Top 5 Guitar Instrumentals In Prog
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Topic: Top 5 Guitar Instrumentals In Prog
Posted By: aliano
Subject: Top 5 Guitar Instrumentals In Prog
Date Posted: September 04 2014 at 05:07
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There are many beautiful and dramatic guitar solos in prog but this is just about pure instrumental guitar pieces. My faves: 1-PFM - Cyber Alpha 2-Camel - Ice 3-Pink Floyd - Marooned 4-David Gilmour - Raise My Rent 5-Focus - Tommy |
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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: September 04 2014 at 06:30
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1 Lunar Sea 2 Ice
3 Stationary Traveller 4 Sylvia 5 Tommy Basically, neither Camel nor Focus had great vocals but by God, their guitarist could play. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: September 04 2014 at 06:37
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Anything Manuel Göttsching related from the 70s really. Ashra - Blackouts, E2 - E4 (chessboard album), Inventions for Electric Guitar, Early Water and the list goes on. ------------- “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: progfan915
Date Posted: September 04 2014 at 06:48
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2 great ones that come to mind: Spectral Mornings (Sir Hackett) The Man Who Walked With Kings (Flower Kings) ------------- Stand up to the blow that fate has struck upon you, Make the most of all you still have coming to you |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: September 04 2014 at 07:03
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Genesis - Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers ... In That Quiet Earth Genesis - Horizons Alquin - Soft Eyed Woman Yes - Mood for a Day Abel Ganz - Spring Just to mention a few... ------------- 
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Posted By: KingCrInuYasha
Date Posted: September 04 2014 at 09:22
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Yes - Mood For A Day King Crimson - Fracture Frank Zappa - Watermelon In Easter Hay Pink Floyd - The Narrow Way, Pt. 1 Jimi Hendrix - Third Stone From The Sun ------------- He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball! |
Posted By: PrognosticMind
Date Posted: September 04 2014 at 09:38
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Yes - Mood For A Day Camel - Chord Change Frank Zappa - Watermelon on Easter Hay Camel - Lunar Sea King Crimson - Fracture ------------- "A squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous. Got me?" |
Posted By: aliano
Date Posted: September 04 2014 at 10:37
Gottsching is an underrated guitarist indeed.There are some really good guitar pieces in his Private Tapes albums too. |
Guldbamsen wrote:Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 04 2014 at 11:04
| For Camel I have to mention the title track of The Snow Goose. Not only is the guitar brilliant but listen to the bass and drums. |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: September 04 2014 at 11:29
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Prog Polls? Anyway, many cool guitar-centric instrumentals mentioned already. I'll throw in Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - "One Red Rose That I Mean" ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: September 04 2014 at 14:50
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Horizons, Mood for a Day, Clap; that's all i got for now i guess. sorry it wasn't enough. ------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: aliano
Date Posted: September 04 2014 at 15:41
Oh sorry!I made a mistake.Could anyone from mods move this topic to Top 10s and lists? |
Posted By: KingCrInuYasha
Date Posted: September 04 2014 at 15:51
Speaking of Beefheart, "Dali's Car" is another good one. Melodically, it sounds like something out of King Crimson's Red. BTW, does Bill Harkleroad or Jeff Cotton play on that one? ------------- He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball! |
Posted By: Claypool90s
Date Posted: September 04 2014 at 18:36
| Anything by Buckethead |
Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: September 04 2014 at 21:58
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1. Steve Hackett - Howl
2. Frank Zappa - Shut Up N Play Yer Guitar 3. Steve Hackett - She Said Maybe 4. Frank Zappa - Soup and Old Clothes 5. Steve Hackett - Sierra Quemada |
Posted By: progfan915
Date Posted: September 04 2014 at 22:02
Ooh excellent choice!! I haven't heard Guitar Noir in awhile. Will have to remedy that tomorrow! ------------- Stand up to the blow that fate has struck upon you, Make the most of all you still have coming to you |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: September 04 2014 at 22:33
------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: September 04 2014 at 22:38
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Almost anything from the first 2 Mahavishnu do it for me and of course Dimeola's work on Romantic Warrior and this whole album has stellar guitar work....
