Banco, also informally known as Banco IV, 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 Marrow.
Of the seven tracks, only "Chorale (Traccia's Theme)" and "L'albero del pane (The Bread Tree)" were unreleased. The remaining five were re-recorded from the band's self-titled debut and their previous studio album Io sono nato libero:
"Metamorphosis" was originally released as "Metamorfosi" in Banco del Mutuo Soccorso. "Outside" was released as "R.I.P. (Requiescant in pace)" in Banco del Mutuo Soccorso. "Leave Me Alone" was released as "Non mi rompete" in Io sono nato libero. "Nothing's the Same" was released as "Dopo...niente è più lo stesso" in Io sono libero. "Traccia II", which is an instrumental track, was released under the same title in Io sono libero. The album was recorded between Rome and London and distributed by Motown.
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
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
External links - provided to YouTube by Esoteric Banco at discogs.com