Banco (Banco del Mutuo Soccorso album)
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| Studio album by Banco del Mutuo Soccorso | ||||||||||
| Released | 1975 | |||||||||
| Recorded | Chantalain Studio, Rome and Air Studios, London | |||||||||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||||||||
| Label | Manticore K53507 | |||||||||
| Producer | Vittorio Nocenzi | |||||||||
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Banco is a 1975 album by Italian progressive rock band Banco del Mutuo Soccorso (at that time known simply as Banco). The album was originally released on the Manticore Records label launched by Emerson, Lake & Palmer with whom the band shared a firm stylistic similarity. A lively and inventive collection of songs and instrumentals combining elements of classical chamber music, electronic rock and operatic song. Catalogue No. K53507, now available on CD.
Track listing
- Chorale - 2:30
- L'albero del pane - 4:45
- Metamorphosis - 14:45
- Outside - 7:42
- Leave me alone - 5:20
- Nothing's the same - 9:58
- Traccia II - 2:24
Personnel
- Pierluigi 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
Total running time: approx 47 minutes 51 seconds
Mixed at Advision and Air Studios, London.
Engineers: Martin Rushent and Andy Hendricksen