1st Round (album)

1976 studio album by Pino Presti

1st Round (album)

Studio album by Pino Presti
Released	May 1976
Recorded	at Regson Studio in Milan
Genre	Funk disco soul
Length	35:36
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Pino Presti

1st Round is an album by Italian musician and producer Pino Presti, released in 1976 under Atlantic Records. It's considered one of the most innovative albums of the 70's in the Italian music scene.^[1]^[2] All songs are composed by Pino Presti, except for "Smile" (Charlie Chaplin), "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) and "Firefly" (Kenny Nolan).

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Smile"	3:12
2.	"L'estate di Laura"	4:00
3.	"Funky Bump"	2:44
4.	"Aspettando Il Giorno"	3:37
5.	"Aghedo Osanwony"	3:20
6.	"Angie"	3:46
7.	"E Se Non Arrivasse"	2:43
8.	"C.so Buenos Aires"	2:42
9.	"Firefly"	2:40
10.	"Sunny"	4:43
11.	"C'era Una Volta"	1:50
Total length:		35:36

Credits

Musicians

Pino Presti: electric bass, Fender Rhodes, arranger, conductor, vocal in "Angie"
Andrea Sacchi: acoustic & electric guitar
Massimo Luca: acoustic & electric guitar
Claudio Bazzari: acoustic & electric guitar
Alberto Radius: synth guitar
Ellade Bandini: drums
George Aghedo: conga, percussions, rap vocals in "Aghedo Asanwony"
Renè Mantegna: conga, percussions
Alberto Baldan Bembo: Moog, marimba
Alberto Mompellio: Hammond organ, Eminent, piano
Giorgio Baiocco: tenor saxophone, flute
Bruno De Filippi: harmonica in "Sunny"
Riccardo Zappa: acoustic guitar in "C'era Una Volta"
La Bionda: vocals in "Firefly"
Attilio Donadio: alto saxophone solo in "Smile"
Fermo Lini: trumpet
Giuliano Bernicchi: trumpet
Gianni Caranti: trombone
Sergio Almangano: 1st violin
Arturo Prestipino Giarritta: 1st violin
Ronnie Jones: lead vocals & lyricist in "Funky Bump"

More credits

Recorded at Regson Studio (Milan)
Sound engineer: Gianluigi Pezzera / Paolo Bocchi
Artwork: Mario Convertino
Photograph: Karin Hemp

References

^ Groove Collector - Pino Presti 1st Round
^ "La Repubblica@scuola - La musica ieri e oggi". Archived from the original on 2017-11-13. Retrieved 2017-11-12.