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Fabrizio De André (Genua, 18 februari 1940 - Milaan, 11 januari 1999) was een van de belangrijkste Italiaanse cantautori, oftewel zanger-liedjesschrijvers. Hij staat algemeen bekend om de literaire kwaliteit van zijn teksten - in 2004 werd er zelfs een studiecentrum rondom de zanger geopend aan de universiteit van Siena. Gedurende zijn carrière, die vanaf 1958 duurde tot aan zijn dood, bracht hij een twintigtal albums uit.


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Fabrizio De André in Concerto - Arrangiamenti PFM ["in Concert—Arrangements by PFM"] is a 1979 live album by Fabrizio De André featuring Italian progressive rock band Premiata Forneria Marconi, also known as PFM, as his backing band, recorded during their successful 1979 tour of Italy and Europe. Built on powerful, complex and carefully crafted rock arrangements, either by single band members or by the band as a unit, the album marked a significant stylistic and musical departure for De André, whose output up to that point had always employed acoustic-based, folk arrangements, occasionally branching into pop but never overtly using rock structures and instrumentation. Upon release, the album became immediately very popular and paved the way for other Italian singer-songwriters (notably Francesco Guccini) for their own transition from a folk style into a more rock-oriented one. The album was followed by a Volume 2 the next year, recorded during the same shows.



Tracks:


1 - "Bocca di Rosa" ["rose-mouth"] (De André; main arrangers: Franco Mussida and Flavio Premoli) - 4:32
2 - "Andrea" (De André/Massimo Bubola; main arranger: Mussida) - 5:24
3 - "Giugno '73" ["june '73"] (De André; main arrangers: Patrick Djivas, Premoli) - 4:24
4 - "Un giudice" ["a judge"] (De André/Giuseppe Bentivoglio/Edgar Lee Masters [lyrics], De André/Nicola Piovani [music]; main arranger: Premoli) - 3:23
5 - "La guerra di Piero" ["piero's war"] (De André; arranged by PFM) - 3:30
6 - "Il pescatore" ["the Fisherman"] (De André [lyrics], Gian Piero Reverberi/Franco Zauli [music]; main arrangers: Di Cioccio, Premoli) - 3:58
6 - "Zirichiltaggia" [literally "Lizards' den" in Gallurese] (De André/Bubola; main arranger: Lucio Fabbri) - 2:27
7 - "La canzone di Marinella" ["marinella's song"] (De André; main arranger: Mussida) - 4:02
8 - "Volta la carta" ["turn the page"] (De André/Bubola; main arrangers: Premoli, Fabbri) - 3:56
9 - "Amico fragile" ["frail friend"] (De André; main arranger: Mussida) - 9:35



Personnel:

Fabrizio De André - Acoustic guitar, lead vocals

PFM:
Franz Di Cioccio - Drums, percussion, crotales, marimba, vocals
Patrick Djivas - Bass guitar, acoustic bass guitar on "Via del Campo"
Franco Mussida - Electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
Flavio Premoli - Yamaha electric piano, Micromoog, Minimoog, Elka strings, 12-string guitar on "Avventura a Durango", vocals
Roberto Colombo - Fender-Rhodes piano, Polymoog, Minimoog, percussion, vocals on "Avventura a Durango"
Lucio "Violino" Fabbri - Violin, 12-string guitar on "Il testamento di Tito", vocals

(Note: At the time, Colombo and Fabbri were not official members of PFM or any other bands; they had joined the band as guests for the duration of the tour, with Fabbri replacing former member Mauro Pagani. While Fabbri stayed with the band throughout the 1980s and from 1997 to the present, Colombo left them in 1980 to pursue a career as a music producer and arranger, which he still is as of 2024.)




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