Il Rovescio della Medaglia

Il Rovescio della Medaglia, or RDM, were an Italian hard rock and symphonic rock band. They are most famous for their symphonic rock piece Contaminazione, released in 1973. It contained four pieces from Bach's Well-tempered Clavier seamlessly integrated with RDM's own music, which often was inspired by rock or hard rock. In 1974 the record was released in an English version, Contamination, with the group's name simplified to RDM, although still written in full on the back of the LP jacket.

The band was produced by Luis Enríquez Bacalov.

The band split up in 1977, but reformed in 1993.

Personnel
As listed on Contamination:
 * Gino Campoli - percussives
 * Enzo Vita - guitar
 * Stefano Urso - bass
 * Franco di Sabbatino - keyboard
 * Pino Ballarini - vocals

Discography

 * La Bibbia (1971)
 * Io come io (1972)
 * Contaminazione (1973)
 * Contamination (English version of Contaminazione, 1975)
 * Giudizio avrai (1988)
 * Vitae (1993)
 * Il Ritorno (1995)

CD releases

 * Contaminazione
 * South Korea, Si-Wan Records SRMC 1002, 1992. Booklet in Korean and (original) Italian.

Italian progressive LPs re-recorded in English

 * Felona e Sorona by Le Orme
 * Per un amico by Premiata Forneria Marconi
 * L'isola di niente by Premiata Forneria Marconi
 * Maxophone by Maxophone