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Topic: My Top 100 Obscure British Prog Albums
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: My Top 100 Obscure British Prog Albums
Date Posted: February 19 2022 at 13:06
As promised, here's my A-Z list of obscure British album favourites from the prog vaults (1967-1978), where the best-known album below is probably Khan's Space Shanty (although it's still virtually unknown outside of the progosphere) and somewhat predictably, the list is heavy on the psychedelic. Smile

 
AFFINITY - Affinity (1970)
AGINCOURT - Fly Away (1970)
ANDROMEDA - Andromeda (1969)
AQUILA - Aquila (1970)
ARCADIUM - Breathe Awhile (1969)
ARMAGEDDON - Armageddon (1975)
ART - Supernatural Fairy Tales (1967)
ARTHUR BROWN'S KINGDOM COME - Journey (1973)
ARZACHEL - Arzachel (1969)
ASGARD - In the Realm of Asgard (1972)
AUDIENCE - Friend's Friend's Friend (1970)
AUTUMN - Ocean World (1977)
AXE - Music (1969)

BACHDENKEL - Lemmings (1973)
BEGGARS OPERA - Act One (1970)
BLACK WIDOW - Sacrifice (1970)
BLONDE ON BLONDE - Contrasts (1969)
BRIAN DAVISON'S EVERY WHICH WAY - Every Which Way (1972)

CAMEL - Underage (1970)
CANTERBURY GLASS - Sacred Scenes and Characters (1968)
CAPABILITY BROWN - Voice (1973)
CHIMERA - Chimera (1969)
CIRCUS - Circus (1969)
CIRKUS - One (1973)
CLOUDS - Scrapbook (1969)
CONTINUUM - Autumn Grass (1971)
CRESSIDA - Cressida (1970)
CZAR - Czar (1970)

DARRYL WAY'S WOLF - Canis Lupus (1973)
DEEP FEELING - Deep Feeling (1971)
DEMON FUZZ - Afreaka! (1970)
DR. Z - Three Parts to My Soul (1971)
DRUID - Toward the Sun (1973)
DUNCAN MACKAY - Score (1977)

EAST OF EDEN - Mercator Projected (1969)
ECLECTION - Eclection (1968)
ENGLAND - Garden Shed (1977)
THE ENID - In the Region of the Summer Stars (1976)

FANTASY - Paint a Picture (1973)
FIELDS - Fields (1971)
FIRST AID - Nostradamus (1977)
FRUUPP - Future Legends (1973)
FUCHSIA - Fuchsia (1971)

THE GHOST - When You're Dead, One Second (1970)
THE GODS - Genesis (1968)
GRACIOUS - This is... Gracious! (1971)
GRAIL - Grail (1970)
GRAVY TRAIN - (A Ballad of) A Peaceful Man (1971)
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH - Horizons (1970)
THE GUN - Gun (1968)

HELP YOURSELF - Beware the Shadow (1972)

ICARUS - The Marvel World of Icarus (1972)
IF - If 3 (1971)
ILLUSION - Out of the Mist (1977)
INDIAN SUMMER - Indian Summer (1971)

JACKSON HEIGHTS - King Progress (1970)
JADE - Fly on Strange Wings (1970)
JADE WARRIOR - Last Autumn's Dream (1972)
JANUS - Gravedigger (1972)
JULIAN'S TREATMENT - A Time Before This (1970)

KHAN - Space Shanty (1972)

LEAF HOUND - Growers of Mushroom (1971)
LODESTONE - Time Flies (1971)
LONE STAR - Lone Star (1976)
LOUDEST WHISPER - The Children of Lir (1973)

MANDALABAND - Mandalaband (1975)
MARSUPILAMI - Marsupilami (1970)
MAY BLITZ - May Blitz (1970)
MORGAN - Nova Solis (1972)

NEKTAR - Journey to the Centre of the Eye (1971)

OCTOPUS - Restless Night (1970)
ODIN - Odin (1972)

