flute in prog

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   Focus - In and Out of Focus (1970)
...  "Focus (Instrumental)"  has one of the greatest flute solos that exist;  not because of the virtuosity,  but because it fits so well with what the band does at the same time.    "House of the King" is outstanding, too. but too short.

Jethro Tull - Thick as A Brick (1972)
... all those distorted flutes,  the overblown flutes, the classically played flutes -  in any case,  the flutes on this album are terrific.

Moody Blues 
...  on every album of the classic 7 (plus the debut album, "Magnificent Moodies"),  the flute is used in a very effective way.  Ray Thomas  is probably the first flautist  in  rock music,  and his oriental flute play  is  great. 

Supertramp -  Supertramp (1970)  
...  has this great flageolet recorder at several places,  

Camel - Moonmadness (1976)
...  many great flutes;  without them  the album would be far less interesting. 

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Einsetumadur Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: September 24 2008 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 265	Posted: January 14 2009 at 11:47
	Focus - In and Out of Focus (1970) ... "Focus (Instrumental)" has one of the greatest flute solos that exist; not because of the virtuosity, but because it fits so well with what the band does at the same time. "House of the King" is outstanding, too. but too short. Jethro Tull - Thick as A Brick (1972) ... all those distorted flutes, the overblown flutes, the classically played flutes - in any case, the flutes on this album are terrific. Moody Blues ... on every album of the classic 7 (plus the debut album, "Magnificent Moodies"), the flute is used in a very effective way. Ray Thomas is probably the first flautist in rock music, and his oriental flute play is great. Supertramp - Supertramp (1970) ... has this great flageolet recorder at several places, Camel - Moonmadness (1976) ... many great flutes; without them the album would be far less interesting.
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manofmystery Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 26 2008 Location: PA, USA Status: Offline Points: 4335	Posted: January 14 2009 at 13:04
	Always a fan of flute inclusion in rock Jethro Tull of course has been moentioned and so has Osanna but I don't think anyone has brought up Quella Vecchia Locanda. Giorgio Giorgi put some mighty fine flute work on their albums. Edited by manofmystery - January 14 2009 at 13:05
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mrgd Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: December 02 2005 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 822	Posted: January 14 2009 at 18:54
	Had a quick flick through and cannot see where AUDIENCE has been mentioned . Keith Gemmell plays some great flute [ as well as sax and clarinet ] e.g. ' Priestess ', ' House on the Hill ' and ' Eye to Eye' [ there's a stream of that track right here ]. That's just a few - there are more tracks which feature flute from them.
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T.Rox Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 06 2004 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 9455	Posted: January 15 2009 at 07:49
	The title track from the album Green Eyed God by Steel Mill is worth a mention Some words from Sean Trane's review... "The second side opens on the superb 9-min title track with a haunting (and eastern-sounding) flute over a steady tom-drumming and psalm-like vocals, before the heavy guitar takes the song to a higher and harder climate. Clearly this song is the one that gives the album its weight in prog content, with its slight ethnic influences."
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Negoba Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: July 24 2008 Location: Big Muddy Status: Offline Points: 5210	Posted: January 15 2009 at 11:22
	Wow, just listened to the Osanna track sampled here. Good stuff. Having some trouble finding the Mother Gong tracks.
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ghost_of_morphy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: March 08 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2755	Posted: January 17 2009 at 03:09
	The single track where the flute is most impressive (among the ones that I know of course, I don't know everything) is Camel -- Supertwister.


rogerthat Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: September 03 2006 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 9869	Posted: January 17 2009 at 10:27
	Just thought I will go in for an example from a new band for a change - First Band From Outer Space. And then... one of the more unorthodox situations - though not unorthodox style of playing it per se - in which flute has been used in prog is on the track "I Remember" off Psychotic Waltz's A Social Grace.

Syzygy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 16 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 7003	Posted: January 17 2009 at 11:44
	Lots of good recommendations here; I'll just add my voice to those recommending Jimmy Hastings (especially the 1st National Health album), Didier Malherbe and Theo Travis. From the Zeuhl scene I recommend the first Magma album (a double set also known as Kobaia) - the flute is featured prominently on several tracks and is played by no less than 3 members of the band (guitarist Claude Engel and both saxophonists). For some reason Magma mainly favoured either brass, saxophones or a combination of the two on most subsequent releases (if the used horns/woodwinds at all) until the disappointing Merci, which has a couple of nice flute parts by Guy Khalifa.
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Grimfurg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 19 2008 Location: Cairo Status: Offline Points: 265	Posted: January 17 2009 at 14:14
	I'm with Syzygy on this one. :) Also Khalifa's flute work is great in Offering. And of course, DIDIER MALHERBE!


CPicard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 03 2008 Location: Là, sui monti. Status: Offline Points: 10841	Posted: January 17 2009 at 15:02
	Oh yeah, there are some flute parts on Gong's albums (we can hear the introduction to "Oily Way" on the Gong PA page) that sound good.

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	Tull and Caravan have the coolest flute

Grimfurg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 19 2008 Location: Cairo Status: Offline Points: 265	Posted: January 19 2009 at 10:53
	Flute Salad is the coolest flutes.


Dervisan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 30 2009 Location: Turkey Status: Offline Points: 108	Posted: January 31 2009 at 08:10
	at first i can say jethro tull and van der graaf generator ... i love the flute and sax in van der graaf generator songs...
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mobby Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 22 2008 Status: Offline Points: 153	Posted: February 02 2009 at 03:03
	the best flute i heard in a song, is 'shiver' by yokeshire (from witching hour)..it just blows your mind away.. imagine the best of tull, the raw edged flute of gravy train and add some innovative and powerful melodies and modern crisp production to the mix and you get 'shiver'.. highly recommended!!!