Probably the most charismatic figure of all the Italian prog scene, Antonio Bartoccetti (Antonius Rex) began his career going to Milan from the Marche, forming Jacula, Dietro Noi Deserto (even with a single on Decca in 1971!), and Invisible Force (another lonely single in 1971). Not a real band but just a group of musicians working beyond the leading figures of Bartoccetti and Doris Norton: Zora from 1977, on the small Tickle label with an outrageous cover that was replaced with a different one a year later.

Zora includes a reworking of a Jacula’s Tardo pede in magiam versus track (Morte al potere is a third revised version of U.F.D.E.M.); their main elements are as usual church organ, dark atmospheres, lyrics dealing with occultism.

This edition reproduces cover and music exactly as the original and “Gnome” (presented in the later issue with different cover in 1978) is a bonus 7 inch echted disc in the limited 100 copies issue in addition with a poster and a booklet.

• TRACK LIST

NECROMANCER 6:28

SPIRITUALIST SEANCE 10:03

ZORA 7:12

MORTE AL POTERE 6:18