1st Round (album)

1st Round (album)
Studio album by Pino Presti
Released	May 1976
Recorded	at Regson Studio in Milan
Genre	Funk disco soul
Length	35:36
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Pino Presti

1st Round (label)

1st Round is an album by Italian musician and producer Pino Presti, released in 1976 under Atlantic Records. It's considered one of the most innovative albums of the 70's in the Italian music scene. All songs are composed by Pino Presti, except for "Smile" (Charlie Chaplin), "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) and "Firefly" (Kenny Nolan).

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Smile"	3:12
2.	"L'estate di Laura"	4:00
3.	"Funky Bump"	2:44
4.	"Aspettando Il Giorno"	3:37
5.	"Aghedo Osanwony"	3:20
6.	"Angie"	3:46
7.	"E Se Non Arrivasse"	2:43
8.	"C.so Buenos Aires"	2:42
9.	"Firefly"	2:40
10.	"Sunny"	4:43
11.	"C'era Una Volta"	1:50
Total length:		35:36

Credits

Musicians

• Pino Presti: electric bass, Fender Rhodes, arranger, conductor, vocal in "Angie"
• Andrea Sacchi: acoustic & electric guitar
• Massimo Luca: acoustic & electric guitar
• Claudio Bazzari: acoustic & electric guitar
• Alberto Radius: synth guitar
• Ellade Bandini: drums
• George Aghedo: conga, percussions, rap vocals in "Aghedo Asanwony"
• Renè Mantegna: conga, percussions
• Alberto Baldan Bembo: Moog, marimba
• Alberto Mompellio: Hammond organ, Eminent, piano
• Giorgio Baiocco: tenor saxophone, flute
• Bruno De Filippi: harmonica in "Sunny"
• Riccardo Zappa: acoustic guitar in "C'era Una Volta"
• La Bionda: vocals in "Firefly"
• Attilio Donadio: alto saxophone solo in "Smile"
• Fermo Lini: trumpet
• Giuliano Bernicchi: trumpet
• Gianni Caranti: trombone
• Sergio Almangano: 1st violin
• Arturo Prestipino Giarritta: 1st violin
• Ronnie Jones: lead vocals & lyricist in "Funky Bump"

More credits

• Recorded at Regson Studio (Milan)
• Sound engineer: Gianluigi Pezzera / Paolo Bocchi
• Artwork: Mario Convertino
• Photograph: Karin Hemp

External links

• Pino Presti - 1st Round
• Music Brainz
• Discogs - 1st Round
• Opac SBN - 1. round / Orchestra di Pino Presti