Miss Baker [Import]

Product Description
Long out of print, this is a 1996 reissue for the Italianprog legend's 1981 album, one of the last to feature theoriginal line up. Seven tracks, including 'Prima Che VengaLa Sera' and 'Un Amore Vero'. Both the original album andthis reissue are BMG Ricordi releases.

Miss Baker,Premiata Forneria Marconi,BMG,France,Italy,Pop/Rock,Rock/Pop,World Music

Average customer rating:

Miss Baker Premiata Forneria Marconi Manufacturer: Bmg ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD France | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music Italy | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: PFM? PFM ASIN: B000F6YSX4 Release Date: 2006-06-05

Tracks:

1. Prima Che Venga la Sera
2. Amore Vero
3. Finta Lettera d'Addio Di Una Rockstar Per Farsi Propaganda
4. Josephin Baker
5. Tempo Tempo
6. Chanson d'Un Aviateur
7. Colazione a Disneyland

Album Description

Japanese pressing packaged in a miniature LP sleeve of this album by Italy's most famous Progressive Rock band. Uno. 2006.

Album Details

Japanese Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork.

Average customer rating:

Summertime Manufacturer: Avid Records UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Tin Pan Alley | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music ASIN: B00002MRH5 Release Date: 1998-12-15

Tracks:

1. Goldwyn Follies/Love Walked In
2. Goldwyn Follies/I Was Doing All Right
3. Goldwyn Follies/Love Is Here to Stay
4. Goldwyn Follies/Dawn of a New Day
5. Shocking Miss Pilgrim/Changing My Tune
6. Shocking Miss Pilgrim/Aren't You Kind of Glad We Did?
7. Shocking Miss Pilgrim/For You, For Me, For Evermore
8. Porgy and Bess/Summertime
9. Porgy and Bess/Summertime & Crap Game/A Woman Is a Sometime Thing
10. Porgy and Bess/My Man's Gone Now
11. Porgy and Bess/It Takes a Long Pull to Get There
12. Porgy and Bess/I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
13. Porgy and Bess/The Buzzard Song
14. Porgy and Bess/Bess, You Is My Woman Now
15. Porgy and Bess/It Ain't Necessarily So
16. Porgy and Bess/Where Is My Bess?
17. Tip-Toes/Looking for a Boy
18. Tip-Toes/When Do We Dance?
19. Tip-Toes/That Certain Feeling
20. Tip-Toes/Sweet and Low Down
21. Oh, Kay!/Maybe
22. Oh, Kay!/Clap Yo' Hands
23. Oh, Kay!/Do, Do, Do
24. Oh, Kay!/Someone to Watch Over Me
25. Funy Face/'s Wonderful/Funny Face

Average customer rating: An okay, but seriously non-essential album An okay but seriously non-essential album. not their best

Miss Baker Premiata Forneria Marconi Manufacturer: Bmg ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD France | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music Italy | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000006UC8 Release Date: 2004-01-06

Tracks:

1. Prima Che Venga la Sera
2. Amore Vero
3. Finta Lettera d'Addio Di Una Rockstar Per Farsi Propaganda
4. Josephin Baker
5. Tempo Tempo
6. Chanson d'Un Aviateur
7. Colazione a Disneyland

Album Description

Long out of print, this is a 1996 reissue for the Italianprog legend's 1981 album, one of the last to feature theoriginal line up. Seven tracks, including 'Prima Che VengaLa Sera' and 'Un Amore Vero'. Both the original album andthis reissue are BMG Ricordi releases.

Customer Reviews:

An okay, but seriously non-essential album.......2002-11-22

I had a credit burning a hole in my pocket after an unnamed site couldn't provide PFM's "Suonare Suonare", so I bought this. This album shows a band desperately searching for a style. The sound is pop, with not a trace of progressive rock. Many of the cuts have a funk-lite style comparable to Steely Dan's "Gaucho" period. Some songs have a brass section adding punches, like the Earth Wind & Fire horns on Genesis' "Paperlate", and a couple of songs have female backing vocals. Still, on the whole, this is a lot more listenable than I would have figured, though none of these songs will be on any greatest hits album. Guitarist Franco Mussida and drummer Franz di Cioccio still sound good here. "Prima Che Venga la Sera", "Finta Lettera d'Addio di una Rockstar per Farsi Propaganda", "La Chanson d'un Aviateur", and "Colazione a Disneyland" are all decent cuts. The title cut, a tribute to dancer Josephine Baker, is the weakest track. Just about every keyboard sound used on the album is an adult contemporary cliché, like pre-sets on a synthesizer built specifically for the wedding/bar mitzvah circuit; I assume Fabbri is to blame.

