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    Posted: November 19 2014 at 10:38
I'm looking for those synth solos that aren't the usual "Wakeman mini-moog"
style familiar also in Starcastle.  The one that occurs in Le Orme - Felona E Sorona (1973)
around 6:20 is a good example.  At first it sounded to me like "Ah, this guy really doesn't
know how to use his synth" but then I just focused on it and it was great, like, one of 
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Triumvirat-Dancer's Delight (a '74 single track)
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This song has an exquisite sixty-second-long synth solo that doesn't fall in the "lickety split" category, save for a few quick flurries of sixteenths in a couple places. Nice on-the-fly modulating at the very end, but nothing too out of whack for this is still a rock song. Jim Alcivar's synth solo begins at 2:13. 
 
 
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Points: 1607 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 19 2014 at 13:53
I think it's easy to find these sort of Synth solos when it comes to RPI:
 
Le Orme - Figure Di Cartone


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Points: 28041 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 19 2014 at 14:02
I suppose I can't keep posting Edgar Winter Band - Frankenstein and get away with itQuestion ok maybe not

Not prog but Dave Greenfield's Moog solo on The Stranglers - Nice N Sleazy wipes the floor with most prog synth solos I've heard and is very different as you would expect

Don't really have any suggestions sorry.Unhappy
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Originally posted by Rick Robson Rick Robson wrote:

I think it's easy to find these sort of Synth solos when it comes to RPI:
 
Le Orme - Figure Di Cartone

Great tone on that synth!  Thanks. 
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Points: 15916 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 19 2014 at 23:29
I've always thought that the unconventional VCS3 solo that Eno did in the Paw-Paw Negro Blowtorch was really whacky......
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I'd like to recommend Gentle Giant's Alucard ,  Nothing of All and The Queen (1970), The Who's Song Is Over (1971),  Aphrodite's Child's The Capture of The Beast (1972), Uriah Heep's Sweet Loraine (1972), Pink Floyd's Absolutely Curtains (1972), Caravan's The Dog, The Dog, He's At It Again (1973), and  Seventh Wave's Eversolightly (1974)

 


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Originally posted by Svetonio Svetonio wrote:

I'd like to recommend Gentle Giant's Alucard ,  Nothing of All and The Queen (1970), The Who's Song Is Over (1971),  Aphrodite's Child's The Capture of The Beast (1972), Uriah Heep's Sweet Loraine (1972), Pink Floyd's Absolutely Curtains (1972), Caravan's The Dog, The Dog, He's At It Again (1973), and  Seventh Wave's Eversolightly (1974)

 

I didn't think there were any synths on that Aphrodites Child album? 
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Originally posted by brainstormer brainstormer wrote:

I'm looking for those synth solos that aren't the usual "Wakeman mini-moog"
style familiar also in Starcastle.  The one that occurs in Le Orme - Felona E Sorona (1973)
around 6:20 is a good example.  At first it sounded to me like "Ah, this guy really doesn't
know how to use his synth" but then I just focused on it and it was great, like, one of 
the best in terms of originality. 
brainstormer, this is a mellotron not your synth but I think you may enjoy this, with original band members David Byron (one of my 4 octave ultimate vocalists) and Ken Hensley here on the mellotron Hug hugs
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Points: 10213 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2014 at 02:04
Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by Svetonio Svetonio wrote:

I'd like to recommend Gentle Giant's Alucard ,  Nothing of All and The Queen (1970), The Who's Song Is Over (1971),  Aphrodite's Child's The Capture of The Beast (1972), Uriah Heep's Sweet Loraine (1972), Pink Floyd's Absolutely Curtains (1972), Caravan's The Dog, The Dog, He's At It Again (1973), and  Seventh Wave's Eversolightly (1974)

 

I didn't think there were any synths on that Aphrodites Child album? 
Of course there are synth riffs at 666, as you can hear that in the sample above from 1:40 to 2:00;
sadly that 666 was already recorded in 1970 but then the album was waiting for two years to be released...


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Originally posted by Svetonio Svetonio wrote:

I'd like to recommend Gentle Giant's Alucard ,  Nothing of All and The Queen (1970), The Who's Song Is Over (1971),  Aphrodite's Child's The Capture of The Beast (1972), Uriah Heep's Sweet Loraine (1972), Pink Floyd's Absolutely Curtains (1972), Caravan's The Dog, The Dog, He's At It Again (1973), and  Seventh Wave's Eversolightly (1974)

 
Svetonio, do you realize that you are always at the top with your replies, all are so good, really brilliant! Your knowledge is amazing! However it's so good that you leave no room left for further comments, it's perfect and closed for further comments. You are amazing, you would be the best and really good too at trying to entice others to comment really if you try, you are so good! big hug Hug 
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Points: 10213 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2014 at 02:24
Originally posted by Kati Kati wrote:

Originally posted by Svetonio Svetonio wrote:

I'd like to recommend Gentle Giant's Alucard ,  Nothing of All and The Queen (1970), The Who's Song Is Over (1971),  Aphrodite's Child's The Capture of The Beast (1972), Uriah Heep's Sweet Loraine (1972), Pink Floyd's Absolutely Curtains (1972), Caravan's The Dog, The Dog, He's At It Again (1973), and  Seventh Wave's Eversolightly (1974)

 
Svetonio, do you realize that you are always at the top with your replies, (...)
Actually I do realize that you've already hit that reply button twice to post something off topic.
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Points: 6253 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2014 at 02:30
Originally posted by Svetonio Svetonio wrote:

Originally posted by Kati Kati wrote:

Originally posted by Svetonio Svetonio wrote:

I'd like to recommend Gentle Giant's Alucard ,  Nothing of All and The Queen (1970), The Who's Song Is Over (1971),  Aphrodite's Child's The Capture of The Beast (1972), Uriah Heep's Sweet Loraine (1972), Pink Floyd's Absolutely Curtains (1972), Caravan's The Dog, The Dog, He's At It Again (1973), and  Seventh Wave's Eversolightly (1974)

 
Svetonio, do you realize that you are always at the top with your replies, (...)
Actually I do realize that you've already hit that reply button twice to post something off topic.
You cheeky sod! Naughty corner for you!
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Originally posted by Svetonio Svetonio wrote:

Originally posted by Kati Kati wrote:

Originally posted by Svetonio Svetonio wrote:

I'd like to recommend Gentle Giant's Alucard ,  Nothing of All and The Queen (1970), The Who's Song Is Over (1971),  Aphrodite's Child's The Capture of The Beast (1972), Uriah Heep's Sweet Loraine (1972), Pink Floyd's Absolutely Curtains (1972), Caravan's The Dog, The Dog, He's At It Again (1973), and  Seventh Wave's Eversolightly (1974)

 
Svetonio, do you realize that you are always at the top with your replies, (...)
Actually I do realize that you've already hit that reply button twice to post something off topic.
 
Postiing stuff off topic is very common with me, I am a happy nincompoop, I can't help it and your point in this is what?
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Originally posted by Kati Kati wrote:

Postiing stuff off topic is very common with me, I am a happy nincompoop
 
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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

Originally posted by Kati Kati wrote:

Postiing stuff off topic is very common with me, I am a happy nincompoop
 
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Originally posted by Kati Kati wrote:

Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

Originally posted by Kati Kati wrote:

Postiing stuff off topic is very common with me, I am a happy nincompoop
 
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Funural For a Friend/love lies bleeding, Arrrrrrp synth intro is crazy spine chilling, and also a vert cool moog solo on the song "the Cage" on debute, and All the Girls Love Alice, and Dirty Little Girl has moog warps,

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It may be later than what you are looking for, but I've always thought that synth pioneer Roger Powell's solo on Utopia's Hiroshima was one of the finest ever.  It just screams.
 
 
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