PALADIN - Charge! (1972)
PEGGY'S LEG - Grinilla (1973)
PETE BROWN & PIBLOKTO! - Thousands on a Raft (1970)
PETER BARDENS - The Answer (1970)
PUSSY - Pussy Plays (1969)

QUATERMASS - Quatermass (1970)
QUICKSAND - Home is Where I Belong (1974)

RAMASES - Glass Top Coffin (1975)
RARE BIRD - Rare Bird (1969)
RAW MATERIAL - Time Is... (1971)
REFUGEE - Refugee (1974)
RICHARD WRIGHT - Wet Dream (1978)
RIFF RAFF - Riff Raff (1973)
ROOM - Pre-Flight (1970)

SALAMANDER - Ten Commandments (1971)
SATURNALIA - Magical Love (1969)
SECOND HAND - Reality (1968)
THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN - The Seven Ages of Man (1972)
SKIN ALLEY - To Pagham and Beyond (1970)
SPIROGYRA - Bells, Boots and Shambles (1973)
SPRING - Spring (1971)
STEEL MILL - Green-Eyed God (1972)
STILL LIFE - Still Life (1971)
SUNFOREST - Sound of Sunforest (1969)

TITUS GROAN - Titus Groan (1970)
TONTON MACOUTE - Tonton Macoute (1971)
TRACTOR - Tractor (1972)

VISITOR 2035 - Visitor 2035 (1978)

WALLY - Wally (1974)
WRITING ON THE WALL - Power of the Picts (1969)


I've sneaked a couple of Irish albums into the list too. Wink



Replies:
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: February 19 2022 at 15:54
Thanks for the list...I love all that old obscure stuff.   
There are a few there I don't own/know.....Aquila, Axe, Lone Star, Riff Raff, Steel Mill, Wally.
I'll have to come up with one after dinner.
Thumbs Up


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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 19 2022 at 16:27
Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

Thanks for the list...I love all that old obscure stuff.   
There are a few there I don't own/know.....Aquila, Axe, Lone Star, Riff Raff, Steel Mill, Wally.
I'll have to come up with one after dinner.
Thumbs Up

These are the only albums I own on CD from the list above:-

ANDROMEDA - Andromeda (1969)
ARCADIUM - Breathe Awhile (1969)
ART - Supernatural Fairy Tales (1967)
ECLECTION - Eclection (1968)
THE ENID - In the Region of the Summer Stars (1976)
FRUUPP - Future Legends (1973)
THE GODS - Genesis (1968)
ILLUSION - Out of the Mist (1977)
JADE - Fly on Strange Wings (1970)
LOUDEST WHISPER - The Children of Lir (1973)
OCTOPUS - Restless Night (1970)
PETER BARDENS - The Answer (1970)



Posted By: enigmatic
Date Posted: February 19 2022 at 19:46
Thank you for the list Paul! Not to brag, but I own on CD 30 albums from your list. I used to have additional 60 albums, but sold it at some point. 
My favorites from your list are:
AFFINITY - Affinity (1970) - beautiful Linda's Hoyle voice and artwork by Marcus Keef
BEGGARS OPERA - Act One (1970) - for every Hammond organ fan, look on Beggars Opera video on YT from German TV show Beat Club
CRESSIDA - Cressida (1970) - I slightly prefer second album "Asylum" 
DARRYL WAY'S WOLF - Canis Lupus (1973) - album produced by Ian McDonald (R.I.P.) with one track dedicated to him 
EAST OF EDEN - Mercator Projected (1969) - No. 3 album of 1969 for me, right after KC's debut and Soft Machine Vol. 2, 
FANTASY - Paint a Picture (1973)
FIELDS - Fields (1971) - heavy organ driven prog-rock recommended to Rare Bird and Greenslade fans 
FUCHSIA - Fuchsia (1971) - one of my favorite prog-folk albums
GRACIOUS - This is... Gracious! (1971) - prefer their self titled debut
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH - Horizons (1970)
INDIAN SUMMER - Indian Summer (1971)
JULIAN'S TREATMENT - A Time Before This (1970)
KHAN - Space Shanty (1972) - pretty well known album/band by now, doesn't need any recommendations
MARSUPILAMI - Marsupilami (1970) - IMO masterpiece, they opened 1969 Isle of Wight's festival, but they didn't do very well. Out-of-tune melllotron. :-( 
ODIN - Odin (1972)
QUICKSAND - Home is Where I Belong (1974) - another very good prog-folk album
PUSSY - Pussy Plays (1969) - one of the best psychedelic albums with progressive elements
RARE BIRD - Rare Bird (1969) - prefer the second album 
RAW MATERIAL - Time Is... (1971)
REFUGEE - Refugee (1974) - probably it doesn't belong on the obscure list, but ... one of the best listed here 
ROOM - Pre-Flight (1970) - very unique sound and 70's vibe
SPIROGYRA - Bells, Boots and Shambles (1973) - another favorite of mine from prog-folk category
SPRING - Spring (1971) - for mellotron lovers
TITUS GROAN - Titus Groan (1970)
TONTON MACOUTE - Tonton Macoute (1971)

