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Points: 14258 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 06 2010 at 07:33
Excellent choices - Must get hold of the ELP one....
 
 
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Love the Keith Emerson book - interesting Groupie stories !! Apparently some girls were keen to take on the Trilogy,(so to speak).
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This was just released last month...it's not a hardback, and it's sized more for a smaller coffee table, but there's plenty of photos and lots of new, firsthand interviews, individual chapters on many bands (the big names plus deserving cult acts like Camel and Gentle Giant), separate chapters on regional trends (Canterbury, Krautrock) and newer bands (Transatlantic, IQ). One small gripe: Van Der Graaf Generator hardly rates a mention! 
 
But otherwise it looks pretty good, from the brief time I spent browsing through it at my local bookstore...
 
Another good gift item in a similar size and format is this one: high on my holiday wish list:
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^^^ This has to be purchased - please for Christmas...
 
 
How about this too..
 
 
 
 
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THE FIRST COLLECTION OF ROGER DEAN’S WORK IN 25 YEARS

The long-awaited sequel to Views and Magnetic Storm

The first two volumes chronicling the unique art and design or Roger Dean met with huge critical and popular success. Views (1975) went straight to number one in The Sunday Times best-seller list and went on to sell over a million copies. Magnetic Storm (1984) in turn sold over 650,000 copies.

Dragon’s Dream is Roger Dean’s long-awaited third book. Conceived as a panoramic dreamscape, this inspirational book for his fans, artists and designers encompasses album covers, logos, paintings, stage designs, opera sets and costumes, furniture, architecture, images for computer games and concepts and visuals for films. Dean’s fantastic and visionary concepts for architectural designs range from earth-sheltered houses to a Malaysian Park.

“To tour through the pages of his remarkable career is to revel in the sheer joy of travelling down cosmic corridors of ebullient beauty, ethereal grandeur, and fantastic invention. There is a master at work here.“  –Syd Mead

“His unique style, unparalleled skill, and stunning imagination, combined with a pure natural talent, have made him a twentieth and twenty-first Century icon in the world of art. You can add to this his phenomenal success with sojourns into the world of architecture and design.” –Rick Wakeman
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Originally posted by Neu!mann Neu!mann wrote:

This was just released last month...it's not a hardback, and it's sized more for a smaller coffee table, but there's plenty of photos and lots of new, firsthand interviews, individual chapters on many bands (the big names plus deserving cult acts like Camel and Gentle Giant), separate chapters on regional trends (Canterbury, Krautrock) and newer bands (Transatlantic, IQ). One small gripe: Van Der Graaf Generator hardly rates a mention! 
 
But otherwise it looks pretty good, from the brief time I spent browsing through it at my local bookstore...
 
Another good gift item in a similar size and format is this one: high on my holiday wish list:
i saw it on ebay for about $35 - does it have a lot of colour and covers a broad spectrum of classic prog? I am very interested in this.

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Very broad, I would say...as I mentioned, except for the omission of VDGG it covers the rise of Golden Age Prog pretty well, going all the way back to the Beatles, Procol Harem, etc. There are separate chapters for quite a few bands (King Crimson gets two: one for the band through '74, plus one for the later line-ups), plus a chapter each for krautrock, Italian Progressive Rock, American prog, Canterbury, etc.

And it's very colorful: photos galore. Definitely lives up to its title as an Illustrated Guide...
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Roger Dean's 'Album Cover Album' (compiled with old Storm)
 
Whenever I'm feeling sad I open it at a random page and enjoy!


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Originally posted by thehallway thehallway wrote:

 
 
Roger Dean's 'Album Cover Album' (compiled with old Storm)
 
Whenever I'm feeling sad I open it at a random page and enjoy!
 
Son of a gun ... you beat me to it!
 
And more importantly is the history and what is written in there ... should be mandatory homework for all the people that are involved in this board ... of importance is how Storm talks about the movies and the movie posters and then what became the album covers.
 
And, the side story that verifies this really well and a MUST SEE for many progressive people and thinkers is the DVD on Tom Dowd ... that has the best history of music in America that you will ever find ... and learn from! It's amazing. He also connects the music to the advertising/covers.
 
There is also the original Roger Dean "Views" which is also in the 12x12 format and is a lovely coffee table book. And a veritable who's who of bands you never heard, many of which might even fit as prog this or that.


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It's an excellent book indeed, as is 'Views' I hear, though I don't have it.

