Folk beat n. 1
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Folk beat n°1 is the first album of Italian singer-songwriter Francesco Guccini
Francesco Guccini
Francesco Guccini is an Italian singer-songwriter, considered one of the most important Cantautori. During the five decades of his music career he has recorded 16 studio albums and collections, and 6 live albums. He is also a writer, having published autobiographic and noir novels, and a comics...

. It was published under the name "Francesco" alone.

The album

The album was recorded in studio Basilica di Milano in the summer of 1966 and produced by Odoardo "Dodo" Veroli; album was published on march 1967.

The album contains some songs previously written by Guccini for other groups, including Equipe 84
Equipe 84
Equipe 84 were an Italian Beat band formed in 1964 in Modena. The name translates as Team 84, and it was originally suggested by a friend of the band, Pier Parri...

 and Nomadi
Nomadi
Nomadi is an Italian band formed in 1963 and still present on the music scene.-Origins:In 1961 Beppe Carletti and Leonardo Manfredini formed the group I Monelli ....

.

Personnel

  • Francesco Guccini
    Francesco Guccini
    Francesco Guccini is an Italian singer-songwriter, considered one of the most important Cantautori. During the five decades of his music career he has recorded 16 studio albums and collections, and 6 live albums. He is also a writer, having published autobiographic and noir novels, and a comics...

     - Voice, Rhythm guitar
    Rhythm guitar
    Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...

  • Antonio Roveri - Golo guitar
  • Alan Cooper
    Alan Cooper
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     - Armonica and Rhythm guitar
    Rhythm guitar
    Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...


Track listing

  • "Noi non ci saremo" - 5:15
  • "In morte di S.F." - 3:41
  • "Venerdì santo" - 4:19
  • "L'atomica cinese" - 2:37
  • "Auschwitz"- 4:40
  • "Talkin' Milano" - 5:30
  • "Statale 17" - 3:12
  • "Il 3 dicembre del '39" - 3:44
  • "La ballata degli annegati" - 2:28
  • "Il sociale e l'antisociale" - 5:33


Note: "In morte di S.F." is the song known today as "Canzone per un'amica".
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