Banco del Mutuo Soccorso (album)

Banco del Mutuo Soccorso is the eponymous debut album by Italian progressive rock band Banco del Mutuo Soccorso. The cover of the original vinyl was shaped like a piggy bank; a slit was extracted from a strip of cardboard with the faces of the members of the group. The image on the cover is by illustrator Mimmo Mellino.

Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
Studio album by Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
Released	3 May 1972
Genre	Italian progressive rock
Length	41:40
Label	Ricordi
Producer	Sandro Colombini
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso chronology
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso (1972) Darwin! (1972)

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Track listing

Music by Vittorio Nocenzi. Lyrics by Vittorio Nocenzi and Francesco Di Giacomo.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"In Volo (In Flight)"	2:13
2.	"R.I.P. (Requiescant in Pace) (R.I.P. (Rest in Peace))"	6:40
3.	"Passagio (Passage)"	1:19
4.	"Metamorfosi (Metamorphosis)"	10:52

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Il Giardino del Mago (Garden of the Magician) "...passo dopo passo..." (...step by step...) "...chi ride e chi geme..." (...people laugh and groan...) "...coi capelli sciolti al vento..." (...with hair loose in the wind...) "Compenetrazione" (Interpenetration)"	18:26
2.	"Traccia (Track)"	2:10

Personnel

• Vittorio Nocenzi – Organ, Harpsichord, clarino, vocals
• Gianni Nocenzi – Piano, E-flat clarinet, vocals
• Marcello Todaro – Electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
• Renato D'Angelo – Bass
• Pier Luigi Calderoni – drums
• Francesco Di Giacomo – Lead vocals