Latte e Miele were formed in Genova in 1972 as a trio of guitarist/bass player Marcello Giancarlo Dellacasa (who had previously played with I Giganti), keyboardist Oliviero Lacagnina and drummer Alfio Vitanza (who was only sixteen at the time!). They recorded two albums, Passio Secundum Mattheum and Papillon, more or less in the style of Emerson, Lake and Palmer but with a whimsical, melodic Italian twist. In 1974, the original trio split, but in