Symphonic Prog U.S. Bands with 1 70's Album

I'm just sharing the list for those who may be interested.  I made it mostly out of curiosity, but sometimes I like to collect music samples based on specific countries/categories of music style. The list could also potentially provide material for a themed radio show in the future. I've only heard three of the listed albums (from Albatross, Cathedral, and Lift--all of them excellent).

No need to post your own list. Perhaps just comment on: your favorites, any bands/details I may have missed, other things you may know and/or like/dislike about the bands, etc.

Here's the list (alphabetical order):

Band	Album	Year	Location	Note
Albatross	Albatross	1976	Rockford, IL
Astre	Foresight	1981	Tulsa, OK	Formed in 1978
Atlantis Philharmonic	Atlantis Philharmonic	1974	Cleveland, OH	Also have a 2008 recording
Axecraft	Dancing Madly Backward	1974	Los Angeles, CA
Babylon	Babylon	1978	St. Petersburg, FL	Another album in 1981(?, under the name “Helicopter”); couple live albuums too.
Brimstone	Paper Winged Dreams	1973	Canton, OH
Cathedral	Stained Glass Stories	1978	Long Island, NY	(also recorded an album in the 2000's)
Chakra	Chakra	1979	Huntington Beach, FL
Earthrise	Earthrise	1978	New Jersey	(also recorded an album in 2017 after regrouping)
Ethos	Ardour	1976	Forth Wayne, IN	Another 70's album too, highly rated stuff
Fireballet	Night On Bald Mountain	1975	New Jersey	Also a 1976 album “Two, Too”, higher rated
Harlequin Mass	Harlequin Mass	1978	Portland, OR
Hot Flash	First Attack!! They'll Never Take Us Alive	1977	Boston, MA
Jack Intveld	I'll Sing Of Life	1978	Minneapolis, MN
Lift	Caverns of Your Brain	1977	New Orleans, LA
Load, The	Praise The Load	1976	Columbus, OH	And another higher rated album in 1977: Load Have Mercy
Netherworld	In the Following Half-Light (Netherworld)	1981	??	Band started in 1975
Quill	Sursum Corda	1977	??
Surprise	Assault on Merryland	1977	St. Louis, MO

Harlequin Mass - Harlequin Mass

Babylon's self-titled debut release from 1978 is one of my all-time favorite Neo Prog albums (and perhaps one of the very first to earn that subgenre's inclusion. I mean, if one doesn't hear the Peter Gabriel Genesis and Peter Hammill VDGG in those four songs, one doesn't know their "classic" prog!)

Don't think I know any of the others! I've got some work to do! (Oh, goodie!)

 

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: The original list is missing Mirthrandir, Easter Island, Polyphony, Ram, Pentwater, Yezda Urfa and maybe a few others. Also, Ethos had two albums in the 70s.

The list only includes bands that are classified as Symphonic Prog on PA; the ones you mentioned are mostly Eclectic prog (but I love Yezda Urfa and Polyphony).

  Ethos having a second 70's albums is already mentioned in the notes column.