^To the non prog fan King Crimson(ditto Marillion now that I think about it) are considered obscure in most cases. So pretty much anyone more obscure than KC is obscure to the average person. I would think that bands like Gentle Giant, Strawbs, PFM, Camel, Magma, Nektar, Focus, VDGG, Renaissance, IQ, The Flower Kings, etc would not be obscure to most prog fans. Gryphon probably occupy the gray area in between known and obscure.

Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - September 13 2023 at 16:22

Sensations Fix - Portable Madness (1974)

Psychedelic Paul wrote: Top 100 Obscure Prog Albums AFFINITY - Affinity (1970) AGINCOURT - Fly Away (1970) ANDROMEDA - Andromeda (1969) AQUILA - Aquila (1970) ARCADIUM - Breathe Awhile (1969) ARMAGEDDON - Armageddon (1975) ART - Supernatural Fairy Tales (1967) ARTHUR BROWN'S KINGDOM COME - Journey (1973) ARZACHEL - Arzachel (1969) ASGARD - In the Realm of Asgard (1972) AUDIENCE - Friend's Friend's Friend (1970) AUTUMN - Ocean World (1977) AXE - Music (1969) BACHDENKEL - Lemmings (1973) BEGGARS OPERA - Waters of Change (1971) BLACK WIDOW - Sacrifice (1970) BLONDE ON BLONDE - Contrasts (1969) BRIAN DAVISON'S EVERY WHICH WAY - Every Which Way (1972) CAMEL - Underage (1970) CANTERBURY GLASS - Sacred Scenes and Characters (1968) CAPABILITY BROWN - Voice (1973) CHIMERA - Chimera (1969) CIRCUS - Circus (1969) CIRKUS - One (1973) CLOUDS - Scrapbook (1969) CONTINUUM - Autumn Grass (1971) CRESSIDA - Cressida (1970) CZAR - Czar (1970) DARRYL WAY'S WOLF - Canis Lupus (1973) DEEP FEELING - Deep Feeling (1971) DEMON FUZZ - Afreaka! (1970) DR. Z - Three Parts to My Soul (1971) DRUID - Toward the Sun (1973) DUNCAN MACKAY - Score (1977) EAST OF EDEN - Mercator Projected (1969) ECLECTION - Eclection (1968) ENGLAND - Garden Shed (1977) THE ENID - In the Region of the Summer Stars (1976) FANTASY - Paint a Picture (1973) FIELDS - Fields (1971) FIRST AID - Nostradamus (1977) FRUUPP - Future Legends (1973) FUCHSIA - Fuchsia (1971) THE GHOST - When You're Dead, One Second (1970) THE GODS - Genesis (1968) GRACIOUS - This is... Gracious! (1971) GRAIL - Grail (1970) GRAVY TRAIN - (A Ballad of) A Peaceful Man (1971) THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH - Horizons (1970) THE GUN - Gun (1968) HELP YOURSELF - Beware the Shadow (1972) ICARUS - The Marvel World of Icarus (1972) IF - If 3 (1971) ILLUSION - Out of the Mist (1977) INDIAN SUMMER - Indian Summer (1971) JACKSON HEIGHTS - King Progress (1970) JADE - Fly on Strange Wings (1970) JADE WARRIOR - Last Autumn's Dream (1972) JANUS - Gravedigger (1972) JULIAN'S TREATMENT - A Time Before This (1970) KHAN - Space Shanty (1972) LEAF HOUND - Growers of Mushroom (1971) LODESTONE - Time Flies (1971) LONE STAR - Lone Star (1976) LOUDEST WHISPER - The Children of Lir (1973) MANDALABAND - Mandalaband (1975) MARSUPILAMI - Marsupilami (1970) MAY BLITZ - May Blitz (1970) MORGAN - Nova Solis (1972) NEKTAR - Journey to the Centre of the Eye (1971) OCTOPUS - Restless Night (1970) ODIN - Odin (1972) PALADIN - Charge! (1972) PEGGY'S LEG - Grinilla (1973) PETE BROWN & PIBLOKTO! - Thousands on a Raft (1970) PETER BARDENS - The Answer (1970) PUSSY - Pussy Plays (1969) QUATERMASS - Quatermass (1970) QUICKSAND - Home is Where I Belong (1974) RAMASES - Glass Top Coffin (1975) RARE BIRD - Rare Bird (1969) RAW MATERIAL - Time Is... (1971) REFUGEE - Refugee (1974) RICHARD WRIGHT - Wet Dream (1978) RIFF RAFF - Riff Raff (1973) ROOM - Pre-Flight (1970) SALAMANDER - Ten Commandments (1971) SATURNALIA - Magical Love (1969) SECOND HAND - Reality (1968) THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN - The Seven Ages of Man (1972) SKIN ALLEY - To Pagham and Beyond (1970) SPIROGYRA - Bells, Boots and Shambles (1973) SPRING - Spring (1971) STEEL MILL - Green-Eyed God (1972) STILL LIFE - Still Life (1971) SUNFOREST - Sound of Sunforest (1969) TITUS GROAN - Titus Groan (1970) TONTON MACOUTE - Tonton Macoute (1971) TRACTOR - Tractor (1972) VISITOR 2035 - Visitor 2035 (1978) WALLY - Wally (1974) WRITING ON THE WALL - Power of the Picts (1969)

Got to check out Pussy. Khan and Nektar obscure, Paul?

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Psychedelic Paul wrote: Grumpyprogfan wrote: Got to check out Pussy. Khan and Nektar obscure, Paul? Even Caravan, King Crimson and Van der Graaf Generator are obscure to anyone outside of the progosphere, including my two brothers who've never heard of any of them.

Frets N Worries wrote: ^I tried introducing some friends to VDGG, they looked at me as if I had just sprouted a second head and began to fly..

richardh wrote: What's ''friends''?

Going back thru this thread, where did most of the original posters go?? Did they make themselves obscure??  ...sad

Psychedelic Paul wrote: Top 100 Obscure Prog Albums ... ARTHUR BROWN'S KINGDOM COME - Journey (1973) AUDIENCE - Friend's Friend's Friend (1970) BLACK WIDOW - Sacrifice (1970) CAMEL - Underage (1970) CAPABILITY BROWN - Voice (1973) DARRYL WAY'S WOLF - Canis Lupus (1973) DRUID - Toward the Sun (1973) DUNCAN MACKAY - Score (1977) EAST OF EDEN - Mercator Projected (1969) FRUUPP - Future Legends (1973) THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH - Horizons (1970) HELP YOURSELF - Beware the Shadow (1972) IF - If 3 (1971) JADE WARRIOR - Last Autumn's Dream (1972) JANUS - Gravedigger (1972) KHAN - Space Shanty (1972) MANDALABAND - Mandalaband (1975) NEKTAR - Journey to the Centre of the Eye (1971) PETE BROWN & PIBLOKTO! - Thousands on a Raft (1970) PETER BARDENS - The Answer (1970) QUATERMASS - Quatermass (1970) RAMASES - Glass Top Coffin (1975) RARE BIRD - Rare Bird (1969) REFUGEE - Refugee (1974) RICHARD WRIGHT - Wet Dream (1978) SECOND HAND - Reality (1968) WALLY - Wally (1974) ...