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    Posted: October 17 2005 at 08:42

Just borrowed this triple CD from my local library (hotbed of prog so it seems, also got Gong Live in Sherwood forest '75).

Heard nearly everything on the CD (apart from Rare Bird?) but couldn't resist getting it out. I know its not going to appeal to all here, but it starts & ends with VdGG, contains MAN, Egg,  Atomic Rooster, Caravan, Kevin Ayers & Hawkwind so just had to get it. 

reassuring to see that CDs like this are about and local libraries in cultural backwaters stock them as well.

 

 Disc: 1

1. Theme 1 - Van Der Graaf Generator
2. Dancing With The Moonlit Knight - Genesis
3. Roundabout - Yes
4. Joybringer - Manfred Mann’s Earthband
5. Back Street Luv - Curved Air
6. Silver Machine - Hawkwind
 7. Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull
8. Hocus Pocus - Focus
9. Hoedown - Emerson, Lake and Palmer
10. Tomorrow Night - Atomic Rooster
11. Child In Time - Deep Purple
12. Valentyne Suite - Colosseum
Disc: 2
1. Here Comes The Flood - Peter Gabriel
2. Tubular Bells (Part 1) (Edit) - Mike Oldfield
3. Winter Wine - Caravan
4. May I? - Kevin Ayers & The Whole World
5. Sympathy - Rare Bird
6. A Salty Dog - Procol Harum
 7. Mocking Bird - Barclay James Harvest
8. Which Way The Wind Blows - Anthony Phillips with Mike Rutherford & Phil Collins
9. Lucky Man - Emerson, Lake And Palmer
10. In Every Dream Home A Heartache - Roxy Music
11. 10538 Overture - Electric Light Orchestra
12. Mumps - Hatfield & The North
Disc: 3
1. Peaches En Regalia - Frank Zappa
2. Rhayader (From The Snow Goose) - Camel
3. Pantagruel’s Nativity - Gentle Giant
4. Germ Patrol - Egg
5. O Caroline - Matching Mole
6. Bedside Manners Are Extra - Greenslade
 7. Meditation Of The Snake - Steve Hillage
8. Spectral Mornings - Steve Hackett
9. Ships In The Night - Be Bop Deluxe
10. Keep On Crinting - Man
11. Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers - Van Der Graaf Generator
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Points: 21618 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 17 2005 at 08:46

How got Child in Time sneaked in there?

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Points: 3928 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 17 2005 at 11:44

It's great that this album did bring prog to the masses, and for me was ample proof that Roxy Music and Deep Purple were very progressive early on as they fit in perfectly with the rest of the album.

However, the hits selected by Curved Air, Hawkwind, ELP, Atomic Rooster and Rare Bird were over-used on compilations, and for me ELO stuck out like a sore thumb- theirs was the most boring song on it...

Despite that, it's great to have Man, Egg, Matching Mole, Steve Hillage and Kevin Ayers on it, amongst the more famous names.
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Points: 20033 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 18 2005 at 07:32

I got this when it came out. I had to go back to our local Woolies because it had sold out the first time I went. Didn't realise there were so many prog fans in Essex.

Overall it's pretty good, I like the idea of a 20-minute epic at the end of each CD.

Some of the selections are a bit bizarre (how the hell did ELO get on here?) and some could have been a bit more imaginative (Hocus Pocus, Mocking Bird).

Why have ELP got 2 tracks? And what happened to Pink Floyd?
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Points: 3254 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 18 2005 at 07:43

i got this triple cd too...its great that they included the whole valentyne suite and a plague of lighthouse keepers

as for king crimson and pink floyd not added i dont think it was because they where forgotten...but perhaps they did not get KC or PF permission or sumthing
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