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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Originally posted by Cinema Cinema wrote:

Anything from A Triggering Myth, but especially their masterpiece, Forgiving Eden.

I think that's the one I have by them. Not sure. If it is I listened to it once and was a tad underwhelmed but can always listen again.

Nope. The one I have by them is called the Remedy of Abstraction. I had sins of our saviors (now oop) a long time ago and remember liking it (not a masterpiece but still good). 
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Originally posted by Cinema Cinema wrote:

Anything from A Triggering Myth, but especially their masterpiece, Forgiving Eden.

I think that's the one I have by them. Not sure. If it is I listened to it once and was a tad underwhelmed but can always listen again.
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A few of mine (including some already mentioned) :

Camel - The Snow Goose
Ozric Tentacles - Jurassic Shift
Banco - Di Terra
Anglagard - all three
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
Mahavishnu Orchestra - First two (IMF & BoF)

Also, someone mentioned Sky. I only have the second one which is very good. Also Bulbs-On is very good too. 





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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

Far too many to list, but here are a few:

GOBLIN Roller
GOBLIN Four of a Kind
KENSO Kenso III
KENSO Yume No Oka
OZRIC TENTACLES Strangeitude
OZRIC TENTACKES Jurassic Shift
TANGERINE DREAM Stratosfear
TANGERINE DREAM Force Majeure
VANGELIS Heaven and Hell
VANGELIS Albedo 0.39
RICK WAKEMAN Criminal Record
RICK WAKEMAN The Red Planet
I was going to list some Tangerine Dream favourites too, until I realised all of my favourite TD albums include vocals. Tongue

Your top three: Cyclone, Tyger and Madcap's Flaming Duty. Wink

I love the first two. The third, not so much.
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[QUOTE=TerLJack]Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior
Jean Luc Ponty - Enigmatic Ocean
Al DiMeola - Electric Rendezvous
and might be a stretch to call it prog, but I'm very partial to
Anthony Phillips - Twelve

Great list. I would add:
Camel - Snow Goose
Anthony Phillips - Slow Dance.
PFM - Stati di Immaginazione
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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

Far too many to list, but here are a few:

GOBLIN Roller
GOBLIN Four of a Kind
KENSO Kenso III
KENSO Yume No Oka
OZRIC TENTACLES Strangeitude
OZRIC TENTACKES Jurassic Shift
TANGERINE DREAM Stratosfear
TANGERINE DREAM Force Majeure
VANGELIS Heaven and Hell
VANGELIS Albedo 0.39
RICK WAKEMAN Criminal Record
RICK WAKEMAN The Red Planet
I was going to list some Tangerine Dream favourites too, until I realised all of my favourite TD albums include vocals. Tongue
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Originally posted by Cinema Cinema wrote:

Anything from A Triggering Myth, but especially their masterpiece, Forgiving Eden.

agreee with both statements
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A few off the top of my head:
Henry Cow- Western Culture
Gryphon- Red Queen to Gryphon 3
Guapo - Black Oni
Tangerine Dream- Zeit
Explosions in The Sky - The Earth is not a Cold,Dead Place
Ozric Tentacles- Jurassic Shift
Manuel Gottsching - Inventions for Electric Guitar
Tortoise - TNT
Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame
Univers Zero - Ceux du Dehors
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Far too many to list, but here are a few:

GOBLIN Roller
GOBLIN Four of a Kind
KENSO Kenso III
KENSO Yume No Oka
OZRIC TENTACLES Strangeitude
OZRIC TENTACKES Jurassic Shift
TANGERINE DREAM Stratosfear
TANGERINE DREAM Force Majeure
VANGELIS Heaven and Hell
VANGELIS Albedo 0.39
RICK WAKEMAN Criminal Record
RICK WAKEMAN The Red Planet
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I'm very fond of much more instrumental albums than I imagined, so in this post only some of them from the '70s (part 1):


Camel  (UK)  -  The Snow Goose  (1975)

Clearlight  (F)  -  Clearlight Symphony   (1975)

Focus  (NL)  -  Moving Waves   (1971)

Gila – Free Electric Sound  (D)  -  Gila  (1971)

Michael Hoenig  (D) -  Departure From The Northern Wasteland  (1978)

Jean Michel Jarre  (F) -  Oxygene  (1976)



Edited by David_D - February 02 2023 at 08:11
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Going to take a bit to compile a list, but Hackett's Bay of Kings and Camel's Snow Goose are the first things that come to mind.
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AUTUMN - Oceanworld
THE ROME PRO(G)JECT - Exegi Monumentum Aere Perennius
MICKEY SIMMONDS - III
SOLARIS - Martian Chronicles II
OLIVER WAKEMAN with STEVE HOWE - The 3 Ages Of Magick
RICK WAKEMAN - The Red Planet
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That might take a little research (re-listening) to pick a BEST.
I do know these are a few bands have some excellent instrumental releases...

After Crying
Ozric Tentacles
Anglagard
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A heavenly body of work that not only reaches the parts other Neo Prog albums strive to reach, but also the best Neo Prog album you're ever likely to hear this side of the universe until The Edge of Time itself. Star
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Anything from A Triggering Myth, but especially their masterpiece, Forgiving Eden.
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Camel : The Snow Goose
Mingo Lewis : Mingo (Cuba)
Terje Rypdal : Descendre
Ozric Tentacles : Jurassic Shift
Porcupine Tree : Metanoia
Indukti : 1st (Poland)
Anglagard : Epilog

and a lot more

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Forgot 
Solaris - Martian Chronicles
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Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior
Jean Luc Ponty - Enigmatic Ocean
Al DiMeola - Electric Rendezvous
and might be a stretch to call it prog, but I'm very partial to
Anthony Phillips - Twelve
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Minus hundreds of fusion releases.

The Aristocrats - Culture Clash
Special Providence - Soul Alert
Yugen - Labrinto D'Acqua
French TV - Stories Without Fingerprints
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Off the top of my head:
Flairck's first two LPs
a lot of Berlin School/Prog Electronic albums qualify: Alio Die, TD, Hammock, Steve Hauschildt, Yves Potin, and Klaus Schulze each have several 
Ant's1984, Slow Dances, and Field Day
Solaris' Marsbéli Krónikák
Many of Pat Metheny's solo, Group, and collaboration albums definitely qualify as do so many J-R Fusion albums Same for many, many Kosmische Musik, "Krautrock", Stoner Rock, Jam Band, and Space/Psychedelic albums 
Many UZed, Present, Art Zoyd, John Zorn, Brian Eno, and would also qualify.

The best one I've ever heard is probably Flairck's Gevecht Met De Engel  from 1980. Amazing compositions and melody making from virtuoso instrumentalists.
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