Seeking very obscure 70's bands

Those are obscure classics. Biglietto per L'Inferno, Dedicato a Frazz, and Cherry Five are incredible albums. I can't say the same about the Cathedral one. Quite boring. Comus and Epidaurus are two I still need to check out, and I've never heard of Lift. Noted. Thank u

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: I'm just wondering they should be one shot bands though? There are tons of great lesser known bands who did more than just one album.

No, not really. I don't know why I wrote that. Also, 'little-known 70's prog bands' is almost synonymous with 'one-shot bands.'

P.S.: I also had the misfortune of listening to Garden Shed by England... Very boring

 

Some of Vangelis side projects perhaps

Irene Papas - Odes

Aphrodite's Child - 666

plus his early pre synthesiser albums

The Dragon

Hypothesis 

Earth

There were a lot of them all over Europe, and they were really valuable and important for the music itself, but they were not always thought of as important, and in some cases very weird.

Arthur Brown would be one, and his Kingdom Come albums did not do well, but had nice things in it.

I've always loved The Edgar Broughton Band, but I think that some folks don't like Edgar's vocals and his politics, and comments on various songs. Some think that he was more into the politics than the music, but in all my years, you will hard pressed to find someone as honest and clear as Edgar. 

In France, there always was Malicorne and Mona Lisa that had nice things, and very enjoyable.

In England, there were way too many and it was hard to not notice them, but few folks said anything about them. The Third Ear Band, and a version of it is still around. I always loved Capability Brown, though I'm not sure I have ever heard or seen anyone say anything about it. From the MAN area of folks, Help Yourself had some nifty albums. Also in the MAN area, there was The Neutrons, that were excellent in their 2 albums, though the 2nd is very different from the 1st. The Harvest label had some outstanding things. Babe Ruth had a really nice first album. Kevin Ayers was one. Roy Harper another, though he might not fit the "obscure" idea. Be Bop Deluxe was not exactly unknown but I'm not sure they ever got the attention they deserve, and Bill Nelson is still putting out stuff. Kayak had some very nice albums at the start. One of my favorites would be Roy Wood, after he left ELO ... his albums are very good, though some will test your endurance in how some music is put together  --- beware of that Mustard! But it is a great album. Annie Haslam says he is a musical genius. A lot of Eberhard Schoenner albums in the early days.

It's not hard to find them, but the listening to so much different stuff is something that most "progressive" (or any one else) fans can not exactly get their ear on ... it's easy to say ... way too much ... and it bends, stretches and breaks every idea you have of "progressive music" or anything else you can think of.