Area - Revolution Boxset. 4-CD Box Set. (Akarma - AK1036QCD) Italian jazzy progressive rock band who combined jazzy eastern and western musical themes with Demetrio Stratos amazing acrobatic vocal techniques. This stunning 4 CD boxset containins the first four Area albums 'Arbeit Macht Frei', 'Caution Radiation Area', the classic 'Crac' and 'Areazione' plus a booklet and cardboard revolver! . The band can be compared to Mahavishnu Orchestra, Soft Machine, Nucleus, and Embryo but have a sound and originality of their own. One of the most important Italian groups ever. A Beautiful package with each CD housed in a mini LP sleeve..

Area - Maledetti. CD. (Akarma - AK 1009) Much loved 1976 album from Italy's premier progressive rock outfit Area. Utilising jazz, orchestral arrangements and avant-garde jazz rock that sounds in places like Zappa, John McLaughlin and Soft Machine, this is arguably their most accomplished work and represents a landmark in Italian prog rock. Imagine if Frank Zappa had grown up in Canterbury! Released on Akarma with two bonus tracks.

Area - Maledetti. LP. (Arkarma - AK 1009) Much loved 1976 album from Italy's premier progressive rock outfit Area. Utilising jazz, orchestral arrangements and avant-garde jazz rock that sounds in places like Zappa, John McLaughlin and Soft Machine, this is arguably their most accomplished work and represents a landmark in Italian prog rock. Imagine if Frank Zappa had grown up in Canterbury! Released on Akarma with two bonus tracks. Exact heavy gatefold reissue with insert on 180 gram vinyl…

Area - Live Concerts Box Set. CD Box Set. (Akarma - AL 1030/3) 3CD box set by the massively influential Italian progressive group led by Demetrio Stratos containing historical concert recordings that capture the group at the peak of their unique creative prowess. A mixture of rock, jazz, folk, free improvisation classical influences and prog. Crucial documentation of possibly the single most vital Italian progressive rock group of the 70's. Beautifully packaged by Akarma with historical sleeve notes and previously unpublished photos in an LP sized box. Note sound quality varies from excellent to average.

Area - International Popular Group. CD + Book. A special book and "Best of" CD dedicated to one of the most important Italian rock band of the '70's and perhaps all times. The book is written by Claudio Chianura and Patrizio Fariselli, the band’s keyboard player and composer of most of AREA’s music. Fariselli goes through the career of the band, their albums, their concerts and their unforgettable artistic experiences. 96 pages in Italian and English. Housed in a special CD card slipcase box.

Area - Live 77. Dble CD. (Akarma - AK1042/2) Recently unearthed recording of the Italian prog giants Area performing live in Turin. Tracks include"La Mela Di Odessa", "Giro Giro Tondo", "Scum", "Cometa Rossa" and a wonderful 16 minute improvisation to finish the concert. Housed in a magnificent thick card digi pack.

Area - Event 76. LP. (Akarma - AK 1038) Recorded live at the University Of Milan with Steve Lacy and Paul Litton during the 'Maledetti' period. Many cite this show as the point at which jazz critics started recognising Area as more than just a rock band. Proving the band's enormous live potential, this is one of the best concert recordings available from Italy's finest anarcho jazz/prog/rock outfits. Pressed on 180 gram vinyl.

Area - Crac!. LP. (Cramps/Get Back - GET5103LP) 1975 and the third album from this important Italian progressive rock ensemble regarded by many as their best release. Continuing to combine Jazzy Eastern and Western musical themes to great effect, the band can be compared to Embryo in the way in which they mixed eastern and western styles. Captivating musicianship and weird and wild blend of underground '70's prog/psych experimentation. Gatefold sleeve.

Area - Event 76. CD. (Akarma - AK 1038) Recorded live at the University Of Milan with Steve Lacy and Paul Litton during the 'Maledetti' period. Many cite this show as the point at which jazz critics started recognising Area as more than just a rock band. Proving the band's enormous live potential, this is one of the best concert recordings available from Italy's finest anarcho jazz/prog/rock outfits. Thick card fold out mini-LP sleeve.LAST COPY OF THIS DELETED CD.

