Your 10 Favourite Prog Albums of 1976
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Topic: Your 10 Favourite Prog Albums of 1976
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: Your 10 Favourite Prog Albums of 1976
Date Posted: June 27 2021 at 07:53
This is the year when it begins to get easier to narrow it down to ten choices..... at least that's the theory anyway.  Absolute Elsewhere - In Search of Ancient Gods The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow Ashra - New Age of Earth Camel - Moonmadness The Enid - In the Region of the Summer Stars Genesis - A Trick of the Tail Renaissance - Live at Carnegie Hall Tangerine Dream - Stratosfear Rick Wakeman - No Earthly Connection
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: June 27 2021 at 08:07
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Henry Cow - Concerts Art Zoyd - Symphonie Pour Le Jour Ou Bruleront Les Cités VDGG - Still Life Tangerine Dream - Stratosfear Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene Cos - Viva Boma Rainbow - Rising Hermann Szobel - Szobel Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior Sloche - Stadacone ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: June 27 2021 at 08:45
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Best i can do at the moment Rush - 2112
Art Zoyd - Symphonie Pour Le Jour Ou Bruleront Les Cités VDGG - World Record Et Cetera - S/T Magma - Udu Wudu Area - Maledetti Picchio dal Pozzo - S/T Hermann Szobel - Szobel Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior Sloche - Stadacone
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Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: June 27 2021 at 08:45
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What a year! 1: Moonmadness - Camel 2: Moonmadness - Camel (It's so good it get's both second and first!) 3: Trick of the Tail - Genesis 4: Leftoverture - Kansas 5: Still Life - Van Der Graaf Generator 6: Interview - Gentle Giant 7: Rising - Rainbow 8: 2112 - Rush 9: Romantic Warrior - Return to Forever 10: L'Heptade - Harmonium Honorable Mention/Real Number 10: Et Cetera Ashra New Age of Earth is great immersive music too!
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Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: June 27 2021 at 08:56
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actually, I think I have more favourites from the late 1970s than early 1970s Barclay James Harvest - Octoberon Camel - Moonmadness Celeste - Principe.. Clannad - Dulaman Eloy - Dawn Garolou - Lougarou (original group name) genesis - Trick... Horslips - Book of Invasions Malicorne - Almanach Nigel Mazlyn Jones - Ship to Shore Le Orme - verita Nascoste Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery.. Ragnarok - Nooks Tangerine Dream - Stratosfear Triumvirat - Old Loves.. |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: June 27 2021 at 09:30
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Rush - 2112 Kansas - Leftoverture Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior Genesis - A Trick of the Tail Gentle Giant - Interview Steely Dan - The Royal Scam Jean-Luc Ponty - Imaginary Voyage Gong - Gazeuse Brand X - Unorthodox Behavior Al DiMeola - Land of the Midnight Sun |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: June 27 2021 at 09:40
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Genesis - Trick of the Tail Santana - AmigosRush - 2112 Jethro Tull - Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll (particularly the 40th Anniversary Remix) Rainbow - Rising Harmonium - L'Heptade Genesis - Wind & Wuthering Horslips - The Book of Invasions Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior Jeff Beck - Wired Extra Credit... Led Zeppelin - Presence Stanley Clarke - School Days APP - Tales of Mystery and Imagination Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: June 27 2021 at 10:44
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1. JAN AKKERMAN & KAZ LUX Eli 2. GENESIS A Trick of the Tale 3. PICCHIO DAL POZZO Picchio dal Pozzo 4. RETURN TO FOREVER Romantic Warrior 5. NOVA Vimana 6. COS Viva Boma 7. ALAN PARSONS PROJECT Tales of Mystery and Imagination 8. SBB Pamiec 9. GENESIS Wind and Wuthering 10. CAMEL Moonmadness 11. RAGNARÖK Ragnarök 12. CELESTE Principe di un giorno 13. JEAN-LUC PONTY Imaginary Voyage 14. POLLEN Pollen 15. BRAND X Unorthodox Behaviour 16. HARMONIUM L'heptade 17. SLOCHE Stadacone 18. GOBLIN Roller 19. WEATHER REPORT Black Market 20. AREA Maledetti 21. FAR EAST FAMILY BAND Parallel World 22. FINCH Beyond Expression 23. SCHICKE & FÜHRS & FRÖHLING Symphonic Pictures ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: June 27 2021 at 13:15
