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Notturno/Dimenticare Italian 7" picture sleeve frontSo who is Panda (also known as I Panda)? Well, the band consisted of Osvaldo Pizzoli (vocals), Franco Serafini (keyboards), Gianni Durini (drums), Mario Dalla Stella (guitar) and Alfredo De Gennaro (bass). The band sustained a recording career from 1974 to 1979, and currently perform in Italy, doing their hits of the 70's. Their involvement with Vangelis occurred one time, in 1977, courtesy of Vangelis' brother, Niko Papathanassiou, a record producer for Phonogram Italia at the time. The boys got the royal treatment. They were brought to Nemo Studios in London, and Vangelis even co-wrote the B-side of the single they recorded. But that was it, no album, no other songs together, just the two: "Notturno" and "Dimenticare" (the song co-written by Vangelis). Vangelis arranged the tracks, and provided some sounds (nice CS-80 sound at the end of Notturno!), while Niko produced. Keith Spencer Allen did the engineer work. A note of caution for the collector. It seems there are two Italian CDs out there that have the track "Notturno" on them. These are not the original recordings! I Panda re-recorded some of their old songs for CD release. As far as I can tell, these original songs have not made it to CD yet, but that may be happening in the future. If it does, I'll be sure to tell you!

Finally, if you would like to read an interview that vangeliscollector.com conducted with Osvaldo Pizzoli, please click here!

7" singles

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Notturno/Dimenticare

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Italy

Polydor

2060 153

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Various Artists 7" singles

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Catalog No.

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Notturno/La Pulce d'Acqua (Angelo Branduardi)

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Italy

Polydor

5000 397

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