Favourite Debut Canterbury Album?
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Topic: Favourite Debut Canterbury Album?
Posted By: Xonty
Subject: Favourite Debut Canterbury Album?
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 15:12
Looking back at the Canterbury Scene, I see that a lot of the debut albums were actually most of my favourites but I want to see what everybody's is  Personally, I can't decide between Caravan, Egg, Soft Machine, and National Health.
Keen to see what you all put!
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Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 15:16
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Hatfield And The North
------------- This night wounds time. |
Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 15:18
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Matching Mole is terrific too, especially the first song, 'O Caroline'.
------------- This night wounds time. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 15:18
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This is difficult.
Hatfield, MM, and National Health all could get my vote. ------------- 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: PabstRibbon
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 15:20
| National Health and Steve Hillage are top notch albums! I got a soft spot for Hatfield and the North too ! I'll vote later |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 15:34
| Either Hatfield or NH, can't choose. |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 15:43
| I'll give it to National Health. The only one of these (the ones I've heard) I don't much care for is Soft Machine's debut. |
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 15:44
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As good as most of these albums are, Hatfield's debut wipes its feet on the rest.
------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 15:46
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Soft M ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 15:46
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Khan I think.
------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 15:52
Agreed. Fish Rising was a big disappointment as well.
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Triceratopsoil wrote:Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 16:13
| For me it's between Hatfield and Steve Hillage. |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 16:14
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Fish Rising just over Gong. I'm not a big fan of Canterbury(other than Caravan)so the rest don't do much for me. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 16:18
As good as the rest are, Fish Rising wipes its feet and its bottom on the rest  ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Eria Tarka
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 16:19
| Khan for sure, the rest are amazing no doubt. Space Shanty is just a very special album to me. |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 16:40
I don't mind it, but I far prefer the work Hillage did with Gong |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 17:13
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Soft Machine... And every day I like an egg and some tea, but best of all I like to talk about me  ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: MFP
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 17:16
| Can't choose between Harfield and the Noeth and National Health. |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 18:29
Yup |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 18:29
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Being a Canterbury fan that's a tough chocie for me.......I love the first EGG, National Health, Khan is brilliant, Joy of A Toy is fantastic....
but Hatfield is sublime.
 ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: schizoidman
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 18:41
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Can't vote. Don't know the Canterbury Scene sub-genre well enough yet. ------------- Making the useless useful 24/7. |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 19:02
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Like some of the others I have to agree this is very difficult but i'm going with Khan probably because it's the one I heard most recently. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 19:47
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Hatfield & the North ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 20:01
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Voted for Hatfield but can I just say this list made me smile a lot. I may have a Canterbury day tomorrow. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 20:12
Heck, I'm about to have a Canterbury evening right now |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 23:19
| I'll go with The Moles. |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 23:49
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Hillage, with a mention to Arzachel from the "others". ------------- 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: dr wu23
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 23:52
 ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: JellySucker
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 23:59
If i could vote, i would have chosen the first Egg album  , I can't stop listening to it since i just discovered that album, i just hated the last 7 minutes of the track Symphony No. 2 though , the rest of the album is worth listening! |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: November 13 2013 at 00:08
| Gotta go with Khan's 'Space Shanty'. Still *the best* album I've ever heard in my life.......... |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: November 13 2013 at 01:31
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Hatfield, though Khan comes close. National Health, Egg and Soft Machine have much better second albums than debut albums, IMHO
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: November 13 2013 at 02:29
| Le Machine Molle |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: November 13 2013 at 11:30
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wow, I could easily vote for 5 or 6 of these Space Shanty I guess ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: November 13 2013 at 11:45
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: November 14 2013 at 11:13
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This was tough! I did manage to pull myself together and cast a vote, but that's mainly down to me listening to Pisces Ascending last weekend. Had I heard the National Health one, I would probably have voted for that instead. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: November 14 2013 at 11:40
| Space Shanty. |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: November 14 2013 at 19:57
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Kevin ------------- |