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    Posted: October 21 2005 at 12:52

Some of those obscure prog. albums and groups deserve more attention.  Here's a starter list:

FIREBALLET - Night on Bald Mountain

CURVED AIR - Second Album*

NEKTAR - Remember the Future

ESTA - Meditterean Crossroads

BRUFORD - One of a Kind

SAGA - Worlds Apart

RENAISSANCE - Novella*

*female lead vocals

 



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Mother Gong - "Fairy Tales"
Roman Bunka - "Dein Kopf ist ein schlafendes Auto"
Captain Beyond - Same

Of Nektar I'd rather recommend "Recycled" and not "Remember the Future", which has a very weak chorus, accompanied by a one-note bass, that gets repeated again and again and in my opinion ruins the album, as good as it may otherwise be.


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     Ok, now we have something here. I'll do my best...

Pell Mell-Marburg

Spektakel-self titled

Apollo-self titled(German lyrics)

Siddartha-Weltschmerz

Steel Mill-Green Eyed God

Cravinkel-Garden of Loneliness

Czar-self titled

 

Well, that's all for now. I'm still on a quest to find new bands from the early 70's. I just ordered Arzachel, Colosseum, and Ragnarok. They should arrive next week. I'll keep posting if I find anything good...
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There have been many of these threads, and I always enjoy these as it's great for newer prog fans to delve into prog's lesser known back pages.

I disagree on 'Recycled'- I have it, and whilst I enjoy it, I find it has less to offer than any of the other Nektar albums I have in 'Tab In The Ocean', 'Remember The Future' and 'Down To Earth', which have something new to offer every time I play them. 'Recycled' is swamped in synthesisers, and for me, this is one band that was arguably better with just the hammond organ. But I respect your opinion, BaldFriede. And I agree totally on Captain Beyond- what a classic!

Glad to see Curved Air's 'Second Album' namechecked- one of my fave 70s prog albums. Check out 'Air Cut', which is heavier and features the teenage Eddie Jobson playing his heart out on synth and violin.

'Czar' is another favourite- 'Beyond The Moon' is a fave track of mine, and the whole album is drenched in mellotron.

 
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Here are a few which I own and love yet hardly anyone here will know:

The Tain & The Book of Invasions - Horslips

Toward the Sun - Druid (very Yes influenced but damn good. The follow up Fluid Druid has its moments too)

In the Region of the Summer Stars and Aerie Faerie Nonsense - The Enid

Fully Interlocking - Solution (Cordon Bleu is also brilliant but my ex wife threw it out, which is why she is ex!)

QE2 - Mike Oldfield

 
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Yeah I think Druid's first album was decent from what I heard of it a few years ago. I agree on it being Yes influenced, but not to the point of Starcastle, where there's hardly any originality and just cloning.

Some of my faves:

Spring

Gravy Train- Ballad Of A Peaceful Man

Beggar's Opera- Waters Of Change

Rare Bird- Rare Bird, As Your Mind Flies By

Fields- Fields

Audience- House On The Hill

 
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I really like Ed Starink's original material. He's the guy behind many of the infamous "synthesizer greatest" albums , but he is an excellent composer and I recommend his work from early 80's. I think his albums are quite hard to get, however.
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Originally posted by Flip_Stone Flip_Stone wrote:

Some of those obscure prog. albums and groups deserve more attention.  Here's a starter list:

FIREBALLET - Night on Bald Mountain

CURVED AIR - Second Album*

NEKTAR - Remember the Future

ESTA - Meditterean Crossroads

BRUFORD - One of a Kind

SAGA - Worlds Apart

RENAISSANCE - Novella*

*female lead vocals

 

As for Nektar I wouldn't count them as unknown or underrated nor should I call them "obscure". But thats me.

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  • Symphony X - Symphony X
  • Symphony X - The Damnation Game
  • Dream Theater - When Dream & Day Unite
  • Meshuggah - Contradictions Collappse
  • Supertramp - Supertramp
  • Brand X - Do They Hurt?
  • Passport - Looking Thru

 
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José Cid - 10.000 Anos Entre Vénus E Marte

http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_CD. asp?cd_id=3537

 

 
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Fugs - any LP
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Jordan Rudess - 'Listen'

Janison Edge - 'the services of Mary Goode' (neo-prog with female vocals)

Orphan Project - 'Orphan found'

Gordon Giltrap - 'The peacock party'

Adrian Snell - 'Fireflake' (christian prog-rock)

 
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Originally posted by lucas lucas wrote:

Gordon Giltrap - 'The peacock party'

Sir, you are a genius. I've known for some time there was a glaring omission from this site and couldn't figure who it was; this is it.

Gordon Giltrap's first 4 albums were exceptional, classic prog, yet he's not here. He needs to be added without delay.
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gordon giltrap is excellent - heartsong was a brill track - it may be commercial but so what
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  • Timothy Pure - Blood of the Berry
  • Gravy Train - Staircase To The Day
  • Colosseum - Daughter of Time
  • Pavlov's Dog - Pampered Menial
  • Black Widow - Come To The Sabbat

 



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Bo Hansson - Attic Thoughts

Gravy Train - A Ballad Of A Peaceful Man

Gravy Train - Staircase To The Day

Mike Oldfield - Amarok

Strawbs - From The Witchwood

Manfred Mann's Earth Band - The Good Earth

Caravan - Better By Far

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Aorta - self titled

St. Elmo's Fire - Artifacts Of Passion

Of Montreal - The Sunlandic Twins

Eardance - Seek Opposites

Ozone Quartet - Live At Local 506

Sufjan Stevens - Come On, Feel The Illinoise!

Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (by strategy)

Shawn Phillips - Collaboration

Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come - Galactic Zoo

Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star

Shadowfax - Watercourse Way

 



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