Album
Per Un Amico
1972 · Rock
5 collectors on Gatefold own this
Per Un Amico is a Rock album by Premiata Forneria Marconi, originally released in 1972. On Gatefold: 50 pressings tracked, owned by 5 collectors.
About
Italian prog rock giants PFM were on a roll in their early phase, unleashing both their classic debut and the equally stunning follow-up, <i>Per un amico</i>, within the same year. The latter even more firmly staked PFM's claim as international prog princes. Like the first album, the band's second record mixes fragile folk touches, jazz fusion firestorms, classical-influenced intricacy, and visceral rock riffs. But if anything, the process is even more finely distilled on these five lengthy tracks. Even amid all the fleet-fingered musicianship on display here, Mauro Pagani's flute and violin are among <i>Per un amico</i>'s most distinctive colors, whether he's evoking bucolic splendor on the folk-flavored "Appena un po" or stoking the jazzy, intense flames of "Generale." Flavio Premoli's multi-keyboard mastery is nothing to sneeze at either; he cooks up a crazed carnival frenzy on "Il Banchetto" and lays down almost-impressionistic piano lines on the closing cut, "Geranio." With this level of achievement, it's hard to believe that this band's career was still headed upward.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Appena Un Po'
- A2Generale
- A3Per Un Amico
Side B
- B1Il Banchetto
- B2Geranio
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Prog Rock
- lush
- wistful
- pastoral
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Flavio PremoliCLAVINET , HARPSICHORD, ORGAN , MELLOTRON, SYNTHESIZER , LEAD VOCALS, PIANO, SPINET GRAND PIANO, HARPSICHORD, ORGAN , SPINET, MELLOTRON, SYNTHESIZER , BELLS, LEAD VOCALS PIANO , HARPSICHORD , ELECTRIC ORGAN , SPINET , MELLOTRON, SYNTHESIZER , BELLS , LEAD VOCALS
- Franco MussidaACOUSTIC GUITAR , TWELVE-STRING GUITAR , ELECTRIC GUITAR , MANDOCELLO , LEAD VOCALS ACOUSTIC GUITAR, 12-STRING ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR, MANDOLINCELLO, VOICE ACOUSTIC GUITAR, TWELVE-STRING GUITAR , ELECTRIC GUITAR, MANDOCELLO , LEAD VOCALS
- Franz Di CioccioDRUM, PERCUSSION, VOICE DRUMS , PERCUSSION , VOCALS DRUMS, PERCUSSION, VOCALS
- Giorgio PiazzaBASS , VOCALS BASS GUITAR BASS, VOCALS
- Mauro PaganiFLUTE , ALTO FLUTE , PICCOLO FLUTE, VIOLIN , VOCALS FLUTE, ALTO FLUTE , PICCOLO FLUTE , VIOLIN, VOCALS FLUTE, ALTO FLUTE, PICCOLO FLUTE , VIOLIN, VOCALS
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