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    Posted: June 07 2009 at 15:32
Below please find a playlist of proto-prog for the year 1967. Please fill in any blanks you find - any '67 song you think may have contributed to the development of prog.
 
 

Song                                   Recorded/Released           Artist                                  Style

(Carnival Of Light              Jan '67/unreleased               Beatles)
Nick's Boogie                    Jan '67/'99                          Pink Floyd
A Day in the Life                Jan/June '67                        Beatles                               

Only a Northern Song        Feb '67/Jan '69                   Beatles

I Don't Live Today             Feb/May '67                      Jimi Hendrix

Being for the Benefit of..     Feb-March/June '67           Beatles

A Whiter Shade of Pale     March?/May '67                  Procol Harum

Lucy in the Sky With…      March/June '67                   Beatles

Within You Without You    March-April/June '67          Beatles

Are You Experienced?       April/May '67                     Jimi Hendrix

Lady Friend                       April/July '67                       Byrds

Astronomy Domine            April/Aug '67                      Pink Floyd

Dropout Boogie                 April/Sept '67                     Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band

Electricity                           April/Sept '67                     Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band

Abba Zaba                        April/Sept '67                     Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band

It's All Too Much               May '67/Jan '69                  Beatles

Baby You're a Rich Man    May/July '67                       Beatles

Tiny Goddess                     ?/July '67                             Nirvana

Sunshine of Your Love       May/Nov '67                       Cream

Dance the Night Away       May/Nov '67                       Cream

Tales of Brave Ulysses       May/Nov '67                       Cream

We're Going Wrong           May/Nov '67                       Cream

You Know My Name (...)  May-June '67, April '69/Mar '70       Beatles

Pow R. Toc H.                  Feb-June/Aug '67               Pink Floyd

Interstellar Overdrive         Feb-June/Aug '67               Pink Floyd

Strange Days                      Feb-Aug/Sept '67              Doors

When the Music's Over      Feb-Aug/Sept '67               Doors

Bang Bang                          ?/Aug '67                          Vanilla Fudge

Stra (Illusions of My Childhood, Pt. 1)/You Keep Me Hangin' ...     ?/Aug '67 Vanilla Fudge

Old John Robertson           June/July '67                       Byrds

Fall Breaks and Back to..   June/Sept '67                      Beach Boys

She's Goin' Bald                 June/Sept '67                      Beach Boys

Vegetables                         June/Sept '67                      Beach Boys

Little Pad                            June/Sept '67                     Beach Boys

Wonderful                          June/Sept '67                      Beach Boys

Conquistador                      June? '67/Jan '68                Procol Harum

Repent Walpurgis               June? '67/Jan '68                Procol Harum

Homburg                            June?/Oct '67                     Procol Harum

Shine on Brightly                 June? '67/1997                   Procol Harum

My White Bicycle                June?/July '67                    Tomorrow

Revolution                          July?/Aug? ’67                   Tomorrow

The Incredible Journey…   ? ‘67/Feb ’68                     Tomorrow

Now Your Time Has…      ? ‘67/Feb ’68                     Tomorrow

Burning of the Midnight..    July '67/Aug '67                  Jimi Hendrix

Love and Beauty                July/Sept '67                       Moody Blues

Rael 1                                July/Dec '67                       Who

Rael 2                                July/Dec '67                       Who

2000 Light Years from…   July/Dec ’67                                 Rolling Stones

Beechwood Park                June-Aug '67/April '68       Zombies

Brief Candles                     June-Aug '67/April '68       Zombies

Hung Up on a Dream         June-Aug '67/April '68       Zombies

Butcher's Tale (Western..)  June-Aug '67/April '68       Zombies

Time of the Season             June-Aug '67/April '68       Zombies

Wings of Love                    July?/Oct? '67                   Nirvana

Lonely Boy                         July?/Oct? '67                   Nirvana

In the Courtyard of the…   July?/Oct? '67                    Nirvana

Pentecost Hotel                  July?/Oct? '67                   Nirvana

Take This Hand                  July?/Oct? '67                   Nirvana

Life Ain't Easy                   ?/? '67                                Nirvana

The Red Telephone            June-Sept/Nov '67             Love

Private Sorrow                   mid-late '67/Dec '68           Pretty Things
Balloon Burning                  mid-late '67/Dec '68           Pretty Things
Death                                 mid-late '67/Dec '68           Pretty Things
Well Of Destiny                  mid-late '67/Dec '68           Pretty Things
Defecting Grey                   mid-late '67/Dec '68           Pretty Things
Talkin' About The Good...  mid-late '67/Dec '68           Pretty Things

