'78 studio albums by acts w/ a 70 or earlier debut

Some good albums there.  First time I have seen the wonderful Alan Stivell in a prog archives poll.  I first saw him live in the early 80s, and he reminded me of Pierre Moerlen's Gong - which brings me to the overlooked 'Expresso II'...

Jethro Tull

Not heard all of these albums, but was listening to Heavy Horses only the other day. Great album and got my vote.

None of these. I prefer UK (UK), Steve Hackett (please don't touch) or Ange (Guet-apens)

Dopeydoc wrote: None of these. I prefer UK (UK), Steve Hackett (please don't touch) or Ange (Guet-apens)

I only intended "other" for ones that already had released a studio album no later than 1970.

None of those had released its first studio album by 1970 according to my research. Ange, which I really like as well, was formed in 1969, but didn't release Caricatures unti1 1972. UK was formed in 1977 and that 1978 UK album was its debut. Steve Hackett's "solo" debut didn't come out until 1975.

There are many albums I love from 1978 in Prog categories, but not many of those artists/bands had released their first studio album no later than the year 1970. I deliberately set-out to limit the relevant entries (the criteria as laid out in my first post). If there were based on albums I like in PA from 1978, then the listing would be quite different.

Some of my favourites from that year that don't fit the criteria:

Andre Fertier's Clivage - Mixtus Orbis
Klaus Schulze - X
Bubu - Anabelas
National Health - Of Queues and Cures
Widorje - Weidorje
Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
The Residents - Not Available and Duck Stab / Buster & Glen
Area - 1978 - Gli Dei Se Ne Vanno, Gli Arrabbiati Restano!
Conrad Schnitzler - Ballet Statique
Carol of Harvest - Carol of Harvest
Eden - Erwartung
etc.

Were it open to any Prog Category studio album from 1978, then I'd go with Mixtus Orbis and the Bubu is terrific.

Edited by Logan - July 05 2020 at 14:24

Jethro Tull takes this easily imo, but Frank Zappa and Jean-Luc Ponty had very nice releases that year as well.

I voted other because it's a tough choice poll 

Logan wrote: ^ I like and have that album in my collection (listed as 1979 at some sites like PA,but 1978 in the Sinx bio, and Discogs, and 1978 at others -- it had at least been recorded by 1978). I wouldn't have included it, though, because, Sfinx studio debut album came later than 1970 according to my research -- Lume Alba was released in 1975. The band was formed in the 60s I read.

Logan wrote: Cristi wrote: Logan wrote: ^ I like and have that album in my collection (listed as 1979 at some sites like PA,but 1978 in the Sinx bio, and Discogs, and 1978 at others -- it had at least been recorded by 1978). I wouldn't have included it, though, because, Sfinx studio debut album came later than 1970 according to my research -- Lume Alba was released in 1975. The band was formed in the 60s I read. They started releasing singles in the early 70s. There weren't that many full length albums being released those days, not even the 70s. It was even worse in the 80s. So beside those two 70s albums and one album in the 80s, Sfinx released some singles, participated in whatever split albums Electrecord was doing (compilations), even did a song for a movie soundtrack.  Sure, and I'm happy for other 1978 albums that don't meet the criteria as set out in my first post to be mentioned, but I just wanted to mention, as I told Dopeydoc a few posts up, that "other" in the poll is intended for acts that not only released a studio album in 1978, but also had released a studio album no later than 1970. I and others have done other 1978 album polls, but I wanted to set further limits on what would be applicable for this topic. I guess it might help if people mention the year of the acts earliest studio album release as well as the 1978 release if not in my poll (all of those I listed in the poll have a studio release from 1970 and/or earlier). Dunno know why I'm interested in that, but mostly it's just to do it differently from other 1978 album polls. Oh and it did help me to limit my selection of choices (I wanted to limit the "other" choices further). 1970 has some significance to me.