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Happy The Man-ST
                      -Crafty Hands
Babylon
Miithrandir-For You .....
Cathedral-Stained Glass Stories
Kansas-Song For America
            -Left overture
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

But I wonder how much of the US prog scene was jazz rock/fusion? 

If you mean in the '70s, I'd say there was quite a bit of else but not very much.
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by essexboyinwales essexboyinwales wrote:

Hadn’t realised Jeff Wayne was American (born in America) - can’t think of War Of The Worlds as anything but British!!!


oh good, that's one we can get off our roster Wink


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Originally posted by King Crimson776 King Crimson776 wrote:

Spock's Beard - V
Echolyn - Suffocating the Bloom
Happy the Man - Happy the Man
Kansas - Leftoverture
Return to Forever - Return to Forever
Cathedral - Stained Glass Stories
Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry
Symphony X - The Divine Wings of Tragedy
Thought Chamber - Angular Perceptions
Dream Theater - Images and Words
Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
Enchant - A Blueprint of the World

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Originally posted by essexboyinwales essexboyinwales wrote:

Hadn’t realised Jeff Wayne was American (born in America) - can’t think of War Of The Worlds as anything but British!!!

oh good, that's one we can get off our roster Wink
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Hadn’t realised Jeff Wayne was American (born in America) - can’t think of War Of The Worlds as anything but British!!!
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Neal Morse - One
Spock's Beard - V
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
Kevin Gilbert - The Shaming of the True
Echolyn - Suffocating the Bloom
Happy the Man - Happy the Man
Kansas - Leftoverture
Return to Forever - Return to Forever
Pat Metheny Group - Pat Metheny Group
Cathedral - Stained Glass Stories
Hands - Hands
Mike Keneally - Wooden Smoke
Todd Rundgren's Utopia - Todd Rundgren's Utopia
Djam Karet - Recollection Harvest
Shadowfax - Watercourse Way
Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry
Symphony X - The Divine Wings of Tragedy
Giraffe - The View From Here
Yezda Urfa - Sacred Baboon
Thought Chamber - Angular Perceptions
The Psychedelic Ensemble - The Tale of the Golden King
Lift - Caverns of Your Brain
Glass Hammer - Shadowlands
Rocket Scientists - Revolution Road
Dream Theater - Images and Words
Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
Enchant - A Blueprint of the World
Jeff Wayne - The War of the Worlds
Atlantis Philharmonic - Atlantis Philharmonic


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DT - Images And Words
DT - Scenes From A Memory
DT - Black Clouds And Silver Linings
DT - Octavarium
DT - When Dream And Day Unite
King’s X - Out Of The Silent Planet
King’s X - Gretchen Goes To Nebraska
King’s X - Faith Hope Love
King’s X - King’s X
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Metallica - Master Of Puppets
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But I wonder how much of the US prog scene was jazz rock/fusion? It's funny watching those y/t videos of the Sea Of Tranquility gang trying to make a case for Styx as a prog band. (I mean I don't know but for many in the UK they are only remembered for 'You babe') 
Nordic prog is the new RPI. It's a whole scene of it's own and so many great bands that keep giving.
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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

I would struggle to limit myself down to a hundred of my favorite Nordic progressive music albums.
Ok maybe that was a bit of an exaggeration, but it was to make a point. There's just too much fantastic music to choose from. Boo-hoo there's far too much exellence in my music collection. It seems I have gotten myself a genuine first world problem.
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Some recent ones include:

Glass Hammer - "Arise" 

Colin Carter - "Tracks In Space"

Seek them out! 
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Originally posted by moshkito moshkito wrote:

Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Favourite US progressive music albums?
Hi,

There are too many to consider, in my book,
I'm gonna have to agree with Moshkito here

All progressive music... that includes my whole jazz collection - and much, much more. There's 40 million people living in California alone. That's 13 million more people than all of the Nordic countries combined. And I would struggle to limit myself down to a hundred of my favorite Nordic progressive music albums.
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Originally posted by progaardvark progaardvark wrote:

Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by progaardvark progaardvark wrote:

During the making of this list, my nose popped off my face. It went outside and sniffed some leaves, then rolled around in the laundry room. By the time I made to the Z bands, it returned back to my face, albeit upside down and filled with leaves. I will begin tissuing procedures immediately.
And your favourites are? Big smile
All of those I listed are my favorites. I don't know exactly how many US prog albums I own, but I estimate that list is about 25% of them.

