Praenestum 452 ‎– Dolce Tenera Amica (1974, LP, Italy)

Vinyl LP - Universal Sound ‎– USA LP 2004

Formed in 1972 as soft prog, romantic pop studio band from Rome.

Members:
Franco Rossi (voce, basso)
Nello Sinisi (chitarra)
Fernando Lattanzi (tastiere)
Luciano De Angelis (batteria, voce)

Despite a very progressive-sounding name, this quartet from Rome played in a melodic pop style with love-inspired lyrics, releasing an album and a handful of singles in 1973-74.
Prenestum Blocco 452 were formed around 1972 and weren't involved in the usual open air concert circuit as many other bands of that era, being mostly a studio band.
Their production was concentrated in the years 1973-75, with their only album, the 12-tracks Dolce tenera amica issued in 1974.
The band split around 1976 when members Rossi and Lattanzi formed Epoca, another melodic pop band that had a big hit in some south American countries with their first single Volerai volerò, but another single, this time in disco music style appeared in 1978 with the name Praenestum 452, Soul Dracula, and it was also released abroad.

The difficult band's name was changed to Praenestum 452 on the album cover, while it was spelled as Prenestum (not Praenestum) on the first, second and fourth single. (italianprog.com)