------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: September 04 2014 at 22:58
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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: September 05 2014 at 01:07
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I am going to limit my selections to rock and the electric guitar. There are plenty of great performances in fusion and on acoustic guitars. Since I can't keep it at just five, here are my favorite six, in no particular order:
Death of Ra by Jade Warrior (Tony Duhig on guitar). If you like Ice, check this one out too, it is from Way of the Sun. Ice by Camel. One of the world's great guitar ballads (as is Death of Ra). Suddenly by Steve Howe. Ironically the longest song by far from his Quantum Guitar album. Sartori in Tangier by King Crimson (Fripp). The phrasing of this is just out of this world. Fire Garden Suite by Steve Vai. Trained professional, do not try this at home. Pink Dolphin by Phil Manzanera, found on Mato Grosso, which he did with Sergio Dias. Like many tracks on this album, it is divided into several sections. ------------- 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: Progosopher
Date Posted: September 05 2014 at 01:18
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Jazz/Rock Fusion Version:
Blue Wind by Jeff Beck Egyptian Danza by Al Di Meola Thieves and Poets by John McLaughlin Last Train Home by Pat Metheny Winter Always Turns to Spring by Bill Frisell ------------- 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: Billy Pilgrim
Date Posted: September 05 2014 at 03:13
| An exercise in self indulgence |
Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: September 05 2014 at 03:46
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Aside from many great ones already mentioned: The Man Who Walked With Kings - The Flower Kings (any instrumental featuring Roine Stolt becomes a guitar instrumental) Serenity - Arena
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: September 05 2014 at 04:35
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FWOPGFHdBw" rel="nofollow - Sabicas - Zambra One of the rare tracks that perfectly mixes flamenco and psych rock  ------------- “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: Roj
Date Posted: September 05 2014 at 04:52
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It's not classed as prog but has there ever been a better guitar instrumental than Flying In A Blue Dream by Joe Satriani? I would say not. Come to think of it there are quite a few of his to choose from.....
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Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: September 05 2014 at 18:08
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Focus - "Sylvia" Frank Zappa - "Black Napkins" Shawn Lane - "Gray Pianos Flying" Tony Macalpine - "Tears of Sahara" Al di Meola - "The Wizard" |
Posted By: La nouvelle terre
Date Posted: September 05 2014 at 18:11
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Camel-Chord Change Genesis-Horizons Yes-Mood For A Day Genesis-After The Ordeal Frank Zappa-Orange Couty Lumber Truck |
Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: September 05 2014 at 21:43
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My Top 5 Guitar Instrumentals (in no particular order): 1. Rush: YYZ 2. Camel: Ice 3. King Crimson: Red 4. Ozric Tentacles: Astro Cortex (they have so many of them) 5. Pink Floyd: Marooned ------------- “Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: September 06 2014 at 00:40
Not always. ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: September 07 2014 at 02:17
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Hocus Pocus - Focus Sylvia- Focus La Villa Strangiata -Rush Spectral Mornings- Steve Hackett Heartsong - Gordon Gilltrap
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Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: September 07 2014 at 02:37
Good one indeed. I'd guess both?
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Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: September 07 2014 at 03:48
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvB5dQHvRSc" rel="nofollow - Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar by Frank Zappa (1979)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhUPCIiYC2w" rel="nofollow - Soul Sacrifice by Carlos Santana (1969) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CVTikpL0qk" rel="nofollow - Ether Ships by Steve Hillage (1978) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQTr2r44pOM" rel="nofollow - Maht Pustinja (engl. "Maht desert") by R.M. Točak (1981) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaZgbZR3eao" rel="nofollow - Dinamit (engl. "Dynamite") by Josip Boček (1975) |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: September 07 2014 at 09:59
give a listen
------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: September 10 2014 at 03:12
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^ Heard it before but don't remember it. I'll listen to it again soon. ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: September 10 2014 at 12:16
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1. Mood For a Day-Yes
2. Horizons-Genesis 3. The Clap-Yes 4. Pick it. 5. Pick it. |
Posted By: Prog_Traveller
Date Posted: September 10 2014 at 17:01
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Hmmmmmm. I suppose there are a lot.
Dancing with the moonlit knight Hocus Pocus Gates of Delirium Freefall Peel the Paint |
Posted By: Intruder
Date Posted: September 25 2014 at 09:40
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The first four Ash Ra Albums and Manuel Göttsching's solo stuff contains enough groovy shredding to last a prog fan a lifetime. ------------- I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there..... |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 25 2014 at 10:39
To quote the OP "this is just about pure instrumental guitar pieces."
That certainly discounts the first and third ones in your list, possibly the second (if you don't count yodelling) and I can't speak for the last two.
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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: September 25 2014 at 12:55
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The entire Canvas Solaris and Exivious discographies.
Many by Zappa, but Watermelon In Easter Hay is the first that comes to mind. Frakcture(d)...Both pieces. MIchael Hedges - Aerial Boundaries, Because it's There. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |