10 classic but not too obvious prog albums

1. Grobschnitt - Solar Music Live ( a really great album that despite winning this poll still deserves more attention). 10 votes

2. Triumvirat - Spartacus 9 votes

3. Museo Rosenbach - Zarathustra (considered to be one of the best Italian prog albums of all time) 8 votes

4. Eloy - Silent Cries and Might Echoes 7 votes 

5. The albums listed by Banco, Pulsar and Gnidrolog are all tied for fifth place with three votes each. 

These would probably all make very good starting points for those not familiar with lesser known 70's prog (including myself).

The 14 minute opening track meanders a bit at times but over all it's still a very good album imo. Of course there's also the issue of Frank's accent but to be honest it never really bothered me that much.

interesting as I never thought of it that way , but yet agree. Eloy had a great run of albums from Dawn through to Time To Turn.

I only know one other album on the list - Spartacus , and I don't like it at all.

First vote for Kitaro San's band

Oh I see. Well, I think maybe they were just trying to entice those who maybe only know the big six to take a peek. They are obscure to those who know nothing or very little about prog but not to us.  I think it's all about your perspective and your musical knowledge.

For true prog fans they aren't or at least shouldn't be. Most should have at least heard of most of these. That said, I think they all still qualify as "lesser known." When I said "not too obvious" I just meant not Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, ELP, Pink Floyd, Rush, etc. Actually no band on here is even as well known as VDGG, Camel, GG, Focus, Nektar etc but they are still known by collectors of lesser known seventies prog. Those who are spending all their time looking for stuff that sounds like Haken, Opeth, Porcupine Tree, the Mars Volta, Dream Theater, Riverside, etc probably won't encounter most of these. However, for those wanting to go beyond the big names from the seventies but still want to hear what else came out in the old days this list would make a very good starting point as would the bands and albums on the supernatural fairy tales boxset. 

For those who don't know, the Far East Family Band were considered to be the Japanese Pink Floyd and at one point had among their members a keyboard player who later went by the name Kitaro.

Ah, I'm entitled to vote... I know exactly 8 of these (Spring and Far East Family Band are unknown to me) and own five. Not difficult to vote: Grobschnitt - Solar Music Live. Closely followed by Eloy, and a bit further away, Banco and Triumvirat (still very good albums...).

BTW, I think that more than half of these are not that obscure either...