Talk:Banco (Banco del Mutuo Soccorso album)

Trimming

I've undertaken a rather severe trim to this article, with sincere apologies to fans. I came across it in a CCI, and the issue is its largely-uncited content. I reproduce below the text I removed, and this can, of course, go back in, with appropriate citations and paraphrasing.

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with whom the band shared a firm stylistic similarity.

Background

Around 1975 the band attempted to make inroads outside their native Italy and released this English sung album on Emerson, Lake & Palmer's Manticore Records label. The album was largely a compilation, consisting of re-recordings of songs from their first three albums, with the exception of one track. The material from the second of the band's albums, Darwin! (1972) was completely omitted, however, while the only original track, with Italian lyrics, was "L'albero del pane." All the songs were re-recorded specially, with new arrangements, with the exception of the concluding piece "Traccia II", which was identical to the original recording.

To promote the album, the band toured the US and UK with limited success.

KJP1 (talk) 22:48, 23 February 2024 (UTC)