Missing on your list that I'd highly recommend:
Gnidrolog - Lady Lake (1972)
Samurai - s/t (1971)
T2 - It'll All Work Out in Boomland (1970)
Web - I Spider (1970)




Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: February 19 2022 at 23:50
Lots of uneven gems here that I sort of love anyway, such as Gracious, Spring, Circus, Clouds, Fuchsia, Asgaerd... and more. Here's fifteen favorites amoung the ca. 70-75 or so I'm familiar with:

ART - Supernatural Fairy Tales (1967)
ARTHUR BROWN'S KINGDOM COME - Journey (1973)
ARZACHEL - Arzachel (1969)
AUDIENCE - Friend's Friend's Friend (1970)
BLACK WIDOW - Sacrifice (1970)
CONTINUUM - Autumn Grass (1971)
CRESSIDA - Cressida (1970)
DEMON FUZZ - Afreaka! (1970)
DR. Z - Three Parts to My Soul (1971)
ECLECTION - Eclection (1968)
EAST OF EDEN - Mercator Projected (1969)
JADE - Fly on Strangewings (1970)
MARSUPILAMI - Marsupilami (1970)
PETER BARDENS - The Answer (1970)
SPIROGYRA - Bells, Boots and Shambles (1973)
TONTON MACOUTE - Tonton Macoute (1971)

For Second Hand I (much) prefer Death May be Your Santa Claus. Same goes for: Beggars Opera: their two following albums, Audience - House on the Hill, If - 2, Skin Alleys debut, Cressida Asylum (but love both)



Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 20 2022 at 02:10
Originally posted by enigmatic enigmatic wrote:


Missing on your list that I'd highly recommend:
Gnidrolog - Lady Lake (1972)
Samurai - s/t (1971)
T2 - It'll All Work Out in Boomland (1970)
Web - I Spider (1970)


It was tempting to make it a Top 110 list, then I could have included Gnidrolog, Samurai & The Web too - all favourites of mine - but thanks for mentioning them. I'm unfamiliar with T2 though, so I'll check them out. Thumbs Up


Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: February 20 2022 at 02:58
^ There are a few on your list that I’d not really describe as obscure. They even border on well-known, if not actually meeting the criteria (whatever that might be) for that description.

The thing is, even a name like King Crimson is obscure outside prog circles (in comparison to Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Genesis, etc.), so the idea of obscurity needs to be in relation to the average PA member, I would have thought. In that case, there’s probably half a dozen names or so in there that aren’t particularly obscure. So much so, in fact, I wondered if you were using them as clickbait, just so you could get a response of  “that’s not obscure, Paul!”. This does often appear to be your MO, as so many of your posts seemed geared to get a reaction. I wouldn’t go as far as some, and call it trolling, but you do like fishing for reactions.