That's How Much I Love.. Aug?/Nov '67                     H.P. Lovecraft

Let's Get Together              Aug?/Nov '67                    H.P. Lovecraft

The White Ship                   Aug?/Nov '67                    H.P. Lovecraft

Save Yourself                     ? '67/2001                         Soft Machine

Lullaby Letter                     ? '67/2001                         Soft Machine

Bossa Nova Express          Sept '67/2006                    Soft Machine

Hope for Happiness           Sept '67/2006                    Soft Machine

Disorganisation                   Sept '67/2006                    Soft Machine

I Should've Known            Sept '67/2006                    Soft Machine

Why Are We Sleeping?      Sept '67/2006                    Soft Machine

I Can See for Miles            Sept/Oct '67                      Who

I Am the Walrus                 Sep/Nov '67                      Beatles

Blue Jay Way                     Sep/Dec '67                      Beatles

Flying                                 Sep/Dec '67                      Beatles

Veruska                              Sept '67/1996                    Spirit

Sing This All Together (.)    Feb-Oct/Dec ’67               Rolling Stones

Gomper                             Feb-Oct/Dec ’67                Rolling Stones

A Small Package of Value  June-Oct/Nov ’67               Jefferson Airplane

Spare Chaynge                  June-Oct/Nov ’67                Jefferson Airplane

Who Needs the Peace…    Aug-Oct '67/March '68       Frank Zappa

Mom & Dad                       Aug-Oct '67/March '68       Frank Zappa

Absolutely Free                  Aug-Oct '67/March '68       Frank Zappa

Flower Punk                       Aug-Oct '67/March '68       Frank Zappa

Mother People                    Aug-Oct '67/March '68       Frank Zappa

The Chrome Plated Mega   Aug-Oct '67/March '68       Frank Zappa

Hall of the Mountain…       Oct '67/1994                       Who

Lunch Break: Peak Hour    Oct/Nov '67                        Moody Blues

The Afternoon: Forever..    Oct/Nov '67                        Moody Blues

The Night: Nights in…        Oct/Nov '67                        Moody Blues

Here We Go 'Round the..   ?/Nov '67                            Traffic

Heaven Is in Your Mind     ?/Dec '67                             Traffic

No Face, No Name, No…  ?/Dec '67                           Traffic

Giving to You                    ?/Dec '67                             Traffic

Hole in My Shoe                ?/Dec '67                             Traffic

Rondo                               ?/Dec '67                             Nice

War and Peace                  ?/Dec '67                             Nice

Tantalising Maggie             ?/Dec '67                             Nice

Dawn                                ?/Dec '67                             Nice

If Not This Time               ?/Dec ’67                             Fifty Foot Hose

Fantasy                             ?/Dec ’67                             Fifty Foot Hose

Cauldron                           ?/Dec ’67                             Fifty Foot Hose

Possession                         Oct '67/Jan '68                    Iron Butterfly

You Can't Win                   Oct '67/Jan '68                    Iron Butterfly

So-Lo                                Oct '67/Jan '68                    Iron Butterfly

Fields of Sun                     Oct '67/Jan '68                     Iron Butterfly

Iron Butterfly Theme         Oct '67/Jan '68                      Iron Butterfly

On Tomorrow                   Oct-Nov '67/? '99               Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band

Flower Pot                        Oct-Nov '67/? '99               Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band

Dirty Blue Gene                 Oct-Nov '67/? '99               Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band

Korn Ring Finger               Oct-Nov '67/? '99               Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band

Fresh-Garbage                   Nov '67/Jan '68                   Spirit

Mechanical World              Nov '67/Jan '68                   Spirit

Elijah                                  Nov '67/Jan '68                   Spirit

Free Spirit                          Nov '67/Jan '68                   Spirit

Changes                             Nov '67/April '68                Zombies

The American Metaphys    Dec '67/March '68              The United States of America

Hard Coming Love            Dec '67/March '68              The United States of America

The Garden of Earthly…    Dec '67/March '68              The United States of America

Coming Down                    Dec '67/March '68              The United States of America

Love Song for the Dead..   Dec '67/March '68              The United States of America

Shine on Brightly               ? '67?/? '68                          Procol Harum

