Amazing Lesser Known Prog Epics from the 1970s
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Topic: Amazing Lesser Known Prog Epics from the 1970s
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Subject: Amazing Lesser Known Prog Epics from the 1970s
Date Posted: September 23 2021 at 16:22
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I feel like either I've done this poll before (searched, could not find), or been wanting to for a long time: Vote for your favorite "lesser known" or "lesser acclaimed" prog epic from the 1970s--all of which, in my opinion, are masterpieces. ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: September 23 2021 at 16:34
| Triumvirat's "Across The Waters", the striking suite on side one of their brilliant debut album, "Mediterranean Tales" released in early 1972. There is a special musical synergy happening here that makes this suite so appealing to me. I never really tire of it. |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: September 23 2021 at 16:49
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Do we have multiple votes? Because for the moment I'm not able to choose yet between UK, Atoll, PFM, Focus and Triumvirat... ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: September 23 2021 at 17:00
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My choice: "The Ikon" by Todd Rundgren's Utopia! A die-cast prog rock epic if I ever heard one. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: September 23 2021 at 17:14
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Oh good...I can vote for Ash Ra Tempel in this one! :p ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: September 23 2021 at 17:43
 Went with PFM but some great picks there.------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Man With Hat wrote:Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: September 23 2021 at 23:27
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Many excellent, but Harmonium is the best ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: VianaProghead
Date Posted: September 24 2021 at 04:00
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There are so great material here that is really difficult to choose. But, I decided to choose Fool's Overture of Supertramp. I always was a huge fan of it.
------------- "PROG IS MY FERRARI". Jem Godfrey (Frost*) |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: September 24 2021 at 04:31
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I voted for (small spell correction) "Wassilissa". The whole album ("Fairy Tales") is simply incredible. Our kids Alice and Dorothy grew up with it and absolutely loved it. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Rick1
Date Posted: September 24 2021 at 04:52
| Good list! 'The Ikon' today |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: September 24 2021 at 05:20
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Mr. Phillips gets the nod. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: September 24 2021 at 05:39
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Here a link to "Wassilissa": ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: September 24 2021 at 08:40
| So many great places in this poll. I went with Renaissance, but any other could win, and that is fine with me. |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: September 24 2021 at 11:57
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Hard to pick and some of them I haven't heard. I guess I'll go with Anyone's Daughter's Adonis. ------------- ---------- 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: zwordser
Date Posted: September 24 2021 at 12:17
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For me, easily the first pick is Shadow of the Hierophant. After that, hard to rank a lot of these excellent choices, but probably Renaissance, UK, Atoll, Return to Forever, and England. ------------- Z |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: September 24 2021 at 12:21
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In The Dead Of Night is the bomb, but I'm going to give some love to Renaissance's overlooked classic. ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: tdfloyd
Date Posted: September 24 2021 at 12:25
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Steve Hackett's "Shadow of the Hierophant" is second, beaten out by the Alan Parsons Project's "The Fall of the House of Usher".
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: September 24 2021 at 13:08
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Fool's Overture > Adonis |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 24 2021 at 13:13
| Fool's Overture - Supertramp |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: September 24 2021 at 15:29
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Glad to see this poll receiving such nice reception! (And a bit surprised.) Guess there's pretty much something for everyone here! P.S. Like the multiple votes idea but just wanted to see everybody's one top choice. P.P.S. This list was generated from my Top 50 All-time Prog Epics from the Classic Era list. The usual suspects from the top bands have, of course, been culled out. ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: September 24 2021 at 15:30
What?! What spelling error?!!  ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: September 24 2021 at 15:40
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Anyone's Daughter "Adonis, just ahead of Renaissance and Alan Parsons Project |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: September 24 2021 at 16:58
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There's not a cigarette paper between these 4: 1) Eruption - the best thing Focus ever did. 2) Can You Hear Me - Novella is a much ignored album, one of their best 3) The Fall of the House of Usher - the best thing The Alan Parsons Project did 4) Shadow of the Hierophant - offered as a Genesis track, but refused. Big error. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: BarryGlibb
Date Posted: September 24 2021 at 17:19
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I feel bad, I only know 2 of these; Eruption by Focus and In The Dead Of Night by UK. In The Dead Of Night is great, but Eruption, even with my lack of listening to these other listed epics, may just be one of the greatest pieces of instrumental prog rock by any band. So Eruption.
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Posted By: Wise_Person
Date Posted: September 24 2021 at 18:44
| I can't vote on it but I'd absolutely vote the A Hunting We Shall Go medley if I could. It's awesome. |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: September 25 2021 at 11:54
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I am going the fusion route here - Sleeping Giant by Herbie Hancock. It will blow your mind seven ways on a week of Sundays. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |