My Prog-Rock CD Collection
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Topic: My Prog-Rock CD Collection
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: My Prog-Rock CD Collection
Date Posted: September 16 2019 at 11:28
| Hi, I'm Paul. I joined ProgArchives today, having been a long-time visitor here since late 2010. I'm looking forward to getting to know you all. Here's an A-Z list of my classic Prog-Rock CD collection, with the number of albums by each artist in brackets:- Anathema (3); Argent (1); Astra (2); Barclay James Harvest (6); Camel (8); Caravan (9); Earth & Fire (2); The Enid (2); Frumpy (1); Fruupp (2); Genesis (9); David Gilmour; (4); Roger Glover (1); Greenslade (1); Group 1850 (2); Steve Hackett (5); Hardin & York (1); Steve Hillage (4); Jade Warrior (2); Jethro Tull (6); Kansas (6); King Crimson (1); Man (5); The Moody Blues (14); Mostly Autumn (3); Pink Floyd (7); Porcupine Tree (4); Procol Harum (4); Rare Bird (2); Rare Earth (1); Renaissance (8); Solution (2); Spooky Tooth (7); Strawbs (7); Traffic (6); Robin Trower (5); Van der Graaf Generator (2); Rick Wakeman (5); Yes (12) |
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: September 16 2019 at 13:25
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Welcome.....all good choices....you have there...I would immediately recommend King Crimson...Court Of and Red...and also ELP , the first one and Brain Salad Surgery......after that the sky is the limit...I'm sure many here will tell you to get some Van Der Graaf and Gentle Giant. :) ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 16 2019 at 14:54
It's funny you should mention King Crimson, because that's the one album I forgot to include in my list, which I've now edited in, and you're absolutely right, "In The Court Of The Crimson King" is a great album 
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: September 16 2019 at 16:02
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If you like Caravan I'd suggest you explore Hatfield and the North and National Health ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: September 16 2019 at 18:22
| Welcome! based on that list I'd say definitely Strawbs |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 16 2019 at 21:13
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I'm a Strawbs fan too. although I hadn't thought of them as being Prog-Rock. I also like Hatfield & the North and National Health, but their albums are hard to get hold of. In reply to Dr Wu 23, I'm not a big fan of ELP, Gentle Giant or Van Der Graaf Generator, but thanks for the recommendation anyway.
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Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: September 17 2019 at 07:47
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[QUOTE=Psychedelic Paul]
I'm a Strawbs fan too. although I hadn't thought of them as being Prog-Rock. /QUOTE] it's an interesting divide between UK and North American fans. UK fans tend to see them more often as folk rock because of their origins and their biggest selling UK albums, while American fans see them as prog rock mostly because of Hero and heroine and Ghosts, their biggest selling North American albums . But even those albums revealed a lot of folk roots.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 17 2019 at 10:16
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@kenethlevine:- I agree with you. I think "Hero & Heroine" was the Strawbs most Prog-orientated album, unlike their earlier albums which sounded more like traditional Folk-Rock.
"Hero & Heroine" is my favourite Strawbs album out of the seven Strawbs CD albums in my collection.
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