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    Posted: May 08 2009 at 20:02
I'm looking for really long prog songs I'm talking 30 mins + on albums pre -1980. Does one even exist?
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thats pretty hard to accomplish given the LP format limits the length to about 30 minutes, and the audio quality is really limited towards the end due to increased rotation speed. I really doubt it exists
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Points: 1818 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2009 at 21:04

THE IKON 
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Points: 21342 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2009 at 21:06
^That's the one I was thinking, too.

Brian Eno's Discreet Music is also just a tad over 30.
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Points: 21342 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2009 at 21:10
And continuing that there's An Index of Metals from the Fripp & Eno album Evening Star, clocks in just shy of 29 minutes.
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As mentioned above, Todd Rundgren's Utopia managed to fit the 30:25 'The Ikon' on to their self-titled 1974 debut. And it's well worth a listen too.
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Points: 2779 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 09 2009 at 00:17
Karn Evil 9 gets close, and Thick As a Brick is split in two 20 something minute songs so I don't think it counts.. other than that yeah The Ikon, but most of the really long epics are from the 90's and 00's. 
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Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze.Smile
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Originally posted by Mr ProgFreak Mr ProgFreak wrote:

Klaus Schulze.Smile

I think the biggest problem with his music is the fact that a vast majority of his songs are between 20-30 minutes, I can't ever do marathons of his music because listening to like 10 songs in 4 hours gets pretty tedious fast.LOL
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Points: 25210 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 09 2009 at 02:45
Only pre 1980?Cry
Missing out on all the cool drone doom, drone metal, stoner metal stuff that have 30 minute plus tracks then.
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Points: 5195 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 09 2009 at 02:52
Originally posted by Cygnus X-2 Cygnus X-2 wrote:

Originally posted by Mr ProgFreak Mr ProgFreak wrote:

Klaus Schulze.Smile

I think the biggest problem with his music is the fact that a vast majority of his songs are between 20-30 minutes, I can't ever do marathons of his music because listening to like 10 songs in 4 hours gets pretty tedious fast.LOL


I usually listen to his music in the background, while doing other stuff. I can tell you that having to listen consciously to one of these songs usually feels like a marathon to me!Wink
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Sorting my iTunes by track time I get:

Bayreuth Return - Klaus Schulze (Timewind)
The Ikon - Todd Rundgren's Utopia (Todd Rundgren's Utopia)

So there really isn't very much that qualifies (at least amongst my collection).
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Points: 5898 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 09 2009 at 15:37
Originally posted by King Crimson776 King Crimson776 wrote:

Thick As a Brick is split in two 20 something minute songs so I don't think it counts..


They're clearly meant to be listened to in succession, so I think it does count. Wink
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Tubular Bells, Hergest Ridge, Ommadawn...
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Check out this list:

http://www.dprp.net/longsongs/longsongs.php

There are a few pre-1980 tracks in the list...
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Points: 7942 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 09 2009 at 18:26
Originally posted by Canprog Canprog wrote:

I'm looking for really long prog songs I'm talking 30 mins + on albums pre -1980.

Can you explain us what f**ing for? Smile
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Points: 3083 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 10 2009 at 01:15
Originally posted by Petrovsk Mizinski Petrovsk Mizinski wrote:

Only pre 1980?Cry
Missing out on all the cool drone doom, drone metal, stoner metal stuff that have 30 minute plus tracks then.
 
Yes, and also Cassandra Gemini.
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