''Banana Republic'' (

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

) is a

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of Italian singer-songwriters

Francesco De Gregori Francesco De Gregori OMRI (born 4 April 1951) is an Italian singer-songwriter. In Italy, he is popularly known as "Il Principe dei cantautori" ("The Prince of the singer-songwriters"), a nickname referring to the elegance of his lyrics. He is of ...

and

Lucio Dalla Lucio Dalla (; 4 March 1943 – 1 March 2012) was an Italian singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He also played clarinet and keyboards. Dalla was the composer of " Caruso" (1986), a song dedicated to Italian opera tenor Enrico Caruso, and ...

. It was recorded during their tour of 1979 and released by

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Italia.

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collaborated to the arrangements, and also was present as singer in the film shot during the tour.

Track listing

#"Banana Republic" #"Un gelato al limon" #"La canzone di Orlando" #"Bufalo Bill" #"Piazza Grande" #"4/3/1943" #"Santa Lucia" #"Quattro cani" #"Addio a Napoli" #"Ma come fanno i marinai"

Personnel

* Francesco De Gregori: guitar, vocals * Ricky Portera, George Sims: guitars, backing vocals *

: piano, guitar, backing vocals * Gaetano Curreri: piano, Hammond organ, mellotron * Fabio Liberatori: Minimoog, Fender Rhodes * Giovanni Pezzoli: drums, percussion * Franco Di Stefano: drums, percussion * Lucio Dalla: sax, clarinet, piano, vocals * Marco Nanni: bass, backing vocals Francesco De Gregori albums Lucio Dalla albums 1979 live albums RCA Records live albums {{1970s-folk-album-stub