So, you’d not need to have gone so far as increasing to a list of 110, so much as removing some of the less obscure (if not well known) names, and replacing them with some more obscure gems.

Then again, there will of course be people out there who have not heard of the bands/albums I don’t consider to be obscure, which is why I’ve not named them. Because anyone who finds them for the first time from your list, is a good thing as far as I’m concerned. In that respect, every single one of these bands is obscure to someone. But then, so is King Crimson the first time someone hears of and listens to them….



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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 20 2022 at 03:17
^ You're certainly right about King Crimson being obscure to some, Nick, as neither of my two brothers have ever heard of them - one brother likes Robbie Williams and Take That and the one's a fan of Britney Spears and Lady Gaga, so enough said.   Tongue


Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: February 20 2022 at 04:08
Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

AQUILA - Aquila (1970)
ART - Supernatural Fairy Tales (1967)
AUTUMN - Ocean World (1977)
AXE - Music (1969)
CAMEL - Underage (1970)
CANTERBURY GLASS - Sacred Scenes and Characters (1968)
CHIMERA - Chimera (1969)
CIRCUS - Circus (1969)
CLOUDS - Scrapbook (1969)
DEEP FEELING - Deep Feeling (1971)
DUNCAN MACKAY - Score (1977)
ECLECTION - Eclection (1968)
ENGLAND - Garden Shed (1977)
FIRST AID - Nostradamus (1977)
THE GHOST - When You're Dead, One Second (1970)
GRAIL - Grail (1970)
HELP YOURSELF - Beware the Shadow (1972)
ICARUS - The Marvel World of Icarus (1972)
JADE - Fly on Strange Wings (1970)
LODESTONE - Time Flies (1971)
LONE STAR - Lone Star (1976)
PEGGY'S LEG - Grinilla (1973)
QUICKSAND - Home is Where I Belong (1974)
SALAMANDER - Ten Commandments (1971)
SATURNALIA - Magical Love (1969)
THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN - The Seven Ages of Man (1972)
VISITOR 2035 - Visitor 2035 (1978)
WRITING ON THE WALL - Power of the Picts (1969)


a fair bit I haven't heard of, let alone heard at all.

The ones in Italics, I heard of and and probably have heard, but I've got no real memory of it.






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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: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: February 20 2022 at 05:17
Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

As promised, here's my A-Z list of obscure British album favourites from the prog vaults (1967-1978), where the best-known album below is probably Khan's Space Shanty (although it's still virtually unknown outside of the progosphere) and somewhat predictably, the list is heavy on the psychedelic. Smile

AGINCOURT - Fly Away (1970)
AFFINITY - Affinity (1970)
ANDROMEDA - Andromeda (1969)
AQUILA - Aquila (1970)
ARCADIUM - Breathe Awhile (1969)
ARMAGEDDON - Armageddon (1975)
ART - Supernatural Fairy Tales (1967)
ARTHUR BROWN'S KINGDOM COME - Journey (1973)
ARZACHEL - Arzachel (1969)
ASGARD - In the Realm of Asgard (1972)
AUDIENCE - Friend's Friend's Friend (1970)
AUTUMN - Ocean World (1977)
AXE - Music (1969)

BACHDENKEL - Lemmings (1973)
BEGGARS OPERA - Act One (1970)
BLACK WIDOW - Sacrifice (1970)
BLONDE ON BLONDE - Contrasts (1969)
BRIAN DAVISON'S EVERY WHICH WAY - Every Which Way (1972)

CAMEL - Underage (1970)
CANTERBURY GLASS - Sacred Scenes and Characters (1968)
CAPABILITY BROWN - Voice (1973)
CHIMERA - Chimera (1969)
CIRCUS - Circus (1969)
CIRKUS - One (1973)
CLOUDS - Scrapbook (1969)
CONTINUUM - Autumn Grass (1971)
CRESSIDA - Cressida (1970)
CZAR - Czar (1970)

