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14           Caravan               In the Land of Grey and Pink  
14           Nucleus               We'll Talk About It Later
14           Out of Focus      Out of Focus      

13           Atomic Rooster                In Hearing Of   
13           Comus  First Utterance               

13           Genesis               Nursery Cryme                                
13           Hoelderlin          Hoelderlin's Traum

13           Jan Dukes de Grey         Mice and Rats in the Loft
13           Mahavishnu Orchestra The Inner Mounting Flame

13           Spedding, Chris                Songs Without Words                   
13           Tangerine Dream            Alpha Centauri                 

13           Traffic   The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys     
13           Yes         The Yes Album

12           Audience            House on the Hill           

12           Bröselmaschine               Bröselmaschine

12           Byrd, Donald     Ethiopian Knights          

12           Can        Tago Mago

12           Coryell, Larry     Barefoot Boy

12           Davis, Miles       A Tribute to Jack Johnson

12           Doors         L.A.Woman     
12           Harper, Roy       Stormcock        

12           Hedayat, Dashiell            Obsolete
12           Jethro Tull          Aqualung

12           Pink Floyd           Meddle
12           Santana               Santana (aka III)

12           Spirogyra            St. Radigunds      

12           Strawbs               From the Witchwood       
12           Tippett Group  - Dedicated To You But You Weren't Listening         

12           Van der Graaf Generator            Pawn Hearts                     
12           Weather Report              Weather Report                              

12           Who, The            Who's Next





Edited by Sean Trane - June 01 2021 at 15:32
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Originally posted by TheLionOfPrague TheLionOfPrague wrote:

1- Pawn Hearts
2- Tarkus
3- Fragile
4- Nursery Cryme
5- Aqualung
6- Meddle
7- The Inner Mounting Flame
8- Tago Mago
9- Pictures at an Exhibition
10- In the Land of Grey and Pink

Really strong year, and some great releases in other genres too. Roy Harper, Joni Mitchell, Herbie Hancock, Rolling Stones, The Who, Zeppelin, Sly & the Family Stone, Marvin Gaye, etc.
I know eight of the albums on your list just from the album name alone. As for the other two albums, I Can take a guess that Tago Mago is by a well-known Krautrock band, but The Inner Mounting Flame had me completely stumped, until Google came to the rescue. Smile
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1- Pawn Hearts
2- Tarkus
3- Fragile
4- Nursery Cryme
5- Aqualung
6- Meddle
7- The Inner Mounting Flame
8- Tago Mago
9- Pictures at an Exhibition
10- In the Land of Grey and Pink

Really strong year, and some great releases in other genres too. Roy Harper, Joni Mitchell, Herbie Hancock, Rolling Stones, The Who, Zeppelin, Sly & the Family Stone, Marvin Gaye, etc.
I shook my head and smiled a whisper knowing all about the place
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1. EGG The Polite Force
2. YES Fragile
3. NUCLEUS We'll Talk About It Later
4. GENESIS Nursery Cryme
5. FOCUS Moving Waves
6. CARAVAN In the Land of Pink and Grey
7. SUPERSISTER To the Highest Bidder
8. THE ORIGINAL CAST Jesus Christ Superstar
9. NEKTAR Journey to the Centre of the Eye
10. ROY HARPER Stormcock

11. HERBIE HANCOCK Mwandishi
12. SPIROGYRA St. Radigunds
13. ALICE COLTRANE Universal Consciousness
14. GENTLE GIANT Acquiring the Taste 
15. ASH RA TEMPEL Ash Ra Tempel
16. FOTHERINGAY Fotheringay
17. OSIBISA Osibisa
18. WIGWAM Fairyport
19. ALICE COLTRANE Journey in Satchidinanda
20. TERJE RYPDAL Terje Rypdal
21. THE WOODS BAND The Woods Band
22. FUCHSIA Fuchsia
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Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

Many great ones that year...you could simply pick the top ten here at PA....
I have all those you named (except for Dom and Gila)....love the Spring and Cressida....but there were better lp's around then.

You're making me jealous now because I don't have any of the albums in my list, although it's some consolation that I own half of the albums in your list. Smile
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  1. The Yes Album - Yes
  2. Fragile - Yes
  3. The Inner Mounting Flame - Mahavishnu Orchestra
  4. Who's Next -The Who
  5. Aqualung - Jethro Tull
  6. Tarkus - ELP
  7. Meddle - Pink Floyd
  8. Nursery Chyme - Genesis
  9. Pictures at an Exhibition -ELP
  10. Low Spark of High Heeled Boys - Traffic
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote Mirakaze Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 01 2021 at 10:34
Gonna have to make some predictable choices here...
1. Genesis - Nursery Cryme
2. Egg - The Polite Force
3. Electric Light Orchestra - The Electric Light Orchestra
4. Yes - Fragile
5. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus
6. Gentle Giant - Acquiring The Taste
7. Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame
8. Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
9. Can - Tago Mago
10. Miles Davis - Live-Evil

Honourable mentions:
- Centipede - Septober Energy
- Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Pictures At An Exhibition
- The Nice - Elegy
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Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Traffic - Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
Yes - The Yes Album
Roy Harper - Stormcock
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Yes - Fragile
Procol Harum - Broken Barricades
ELP - Pictures At An Exhibition
Moody Blues - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Inner Mounting Flame

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VDGG - Pawn Hearts
Roy Harper - Stormcock
CAN - Tago Mago
Caravan - In The Land Of Grey & Pink
Comus - First Utterance
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Amon Duul II - Tanz der Lemminge
Egg - The Polite Force
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Jan Dukes de Grey - Mice & Rats In The Loft
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Many great ones that year...you could simply pick the top ten here at PA....
I have all those you named (except for Dom and Gila)....love the Spring and Cressida....but there were better lp's around then.

Yes-Fragile /Yes
Tull-Aqualung
KC-Islands
Genesis-Cryme
Caravan-Grey and Pink
GG-Acquiring the Taste
VDGG-Pawn hearts
Floyd-Meddle
ELP-Tarkus
Mahavishnu O-Inner Mounting Flame

Honorable mention:
Comus, Traffic, Egg, Santana 3





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This was the hardest year so far to narrow it down to just ten favourite albums, but here goes:-

Audience - The House on the Hill
Cressida - Asylum
Dom - Edge of Time
Gila - Free Electric Sound
Gravy Train - A Ballad of a Peaceful Man
Nektar - Journey to the Centre of the Eye
Out of Focus - Out of Focus
Spring - Spring
Still Life - Still Life
Tonton Macoute - Tonton Macoute

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