PFM came to the attention of Greg Lake of Emerson, Lake & Palmer while ELP was on an Italian tour. ELP arranged for PFM sign to their own label, Manticore Records. The first album on Manticore, "Photos of Ghosts" was released all across Europe, Japan, the USA and Canada and was the first time an Italian rock band found success in foreign markets. It was also one of the first recordings by a mainland European rock group to have chart success in the United States, peaking at #180 on the "Billboard" 200 albums chart in November 1973. The album contained mostly re-recordings of songs from "Per un amico" in English. New lyrics (not translations) were written by former King Crimson member (and ELP lyricist) Peter Sinfield, who helped produce the new recording and mixing at Advision Studios in London. Sinfield also suggested that the band abbreviate their name to PFM, starting with this album. Songs included "Celebration" (a remake of "È Festa"), which received considerable airplay on album-oriented rock stations in the USA and Canada.