DARRYL WAY'S WOLF - Canis Lupus (1973)
DEEP FEELING - Deep Feeling (1971)
DEMON FUZZ - Afreaka! (1970)
DR. Z - Three Parts to My Soul (1971)
DRUID - Toward the Sun (1973)
DUNCAN MACKAY - Score (1977)

EAST OF EDEN - Mercator Projected (1969)
ECLECTION - Eclection (1968)
ENGLAND - Garden Shed (1977)
THE ENID - In the Region of the Summer Stars (1976)

FANTASY - Paint a Picture (1973)
FIELDS - Fields (1971)
FIRST AID - Nostradamus (1977)
FRUUPP - Future Legends (1973)
FUCHSIA - Fuchsia (1971)

THE GHOST - When You're Dead, One Second (1970)
THE GODS - Genesis (1968)
GRACIOUS - This is... Gracious! (1971)
GRAIL - Grail (1970)
GRAVY TRAIN - (A Ballad of) A Peaceful Man (1971)
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH - Horizons (1970)
THE GUN - Gun (1968)

HELP YOURSELF - Beware the Shadow (1972)

ICARUS - The Marvel World of Icarus (1972)
IF - If 3 (1971)
ILLUSION - Out of the Mist (1977)
INDIAN SUMMER - Indian Summer (1971)

JACKSON HEIGHTS - King Progress (1970)
JADE - Fly on Strange Wings (1970)
JADE WARRIOR - Last Autumn's Dream (1972)
JANUS - Gravedigger (1972)
JULIAN'S TREATMENT - A Time Before This (1970)

KHAN - Space Shanty (1972)

LEAF HOUND - Growers of Mushroom (1971)
LODESTONE - Time Flies (1971)
LONE STAR - Lone Star (1976)
LOUDEST WHISPER - The Children of Lir (1973)

MANDALABAND - Mandalaband (1975)
MARSUPILAMI - Marsupilami (1970)
MAY BLITZ - May Blitz (1970)
MORGAN - Nova Solis (1972)

NEKTAR - Journey to the Centre of the Eye (1971)

OCTOPUS - Restless Night (1970)
ODIN - Odin (1972)

PALADIN - Charge! (1972)
PEGGY'S LEG - Grinilla (1973)
PETE BROWN & PIBLOKTO! - Thousands on a Raft (1970)
PETER BARDENS - The Answer (1970)
PUSSY - Pussy Plays (1969)

QUATERMASS - Quatermass (1970)
QUICKSAND - Home is Where I Belong (1974)

RAMASES - Glass Top Coffin (1975)
RARE BIRD - Rare Bird (1969)
RAW MATERIAL - Time Is... (1971)
REFUGEE - Refugee (1974)
RICHARD WRIGHT - Wet Dream (1978)
RIFF RAFF - Riff Raff (1973)
ROOM - Pre-Flight (1970)

SALAMANDER - Ten Commandments (1971)
SATURNALIA - Magical Love (1969)
SECOND HAND - Reality (1968)
THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN - The Seven Ages of Man (1972)
SKIN ALLEY - To Pagham and Beyond (1970)
SPIROGYRA - Bells, Boots and Shambles (1973)
SPRING - Spring (1971)
STEEL MILL - Green-Eyed God (1972)
STILL LIFE - Still Life (1971)
SUNFOREST - Sound of Sunforest (1969)

TITUS GROAN - Titus Groan (1970)
TONTON MACOUTE - Tonton Macoute (1971)
TRACTOR - Tractor (1972)

VISITOR 2035 - Visitor 2035 (1978)

WALLY - Wally (1974)
WRITING ON THE WALL - Power of the Picts (1969)


I've sneaked a couple of Irish albums into the list too. Wink

Fantastic list, Paul. I've considered purchasing 15~ of the albums listed. This list should help me backfill 50 year old discs. 


Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 20 2022 at 05:58
^ Thanks Cindy. I only have 12 of those  albums on CD so far, but obviously I'd love to own all of them if the price is right. If it wasn't for ProgArchives and the Internet, I wouldn't know any of those rare British  albums even existed, or that Prog-Rock isn't just confined to British shores. Every day is a constant voyage of discovery here, sailing the uncharted  Topographic Oceans of Progressive Rock.  Smile


Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: February 20 2022 at 07:00

I must confess, I'm rather lost here as well, Paul, as I've explored only a 
quite small number of the bands here, and I have only three favourites

         KHAN - Space Shanty (1972)
  STEEL MILL - Green-Eyed God (1972)
  ARCADIUM - Breathe Awhile (1969)

even I'm fond of and owe some other albums than those listed here with JADE WARRIOR and MAY BLITZ, as well, 
and I'm certainly impressed and suprised that you wasn't entirely kidding about it in "my" thread. Big smile 


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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: February 20 2022 at 07:53
Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

There are a few there I don't own/know.....Aquila, Axe, Lone Star, Riff Raff, Steel Mill, Wally.

I can certainly recommend Steel Mill. Thumbs Up


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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: February 20 2022 at 08:39
Originally posted by omphaloskepsis omphaloskepsis wrote:

Fantastic list, Paul. I've considered purchasing 15~ of the albums listed. This list should help me backfill 50 year old discs. 

Sounds good with these old, original vinyl releases. Thumbs Up


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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 20 2022 at 08:42
Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

There are a few there I don't own/know.....Aquila, Axe, Lone Star, Riff Raff, Steel Mill, Wally.

I can certainly recommend Steel Mill. Thumbs Up
I'm green-eyed with envy for anyone who owns that outstanding album. Smile


Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: February 20 2022 at 09:41
Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

I can certainly recommend Steel Mill. Thumbs Up
I'm green-eyed with envy for anyone who owns that outstanding album. Smile

I'm certainly that, as well, when concerning a (70's) vinyl release, as I have it only on CD. On the other hand, what I've got is a beautiful, high quality release by Green Tree Records from 1994 which gives a very good sound quality when played on my Hi-End tube CD-player. Tongue



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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: February 20 2022 at 10:16
Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

I'm certainly that, as well, when concerning a (70's) vinyl release, as I have it only on CD. On the other hand, what I've got is a beautiful, high quality release by Green Tree Records from 1994 which gives a very good sound quality when played on my Hi-End tube CD-player. Tongue

Remembering now better, I'm in fact most satisfied and got it on CD by the very purpose, as I find this album at its very best when playing the tracks in another order than the original - which I can do very well on my CD-player, as it's programmable. 


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Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: February 20 2022 at 10:53
Pererin is Welsh which I suppose is British, but their first 2 albums are certainly among my favourite albums in any genre


Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 20 2022 at 11:23
Originally posted by kenethlevine kenethlevine wrote:

Pererin is Welsh which I suppose is British, but their first 2 albums are certainly among my favourite albums in any genre
 
Thanks Ken. That sounds like a tasty Welsh rarebit for me to sample, and although I'd vaguely heard of Pererin, I had no idea they were Welsh until now. Smile


Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 12 2023 at 16:22
Out of my Top 100 obscure British albums listed above, the only album I knew of and owned before going online in 2010 was Illusion's Out of the Mist with Jane Relf. The remaining 99 albums were still shrouded in mist until recently. Embarrassed


Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: October 26 2023 at 05:53
Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:


I must confess, I'm rather lost here as well, Paul, as I've explored only a 
quite small number of the bands here, and I have only three favourites

         KHAN - Space Shanty (1972)
  STEEL MILL - Green-Eyed God (1972)
  ARCADIUM - Breathe Awhile (1969)

even I'm fond of and owe some other albums than those listed here with JADE WARRIOR and MAY BLITZ, as well, 
and I'm certainly impressed and surprised that you wasn't entirely kidding about it in "my" thread. Big smile 
Maybe one day I'll finally get around to putting together and listening to an entire A-Z list of obscure Danish favourites too. Wink


Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: October 26 2023 at 08:52
Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Maybe one day I'll finally get around to putting together and listening to an entire A-Z list of obscure Danish favourites too. Wink

