Banco (Banco del Mutuo Soccorso album)

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
Io sono nato libero (1973) Banco (1975) Garofano rosso (1976)

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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.

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. The music was remastered by Ben Wiseman at The Audio Archiving Company.

In 2011 the album was re-released by Esoteric Recordings.

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

External links

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