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Live Albums By Italian Progressive Rock Artists

While the best known progressive rock bands are British – think Genesis, Yes, Emerson Lake & Palmer and King Crimson – Italy had a well developed progressive rock movement that produced some exceptional music.

A lot of the time, there is the problem that the lyrics are in Italian, but, much like opera, the beauty of the music can overcome language difficulties. Once you’ve heard the best of Genesis and Yes in particular, I recommend you listen to some PFM.

Live albums featured include:

Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso Seguendo Le Tracce 1975
Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso Capolinea 1979
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso No Palco 2002
Locanda Delle Fate Locanda Delle Fate Live 1977
Locanda Delle Fate Bloom Live 2010
Museo Rosenbach Live In Tokyo 2013
Le Orme Live In Pennsylvania 2005
PFM Cook 1974
PFM Paper Charms 1975 1976
PFM In Classic Da Mozart A Celebration 2013

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Cook is a live album by Italian prog rock group Premiata Forneria Marconi or PFM for a shorter, easier to say name.It has also been released as Live In The USA.

It was recorded in Cleveland and Toronto in 1974.

Progressive rock was popular in Italy in the early to mid 1970s and as well as supporting British bands, they also had a thriving prog rock scene of their own.

Premiata Forneria Marconi were one of the leading lights and Greg Lake of Emerson, Lake and Palmer had them signed for Manticore and tried to break them in the English speaking countries.

Their Italian classic from 1972 Per Un Amico effectively became Photos of Ghosts thanks to new lyrics written by Peter Sinfield.

This live album is partly in English and partly in Italian.

It has been extended in 2010 by adding the entire concert from Central Park, New York City recorded on 31st August 1974. This duplicates some of the tracks but it’s very nice to have.

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Seguendo Le Tracce is a live album recorded by Italian prog rock giants Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso in Salerno, Italy in April 1975.

About ten years ago I went through a phase where my interest in progressive rock went sky high. Powered by the new information that was available to me from the Internet, i discovered great Italian prog rock bands like Banco Del Mutuo Soccorco.

They recorded three of the very best prog rock albums, right of up there with Close To The Edge (Yes) and Foxtrot (Genesis) – Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, Darwin! and Io Sono Nato Libero.

Because the lyrics are in Italian, I don’t have a clue what they are singing about but it’s never really concerned me as I’m swept along by the music.

You can find out more about Banco at ProgArchives, a very specialist prog rock website. When I became addicted, the influence of the Italian groups was much higher on this website but I guess more mainstream fans have found it.

Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso Seguendo Le Tracce

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