Premiata Forneria Marconi ?The World Became The World LP 1974 UK die cut sleeve
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Premiata Forneria Marconi ?The World Became The World LP 1974 UK die cut sleeve

 

Original UK pressing on Manticore

 

Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) (translation: Award-winning Marconi Bakery) is an Italian progressive rock band. PFM were the first Italian group to have success abroad, entering both the British and American charts. Between 1973 and 1977 they released five albums with English lyrics. They also had several successful European and American tours, playing at the popular Reading Festival in England and on a very popular national television program in the USA.

 

PFM introduced new sounds, such as the synthesizer, to the Italian musical world. They were also among the first to combine symphonic classical and traditional Italian musical influences in a Rock music context. Such innovations and their longevity have earned PFM a place among the most important bands in the Progressive rock genre.

 

PFM came to the attention of Greg Lake of Emerson, Lake & Palmer while ELP was on an Italian tour. ELP arranged for PFM to be signed to their own label, Manticore Records. The first album on Manticore, Photos of Ghosts was released all across Europe, Japan, the USA and Canada and was the first time an Italian rock band found success in foreign markets. It was also one of the first recordings by a European rock group to have chart success in the USA, peaking at #180 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in November 1973. The album contained mostly re-recordings of songs from Per un amico in English. New lyrics (not translations) were written by former King Crimson member Peter Sinfield, who helped produce the new recording and mixing at Advision Studios in London. Sinfield also suggested that the band's name be abbreviated to PFM starting with this album. Songs included "Celebration", (a remake of "È Festa") which received considerable airplay on album-oriented rock stations in the USA and Canada.

Patrick Djivas.

 

Following the release of Photos of Ghosts bass player Giorgio Piazza left the group, being replaced by Patrick Djivas, who has remained with the group since. The next PFM album release in Italy was L'isola di niente in 1974. Highlights of the album include "Dolcissima Maria" (English title: "Just Look Away") and the instrumental "Via Lumiere" (English title: "Have Your Cake and Beat It".) Again a similar English language version of the album was released by Manticore as The World Became the World. The English album included another re-recording of "Impressioni di settembre" as the title track. This was their last collaboration with Peter Sinfield, as the group were not entirely pleased with the content of his English lyrics.

 

 

A1         The Mountain                                             10:42

A2         Just Look Away                                          4:00

A3         The World Became The World           4:44

 

B1         Four Holes In The Ground                    6:21

B2         Is My Face On Straight?                         6:17

B3         Have Your Cake And Beat It                7:17

 

 

CONDITION:

 

SLEEVE: VG+  Minor shelf wear, rubbed corners, small creases in die-cut opening; spotting and some storage marks from plastic sleeve.

 

RECORD: EX++ Hub spindles, vinyl is glossy & unmarked

 

 

 


 

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