Banco (Banco del Mutuo Soccorso album)

Banco
Banco
Studio album by Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
Released	1975
Studio	Chantalain, Rome; AIR Studios, London;
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	47:24
Label	Manticore, Escoteric
Producer	Vittorio Nocenzi
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

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.

Background

The album was released in 1975 with the songs translated into English by the American musician Marva Jan Marro.^[2]

Re-releases

In 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

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Chorale (Traccia's Theme)"	2:30
2.	"L'albero del pane (The Bread Tree)"	4:45
3.	"Metamorphosis"	14:45

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Outside"	7:42
2.	"Leave Me Alone"	5:20
3.	"Nothing's the Same"	9:58
4.	"Traccia II"	2:24

Personnel

Musicians

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

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

^ 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

Leave Me Alone on YouTube - provided to YouTube by Esoteric
Banco at discogs.com

[1] Banco del Mutuo Soccorso – Review at AllMusic

[2] 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.

[3] "Banco".

[4] Strik, Henri (July 2010). "Label Special: Esoteric Recordings; Interview Vicky Powell". backgroundmagazine.nl/. Retrieved 23 February 2024.

[5] ttps://www.esotericrecordings.com/manticore.html

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