Edge of Humanity

Canto Three - Beatrice

Canto Four - Dante, What Are You're Gonna Do

Canto Five - The Power of Hell

Canto Six - Virgil, My Friend

Canto Seven - In Circles

Canto Eight - Where Are We Going

Canto Nine - This Is Purgatory, We're Sorry



2. DANTE'S INFERNO, SUITE 2 (18.31)

Canto Ten - Still In Purgatory

Canto Eleven - Eclipse of Love

Canto Twelve - Paradise"

A lost gem

Andy C London | London | 02/17/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"If you were around at the peak of disco (or just wish you were) this is really something to get excited about. A disco concept album based on Dante's Divine Comedy, this originally unreleased gem compares very favourably with the work of Boris Midney (Pinocchio), John Ferrara (Wuthering Hights), Alec R Costandinos (Romeo and Juliet etc.). Gloriously re-mastered for CD, the work features ridicuously extravagant string and horn arrangements over quite tough (for the time) drums. Simple chanting vocals by some of the leading vocalists of the period complete the recipe and will really transport you back to a time when producers were not afraid to make music that was - although often camp and silly - tuneful and above all romantic. I only hold back the 5th star as I'm aware that work like this will not be to everyone's taste. If however this is your bag, I urge you to check out the other 'getdisconnected' releases and ensure that specialist labels of this type continue to florish."