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BANCO DEL MUTUO SOCCORSO (2490 words) |
 | Banco del Mutuo Soccorso (“the bank of self help” – a piggy bank) is one of the top bands of Italy’s golden age of progressive rock. |
| BANCO was a mixture of new and re-recorded older material. |
| With …DI TERRA Banco returned to Dischi Ricordi – and this album would be the capstone for the group: it is totally unlike either the albums which preceded it or would follow it, and is a masterpiece. |
| Banco del Mutuo Soccorso (1774 words) |
| The first album, simply called Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, housed in a large money box shaped cover, is still one of the most representative examples of the italian prog, with classical influences based on the twin keyboards interplay and the original voice of Francesco Di Giacomo. |
| Banco del Mutuo Soccorso was trying, just like PFM in the same years, to break the foreign markets, and an english album seemed a good move. |
| Banco and the english-sung version of Come in un'ultima cena (renamed As in a last supper with english lyrics by Angelo Branduardi) have been issued in many european countries and USA, mostly on Manticore. |
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