From first Album 1971 "Sa Vida Ita Test.<br /><br />ItalianProg:<br /><br />The brothers Salis, Antonio and Francesco from Santa Giusta, Oristano in Sardinia, began their career in the first half of 60's under the name of Barrittas, releasing a bunch of singles until the end of the decade.<br />Produced by their elder cousin Lucio, they changed name to Salis'n'Salis in 1969, but by the time their first album was released the name has changed again to Salis.<br />Their debut album, Sa vida ita est, came in 1971, a very good mix of 60's inspired pop/psych music and slightly progressive rock arrangements, but went totally unnoticed.<br /><br />In 1974 a second album was recorded, this was in fact a solo album by Antonio Salis; one of the first quadraphonic records from Italy, and released by EMI subsidiary CiPiTi, this was later re-released on the small local label La Strega, owned by Lucio Salis (that was also the lyricist for all the Salis songs).<br />Again a lightweight pop/prog album, much more than the first, this had much in common with another group from Sardinia, Gruppo 2001.<br />Antonio Salis was helped on the album by his brother Francesco and Gianni Serra on guitars, Dario Baldan Bembo on keyboards and drummers Andy Surdy and Furio Bozzetti.<br /><br />After five years a new quartet was formed, and a third album appeared, called Dopo il buio la luce.<br />A totally different album from the previous two, this has a much more keyboard-led and prog-inspired sound, being almost entirely instrumental and with extended jazz-rock influenced parts like in the long Rapsodia per emigrazione and Dopo il buio...la luce.<br />This last album is the best one for the progressive fans, but it wasn't successful and the group sadly disappeared again after 1980.
