Happy B-Day Fabrizio De André who would turn 76 today! We celebrate him with this 1979 photograph by Guido Harari, who was the official photographer of Fabrizio’s legendary tour with PFM. Guido has also put together a visual diary of that historic tour along with PFM’s Franz Di Cioccio, Evaporati in una nuvola rock, published by Chiarelettere. The book features contributions by all the original band members, Fabrizio’s wife Dori Ghezzi, Fabrizio’s son Cristiano De André, Vasco Rossi, Angelo Branduardi, Claudio Baglioni, Davide Riondino, Lucio Salvini and more.

The crowdfunding for The Kate Inside will close this weekend, but by now we can confirm it has been successfully completed and all production costs have been covered! Guido Harari‘s limited edition book has now officially gone into production. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who made this project a reality: your names will be featured in a special Acknowledgments section of the book. Our pre-publication 25% discount will stay valid until book publication. Stay tuned for more updates as we move onward and forward.

Goodbye Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane/Starship. What a long strange trip it’s been since the Haight-Ashbury days of psychedelia. An era marked by Bill Graham’s Fillmore, the Monterey festival, the “Summer of Love”, the Trips festival, the “Gathering of the Tribes”, and the music of the Grateful Dead, Big Brother & the Holding Company with Janis Joplin, Country Joe & The Fish, and of course the Airplane. Heady stuff. We celebrate Paul Kantner with this iconic image by Art Kane which in 1968 made the cover of an historic issue of “Life” magazine devoted to “The New Rock”. We’re very sad to announce that yesterday Signe “Toly Anderson, the original singer with the Airplane, also quietly passed away.

Goodbye Glenn Frey of The Eagles. The long heartbreaking goodbye to the trailblazers of the ’60s and ’70s generations has only just begun. Today we celebrate The Eagles‘ Glenn Frey with this historic portrait by Norman Seeff, taken in 1976 in Los Angeles around the time of their One Of These Nights album.

Just three days after his 69th birthday and less than three months since the release of his latest album Blackstar, David Bowie has passed after a long battle with cancer. Gone is an absolute icon, not only of music, but of popular culture. In such a time of grief and loss we can only express our condolences to his family.

On Sept. 26th Guido Harari launched the pre-publication campaign of The Kate Inside, the limited edition book of his photographs of Kate Bush 1982-1993. The campaign will run till January 2016 and the book is due out in March. For infos and orders click here.  Regular updates can be received with our Newsletter. You may request it emailing us at info@wallofsoundgallery.com.

Wall Of Sound Gallery is glad to present as an Italian exclusive the fine art editions of Kevin Westenberg, staff photographer at “Mojo” magazine for the last 15 years and creator of provocative and uniquely personal images. Among the many artist he captured for countless record covers and magazines from around the world are Radio​head, Coldp​lay, U2, Rolling Stones, Jack White, Bjork, R.E.M., Jeff Buckley, Sting, BB King, Black Sabbath, Oasis, Paul Weller and many others. In 2005 he’s also been chosen as official photographer for the Live8 Hyde Park event and in 2007 for the Led Zeppelin reunion concert at the 02 Arena, in London. His work and interest also include a wide range of artists portraits beyond the music world, like Jean-Luc Godard, David Lynch, Paul Auster, ​the Coen Brothers, Ethan Hawke, Naomi Watts ​and many more. A show of Kevin’s works in our gallery in Alba is already pencilled in for 2016.

Kevin Westenberg’s books.

We have a number of copies of Kevin Westenberg’s rare self-produced books which are unavailable elsewhere. The lavish catalogue of his record-breaking Kobe exhibition has been specially signed by Kevin for Wall Of Sound Gallery. The other 5 small books are available in a special bundle offer. Please enquire at info@wallofsoundgallery.com. Don’t you dare miss them!

Wall Of Sound Gallery is glad to present for the very first time in Italy fine art editions by Barry Feinstein. Photograher, cameraman and art director, Feinstein created many of the entertainment industry’s most compelling and memorable images. Most famous for his album cover artwork, he is responsible for over 500 cover shoots including such classics as All Things Must Pass and The Concert for Bangla Desh by George Harrison, Eric Clapton‘s first solo record, Mr Tambourine Man by The Byrds, Pearl by Janis Joplin and many others. However his name is forever connected with Bob Dylan: Feinstein shot the album covers for Dylan’s seminal The Times They Are a-Changin‘ and Before The Flood, besides being the exclusive photographer for his historic 1966 European tour. You can’t afford to miss his two books Real Moments and Early Dylan (with Jim Marshall and Daniel Kramer). We’ll soon keep you posted on the exhibition of Feinstein’s works we plan after the summer.

Wall Of Sound Gallery is glad to present for the very first time signed and numbered fine art editions by Carlo Massarini, culled from his book “Dear Mister Fantasy”. Carlo’s name has become hugely popular with the large public over four decades, starting with such radio programs as “Per voi giovani”, “Popoff” and “Radio2 21.29”. He was the first to turn on the Italian public to the music of such artists as Bob Marley, Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne and Tom Waits, often translating their lyrics in Italian. Having also collaborated as journalist and photographer with magazines like “Popster” and the first Italian edition of “Rolling Stone”, since the 80’s Carlo has successfully established himself as a tv personality. He’s been conductor and author for programs like “Mister Fantasy”, “Non necessariamente”, “Tam Tam Village”, “Cool Tour” and “Ghiaccio bollente”.

We’re deeply saddened to announce the passing of Cesare Monti, unparalleled image maker for many Italian music artists and not only. Cesare, who we all dearly loved (especially Guido Harari who started out as a photographer in its wake), really marked an era with his numerous record covers for such artists as Fabrizio De André, Lucio Battisti, Angelo Branduardi, Pino Daniele, Edoardo Bennato, PFM, Banco and many more. Our sincere condolences to his wife Vanda Spinello, their daughter Alice and his brother Pietruccio.