Maybe, but I'm sure you can guess how much worth I consider that to be. LOL


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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: October 26 2023 at 15:36
No mention of Strange Days-9 Parts To The Wind  -a brilliant Symphonic Prog album from 1975, their only release (with a single culled from the album)


Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 11 2024 at 06:48
Top 40 Obscure Symphonic Prog Britannia Albums

4 stars 2008: Aquaplanage - Aquaplanage -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n2wsq2EnCgKE0PUGUScum3gugvWrJlHCc" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n2wsq2EnCgKE0PUGUScum3gugvWrJlHCc
4 stars 1977: Autumn - Oceanworld -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXf9nPYXpys" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXf9nPYXpys
4 stars 2020: Peter Banks & David Cross - Crossover -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_laGGJfaub0OJxVZdcr-HSxtO9AkFwo8z0" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_laGGJfaub0OJxVZdcr-HSxtO9AkFwo8z0
5 stars 1976: David Bedford - The Odyssey -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lPT5Jm6f_BbPkTd2ZZKprNRTZnerA2sSE" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lPT5Jm6f_BbPkTd2ZZKprNRTZnerA2sSE
4 stars 1992: Casino - Casino -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtuiJcwuIZqFG-xmGuMPI4HVV1UhUy0V7" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtuiJcwuIZqFG-xmGuMPI4HVV1UhUy0V7
4 stars 2005: Cousins & Conrad - High Seas -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m8iHNX1i7rljz08SsQpHXfX7WLXg6LX1o" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m8iHNX1i7rljz08SsQpHXfX7WLXg6LX1o
4 stars 1984: Craft - First Signs -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lw0lcVcEjOLCYKgoq2x5AoGOIdPjw7P20" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lw0lcVcEjOLCYKgoq2x5AoGOIdPjw7P20
4 stars 1977: John Lees - A Major Fancy -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mf10db81zfqA0_y7f4CjUixhdbmPu2qb4" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mf10db81zfqA0_y7f4CjUixhdbmPu2qb4
5 stars 1970: Cressida - Cressida -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVvqgURy2L9fDZtPgzwM8vNqIqHXuTrPw" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVvqgURy2L9fDZtPgzwM8vNqIqHXuTrPw
5 stars 1993: Cyan - For King and Country -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wacxgQvJe8A" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wacxgQvJe8A    
5 stars 1975: Druid - Toward the Sun -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Ls4rmrkSQ06We95r0H32RVo" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Ls4rmrkSQ06We95r0H32RVo
4 stars 1994: Earthstone - Seed  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf5-UvNGEZY" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf5-UvNGEZY
5 stars 1973: Fantasy - Paint a Picture -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpLn9olqC2rMHQwL7wWMmAqk" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpLn9olqC2rMHQwL7wWMmAqk
5 stars 2011: Sean Filkins - War and Peace & Other Short Stories
4 stars 1977: First+Aid - Nostradamus -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXn4DfnhEbw" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXn4DfnhEbw
5 stars 1973: Fruupp - Future Legends -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mDWM3mS4bcdNf6txuuhQE1ZwNqJyrlVn4" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mDWM3mS4bcdNf6txuuhQE1ZwNqJyrlVn4
5 stars 2013: Robert John Godfrey - The Art of Melody -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpL0_Fd5d0vkqk5Fvy88_idi" rel="nofollow -  1971: Gracious - This is... Gracious! -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_llaS7a87tf4_s3sfDKu_Q0khcTJsROEgo" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_llaS7a87tf4_s3sfDKu_Q0khcTJsROEgo
5 stars 1998: Janison Edge - The Services of Mary Goode -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFB21013D2A0BD780" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFB21013D2A0BD780  
5 stars 1970: Julian's Treatment - A Time Before This -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTD9SWyXtvk" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTD9SWyXtvk
