books on Prog

Not only Prog-related, but an excellent book is "Sachlexikon der Rockmusik" ("Enyclopedia of Rock Music Terms") by Tibor Kneif. An excellent book. Tibor Kneif is (or was) professor at the Freie Universität Berlin and was the first to hold lectures on rock music. I fear there is no English translation of it though, so one would have to understand German to read it.

JesusBetancourt wrote: I own an excellent book on prog by auther Bradley Smith called"The Billboard Guide to Progressive music". If anyone else has read it tell me if you liked it or not, if you have not read it i reccomend it. If anyone knows ANY other books related to prog please let me know I would truley appeciate it.

I like that VERY much, good that you mentioned it  !!! I read it many many times. It's a very good record guide, with about 350 reviews. The writer is TOTALLY uncompromising: Relayer is the last Yes-album he reviews, Wind And Wuthering the last Genesis album, and Animals the last Pink Floyd album. With ELP he only discusses the 1st album and Pictures At An Exhibition: he thinks the rest is not good enough  . Not that I agree, but I do appreciate his progressive attitude. The book contains progressive rock, progressive jazz (like Canterbury bands, Henry Cow, American progressive fusion bands etc.) and progressive ambient music (Tangerine Dream, Terry Riley, Throbbing Gristle etc.) Highly recommended!!!

The only thing I don't understand and also gave him lots of critique is that he didn't review any Van der Graaf Generator and Gentle Giant albums.

The book introduced me and a friend of mine to some very interesting prog.

Also very interesting for prog fans: Rocking The Classics, English Progressive Rock and the Counterculture by Edward Macan, New York, 1997. I bought it when it came out and reread it many many times. This is not a record guide, but a sociological / musicological study, about progrock.

Those are the best books about progrock / progressive music I EVER read!