This is a mystery album. The CD has no credits except for songwriting, and these include both violinist Mauro Pagani, who had left before "Jet Lag" and violin/keyboardist Lucio Fabbri. The CD bears a 1981 date, but PFM's own web site calls this a 1987 album. And the only English-language fan site that had a good PFM discography has shut down. Whichever date is correct, keyboardist Flavio Premoli would have left the band by then.

If you are the kind of prog-rock snob who thinks "Per Un Amico" is a more "authentic" listening experience than "Photos of Ghosts", sleeps with a worn copy of "Cook" beside their bed, thinks Genesis never made a good album after Gabriel left and Yes never made a good album after "Topographic Oceans", stay far, far away from this album. You will hate it, and hate it big-time. For others, if you want to hear what PFM sounded like after they stopped releasing albums in the US, go with 2000's "Serendipity" or 1998's live ... instead. This album is at the low end of the "pretty good" range.

(1=poor 2=mediocre 3=pretty good 4=very good 5=phenomenal)

An okay but seriously non-essential album........2002-11-22

I had a credit burning a hole in my pocket after an unnamed site couldn't provide PFM's "Suonare Suonare", so I bought this. This album shows a band desperately searching for a style. The sound is pop, with not a trace of progressive rock. Many of the cuts have a funk-lite style comparable to Steely Dan's "Gaucho" period. Some songs have a brass section adding punches, like the Earth Wind & Fire horns on Genesis' "Paperlate", and a couple of songs have female backing vocals. Still, on the whole, this is a lot more listenable than I would have figured, though none of these songs will be on any greatest hits album. Guitarist Franco Mussida and drummer Franz di Cioccio still sound good here. "Prima Che Venga la Sera", "Finta Lettera d'Addio di una Rockstar per Farsi Propaganda", "La Chanson d'un Aviateur", and "Colazione a Disneyland" are all decent cuts. The title cut, a tribute to dancer Josephine Baker, is the weakest track. Just about every keyboard sound used on the album is an adult contemporary cliché, like pre-sets on a synthesizer built specifically for the wedding/bar mitzvah circuit; I assume Fabbri is to blame.

This is a mystery album. The CD has no credits except for songwriting, and these include both violinist Mauro Pagani, who had left before "Jet Lag" and violin/keyboardist Lucio Fabbri. The CD bears a 1981 date, but PFM's own web site calls this a 1987 album. And the only English-language fan site that had a good PFM discography has shut down. Whichever date is correct, keyboardist Flavio Premoli would have left the band by then.

If you are the kind of prog-rock snob who thinks "Per Un Amico" is a more "authentic" listening experience than "Photos of Ghosts", sleeps with a worn copy of "Cook" beside their bed, thinks Genesis never made a good album after Gabriel left and Yes never made a good album after "Topographic Oceans", stay far, far away from this album. You will hate it, and hate it big-time. For others, if you want to hear what PFM sounded like after they stopped releasing albums in the US, go with 2000's "Serendipity" or 1998's live "www.pfmpfm.it" instead. This album is at the low end of the "pretty good" range.

(1=poor 2=mediocre 3=pretty good 4=very good 5=phenomenal)

not their best.......1999-07-25

I had been used to hearing early PFM, the progressive stuff. I had heard that these later recordings were getting very hard to find so i picked it up in a Virginia Beach music store...a rare find. When i popped it into my car CD player i recoiled from the sounds, thinking "this really sucks!" But after a few listenings i now find the first track irresistible. It is great. This album has a kind of Latin dance music sound, due to the horn section. It has a few tracks i still don't like at all, but most of it is ok. The title track is particularly bad. If you are expecting something progressive in the vein of early PFM you will be dissapointed. Still I find myself playing it, especially that first song.

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Miss You ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music ASIN: B000EQ5N6Q Release Date: 2006-05-02

Average customer rating: An okay, but seriously non-essential album An okay but seriously non-essential album. not their best

Miss Baker Premiata Forneria Marconi Manufacturer: Musicrama/Koch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD France | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music Italy | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000003PPK Release Date: 1997-02-20

Tracks:

1. Prima Che Venga la Sera
2. Amore Vero
3. Finta Lettera d'Addio Di Una Rockstar Per Farsi Propaganda
4. Josephin Baker
5. Tempo Tempo
6. Chanson d'Un Aviateur
7. Colazione a Disneyland

Album Description

Long out of print, this is a 1996 reissue for the Italianprog legend's 1981 album, one of the last to feature theoriginal line up. Seven tracks, including 'Prima Che VengaLa Sera' and 'Un Amore Vero'. Both the original album andthis reissue are BMG Ricordi releases.

Customer Reviews:

An okay, but seriously non-essential album.......2002-11-22

I had a credit burning a hole in my pocket after an unnamed site couldn't provide PFM's "Suonare Suonare", so I bought this. This album shows a band desperately searching for a style. The sound is pop, with not a trace of progressive rock. Many of the cuts have a funk-lite style comparable to Steely Dan's "Gaucho" period. Some songs have a brass section adding punches, like the Earth Wind & Fire horns on Genesis' "Paperlate", and a couple of songs have female backing vocals. Still, on the whole, this is a lot more listenable than I would have figured, though none of these songs will be on any greatest hits album. Guitarist Franco Mussida and drummer Franz di Cioccio still sound good here. "Prima Che Venga la Sera", "Finta Lettera d'Addio di una Rockstar per Farsi Propaganda", "La Chanson d'un Aviateur", and "Colazione a Disneyland" are all decent cuts. The title cut, a tribute to dancer Josephine Baker, is the weakest track. Just about every keyboard sound used on the album is an adult contemporary cliché, like pre-sets on a synthesizer built specifically for the wedding/bar mitzvah circuit; I assume Fabbri is to blame.

This is a mystery album. The CD has no credits except for songwriting, and these include both violinist Mauro Pagani, who had left before "Jet Lag" and violin/keyboardist Lucio Fabbri. The CD bears a 1981 date, but PFM's own web site calls this a 1987 album. And the only English-language fan site that had a good PFM discography has shut down. Whichever date is correct, keyboardist Flavio Premoli would have left the band by then.

If you are the kind of prog-rock snob who thinks "Per Un Amico" is a more "authentic" listening experience than "Photos of Ghosts", sleeps with a worn copy of "Cook" beside their bed, thinks Genesis never made a good album after Gabriel left and Yes never made a good album after "Topographic Oceans", stay far, far away from this album. You will hate it, and hate it big-time. For others, if you want to hear what PFM sounded like after they stopped releasing albums in the US, go with 2000's "Serendipity" or 1998's live ... instead. This album is at the low end of the "pretty good" range.

(1=poor 2=mediocre 3=pretty good 4=very good 5=phenomenal)

An okay but seriously non-essential album........2002-11-22

I had a credit burning a hole in my pocket after an unnamed site couldn't provide PFM's "Suonare Suonare", so I bought this. This album shows a band desperately searching for a style. The sound is pop, with not a trace of progressive rock. Many of the cuts have a funk-lite style comparable to Steely Dan's "Gaucho" period. Some songs have a brass section adding punches, like the Earth Wind & Fire horns on Genesis' "Paperlate", and a couple of songs have female backing vocals. Still, on the whole, this is a lot more listenable than I would have figured, though none of these songs will be on any greatest hits album. Guitarist Franco Mussida and drummer Franz di Cioccio still sound good here. "Prima Che Venga la Sera", "Finta Lettera d'Addio di una Rockstar per Farsi Propaganda", "La Chanson d'un Aviateur", and "Colazione a Disneyland" are all decent cuts. The title cut, a tribute to dancer Josephine Baker, is the weakest track. Just about every keyboard sound used on the album is an adult contemporary cliché, like pre-sets on a synthesizer built specifically for the wedding/bar mitzvah circuit; I assume Fabbri is to blame.

This is a mystery album. The CD has no credits except for songwriting, and these include both violinist Mauro Pagani, who had left before "Jet Lag" and violin/keyboardist Lucio Fabbri. The CD bears a 1981 date, but PFM's own web site calls this a 1987 album. And the only English-language fan site that had a good PFM discography has shut down. Whichever date is correct, keyboardist Flavio Premoli would have left the band by then.

If you are the kind of prog-rock snob who thinks "Per Un Amico" is a more "authentic" listening experience than "Photos of Ghosts", sleeps with a worn copy of "Cook" beside their bed, thinks Genesis never made a good album after Gabriel left and Yes never made a good album after "Topographic Oceans", stay far, far away from this album. You will hate it, and hate it big-time. For others, if you want to hear what PFM sounded like after they stopped releasing albums in the US, go with 2000's "Serendipity" or 1998's live "www.pfmpfm.it" instead. This album is at the low end of the "pretty good" range.

(1=poor 2=mediocre 3=pretty good 4=very good 5=phenomenal)

not their best.......1999-07-25

I had been used to hearing early PFM, the progressive stuff. I had heard that these later recordings were getting very hard to find so i picked it up in a Virginia Beach music store...a rare find. When i popped it into my car CD player i recoiled from the sounds, thinking "this really sucks!" But after a few listenings i now find the first track irresistible. It is great. This album has a kind of Latin dance music sound, due to the horn section. It has a few tracks i still don't like at all, but most of it is ok. The title track is particularly bad. If you are expecting something progressive in the vein of early PFM you will be dissapointed. Still I find myself playing it, especially that first song.

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