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FINCH      Yes, it's time now for some Symphonic Prog from a Dutch band called Finch (named after their founder and bass player Peter Fink - which is Dutch for "Finch"). Finch are Close to the Edge of topping Focus as my all-time favourite Dutch prog band, with obvious comparisons to be drawn with a well-known British Symphonic Prog band, when Time and a Word will tell whether you like this band too. Finch only have three excellent albums to savour, so there are no comeback albums  with multiple changes of line-up, which brings to mind the age-old "Trigger's Broom" paradox. Tongue

 4 stars 1975: Finch - Glory of the Inner Force - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK3sFyQKTnw
 4 stars 1976: Finch - Beyond Expression - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhoT6BgOdc
 5 stars 1977: Finch - Galleons of Passion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1rGzs8HdNo
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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

I have noticed more agreement betwixt us with your high and mid-level ratings than with your low ratings.  I love Focus (it was one of the first Prog bands I got into) and Hamburger Concerto is a meaty masterpiece. 
With our divergent tastes in music, it's nice to know our paths intersect at Focus, having begun their career with one of the best five-album runs in the history of prog. Thumbs Up
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I have noticed more agreement betwixt us with your high and mid-level ratings than with your low ratings.  I love Focus (it was one of the first Prog bands I got into) and Hamburger Concerto is a meaty masterpiece. 
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 4 stars 1975: Finch - Glory of the Inner Force - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK3sFyQKTnw
 4 stars 1976: Finch - Beyond Expression - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhoT6BgOdc
 5 stars 1977: Finch - Galleons of Passion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1rGzs8HdNo

 4 stars 1996: Five-O-One-AM - 21st Century Dream - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTUxsTHNYnw

 3 stars 1978: Flairck - Variaties Op Eem Dame (Variations on a Lady) -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lMwBjFV9ieYqyBx5CfDY-ECSje-V1FjIA
 3 stars 1980: Flairck - Gevecht met de Engel (The Lady's Back) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXCieg5KSMg
 3 stars 1980: Flairck - Live in Amsterdam - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmvPSM0lGDo
 3 stars 1982: Georges Moustaki & Flairck - Moustaki & Flairck - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVifwbR8pMQ   
 4 stars 1984: Flairck - Bal Masque (The Masked Ball) -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhMBFPE1Lmw
 5 stars 1994: Flairck - Kamers / Chambers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_xzWSKeDuQ
 3 stars 1995: Flairck - En Vivo en Chile - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWIo3myY92Q
 3 stars 1996: Flairck - De Gouden Eeuw (The Dutch Golden Age) - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k1AsMhitRKWwaPiELUI3WMzbEFhuDuQUM

 5 stars 2001: Flamborough Head - Defining the Legacy - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kV_AdQ5a10_VODLSbR-clDHYlgFuUFRHo
 5 stars 2005: Flamborough Head - Tales of Imperfection - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lbSTPdxr5dG_YH5yYzk9pUSSohlScG9u8
 5 stars 2009: Flamborough Head - Looking for John Maddock - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nAKhlR-jeimPs9ftiNPMQBI__myYb7ZA8
 5 stars 2022: Flamborough Head - Jumping the Milestone - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nEfKBU1voKs6_kcgPvBJqw90WLc6JTrmA

 4 stars 1970: Focus - In and Out of Focus - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o34Hftlard4
 5 stars 1971: Focus - Moving Waves - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCBMPdqDAS0
 4 stars 1972: Focus - Focus 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfuSi2Un_ng
 5 stars 1974: Focus - Hamburger Concerto - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl8RbU1hXuQ
 4 stars 1975: Focus - Mother Focus - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_L2pyAqDBg&t=1946s
 3 stars 1985: Jan Akkerman & Thijs van Leer - Focus - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC8ao1-JpsqNhBg7mEYbc5TraqAOO4o-P
 4 stars 2002: Focus - Focus 8 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvIr9PblntI
 4 stars 2006: Focus - Focus 9 / New Skin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GObrMhsmqYg
 5 stars 2014: Focus - Golden Oldies - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuGrGFkNxGM
 4 stars 2016: Focus & Friends - Focus 8.5 / Beyond the Horizon -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_llmzo08kuLBSxn4ZDWKXQ3x66Ppy1PAOw
 4 stars 2021: Focus - Focus 50: Live in Rio / Completely Focused - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l72j_QYARhHUH1yUz4OaidXvMC6G1WPOo