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1. Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior 2. Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail 3. Genesis - Wind & Wuthering 4. Gentle Giant - Interview 5. Area - Maledetti (Maudits) 6. Gong - Gazeuse! 7. Brand X - Unorthodox Behaviour 8. Weather Report - Black Market 9. Al Di Meola - Land Of The Midnight Sun 10. Soft Machine - Softs Honourable mentions: - Allan Holdsworth - Velvet Darkness - Camel - Moonmadness - Harmonium - L'Heptade - Hermann Szobel - Szobel - Hopper, Dean, Tippett & Gallivan - Cruel But Fair - The Alan Parsons Project - Tales Of Mystery And Imagination - Triumvirat - Old Loves Die Hard
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Posted By: Earl of Mar
Date Posted: June 27 2021 at 15:03
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Genesis W & W Genesis ATOTT Rush 2112 Rainbow Rising Al Stewart Year of the Cat Gentle Giant Interview Thin Lizzy Jailbreak David Bowie Station to Station. Steeley Dan The Royal Scam Kansas Leftoverture. A couple of artists here are not prog but I love both albums. |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: June 27 2021 at 16:05
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Earl of Mar wrote:Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: June 27 2021 at 16:35
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Van der Graaf Generator - Still Life Camel - Moonmadness Gong - Gazeuse!Renaissance - Live at Carnegie Hall Schicke, Fuehrs & Froehling - Symphonic Pictures Birth Control - Backdoor Possibilities Magma - Udu Wudu Brand X - Unorthodox Behaviour Art Zoyd - Symphonie Pour Le Jour Ou Bruleront Les Cités Novalis - Sommerabend
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Posted By: Earl of Mar
Date Posted: June 27 2021 at 16:43
| I understand and will put in Camels Moonmadness and Caravans underrated Blind Dogs at St Dunstens instead. |
Posted By: MFP
Date Posted: June 27 2021 at 16:51
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Van der Graaf Generator - Still Life Gong - Gazeuse Crucis - Los Delirios Del Mariscal Magma - Üdü Ẁüdü Van der Graaf Generator - World Record Invisible - El Jardín de los Presentes Alas - Alas Crucis - Crucis Tangerine Dream - Stratosfear Camel - Moonmadness
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Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: June 27 2021 at 20:16
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Genesis - Trick of the Tail Rush - 2112 Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow Kansas- Leftoverture Jethro Tull - Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll Rainbow - Rising Corte dei Miracoli- Corte dei Miracoli Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior Area- Maledetti APP - Tales of Mystery and Imagination |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: June 28 2021 at 00:54
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Yet another worthy year: 1. Van der Graaf Generator - Still Life 2. Genesis - Wind and Wuthering 3. Horslips - The Book of Invasions 4. Genesis - A Trick of the Tail 5. Kansas - Leftoverture 6. Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination 7. Tangerine Dream - Stratosfear 8. Clannad - Dúlamán 9. Camel - Moonmadness X. Eloy - Dawn Honourable mentions: Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow Triumvirat - Old Loves Die Hard
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: June 28 2021 at 02:55
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No oreder preference inside the same grade (on the left)
13 Genesis Trick of the Tail bubbling under.... 11 Art Zoyd Symphonie Pour Le Jour Ou
Bruleront Les Cités (original LP) Fra 11 Cano Tous dans l'Męme Bateau Can 11 Cosmos Factory Black Hole Jpn 11 Crucis Crucis Arg 11 Deep Purple Made in Europe 11 Et Cetera Et Cetera Can 11 Finnforest Lahto Matkalle Fin 11 Genesis Wind and Wuthering 11 Gong Shamal 11 Haizea Haizea Bsq 11 Hopper, Hugh Hopper Tunity Box 11 Jarre, Jean-Michel Oxygčne 11 Magma Udu Wudu 11 Mariano, Charlie Helen 12 Trees 11 Marino, Frank & Mahogany Rush IV Can 11 Max Webster Max Webster Can 11 Mayer, John Dhammapada 11 Muffins, The Chronometers USA 11 Musica Urbana Musica Urbana 11 Schulze, Klaus Moondawn 11 Secret Oyster Straight to the Krankenhaus Den 11 Suzuki, Hiromasa High-Flying 11 Tangerine Dream Stratosfear 11 Trower, Robin Live 11 Yamashta, Stomu, S. Winwood & M. Shrieve Go 11 Lord, Jon Sarabande ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Rick1
Date Posted: June 28 2021 at 03:34
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1976 - the year it all started to unravel - for some: Henry Cow - Concerts Genesis - A Trick of the Tail Hawkwind - Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music Camel - Moonmadness Wigwam - Lucky Golden Stripes and Starpose Genesis - Wind and Wuthering Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow Magma - Udu Wudu Gong - Shamal Gong - Gazeuse!
