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    Posted: April 10 2004 at 12:27
Related to the most representative prog track: Imagine now you are a record producer working in a very important label, and you must edit one cd (between sixty or seventy minutes) named "The Golden Prog Album", including the best prog music ever, trying to capture not only prog buyers. You can make it putting excerpts or complete songs in, but you can lose your job if you don't do it in the right way  ... Which could be the tracks?
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 Great concept! Well, some history first, via Crimson, Genesis, Yes, Giant, ELP, Tull, etc.

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Points: 1338 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 10 2004 at 12:54
how about some protoprog by way of introduction to get a sense of history.may i suggest as one of many tracks "in a Gadda Da Vida by Iron Butterfly".i AM SURE OTHERS WOULD BE ABLE TO THINK OF OTHER INTERESTING SUGGESTIONS
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What about this?: Catherine of Aragon (Wakeman), After the Ordeal (Genesis), Ice (Camel), excerpt from At the Gates of Delirium (Yes), excerpt from Awaken (Yes), excerpt from Tarkus (ELP), Refugees (VDGG), Starless (KC), La Luna Nuova (PFM), Song of the Dwarfs (Par Lindh), excerpt from The Cathedral (Par Lindh), Sylvia (Focus), Shining (After Crying), Nantalomba (Abraxas). 
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Points: 28059 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 10 2004 at 14:41
I like Marcelo's choices very much although I would open with the 'Welcome Back My Friends' refrain from Karn Evil 9 by ELP and finish with 'Los Endos' by Genesis
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A very difficult task, considering all the great prog bands. But if we focus on the main ones, it would be the following selection :

1. King Crimson's "I talk to the wind" [beautiful flute by Ian McDonald](1969)

2. ELP's "Pirates" [one of the best ELP epic track] (197?)

3. Genesis' "Seven stones" (1970)

4. Yes' "Turn of the century" (1977)

5. Jethro Tull's "Foot of our stairs" [with Ian playing the saxophone] (1974)

6. Happy The Man's "While chrome yellow shine" [the most beautiful track ever recorded by this band] (1979)

7. Camel's "Hymn to her" [once again with Kit Watkins on the keyboards] (1979)

8. Saga's "The writing" [fabulous vocals and excellent drumming]

9. Sagrado Coraçao da Terra's "Ovniana" [a very Yes-influenced track](2000)

10. Dream Theater's "Losing time/Grand finale" (2002)

11. Rush's "Mystic rhythms" [ethno-synth-pop-prog] (1985)

12. Marillion's "Beaujolais day" [great vocals] (1987)

13. IQ's "The guiding light" (2000)

14. Renaissance's "The captive heart" (1977)

15. Dixie Dregs' "Assembly line" [great jazz-fusion instrumental](1982)

 

This would be a very nice compilation.
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Honestly, I don't think it's possible. If we were to choose 60 minutes of prog, we would do injustice to another 20 hours of music. therefore, unless we were making a 20 cd set, it would be nearly impossible to choose a CD that represents the 'best of prog'. It's just like searching every supermarket in the world for the freshest orange: it just can't be done.
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Originally posted by lucas lucas wrote:

A very difficult task, considering all the great prog bands. But if we focus on the main ones, it would be the following selection :

1. King Crimson's "I talk to the wind" [beautiful flute by Ian McDonald](1969)

2. ELP's "Pirates" [one of the best ELP epic track] (197?)

3. Genesis' "Seven stones" (1970)

4. Yes' "Turn of the century" (1977)

5. Jethro Tull's "Foot of our stairs" [with Ian playing the saxophone] (1974)

6. Happy The Man's "While chrome yellow shine" [the most beautiful track ever recorded by this band] (1979)

7. Camel's "Hymn to her" [once again with Kit Watkins on the keyboards] (1979)

8. Saga's "The writing" [fabulous vocals and excellent drumming]

9. Sagrado Coraçao da Terra's "Ovniana" [a very Yes-influenced track](2000)

10. Dream Theater's "Losing time/Grand finale" (2002)

11. Rush's "Mystic rhythms" [ethno-synth-pop-prog] (1985)

12. Marillion's "Beaujolais day" [great vocals] (1987)

13. IQ's "The guiding light" (2000)

14. Renaissance's "The captive heart" (1977)

15. Dixie Dregs' "Assembly line" [great jazz-fusion instrumental](1982)

 

This would be a very nice compilation.

Great list, but you're forgetting Gentle Giant, one of the best bands in the world ever, IMO!
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Originally posted by Joren Joren wrote:

Originally posted by lucas lucas wrote:

A very difficult task, considering all the great prog bands. But if we focus on the main ones, it would be the following selection :

1. King Crimson's "I talk to the wind" [beautiful flute by Ian McDonald](1969)

2. ELP's "Pirates" [one of the best ELP epic track] (197?)

3. Genesis' "Seven stones" (1970)

4. Yes' "Turn of the century" (1977)

5. Jethro Tull's "Foot of our stairs" [with Ian playing the saxophone] (1974)

6. Happy The Man's "While chrome yellow shine" [the most beautiful track ever recorded by this band] (1979)

7. Camel's "Hymn to her" [once again with Kit Watkins on the keyboards] (1979)

8. Saga's "The writing" [fabulous vocals and excellent drumming]

9. Sagrado Coraçao da Terra's "Ovniana" [a very Yes-influenced track](2000)

10. Dream Theater's "Losing time/Grand finale" (2002)

11. Rush's "Mystic rhythms" [ethno-synth-pop-prog] (1985)

12. Marillion's "Beaujolais day" [great vocals] (1987)

13. IQ's "The guiding light" (2000)

14. Renaissance's "The captive heart" (1977)

15. Dixie Dregs' "Assembly line" [great jazz-fusion instrumental](1982)

 

This would be a very nice compilation.

Great list, but you're forgetting Gentle Giant, one of the best bands in the world ever, IMO!

OK for GG's music, but the vocals...
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Points: 8548 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 13 2004 at 17:20

Once again Glass-Prison has hit the nail on the head

I couldn´t do it, I´d end up with an ulcer  trying to choose what to include and not

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Points: 177 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 14 2004 at 17:20

WHAT????

we might need a 4 record set to prove that, and in any case no one would ever buy it, because it might feature 10 songs at all  and cost a lot of money

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how true, there'd be about five or six 15 min long tunes on each CD.

Not exactly a comprehensive coverage of the genre...

Oh hell, here goes, anyway.

1. KC - 21st century schizoid man

2. Van Der Graaf - Killer or Man-Erg (can't decide)

3. Gentle Giant - Knots

4. Pink Floyd - Time

5. Rush - Xanadu

6. Dream Theater - Erotomania

7. Frank Zappa - My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama

8. Focus - Hocus Pocus

9. Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery

and CD 2 ...

1. Genesis - Firth of Fifth

2. Camel - Lady Fantasy

3. Pink Floyd - Sheep

4. Yes - Starship Trooper or Perpetual Change or Heart of the Sunrise

5. The Flower Kings - In the Eyes of the World

6. Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin

7. ELP - Toccata

CD 3...

1. Dream Theater - The Ytse Jam

2. Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Meeting of the Spirits

3. Caravan - something cool, I'm not that familiar with the band

4. Manfred Mann - Blinded By The Light (It's not quite prog, but still cool)

5. Spock's Beard - Go The Way You Go

6. ELP - Knife Edge or Lucky Man

7. Symphony X - Church of the Machine

8. Rush - YYZ

9. King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
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Points: 401 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 14 2004 at 20:00

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