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    Posted: November 12 2009 at 15:27
A friend who doesn't know much about prog stumped the proghead with this question, what was the first sidelong epic track ever? I'd really like to know because this is bugging me to know end, but then again, there may be no answers
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Points: 31169 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 12 2009 at 15:30
Depends what you mean by "epic".  Jazz greats like Coltrane were doing side long tracks in the early 60s.
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I'm just talking about sidelong tracks, not necessarily epic
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Points: 7826 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 12 2009 at 16:03
That's a really good question. I actually don't know. If we're talking about the first rock side-long epic, I still don't know, but I would have some better guesses.

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"In A Silent Way" by Miles Davis is the oldest example that I know. The album is fusion and both sides contain only one sidelong epic.

Edit: I'm not sure but In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida might be it.


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To my knowledge, the first 'prog rock' sidelong epic was 'What Love' from the Collector's self-titled debut.
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Points: 6898 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 13 2009 at 10:44
Miles had a lot of long tracks. But I would call them jams rather than epics. The Nice Ars Longa Vita Brevis from `68 was certainly one of the first prog epics. 
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Points: 7003 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 13 2009 at 10:56
Although they're comparatively short, in 1966 Dylan's Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands and Zappa's Return of the Son of Monster Magnet both took up the final sides of two of the first rock double albums released. Side long tracks had already been around in jazz and classical music by then, of course.

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Points: 65760 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 13 2009 at 11:02
Pink Floyd's "Atom Heart Mother" suite was a pretty early sidelong track (1968). I am sure it is not the first though.
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^ That was 1970, wasn't it?
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Yeah, I misread. LOL 1970 it was.
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