3 Prog Folk Albums
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Topic: 3 Prog Folk Albums
Posted By: zravkapt
Subject: 3 Prog Folk Albums
Date Posted: April 25 2014 at 02:51
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Three albums. One vote. Go! ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
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Posted By: progmatic
Date Posted: April 25 2014 at 06:19
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Three great albums but NO votes for the Strawbs until mine??? C'mon people let's get with the program!!!
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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: April 25 2014 at 08:14
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Strawbs>Gryphon (by a fraction)>>>>>>>>>>Comus. Except Hero & Heroine isn't really prog folk.
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Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: April 25 2014 at 09:02
| I adore The Strawbs but I gotta give it to Comus. |
Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: April 25 2014 at 09:09
I love all those three records and bands. But i have to go with Gryphon. A terrific baroque-prog tour de force. 
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: April 25 2014 at 09:28
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Le vaillant Gryphon ------------- |
Posted By: bloodnarfer
Date Posted: April 25 2014 at 09:58
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: April 25 2014 at 10:49
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Red Queen to Gryphon Three ------------- 
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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: April 25 2014 at 11:08
For personal reasons, Hero & Heroine is my all-time fave album.  It has healed me so many times, I have lost count. ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: April 25 2014 at 11:27
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I am with the majority of peeps here, even if I adore the opening cut on Hero and Heroin and the majestic and cryptic Lament on Red Queen...there's just nothing that compares to the eerie lunacy of First Utterance. I think it's beautiful.
Oh and from now on until 2028 I'll advertise Perry Leopold's masterpiece Christian Lucifer in all threads that have to do with prog folk! There are aparently only two people who know this brilliant album on PA, Greg ( Logan) and myself 
Seriously, more people should be listening to this album. I honestly believe that. ------------- “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: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: April 25 2014 at 11:55
| COMUS for me too. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: April 25 2014 at 11:58
I second all of this. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Guldbamsen wrote:Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: April 25 2014 at 12:07
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Two people, yes!!!!!!!
Now let's have 7. I know I am aiming a little high here, but let's get a little crazy! ------------- “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: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: April 25 2014 at 12:13
Sampling it on youtube right now and it sounds great Is there anywhere you can buy this album? Voted Comus ofc |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: April 25 2014 at 12:30
I have a copy so I haven't been looking tbh 
I think I paid 80 kr for it, which translates into something like 15 American bucks. ------------- “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: sleeper
Date Posted: April 25 2014 at 12:39
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Comus for me.
------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: April 25 2014 at 13:40
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Great set of albums. I'm giving it up for Strawbs on this one. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: April 25 2014 at 13:49
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Posted By: Xonty
Date Posted: April 25 2014 at 14:28
First Utterance, next question 
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: April 25 2014 at 16:16
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Comus ------------- 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: Dr. Occulator
Date Posted: April 25 2014 at 18:01
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Sorry but to my ears Red Queen to Gryphon Three is not prog folk, although I like the album immensely! ------------- My Doc Told Me I Have Doggie Head. |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: April 25 2014 at 19:05
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Comus, and it isn't close. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: April 25 2014 at 20:07
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Strawbs by a mile!! I can't comprehend why the Comus album is so revered!! ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Gryphon
Date Posted: April 25 2014 at 20:08
| easy. Gryphon, of course. |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: April 25 2014 at 20:10
I can understand why you don't like it. It's just a complete difference of musical tastes. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: April 25 2014 at 21:36
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Strawbs...........Gryphon.......Comus
Both Hero and Red Queen have quite a bit of non-folk elements...imo. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: April 25 2014 at 21:58
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I love Strawbs, like Comus,and really can't fathom Gryphon so H&H for me
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Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: April 25 2014 at 22:07
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I like Strawbs and Gryphon a lot more than Comus, but I see why they're popular. I went with Red Queen but overall I prefer the Strawbs. |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: April 25 2014 at 22:31
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Posted By: proggman
Date Posted: April 26 2014 at 08:32
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I like all the albums here, but I'll vote for Comus First Utterance.
------------- When he rides, my fears subside. For darkness turns once more to light. Through the skies, his white horse flies. To find a land beyond the night. |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: April 26 2014 at 14:21
First Utterance is an album people either love or absolutely hate and I hate it with a passion. As you say, it's just taste.
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: April 26 2014 at 17:36
Gryphon's album here is one I can't get into at all, easily my least favourite of the three. As Herc and Horizons mentioned already, it's all about one's musical taste. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: April 27 2014 at 10:09
Apart from a few passages I can't listen to, overall I like the Comus album, but Ican certainly see the extreme views. I actually think "Rats and Mice in the Loft" by Jan Dukes de Grey is a lot better than "First Utterance' while very loosely being "in the style of"
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: April 27 2014 at 18:51
I totally agree about First Utterance and Rats And Mice In The Loft being loosely of the same style, and I do always think of one when the other is mentioned. I just thought that was mostly because of my lack of knowledge of this sub-genre but they both seem to be extreme-folk if there was ever a sub-genre called that. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: April 27 2014 at 23:51
that's not a bad name, or how about twisted folk
We do wpeak about wyrd folk a bit but more as a modern sub sub genre. Perhaps Comus and jan Dukes were the godfathers of this style. They might also be considered a very English style of psych folk like Incredible Spring Band, Forest, or Spirogyra (sp?) |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: April 28 2014 at 07:12
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Gryphon for me followed by Strawbs not a Comus fan ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: April 28 2014 at 15:23
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Went with Gryphon. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: April 28 2014 at 18:30
I always refer to albums by bands such as Comus, Spirogyra, Jan Dukes de Grey, The Incredible String Band and Pentangle as acid folk. Acid Folk (aka psychedelic folk) is my favourite folk subgenre generally. I also place the likes of Perry Leopold in there. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: April 28 2014 at 20:10
yes acid folk is an often used term, although I don't know if I would put Pentangle there.
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