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 28 2021 at 04:52
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Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail Tangerine Dream - Stratosfear Eloy - Dawn Be Bop Deluxe - Modern Music Be Bop Deluxe - Sunburst Finish Vangelis - Albedo 0.39 Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene The Tubes - Young and Rich Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat Tomita - Holst: The Planets |
Posted By: bartymj
Date Posted: June 28 2021 at 10:07
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Quite "unimaginative" as I think this is pretty much the PA website's 10 top rated for 1976 but I'm still digging the archives of the 70s having only been born 20 years later... Kansas - Leftoverture Rush - 2112 Genesis - Wind and Wuthering Camel - Moonmadness VDGG - Still Life Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior Sloche - Stadacone Brand X - Unorthodox Behaviour Zao - Kawana
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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: June 28 2021 at 11:12
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Lots of JRF on this list:
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: June 28 2021 at 15:33
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At the moment. Could be a different order on another day. Lots of great stuff from 1976. 2. Genesis - Wind & Wuthering 3. Kaipa - Inget nytt under solen 4. Rainbow Theatre - Fantasy of Horses 5. Novalis - Sommerabend 6. Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior 7. Et Cetera - Et Cetera 8. Pollen - Pollen 9. Genesis - A Trick of the Tail 10. Morse Code - Procréation Honorable mentions: Sebastian Hardie - Windchase Gentle Giant - Interview Vangelis - Albedo 0.39 Triumvirat - Old Loves Die Hard Van der Graaf Generator - World Record Soft Machine - Softs Area - Maledetti Birth Control - Backdoor Possibilities Steve Hillage - L Kansas - Leftoverture Le Orme - Verità nascoste The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination Weather Report - Black Market ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: June 30 2021 at 09:47
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Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail Jon Anderson - Olias Of Sunhillow Kansas - Leftoverture Rush - 2112 Kaipa - Inget Nytt Under Solen Genesis - Wind And Wuthering Corte Dei Miracoli - s/t Camel - Moonmadness Starcastle - s/t Kayak - The Last Encore SFF - Symphonic Pictures Carpe Diem - Cueille le Jour Gentle Giant - Interview ------------- The Prog Corner |
Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: June 30 2021 at 09:53
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1. Genesis: A Trick of the Tail 2. Starcastle: Starcastle 3. Kansas: Leftoverture 4. Genesis: Wind and Wuthering 5. Manfred Mann's Earth Band: The Roaring Silence 6. E.L.O.: A New World Record 7. Alan Parsons Project: Tales of Mystery and Imagination 8. John Miles: Rebel 9. Barclay James Harvest: Octoberon 10. Rush: 2112
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Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: June 30 2021 at 15:04
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Very interesting and cool lists of 1976 here! Crucis - Crucis Eloy - Dawn Terreno Baldio - Terreno Baldio VDGG - World RecordVDGG - Still life Novalis - Sommerabend Ougenweide - Eulenspiegel/Ohrenschmauss Et Cetera - Et Cetera Pulsar - The strands of the future Atila - Intención Honorable mentions: A Barca do Sol - Durante o verao Corte dei Miracoli - Corte dei Miracoli Invisible - El jardín de los presentes La Máquina de hacer pájaros - S/T Gentle Giant - Interview Hoelderlin - Clowns & Clouds Genesis - A trick of the tail ------------- 
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Posted By: tempest_77
Date Posted: July 05 2021 at 23:57