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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by progaardvark progaardvark wrote:

During the making of this list, my nose popped off my face. It went outside and sniffed some leaves, then rolled around in the laundry room. By the time I made to the Z bands, it returned back to my face, albeit upside down and filled with leaves. I will begin tissuing procedures immediately.

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All of those I listed are my favorites. I don't know exactly how many US prog albums I own, but I estimate that list is about 25% of them.
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Queensryche- Rage for Order
Fates Warning- No Exit
Santana - Caravanserai
Kansas - Leftoverture
Dream Theater-Awake
Cathedral -Stained Glass Stories
Happy the Man - Crafty Hands
The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
Discipline - Unfolded Like Staircase
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14           Coltrane, John  A Love Supreme              USA       1964     

14           Santana               Caravanserai     USA       1972     

14           Spirit     The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus   USA       1970     

13           Buckley, Tim      Starsailor             USA       1970     

13           Coltrane, Alice  Ptah, the El Daoud          USA       1970        

13           Davis, Miles       Bitches Brew     USA       1970     

13           Espers  Espers USA       2003     

13           Espers  II             USA       2006     

13           Hendrix, Jimi     Electric Ladyland              USA       1968     

13           Jefferson Airplane          Crown of Creation          USA       1968     

13           Mingus, Charles               Black Saint & The Sinner Lady    USA       1963     

13           Return to Forever           Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy     USA       1973

13           Riley, Terry         A Rainbow in Curved Air              USA       1969     

13           Santana               Borboletta          USA       1974     

13           Tyner, McCoy   Asante USA       1970     

13           Tyner, McCoy   Sahara USA       1972     

13           Washington, Kamasi      The Epic               USA       2015     

13           Zappa, Frank     Waka / Jawaka USA       1972     

13           Zappa, Frank / The Mothers of Invention            The Grand Wazoo           USA       1972     

12           Allman Brothers Band, The         At Fillmore East                USA       1971     

12           Baku Llama         Eris         USA       2007     

12           Buckley, Tim      Happy / Sad       USA       1968

12           Buckley, Tim      Lorca     USA       1969     

12           Byrd, Donald     Ethiopian Knights            USA       1971     

12           Chango      Chango                USA       1975        

12           Chicago Transit Authority            Chicago Transit Authority            USA       1969     

12           Coltrane, John  Impressions       USA       1961                      

12           Coltrane, John  First Meditations             USA       1965     

12           Coltrane, John  Transition           USA       1965     

12           Coryell, Larry     Barefoot Boy     USA       1971     

12           Coryell, Larry     Offering              USA       1972     

12           Creedence Clearwater Revival  Bayou Country USA       1969     

12           Davis, Miles       In A Silent Way                 USA       1969

12           Davis, Miles       A Tribute to Jack Johnson           USA       1971     

12           Doors, The         L.A.Woman        USA       1971     

12           Evans, Gil            The Individualism of Gil Evans   USA       1964     

12           Gale, Eddie        Eddie Gale's Ghetto Music         USA       1968     

12           H.P. Lovecraft   Live May 11, 1968            USA       1968     

12           Hancock, Herbie              Crossings            USA       1972     

12           Hancock, Herbie              Sextant                USA       1973     

12           Jefferson Airplane          Surrealistic Pillow            USA       1967                      

12           Journey               Journey               USA       1975     

12           Kravitz, Lenny   Let Love Rule    USA       1990     

12           Lynyrd Skynyrd      Pronounced leh-nerd skin-nerd              USA       1973     

12           Meat Loaf           Bat Out of Hell USA       1977     

12           Moondog           A New Sound of an Old Instrument       USA       1979   

12           P.G. Six The Well of Memory     USA       2004     

12           Pearls Before Swine      The Use of Ashes            USA       1970     

12           Phish     Slip, Stitch, and Pass      USA       1997     

12           Quicksilver Messenger Service Quicksilver Messenger Service                 USA       1968     

12           Red Hot Chili Peppers   Blood Sugar Sex Magik USA       1991         