5 stars 1973: Julian Jay Savarin - Waiters on the Dance -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuTzHnSGSwU" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuTzHnSGSwU
5 stars 2021: Tony Kaye - End of Innocence -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mCjy2OnDnLX9XloXHOdwVCAZgPohqHFaw" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mCjy2OnDnLX9XloXHOdwVCAZgPohqHFaw
4 stars 1975: Kestrel - Kestrel -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wApd9eRupMA" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wApd9eRupMA
 2012: Francis Lickerish - Far and Forgot: From the Lost Lands -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kq-pjlZUbHbWHat5VafAgRa4jb9t9rILI" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kq-pjlZUbHbWHat5VafAgRa4jb9t9rILI
4 stars 1998: Magrathea - Underclouds -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoY8ZXFggqk" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoY8ZXFggqk
5 stars 1975: Mandalaband - Mandalaband -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lclnCvwOa3UOJNZ0hF8xuLw-8swObP054" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lclnCvwOa3UOJNZ0hF8xuLw-8swObP054
3 stars 1972: Morgan - Nova Solis -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nNGCt2VuQ7fV4hfctS95y-ulECAQjh17c" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nNGCt2VuQ7fV4hfctS95y-ulECAQjh17c
5 stars 2005: Ian Neal - All in the Golden Afternoon -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lSVBIPU_lD7Jh64WGxxzbwKHdMAzolFBo" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lSVBIPU_lD7Jh64WGxxzbwKHdMAzolFBo
5 stars 2008: Martin Orford - The Old Road -   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ksA4A-Q-b1CHVURkcc30XFx11G1rmVVm0" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ksA4A-Q-b1CHVURkcc30XFx11G1rmVVm0
5 stars 2004: Rain - Cerulean Blue -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ezWAovjzEM" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ezWAovjzEM
5 stars 1974: Refugee - Refugee -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGfb2R92OHul6B1GBr1niUp0JyGGEqLzT" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGfb2R92OHul6B1GBr1niUp0JyGGEqLzT
5 stars 1971: Salamander - The Ten Commandments -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H78A8FiJQ0g" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H78A8FiJQ0g
 2009: Secret Green - To Wake the King -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kohdccMjq6UAMA59szFczMCb6L4YtdbSE" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kohdccMjq6UAMA59szFczMCb6L4YtdbSE
5 stars 1971: Spring - Spring -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmY-ootwxm4" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmY-ootwxm4
5 stars 2018: Michael Alan Taylor - Avalonia (The Sonnets of Guinevere) -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lXkEL6wWKJh_UyirC6BwLqdd_2IAyJdUs" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lXkEL6wWKJh_UyirC6BwLqdd_2IAyJdUs
5 stars 2010: Wally - To the Urban Man (Live) -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mCSoEsdBxrDUaIX4QMNWR-LnAc1EeBBrM" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mCSoEsdBxrDUaIX4QMNWR-LnAc1EeBBrM
5 stars 2005: Willowglass - Willowglass -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kWXZYZ2alpNPcPWl0u9k0X8llnDwWeSj8" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kWXZYZ2alpNPcPWl0u9k0X8llnDwWeSj8
5 stars 2009: Woolly Wolstenholme & Maestoso - Uneasy Listening -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mS--foGRmQujWGvy2tpkDMUIjX9F_xwhQ" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mS--foGRmQujWGvy2tpkDMUIjX9F_xwhQ


Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: February 11 2024 at 07:36
A couple of notes ...

Byzantium - Maybe not "progressive" but super nice albums.

Neutrons - Off shoot from Man/Help Yourself. Two outstanding albums.

Unicorn, Sutherland Brothers and Quiver were a part of the smaller bands that Dave Gilmour had fun with.

String Driven Thing (Graham Smith was with them for some albums)

Lindisfarne

Trapeze

Capability Brown is a part of the Harvest collection most of them with Hipgnosis covers. "VOICE" is an outstanding album.

Ramases is a part of the 10CC story, and its members were a part of it.

Second Hand is the previous "version" of Seventh Wave.


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