 4 stars 1994: For Absent Friends - Running in Circles - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mw5-RtyAq4wiCaad-RMF73FT4iuGXkZGo
 3 stars 2006: For Absent Friends - Square One
 3 stars 2018: For Absent Friends - And the Curtain Calls - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l1XDlVLj12TQXLadFhKpQSwCGMiL4uIGs





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EMERALD     The jewel in the crown of Dutch Neo Prog.  

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4 stars 2004: Emerald - Crown of Creation - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFNcC4ZbZeo

Jewel of the Nile - another tenuous link. Wink



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ELEMENTS     Can there possibly be a more Dutch-sounding name than Joost Donkersloot? He's the founder member and lead singer of Dutch Neo Prog band Elements, cleverly combining elements of Dream Theater, The Flower Kings, Spock's Beard and Transatlantic into a unique chemical compound that's more explosively reactive than any of their constituent parts. Thunderbolt and lightning, very very enlightening. 🌟


Dutch cops on patrol in Amsterdam, where they take an altogether more lenient approach to crime. Smile
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EKSEPTION     An Ekseptional band from Haarlem led by Rick van der Linden (the Keith Emerson of The Netherlands), inventively combining jazz, classical music and prog-rock together into one powerful, heady mix and rocking and rolling their way all over Bach, Beethoven, Gershwin, Khachaturian, Mozart, Tchaikovsky and many others. 

4 stars 1975: Ekseption - Mindmirror - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2pWBHjyfUc



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EGDON HEATH      A Dutch Neo Prog band who sound as English as a Thomas Hardy novel. Wink

 4 stars 1991: Egdon Heath - The Killing Silence - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTuf2nP40r8
 4 stars 1993: Egdon Heath - Him, the Snake & I 
 4 stars 1996: Egdon Heath - Nebula
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EARTH & FIRE      It's time for the Wild and Exciting sound of Earth and Fire - one of the most highly-regarded Dutch Symphonic Prog bands, rivalled only by Focus. Earth and Fire's sublime second and third albums - Song of the Marching Children and Atlantis - feature some of their finest symphonic moments in a 20-year-long career, and Reality Fills Fantasy when it comes to their beautiful singer, Andromeda Girl Jerney Kaagman, with a lovely voice to match her stunning good looks. Looking To the World of the Future, Earth and Fire were in A State of Flux in the late 1970's, when they left their prog-rock roots behind by fully embracing the emerging disco era. At the Gate to Infinity, Earth and Fire rose from the ashes once again like a Phoenix with their ninth and final album at the tail-end of the 1970's. Heart

 4 stars 1970: Earth and Fire - Earth and Fire - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF8834BBC92B2A964
 5 stars 1971: Earth and Fire - Song of the Marching Children - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lHxLZHTY3I0xwQRILUHAwI13Tcak3MVxY
 4 stars 1975: Earth and Fire - To the World of the Future - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m8_or1TctVJBp7LxrWrINxGul_OVMDH4M
 3 stars 1982: Earth and Fire - In a State of Flux - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLytRNmMCH9gnOUcY4qTp7l0N5Or4QtDxC
 3 stars 1989: Earth and Fire - Phoenix 

The incredible journey of Jerney Kaagman - From a wild-haired, hippie love goddess to a permed-hair, spandex-wearing disco diva. Smile
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Originally posted by omphaloskepsis omphaloskepsis wrote:

My favorite proggish Dutch band is Golden Earring.  They had several albums in a row, during the early-mid 70s that were proggish to outright prog. 

