Francesco Buccheri

A composer from Bologna whose only vinyl LP is particularly sought after by italian obscurities collectors, as it only had a very limited private pressing. He had previously formed a group called Ex Aequo, with which he played for four years.
Though the original album was credited on the label to "Complesso F.B.M.R." from the initials of the four musicians involved, all the tracks were composed by Buccheri himself and the CD reissue only carries his name.

The full line-up included Francesco Buccheri on keyboards, guitars and vocals, keyboardists Roberto Mingozzi and Danilo Forni (also on violin), and drummer Marco Raimondi.
As it's easy to guess the LP is based on keyboards and much closer to late 70's krautrock than to the typical sound of most prog albums from Italy, the drums with a 4/4 rhythm often giving the music a commercial feeling. The initial 20-minute long Journey suite is rather fragmented and can be boring at first listen, and the overall sound can be compared with Sangiuliano's Take off.

Unreleased works by Buccheri have been included on the CD reissue of the album (1983 solo keyboards recordings) and on a separate CD called Hand made, but these can be only interesting to completists.

Francesco Buccheri has kept recording his music, releasing four interesting self-produced CD's from 1995 to 2005, the last of which is The call.

LP
Journey	Edizioni Musicali 2000 (AL/79 LP)	1979	single cover with inner - credited on the label to "Complesso F.B.M.R."
CD
Journey/Second journey	Mellow (MMP 114)	1992	reissue of 1979 album + unreleased 1983 second LP
Hand made	Mellow (MMP 266)	1995	1974 unreleased recordings
La via	Private pressing	1995
The mirror	Private pressing	2001
The view	Private pressing	2002
The call	Private pressing	2005
SINGLES (with picture sleeve)
Annalia Jesus Christ	Edizioni Musicali 2000 (AL/79)	1979	both tracks from Journey - credited on cover and label to "Complesso F.B.M.R."

Journey is terribly rare, having only been released in a private pressing. It was housed in a single cover and with an inner.
No counterfeit exists, nor foreign issues.
The CD reissue by Mellow includes seven tracks from an unreleased second album from 1983, called with little imagination Second journey.

All the privately pressed CD's by Francesco Buccheri can be ordered through his website (see below, at the bottom of the page).


Journey - original LP cover and label

Annalia - 7" single

The personal website of Francesco Buccheri is www.francescobuccheri.it and all his self-produced CD's can be ordered through the site.