Banco is the fourth studio album by Italian progressive rock band Banco del Mutuo Soccorso (at that time known simply as Banco). The album was originally released in 1975 on the Manticore Records label launched by Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
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Released | 1975 | |||
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Genre | Progressive rock | |||
Length | 47:24 | |||
Label | Manticore, Escoteric | |||
Producer | Vittorio Nocenzi | |||
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso chronology | ||||
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Background
editThe album was released in 1975 with the songs translated into English by the American musician Marva Jan Marro.[2]
Re-releases
editIn 2010 a re-mastered edition of the album was released on CD, as part of a wider re-release of albums in the Manticore catalogue.[3] The music was remastered by Ben Wiseman at The Audio Archiving Company.[4]
In 2011 the album was re-released by Esoteric Recordings.[5]
Track listing
editNo. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Chorale (Traccia's Theme)" | 2:30 |
2. | "L'albero del pane (The Bread Tree)" | 4:45 |
3. | "Metamorphosis" | 14:45 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Outside" | 7:42 |
2. | "Leave Me Alone" | 5:20 |
3. | "Nothing's the Same" | 9:58 |
4. | "Traccia II" | 2:24 |
Personnel
editMusicians
edit- Pier Luigi Calderoni - drums and percussion
- Vittorio Nocenzi - organ, synthesizers, electronic strings
- Renato D'Angelo - bass guitar, acoustic guitar
- Rodolfo Maltese - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, trumpet, backing vocals
- Gianni Nocenzi - grand piano, clarinet and synthesizer
- Francesco Di Giacomo - lead vocals
Technical
edit- Produced by Vittorio Nocenzi
- Recorded and mixed by Martin Rushent and Andy Hendricksen
- Recorded at Chatalain Studios (Rome) and AIR Studios (London)
- Mixed at Advision and AIR Studios
References
edit- ^ Banco del Mutuo Soccorso – Review at AllMusic
- ^ Leto, Stefano. "Un disco per il week end: "Io sono nato libero" del Banco del Mutuo Soccorso" [A record for the weekend: "I was born free" by Banco del Mutuo Soccorso] (in Italian). Retrieved 23 February 2024.
- ^ "Banco".
- ^ Strik, Henri (July 2010). "Label Special: Esoteric Recordings; Interview Vicky Powell". backgroundmagazine.nl/. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
- ^ https://www.esotericrecordings.com/manticore.html
External links
edit- Leave Me Alone on YouTube - provided to YouTube by Esoteric
- Banco at discogs.com