Yeah, they were the Gold Standard of Dutch Heavy Prog. Thumbs Up

3 stars 1965: The Golden Ear-rings - Just Ear-rings - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC0A108323242DDAB
4 stars 1984: Golden Earring - Something Heavy Going Down - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lkM46XGCZRKtGgatN8PLiy30oSZWZrkv4
3 stars 1991: Golden Earring - Bloody Buccaneers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac9CapmUQuY
3 stars 1995: Golden Earring - Love Sweat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxUeKeJbqFk
4 stars 2001: Golden Earring - Last Blast of the Century - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mNGzhd3idsIqT8kNhZ8M8SYzrCNipvebs
3 stars 2012: Golden Earring - Tits 'n Ass - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB890DBD06055C46F
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My favorite proggish Dutch band is Golden Earring.  They had several albums in a row, during the early-mid 70s that were proggish to outright prog. 
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 4 stars 1970: Earth and Fire - Earth and Fire - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF8834BBC92B2A964
 5 stars 1971: Earth and Fire - Song of the Marching Children - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lHxLZHTY3I0xwQRILUHAwI13Tcak3MVxY
 4 stars 1975: Earth and Fire - To the World of the Future - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m8_or1TctVJBp7LxrWrINxGul_OVMDH4M
 3 stars 1982: Earth and Fire - In a State of Flux - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLytRNmMCH9gnOUcY4qTp7l0N5Or4QtDxC
 3 stars 1989: Earth and Fire - Phoenix 

 4 stars 1991: Egdon Heath - The Killing Silence - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTuf2nP40r8
 4 stars 1993: Egdon Heath - Him, the Snake & I 
 4 stars 1996: Egdon Heath - Nebula

 4 stars 1975: Ekseption - Mindmirror - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2pWBHjyfUc


 4 stars 2004: Emerald - Crown of Creation - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFNcC4ZbZeo


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DR. COENOBITE      Contrary to popular belief, a coenobite is not a sea-dwelling mollusc from prehistoric times, but a member of a religious group living together in a monastic community, so I'm guessing Dr. Coenobite (Aka. guitarist Coen Vrouwenvelder) doesn't get out much. Tongue

 2 stars 2000: Dr. Coenobite - 500 Years of Guitar Music - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lZrIDiclO_vJM_keZq1TO3LjezZvnURBA
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DIFFERENCES      Differences are listed as a Neo Prog band here on PA, but there's A World of Difference between this band and a typical Neo Prog band. Differences sound better than any Neo Prog band I've ever heard, and that includes IQ, Marillion and even Magenta! I know some here (or possibly all?) will disagree with that emphatic statement, but what's the Differences between friends. Smile

5 stars 1985: Differences - The Voyage  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGkpX44O27U
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DIAL      Tune in your Dial for a three-piece Dutch Neo Prog band (led by Liselotte Hegt) who sound unlike any Neo Prog band you may have heard before. Synchronized is an album especially for those of us who don't generally like Neo Prog. Smile
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THE DAME     There is nothing like a dame, and there's nothing quite like The Dame, a Dutch Neo Prog band consisting of one dame (Marian van Charante on vocals) and four guys. The Dame's first album serves as a nice appetiser (or hors d'oeuvre) for the main event in 2024. Smile


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 4 stars 2018: The Dame - Losing Sight of What You Want - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_naRZAfZMTw12CWrNYsphIwBebcUUsYqGE


 5 stars 1985: Differences - The Voyage  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGkpX44O27U
 5 stars 1992: Differences - A World of Difference - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJCVcO4UsiIk0-dhjisFFy3asmpjK8G-A

 2 stars 2000: Dr. Coenobite - 500 Years of Guitar Music - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lZrIDiclO_vJM_keZq1TO3LjezZvnURBA


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CRYPTO      A cool band from Zandvoort who deal in the currency of funky fusion. Smile



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CLIFFHANGER      A Dutch Neo Prog Genesis clone, sounding the way Genesis could've sounded in the 1980's & 90's instead of Abacab, We Can't Dance and Calling All Stations, although not to expect Genesis to bow to commercial pressures by becoming a 1980's hit-making pop sensation would've surely been Against All Odds. Confused




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CODA      !!WOW!! Just Wow! What a Symphony! I'm blown away by the lush symphonic soundscapes of Coda, a majestic Dutch Symphonic Prog band led by multi-instrumentalist Eric DeVroomen. This is the kind of passionate prog that YES and Genesis could only dream of doing in the 1980's & 90's. Va Va Vroomen! Clap
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