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PFM vs. Banco vs. Le Orme

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    Posted: July 20 2020 at 22:47
Which of the RPI big three do you love the most?

Gotta be PFM for me, followed by Le Orme then Banco.
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PFM for me.
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PFM.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Tom Ozric Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 21 2020 at 02:50
Love all three for sure. Le Orme is definitely my fave. I do have lots of LP’s from each of these greats, maybe 15 Orme, and around 10 each of the others.

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Banco for me
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For some reason I haven't explored Le Orme much apart from Felona e Sonora, which I like a lot.
Banco appealed to me from the first listen and this applies to all of their material I know (I don't know the albums that have a really low rating, but then I don't think I need to). I'm still delighted by the quality of their last, Transiberiana, and was meant to see them live this year, which didn't happen because of Covid.
PFM have far less of a direct appeal to me, but I got into them a bit more over the last year or so.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote suitkees Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 21 2020 at 04:02
Difficult choice for me between Banco and PFM. Also depends on the moment and the mood. Will think about it.

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It's very, very close for me , but my vot is for PFM.
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Le Orme for me, with the most regular career.
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Banco 
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Le Orme
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Olape Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 21 2020 at 11:39
Banco all the time. The first three albums are essential in any prog collection. 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote BrufordFreak Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 21 2020 at 12:26
While I fully appreciate the talent and skill of Banco (as well as Le Orme), I've always connected with PFM's music better.
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Le Orme for sure. Strong for the whole 70s. Banco were a bit patchy and Pfm dropped off by mid 70s
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Logan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 21 2020 at 15:22
I have loved all three, and all three were early discoveries of mine when I was getting into deeply exploring Prog around 2004. Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Is the one that held my interest the most. It’s also kind of interesting to me that the big Italian three, and big four if one includes Area, each had three albums that I considered to be masterpieces, and in the case of the big three, those all were released between 1972 and 1974.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote King of Loss Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 21 2020 at 15:38
PFM for me, but the other two are pretty close too! 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Dellinger Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 21 2020 at 20:27
Banco, easily, for me. I never really got much into PFM, while Francesco Di Giacomo has become one of my 3 favourite singers ever.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote micky Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 21 2020 at 20:38
wow...  lot of love for Banco...  nice to see but never felt it myself.  Easily brings up the caboose of the big 6 train of Italian prog... just never connected with me. Though Metamorphosi is easily one of my top 20 speaker killer songs ever...  

really tight between PFM and Le Orme...  I do love my power trios and met the guys from the group and found them to be wonderful guys.. so a vote for the magnificent Le Orme who took ELP's inspiration and their fire.. but also quite simply did some of the prettiest and heartfelt prog I think anyone has done. 
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Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

wow...  lot of love for Banco...  nice to see but never felt it myself.  Easily brings up the caboose of the big 6 train of Italian prog... just never connected with me. Though Metamorphosi is easily one of my top 20 speaker killer songs ever...  

really tight between PFM and Le Orme...  I do love my power trios and met the guys from the group and found them to be wonderful guys.. so a vote for the magnificent Le Orme who took ELP's inspiration and their fire.. but also quite simply did some of the prettiest and heartfelt prog I think anyone has done. 

Metamorphosi is unbelievably loud for the year it came out, lol. Big fan of it. Also agreed on Le Orme doing some of the most beautiful prog in prog. Felona E Sorona.

Amazingly I still voted for PFM. That's just how much I love Per Un Amico.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote richardh Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 22 2020 at 00:37
Originally posted by dr prog dr prog wrote:

Le Orme for sure. Strong for the whole 70s. Banco were a bit patchy and Pfm dropped off by mid 70s

that actually sums up how I feel
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