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    Posted: April 24 2022 at 16:44
One album per band/artist-

Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend
Led Zeppelin - IV
Deep Purple - In Rock
The Doors - L.A. Woman
The Who - Who's Next
Wishbone Ash - Argus
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance
Punishment of Luxury - Laughing Academy
Wire - 154
Egberto Gismonti - Academia de Dancas
Ten Years After - Cricklewood Green
Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs
Breakout - Blues

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(So many great ones from the 70's....and while a few are on here as prog related  or crossover, etc  they are non prog classic rock to me.)

Led Zep- 4
Stones-Let It Bleed
Spirit-12 Dreams
Who-Whos Next
Traffic- John Barleycorn
Neil Young-After The Gold Rush
Humble Pie-Rock On
Jethro Tull-Benefit
James Gang -Rides Again
Joe Walsh-Smoker
Jefferson Airplane-Volunteers
Allman Bros-Live At Fillmore East
Joni Mitchell-Court and Spark
Chicago-2
Free-Fire and Water
Ten Years After-Cricklewood Green
etc........
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The Stranglers - Black and White (1978) (this album is actually prog in my book)
Grace Slick - Manhole (1974) (this one too)
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Next (1973)
Rainbow - Rising (1976)
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny (1976)
Hookfoot - Hookfoot (1971)
Steve Jolliffe - Journeys Out of the Body (1979) (another one that I consider to be prog)
Steppenwolf - For Ladies Only (1971)
UFO - Phenomenon (1974)
Jefferson Airplane - Bark (1971)
The Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead (1971)
Savoy Brown - Looking In (1970)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell (1977)
Epitaph - Outside the Law (1974) (another one that is prog in my book)
Atlantis - It's Getting Better (1973) (another prog one in my book)

I left out any albums that are in prog-related or proto prog, so no Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Budgie or Spooky Tooth (for example)


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1. Neil Young - Harvest
2. Deep Purple - In Rock
3. The Allman Brothers Band - Brothers and Sisters
4. Loggins and Messina - On Stage
5. Cat Stevens - Catch Bull at Four
6. Chicago - Chicago
7. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
8. Phantom of the Paradise - soundtrack album
9. The Doobie Brothers - The Captain and Me
10. Bob Dylan - Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
11. The Cars - Candy-O
12. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
13. Bill Nelson's Red Noise - Sound-on-Sound
14. The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations-Best of The Beach Boys
15. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - 4 Way Street

Off the top of my head and not necessarily in that order...

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A bit more lyrics from the second half of the 70's:

Television - "Torn Curtain"  (a part of)

Torn Curtain reveals another play
Torn Curtain, Such an expose!
I'm uncertain when beauty meets abuse
Torn Curtain loves all ridicule

TEARS...TEARS rolling back the Years
YEARS...Flowing by like tears
Tears holding back the years
Years. The tears I never shed
The years I've seen before

  (from the album Marqee Moon (1977))
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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Only artists not represented in the archives (which is why non prog by Garbarek, Miles, Hancock mm… is missing)
+Bowie, Zeppelin, Sabbath... loads more I could have considered. After all it's the 1970's. I couldn't decide on which Morricone, but he should have been on a such a list made by me.
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Only artists not represented in the archives (which is why non prog by Garbarek, Miles, Hancock mm… is missing). Maybe something like this:

Don Cherry - Brown Rice/Don Cherry
Brigitte Fontaine & Art Ensemble of Chicago - Comme à la Radio
Alice Coltrane featuring Pharoah Sanders - Journey in Satchidananda
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate
Joni Mitchell - Court & Spark (but it could be a handful of others by her)
McCoy Tyner - Asante
Minnie Riperton - Come to My Garden
Herbie Mann - Stone Flute
Linda Perhacs - Parallelograms
Selda - Selda
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
Mal Waldron - Tokyo Bound
Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On
Thin Lizzy - Vagabonds of the Western World
Egisto Macchi - Voix
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I don't know what non-prog is, but I could choose to go by artists who are not on PA:

Abba - Arrival
The Clash - London Calling
Dire Straits - Dire Straits
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Gnags - Burhøns
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
C.V. Jørgensen - Storbyens små oaser
Carole King - Tapestry
Kim Larsen - Værsgo
Iggy Pop - The Idiot
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Sebastian - Tiderne Skifter
Sods - Minutes to Go
Cornelis Vreeswijk - Spring mot Ulla - Spring! Cornelis sjunger Bellman
Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
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Savage Rose - Dødens Triumf

