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Points: 4312 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2008 at 14:18
Originally posted by Starless Starless wrote:

Originally posted by febus febus wrote:

Like it or not, you can't dismiss 2 albums that were instrumental  to the birth of prog:
      Days of future passed-Moody Blues
      Procol Harum 1st album-PH
 
Wasn't DoFP their 2nd LP? Deffo essential to prog tho'
 
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No, no, ''Days of future passed'' was their really first issued in 1967!!Wink
If you exclude an album released earlier with Denny Laine on guitar that has nothing to do musically with the Moody Blues we know.
DOFP is regularly referenced as their first ''true'' release. ''In Search of The Lost Chord '' would be their 2nd LP
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I would pick 1969 or 1970. So many bands debuted in these years. Not all of these debut albums were great ("From Genesis to Revelation" anyone?), but some were. To name but a few:

1969

High Tide - Sea Shanties
Gentle Giant - Same
Amon Düül 2 - Phallus Dei

1970

Guru Guru - UFO
Focus - In and Out of Focus
Atomic Rooster - Same


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'67 and '73 were the years I would pick if I could only have (2) desert-island "years" to choose from...Smile
...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"
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Points: 85 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2008 at 12:03
Originally posted by febus febus wrote:

Like it or not, you can't dismiss 2 albums that were instrumental  to the birth of prog:
      Days of future passed-Moody Blues
      Procol Harum 1st album-PH
 
Wasn't DoFP their 2nd LP? Deffo essential to prog tho'
 
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Points: 37240 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2008 at 11:57
And Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera - s/t
Parson Sound - s/t (okay, the only album by Parson Sound but a terrific album)
H.P. Lovecraft -s/t
The Incredible String Band - The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion
Niemen Czeslaw - Dziwny Jest...
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen
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Points: 85 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2008 at 11:56
Originally posted by BroSpence BroSpence wrote:

Don't forget...

Captain Beefheart - Safe as Milk
the Grateful Dead - s/t
Moby Grape - s/t
Procol Harum - s/t
The Nice - The Emerlist DavJak
Pearls Before Swine - One Nation Underground
Savoy Brown - Shake Down
The Red Krayola - The Parable of Arable Land
Nico - Chelsea Girl
David Bowie - David Bowie (although not his best, this was the start).



Interestingly enough, ten years later there was another revolution of great debuts.
 
All good albums admittedly, but ground breaking? Mebbe Red Krayola & PBS as I'm ashamed to say I have never heard either!
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Points: 2614 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2008 at 10:41
Don't forget...

Captain Beefheart - Safe as Milk
the Grateful Dead - s/t
Moby Grape - s/t
Procol Harum - s/t
The Nice - The Emerlist DavJak
Pearls Before Swine - One Nation Underground
Savoy Brown - Shake Down
The Red Krayola - The Parable of Arable Land
Nico - Chelsea Girl
David Bowie - David Bowie (although not his best, this was the start).



Interestingly enough, ten years later there was another revolution of great debuts.
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Yeah, I agree. Some bands released their best works, or started careers with great albuns in this year. I think I would have liked to have lived in 1967.

In terms of debut albums, regarding their quality, cultural impact, influence in otehr styles of music, this year, the year of psychadelism is the better of all time.
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Like it or not, you can't dismiss 2 albums that were instrumental  to the birth of prog:
      Days of future passed-Moody Blues
      Procol Harum 1st album-PH
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Beat this for essential debuts:
 
The Doors - The Doors
Piper At The Gates Of Dawn - Pink Floyd
Are You Experienced? - Jimi Hendrix Experience
Velvet Underground & Nico - Velvet Underground
Mr Fantasy - Traffic
 
Yes I know only one is "prog", but we're talking ground breaking essential music here, regardless of labels.
 
Bubbling under, but not essential:
 
London Conversation - John Martyn
Vanilla Fudge - Vanilla Fudge
Big Brother & The Holding Co. - Big Brother & The Holding Co
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