Area - Caution Radiation Area. LP. (Cramps Records - GET5102LP) The second Area album from 1974. This was the follow up to their debut "Arbeit Macht Frei" and perfected the band's unique sound combining driving rock music with weird experimental excursions. One song was dedicated to German guerrilla activist Ulrike Meinhof, which gave the band more publicity than their music. This is Area at their best, International POPular Group and prog radicals! Fans of Soft Machine, Nucleus, Magma, Gong and Mahavishnu Orchestra should investigate.

Area - Are(A)zione. LP. (Get Back - GET5104LP) 1975 album from Italian agit-proggers Area (their fourth) is a live record that's an uncompromising blend of jazz-rock, ethnic folk, experimentation and political philosophies. A great album blending the punch of rock with the unsettling chaos of experimental music. Pressed on 180 gram vinyl with original artwork and housed in a gatefold sleeve.

Area - Arbeit Macht Frei. LP. (Get Back - GET5101LP) Exact reissue in gatefold sleeve (and the infamous "gun" insert, originally only included in the first 1,000 copies because it was considered too incendiary and if they continued the album would have been banned).) of this classy and innovative, debut progressive jazz rock album from Italy released in 1973. Area were one of the most important Italian groups and their uncompromising style combines Greek and Turkish music with Soft Machine and flashes of Gong, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Magma and Egg. The insane vocal acrobatics of Greek borne Demetrio Stratos are totally unique.

Area - Arbeit Macht Frei. CD. (Akarma - AK1036-1CD) CD re-issue of the Debut album by the massively influential Italian progressive group, Area (lead by Demetrio Stratos), originally released in 1973 on the experimental Italian Cramps label. This ground-breaking album sailed Italian music into uncharted waters and right off the edge of the earth. Experimental politicized rock with overtures to prog and jazz all held together by Stratos’ otherworldly vocals. Track listing 1. Luglio, agosto, settembre (nero) 2. Arbeit macht frei 3. Consapevolezza 4. Le labbra del tempo 5. 240 chilometri da Smirne 6. L’abbattimento dello Zeppelin

Area - Areazione. CD. (Akarma - AK1036-4CD) For their fourth album (originally released in 1975 on Cramps), Area’s unique sound combined the punch of rock with the frightening chaos of experimental music. The International POPular Group was a fascinating band. This album contains one song from each of their previous records plus a 15-minute jam (the title song) and a free-jazz interpretation of "L’Internazionale". Track listing 1. Luglio, Agosto, Settembre (nero) 2. La mela di Odessa 3. Cometa rossa 4. Are(A)zione 5. L’Internazionale

Area - Caution Radiation Area. CD. (Akarma - AK1036-2CD) Originally released in 1974, the band’s second album added increasing levels of fringe experimentation to their already weird recipe. Stratos’ vocal comes off throughout as one-third Pavarotti, one-third haunted house, and one-third Diamanda Galas’ long-lost brother. Primitive drums and electronics, intense dustbowl jams, ARP synthesizers, a blizzard of speaking voices, Fender Rhodes solos, wavering Middle Eastern hummingbird and modes, ghostly voices morphing into tortured cries. Track listing 1. Cometa rossa 2. ZYG (Crescita Zero) 3. Brujo 4. MIRage? Mirage! 5. Lobotomia

Area - Crac!. CD. (Akarma - AK1036-3CD) Originally released in 1975 on the experimental Italian label, Cramps, Area’s third album is an eclectic furnace of jazz-rock, ethnic folk, experimentation and an ethically conscious manifesto for the arising of the masses, which made Area an icon of the Italian music scene of the 1970s. This is perhaps the best confirmation of the band’s crazy fusion: furious, mind-bending rhythms and melodies balanced with humor and the avant-garde. Track listing 1. L’elefante bianco 2. La mela di Odessa (1920) 3. Megalopoli 4. Nervi scoperti 5. Gioia rivoluzione 6. Implosion 7. Area 5

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