Skip Softly (My…)           ? '67?/? '68                          Procol Harum

In Held Twas in I:…          ? '67?/? '68                          Procol Harum

EXP                                  ?/? ’67                                 Jimi Hendrix

If 6 Was 9                         ?/? ’67                                 Jimi Hendrix

Flight from Ashiya              ?/? ’67                                 Kaleidoscope

A Lesson Perhaps             ?/? ’67                                 Kaleidoscope

The Sky Children               ?/? ’67                                 Kaleidoscope

H-O-P-P-Why?                ?/? ’67                                 Hapshash & The Coloured Coat

Reborn                              ?/? ’67                                 Group 1850

Mother No-Head              ?/? ’67                                 Group 1850

What Love (Suite)             ? '67?/? '67?                        The Collectors
 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 09 2009 at 09:55
The Stones were proto-prog??
And The Beach Boys!?
And The Animals and Cream and the Bryds??
I'm so confused.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 10 2009 at 04:19
Sir, don't let these bands confuse you. In 1967 you would find a little prog here and there, but at this time more and more expanded to entire songs, not just sections of songs.
 
Their Satanic Majesties Request is heavy on raga and UK psyche (and space rock). You will find that some on this forum see this as proto-prog. Personally I'm undecided, but inclined to say it's not.
 
The Animals to me (again, on selected tracks) represent an early form of US psyche (ala Jefferson Airplane). Again, personally I'm not convinced Jefferson Airplane are proto-prog but they are on PA. The same with the Byrds, but they covered a much wider spectrum of genres (raga, US psyche, space rock) and ought to be on PA.
 
Recall that the list attempts to present all the songs from 1967 that had some progressive flavour. In 1968 I would have to list entire albums. But this is not the case in 1967.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 10 2009 at 04:56

I suggest that you should add at least one track from the debut album of The Collectors, a Canadian gem from 1967 (sometimes dated 1968) that, to my amazement, has only one rating.

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 10 2009 at 06:55
Someone_else, What Love (Suite) is (was) on my playlist for 1968 as I haven't been able to establish when it was recorded or released. I thought for sure it was released in '68 though.
 
You shouldn't by any chance have a reference on that?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 10 2009 at 08:02
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In Wikipedia and allmusic, both 1967 and 1968 are mentioned as years of release. I think that you can choose if you put them on your 1967 or 1968 list (or both). I have not found an exact date of release yet.
 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 10 2009 at 10:27
Oh, okay thanks.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 10 2009 at 22:03
I consider Cream worthy of addition to PA under Proto-Prog as I feel that they made music that would fit the category.  I supported that Rolling Stone's album before but am hardly convinced because I think they were jumping on the psyche bandwagon, and it's not that progressive.

How about a Pärson Sound track

http://www.myspace.com/parsonsound


Maybe "Sov Gott RoseMarie"?

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 21 2009 at 02:43
Don't know if you think it is sacrilegious to say "Light My Fire" from The Doors first album (1967) is proto-prog. For that extended Vox Jaguar organ solo, if nothing else!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 21 2009 at 05:37
I put Light My Fire and other material from the Door's debut album on the '66 playlist since it was recorded in August 1966. I have attempted to list the songs chronologically by recording date. It was released in January 1967.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 23 2009 at 09:29
Sun Ra and Miles Davis would fit well in this list
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 23 2009 at 13:16
 I really don't think the Beach Boys or the Byrds are proto-prog. I agree they were both experimental and influential but proto-prog no way.  Some of the tracks could qualify as Progressive Rock here especially the Beatles "A Day in the Life" and of course tracks by Nice, Procul Harum, and Soft Machine.
 
Is there any recording dates for the Pretty Things S.F Sorrow who are not on the playlist?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2009 at 07:50
Thanks for drawing my attention to S.F. Sorrow, Chelsea.
 
Subsequently added:
 
Private Sorrow                   mid-late '67/Dec '68           Pretty Things
Balloon Burning                  mid-late '67/Dec '68           Pretty Things
Death                                 mid-late '67/Dec '68           Pretty Things
Well Of Destiny                  mid-late '67/Dec '68           Pretty Things
Defecting Grey                   mid-late '67/Dec '68           Pretty Things
Talkin' About The Good...  mid-late '67/Dec '68           Pretty Things


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 26 2009 at 16:35
13th Floor Elevators I would say was important.
 
Would consider them more prog than most of the listed bands


Edited by tamijo - June 26 2009 at 16:39
Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours
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