I want Roger Dean to design my house!


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Am I only the one who dislike the concept of coffee table books?
Percussion, sir!
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^^^ yep!LOL
 
I just love something to plough into on  a  cold night after work.
 
as i listen to the latest prog Cds of course.
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My definition of a coffee table book is short on words and research and big on pics.
 
In other words, a quickie!!
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I have this one. It's got a ton of awesome photos and info
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Points: 1433 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 19 2011 at 15:28

^ They look so happy!

Especially Mason...... he looks like Frank Zappa on depressants.


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Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:

Does anyone know of any lavishly illustrated huge coffee table Prog Books - the type that you
sit on a coffee tale and people picjk and gawk at - usually lavishly illustrated and large hard cover format
 
I discovered this treasure - massive with heaps of colour illustrations on Genesis
 

Genesis:

Chapter and Verse
The long-awaited, definitive story of one of the most creative and commercial rock groups of all time, Genesis One of the most imaginative, courageous, and unpredictable music acts ever, Genesis evolved from pioneers of progressive music in the 1970s to a global phenomenon, topping charts and selling over 150 million albums worldwide. The story of their band spans thirty years and thirty albums, and through all the changes in the band's line-up and musical direction, the spirit of Genesis has remained constant and undimmed. Genesis: Chapter & Verseis the ultimate addition to any fan's collection, setting the record straight as the band's members tell their story their way. Remarkably, the band survived the high-profile departure of not one lead vocalist, but two (Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins), two influential guitarists (Anthony Phillips and Steve Hackett), and its best-known drummer (Phil Collins). Genesis simply got stronger and bigger matching the huge solo success of Gabriel, Collins, and Mike + The Mechanics. A collaboration between all the members of Genesis, past and present,Genesis: Chapter and Verseis the band's definitive autobiography: an intimate



Really nice information collected from this post.Thanks for this useful post.
 
 
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Points: 14258 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 27 2011 at 10:08
Originally posted by Neu!mann Neu!mann wrote:

This was just released last month...it's not a hardback, and it's sized more for a smaller coffee table, but there's plenty of photos and lots of new, firsthand interviews, individual chapters on many bands (the big names plus deserving cult acts like Camel and Gentle Giant), separate chapters on regional trends (Canterbury, Krautrock) and newer bands (Transatlantic, IQ). One small gripe: Van Der Graaf Generator hardly rates a mention! 
 
But otherwise it looks pretty good, from the brief time I spent browsing through it at my local bookstore...
 
Another good gift item in a similar size and format is this one: high on my holiday wish list:
I saw both these and bought "Mountains come out of the Sky".
 
The Krautrock book was full of bands I had nbever heard of and information focused.
 
The "Mountains.... "prog guide is lavishly illustrated and very easy to read on each band apart fro the intro chapter on various movements toward prog - the birth of prog
 
Very happy with the book as its kind of a guide to various bands and some rare colour photos included. All the best classic prog bands are there with their own chapter except VDGG, Kraftwerk and Hawkwind sadly. The last chapter features more recent prog such as Porcupine Tree, and Flower Kings. Chapter on Dream Theater, Marillion, Rush, Yes, Genesis, and ELP, King Crimson among others. Recommend it. 
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Originally posted by clarke2001 clarke2001 wrote:

Am I only the one who dislike the concept of coffee table books?
 
I have to say, I'm attracted by the glitz, the big colourful pictures to buy them (often in remainder bookshops at a sensible price) but quickly these books get parked in the bookshelves gathering dust & occupying space - which I realised  was the fate of many publications in my relatively extensive book collection only last night, noting the illustrated gardening and DIY books get the regular use. Oxfam here I come.
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Points: 14258 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 31 2011 at 06:24
Not a prog book as such but the massive tome "1001 Albums you must hear Before you Die" has MANY Prog albums.

I have not got "1001 songs you must hear before you die" But I guess there would be prog in there too. I wish I know which ones. 
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If you're a Rush fan, the Illustrated History by Martin Popoff is a really nice looking book. Content wise, it's a little strange as some of the album reviews aren't necessarily overly praiseworthy which annoyed me in the sense that this was meant to be a tribute to the band and you've got people who are dissing (mainly) the band's late 80's output. But there's some great photos in there, many of which I'd never seen and loads of pictures of memorabilia. It's a good one to have purely from an aesthetic point, not so much from a literary point.
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