Music: Re: [Classic_Rock

their best albums are sung i italian:

- storia di un minuto (1972)
- per un amico (1972)
- l'isola di niente (1974)

best regards
yuri

> PFM stands for Premiata Forneria Marconi. They were an Italian Progressive
> Rock band that appeared as an opener for Emerson, Lake and Palmer in
> 1971/2,
> and thus, were signed to ELP's Mantocore Records label. They released
> three
> English lyric LP's on Manticore - Pictures Of Ghosts, World became The
> World, and Cook. This last is a live LP recorded all over America; it was
> released in slightly different order of songs in Europe as Live in USA.
> The
> first two LP's mentioned were merely English re-writes of albums they had
> already released in Italy. Peter Sinfield did the fully new English lyrics
> for Ghosts, and produced the album.
>
> These guys are credited with introducing the synthesizer to the Italian
> music scene. I saw them open for ELP in 1973; they were OK. Much liek
> Starcastle, and nowhere near as accessible as Genesis, Can, Yes, Camel,
> Amon
> Duul and Tangerine Dream. I suspect in a larger Italian speaking world,
> these guys woudl have been huge.
>
> I am sure if you dig hard enough, you will find their Italian albums. The
> titles of these are long lost in my memory.
>
> Ed Vitale
>
> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 6:22 PM, Cfh