12           Santana               Santana               USA       1969     

12           Santana               Abraxas               USA       1970     

12           Santana               Santana (aka III)              USA       1971                 

12           Smith, Lonnie Liston / Cosmic Echoes    Astral Travelling               USA       1973     

12           Spirit     Clear     USA       1969     

12           SRC        SRC        USA       1968     

12           Sweet Smoke   Just a Poke         USA       1970         

12           Talking Heads    Stop Making Sense        USA       1984                      

12           Trees Speak       Ohms    USA       2020        

12           Van Halen           Van Halen           USA       1978     

12           Vanilla Fudge    Renaissance      USA       1968

12           Violent Femmes              Violent Femmes              USA       1983     

12           Walker, Ryley    Primrose Green               USA       2015     

12           Woven Hand     Mosaic USA       2006     

12           Zappa, Frank     Hot Rats              USA       1969     

12           Zorn, John / Electric Masada      At the Mountains of Madness USA       2005

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Originally posted by progaardvark progaardvark wrote:

During the making of this list, my nose popped off my face. It went outside and sniffed some leaves, then rolled around in the laundry room. By the time I made to the Z bands, it returned back to my face, albeit upside down and filled with leaves. I will begin tissuing procedures immediately.

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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

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Frank Zappa - Hot Rats  (1969) 

Miles Davis - Bitches Brew  (1970)

Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire  (1973)

Djam Karet - Reflections From The Firepool  (1989) 

Grails – Burning of Impurities  (2007)

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Hi,

There are too many to consider, in my book, and I could never exclude The Doors, or even The Grateful Dead, Spirit, It's a Beautiful Day ... and even Jefferson Airplane. If you have not heard the remastered first and second album by TGD, they feature the long cuts that were what all the bootlegs were about for many years, which made TGD very famous for allowing folks to record off their board, and never did they complaint about it. It was a love fest! Something that I'm not sure the progressive folks can relate to. Music for the sake of its beauty ... nothing else, and everyone could share it and experience it!

I keep thinking that CHICAGO deserves to be listed ... they had too many great things in the first 4 or 5 albums that were very special and still sound magnificent ... we just don't listen to it, I guess, because we think that brass doesn't fit in progressive music! I would think that TVU deserves to be mentioned as well, but I don't know, or think that their material is exactly progressive at all ... it is very "personal", but not quite progressive, though they made their mark and fame because they were in NY and sold big in a huge area with the population to distort the likes, and sales, of a lot of music.

There are many more I did not mention, and I find it strange that the Al Kooper and some of those blends in the late 60's are not heard or considered, as some of them probably should be considered "progressive" for its inventiveness at the time ... 

Later, I think that the USA took the cake. Just seeing Frank, Miles and John Mc listed is a perfect example of how much great music was in America, and very progressive. What I think we miss, or don't get is that America is huge, and sort of like 4 or 5 countries compared to Europe ... so different things from the East Coast as compared to the West Coast are pretty obvious ... and btw, this is most visible in the studies of electronic music in America in the 60's when the West Coast stuff was considered free form and wide open, and the East Coast stuff was thought to be more "composed" .... both standards apply though very different.
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Far Corner - Risk
Redfearn, Alec K. & The Eyesores - Sister Death
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Of Natural History
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - In Glorious Times
Zappa, Frank - Hot Rats
5uu's - Hunger's Teeth
Davis, Miles - Bitches Brew
Hancock, Herbie - Crossings
Jack O' The Clock - All My Friends
Mr. Bungle - California
Thinking Plague - Decline and Fall
Thinking Plague - Hoping Against Hope
Upsilon Acrux - Sun Square Dialect
Weiss, Dan - Starebaby
Zorn, John / Electric Masada - At the Mountains of Madness
Secret Chiefs 3 - Book M
Secret Chiefs 3 - Book of Horizons
Bent Knee - Shiny Eyed Babies
Swans - The Seer
Ut Gret - Ancestors Tale
Zevious - Passing Through the Wall


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