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1: Moonmadness by Camel 2: Romantic Warrior by Return to Forever 3: Still Life by Van der Graaf Generator 4: A Trick of the Tail by Genesis 5: Leftoverture by Kansas 6: Parallel World by Far East Family Band 7: Wind & Wuthering by Genesis 8: Olias of Sunhillow by Jon Anderson 9: 2112 by Rush 10: Unorthodox Behaviour by Brand X Honorable mentions: Tales of Mystery and Imagination by The Alan Parsons Project Station to Station by David Bowie In'terview by Gentle Giant Gazeuse! by Gong Imaginary Voyage by Jean-Luc Ponty ------------- I use they/them pronouns (feel free to ask me about this!) Check out my music on https://tempestsounds.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - my bandcamp ! |
Posted By: thief
Date Posted: July 06 2021 at 00:41
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VDGG - Still Life Genesis - A Trick of the Tail Camel - Moonmadness Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior Rush - 2112 Genesis - Wind & Wuthering The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery & Imagination Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene Frank Zappa - Zoot Allures Rick Wakeman - No Earthly Connection On the bubble: Barclay James Harvest - Octoberon Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow Tangerine Dream - Stratosfear Weather Report - Black Market I had a huge crush on "Stratosfear" and "Black Market", but it's been years since I heard them in full - I guess not enough to crack TOP10. ------------- TOP20 Songs https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=124211" rel="nofollow - Genesis https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=125999" rel="nofollow - Rush |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: July 06 2021 at 03:42
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Triumvirat-Old Loves Die Hard Passport-Infinity Machine Il Baricentro-Sconcerto Libra-Winter Day's Nightmare Wishbone Ash-New England Hawkwind-Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music Rush-2112 Starcastle-Starcastle Budgie-If I Were Britannia, I'd Waive The Rules Latte e Miele-Acquile e Scoiatoli
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Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: July 06 2021 at 08:56
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Camel - Moonmadness Genesis - Wind & Wuthering
Ragnarock - Ragnarock Invisible - El Jardín de los Presentes Novalis - Sommerabend Rush - 2112 Frob - Frob VDGG - Still Life Circus - Circus Genesis - A Trick of the Tail Honorable mentions: Picchio Dal Pozo - Picchio Dal Pozo VDGG - World Record Aera - Hand Und Fub Zao - Kawana Nyl - Nyl Morpheus - Rabenteuer Secret Oyster - Straight To The Krakenhaus Transit Express - Opus Progressif |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: July 09 2021 at 14:07
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Guess I needed twelve spots: Cos - Viva Boma Picchio dal Pozzo - Picchio dal PozzoZanov - Green Ray Ragnarök - Ragnarök Art Zoyd 3 - Symphonie pour le jour oů brűleront les cités Magma - Üdü Ẁüdü Klaus Schulze - Moondawn Celeste - Principe di un Giorno Tangerine Dream - Stratosfear Far East family Band - Parallel World VDGG - World Record Zao - Kawana
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Posted By: tempest_77
Date Posted: July 14 2021 at 19:03
Completely forgot about Klaus Schulze's Moondawn from this year, so I put it in and moved Brand X down to honorable mentions ------------- I use they/them pronouns (feel free to ask me about this!) Check out my music on https://tempestsounds.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - my bandcamp ! |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: July 16 2021 at 15:18
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1. Genesis - A Trick of the Tail 2. Genesis - Wind & Wuthering 3. Van Der Graaf Generator - Still Life 4. Van Der Graaf Generator - World Record 5. Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination 6. Triumvirat - Old Loves Die Hard 7. Gentle Giant - Interview 8. Brand X - Unorthodox Behavior 9. Schicke & Fuhrs & Frohling - Symphonic Pictures 10. Celeste - Principe di un Giorno Honorable mention: Jack Lancaster and Robin Lumley - Marscape ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |