What 70s prog albums should I buy?

If we're talking purely '70s Prog?  I'd say (not in order necessarily):

Yes – Fragile, Close ot the Edge.  Relayer as well, if it didn’t have that one offkey note in Sound Chaser… (which is like that one note at the end of Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony that every orchestra seems to miss)

King Crimson –  Islands, Lark's Tongue, and Starless are great back to back.  (all of the 40-yr Steve Wilson K.C. re-masters are great)

Emerson Lake & Palmer – 1st album (this one has real purity)

Gentle Giant – Free Hand (or Power or Glass House)

Genesis – Foxtrot, Selling England

Jethro Tull – Thick as a Brick, Minstrel

Moody Blues – On the Threshold of a Dream (yes, the Moody Blues ,get over it)

Frank Zappa - one Size Fits All

Ambrosia - 1st (entitled Ambrosia)

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Also, I have a couple of lists posted on Amazon Listmania...  They are not all prog, not even all rock.  But hey.  maybe you'll find something new here.  I like them anyway

See:
http://www.amazon.com/lm/1BEI849ZSI1AN

and a lot of '60s music that many people think was from the '70s
http://www.amazon.com/lm/R8N8D7RW9DQSX

Signed...
 - A guy who was in college in the early '70s.

Definitely "Remember the Future" from Nektar!

Dellinger wrote: prog4evr wrote: zeqexes wrote: I've recently been getting into prog from the 70s (up until this year I only listened to stuff from the last couple of decades). I've been planning to get Selling England by the Pound by Genesis, and Close to the Edge by Yes. What are some other good ones? Genesis, Yes, ELP, King Crimson:  1970-1977 > Get them ALL... Even since 1969, or else Court of the Crimson King would be missing.

sleeper wrote: This is a list of albums from my collection that I think are all excellent, those in bold I particularly recommend to get first. This covers albums from most of the sub genres. Genesis- Trespass, Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Trick of the Tail, Wind and Wuthering, Selling England ny the Pound Pink Floyd- Atom Heart Mother, Meddle, Dark Side of the Moon, Wish  You Were Here, Animals, The Wall 801- 801Live Alan Sorrenti- Aria Amon Duul II- Yeti Ange- Le Cemetiere des Arlequins, Au Dela Du Delire Area- Caution Radiation Area Art Zoyd- Symphonie Pour Le Jour Ou Bruleront Les Citie, Musique Pour L'Odyssee Audience- The House on the Hill Bacamarte- Depois do Fim (from the 80's but sounds like it came fromthe 70's) Banco Del Mutuo Succorso- Banco Del Mutuo Succorso, Darwin!, Io Sono Nato Libero Bill Bruford- One of a Kind Billy Cobham- Spectrum Black Widow-Sacrifice Brand X- Unorthodox Behaviour Bubu-Anabelas Caravan- Caravan and the New Symphonia, Waterloo Lilly. In the Land of Pink and Gray Colosseum- Valentyne Suite Comus- First Utterance Curved Air- Air Conditioning, Second Album, Phantasmagoria East of Eden- Mercator Projected Egg- The Polite Force Eloy- Ocean, Planets, Dawn, Colours, Mighty Echoes and Silent Cries,  Focus- Hamburger Concerto Frank Zappa- Hot Rats, The Grand Wazoo Gnidrolog- In Spite of Harry's Toenail, Lady Lake Goblin- Roller Gong- Flying Teapot, Angels Egg, You, Shamal Gryphon- Red Queen to Gryphon Three Hatfield and the North- Hatfield and the North, The Rotters Club Il Balletto Di Bronzo- Ys Jan Dukes de Grey- Mice and Rats in the Loft Jethro Tull- Thick as a Brick, Minstrel in the Gallery Khan- Space Shanty King Crimson- In the Court of the Crimson King, Island, Larks Tongues' in Aspic, Red, everything else Le Orme- Uoma di Pezza, Felona e Sorona Locanda Della Fate- Forse Le Lucciole Non Si Amano Piu Mahavishnu Orchestra- Inner Mounting Flame, Birds of Fire Manfred Mann's Earth Band- Nightingales and Bombers Matching Mole- Little Red Record Museo Rosenbach- Zarathustra National Health- Of Queues and Cures Novalsi- Novalis Os Mutantes- O A eo Z Osanna- Palepoli Pavlov's Dog- Pamperd Menial The Pentangle- Basket of Light PFM- Storia di un Minuto, Per un Amico, L'Isola di Niente, Chocolate Kings Quella Vecchia Locanda- Quella Vecchia Locanda, Il Tempo Della Gioia Quiet Sun- Mainstream Renaissance- Turn of the Cards, A Song for All Seasons, Scheherazade and Other Stories, Prologue, Novella, Live at Carnagie Hall Return to Forever- Romantic Warrior Robert Wyatt- Rock Bottom Samla Mammas Mama- Maltid Semiramis- Dedicato e Frazz Soft Machine- The Soft Machine, Vol 2, Third, Fourth Steve Hackett- Voyage of the Acolyte Steve Hillage- Fish Rising Supersister- Present From Nancy Todd Rundgren's Utopia- Utopia UK- UK Universe Zero- Heresie Van der Graaf Generator- The Least We can do is Wave to Each Other; H to He, Who am the Only One; Pawn Hearts, Godbluff, Still Life, World Record Weather Report- Black Market, Heavy Weather

This is the official PA list :

All of them because everyone knows no good prog was made after 1979. 

I've been looking at the PA Top-100 albums that I'm not familiar with.  Listing to Maxophone right now. Certainly seems a very good lesser known classic!

zeqexes wrote: I think at the moment I probably like BOEF more than The Cinema Show. Is there something wrong with me?

My least favourite is actually I Know What I Like although I rarely skip any.

Definitely go for the King Crimson! The first four albums are gold. Red is good, but not as good as the others. Also, Caravan's In the Land of the Grey and Pink is amazing!! Also, don't forget Yes's album Fragile. I honestly think its better than Close to the Edge.

zeqexes wrote: I've recently been getting into prog from the 70s (up until this year I only listened to stuff from the last couple of decades). I've been planning to get Selling England by the Pound by Genesis, and Close to the Edge by Yes. What are some other good ones?

Edited by Kati - January 19 2013 at 16:17