As you probably can imagine, I have this album in my collection and am quite fond of it as well.
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Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Milton Nascimento & Lo Borges - Clube da Esquina
Sun Ra - Lanquidity
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Zuma
Tim Maia - Racional Vol 1
The Stooges - Raw Power
Kim Larsen - Værsgo’
Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life
Fela Kuti - Zombie
Sly & The Family Stone - There’s A Riot Going On
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance
Keith Jarret - The Köln Concert
Oscar Peterson - The Trio
Talking Heads - Fear Of Music
Savage Rose - Dødens Triumf
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Albums with vocals:

1. J.Geils Band: Monkey Island
2. UFO: Lights Out
3. Fleetwood Mac: Tusk
4. UFO: Obsession
5. Simon & Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water
6. The Cars: s/t
7. Thin Lizzy: Bad Reputation
8. Thin Lizzy: Fighting
9. Aerosmith: Get Your Wings
10. Bob Seger: Night Moves

Albums WITHOUT vocals:

1. Ralph Towner/Gary Burton: Matchbook
2. Chick Corea/Gary Burton: Crystal Silence
3. Enrico Rava: The Plot
4. Jan Garbarek/Bobo Stenson: Witchi-Tai-To
5. Eberhard Weber: Yellow Fields
6. Jean-Luc Ponty: Enigmatic Ocean
7. Gary Burton: Passengers
8. Grant Green: Matador
9. Keith Jarret: Belonging
10. Tony Williams: Believe It
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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Siders from Mars - David Bowie
L.A. Woman - The Doors
Highway to Hell - AC/DC
Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
Band on the Run - Wings
Who's Next - The Who
Trans Europa Express- Kraftwerk
What's Going on - Marvin Gaye
Exile on Main Street - Rolling Stones
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
Darkness in the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen
Ram - Paul McCartney
A Night at the Opera - Queen
Berlin - Lou Reed

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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

ABBA - Arrival (1976)

I've prepared myself for that. Big smile
Yes, knowing me, knowing you, ah-ha, it's no surprise that ABBA is on my list. Wink

that's actually not a bad album. 
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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

ABBA - Arrival (1976)

I've prepared myself for that. Big smile
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

ABBA - Arrival (1976)

I've prepared myself for that. Big smile
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Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Patti Smith Group - Radio Ethiopia

Nice to see this one listed by you as well. Smile
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Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Gerry Rafferty - City to City


Good choice, I forgot about that one. It shows there was a lot more to Gerry Rafferty than just Baker Street.
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ABBA - Arrival (1976)
Bad Company - Straight Shooter (1975)
Blondie - Parallel Lines (1978)
Blue Oyster Cult - Mirrors (1979)
Boston - Boston (1976)
The Eagles - Hotel California (1976)
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (1977)
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On? (1971)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell (1977)
The Pretenders - Pretenders (1979)
Queen - A Night at the Opera (1975)
Rainbow - Rainbow Rising (1976)
Demis Roussos - Forever and Ever (1973)
Grace Slick - Manhole (1974)
Spirit - Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
Al Stewart - Year of the Cat (1976)
Tomita - Snowflakes Are Dancing (1974)
Wishbone Ash - Argus (1972)
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
Neil Young - Harvest (1972)
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It seems I have a list of 24, 9 of which already appear on other lists, so...

15 yet unlisted:

Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda
Eliane Radigue - Chry-ptus
Egberto Gismonti - Academia de Dancas
Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box
Nico - Desertshore
Ovary Lodge - s/t
Fela Kuti - Confusion
Gerry Rafferty - City to City
Egisto Macchi & Zanagoria - Neuro Tensivo
Michael Gregory Jackson - Clarity
Inti-Illimani - Canción para Matar una Culebra
Abba - The Album
Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East
Wire - 154
Lake - s/t

Some that appear on other lists:

Neil Young - Live Rust
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young - Deja Vu
Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
Patti Smith Group - Radio Ethiopia
Al Stewart - Year of the Cat
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run

Out of competition:

Suzanne Ciani - Buchla Concerts 1975 (released 2016)


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One album per artist, excluding any proto-prog or prog-related artists and still I feel bad for leaving some out. Lotsa jazz incoming:

1. Steve Reich - Music For 18 Musicians
2. The Beach Boys - Surf's Up
3. Dave Holland Quartet - Conference Of The Birds
4. Circle - Paris Concert
5. Nina Hagen Band - Nina Hagen Band
6. Elton Dean - Just Us
7. The Police - Reggatta De Blanc
8. Ornette Coleman - Science Fiction
9. Louis Andriessen - De Staat
10. Air - Air Lore
11. John Stevens - Touching On
12. Shirley Scott - One For Me
13. Isao Tomita - Snowflakes Are Dancing
14. Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
15. Feminist Improvising Group - Feminist Improvising Group
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