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    Posted: January 09 2018 at 22:28
Kauko Röyhkä & Narttu used marimba almost all their albums, but only one of two songs in a album.
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Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

no-one mentioned Embryo so far? it's high time someone does. band leader Christian Burchard plays xylophone (when he isn't playing drums or organ). and on the latest albums his daughter Marja plays xylophone (when she isn't playing keyboards or trombone)
Well I thought of Embryo but posted the tune on top of my head first
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Originally posted by ForestFriend ForestFriend wrote:

There's xylophone/vibraphone all over Dün's Eros album.

It's also all over Gentle Giant's discography, like on Knots, Playing The Game, Give It Back, An Inmate's Lullaby, His Last Voyage, Funny Ways (live versions), Schooldays. Just listing songs with mallet percussion in general, so some of them will have vibraphone rather than marimba/xylophone.

Correct. "On Reflection" is the first song that comes to mind for me. They are insane with the mallets live.

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no-one mentioned Embryo so far? it's high time someone does. band leader Christian Burchard plays xylophone (when he isn't playing drums or organ). and on the latest albums his daughter Marja plays xylophone (when she isn't playing keyboards or trombone)


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Points: 12311 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 30 2017 at 16:22
I've yet to hear prog with xylophones I didn't enjoy at some level - infact music containing xylophone has an advantage over all other music. Anyway here's a lovely one (don't skip because of the one and a half minute long intro)
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I love xylophone sound as well! But rock and xylophone? Not too much, I'm afraid, especially "with a lot of"! But post-Allen Gong was mentioned here, and they were hardly rock at all, but jazz-rock/fusion!
So, if we go beyond rock, I'd mention two major jazz-rock/fusion xylophonists: Garry Burton and Mike Manieri (and his band Steps/Steps Ahead). I'd also mention Dave Pike. 
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..though, now I think of it, nobody mentioned Captain Beefheart. 'Lick My Decals Off, Baby', for instance has Marimba, as do tracks on 'Shiny Beast' and 'Doc at the Radar Station' at least, and 'Clear spot' has xylophone - though I'd be misrepesenting them if I said there was Marimba all over them (except maybe 'Decals'. God, too long since I've played these...)
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Well everyone has mentioned everything I was going to mention, so I'm going to say 'Gryphon' and pretend the question was about krumhorns.
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This is more suitable >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56bcPg58Kow 
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Jaga Jazzist! >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3kOVxteDAQ
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Points: 5111 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 09 2017 at 07:43
Another album that I probably harp on about too much:



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Originally posted by Magnum Vaeltaja Magnum Vaeltaja wrote:

The self-titled debut from Quebecois fusion group Maneige has a healthy amount of mallet percussion featured in it.

Good one!  I love that first album.  The third record, Ni Vent...Ni Nouvelle is also a lot of fun and well stocked with the sound of tuned things being hit.
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I had thought of Incantations too, but it has already been mentioned. Mostly I remember it on part 4 (which is my favourite). Also, Awaken, from Yes... and perhaps Parallel Worlds / Vortex / Deya from Asia (it's got a part that reminds me of that Awaken section, though I'm not sure if it's really Xylophone or keyboards).
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The self-titled debut from Quebecois fusion group Maneige has a healthy amount of mallet percussion featured in it.
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Points: 5111 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 08 2017 at 16:11
Originally posted by Tapfret Tapfret wrote:

Bondage Fruit

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MAGMA. The xylophonist was having too much fun when they played live

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Points: 20032 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 08 2017 at 04:41
From memory Isildurs Bane have some as well, I would post the URL but it got captcha'd.
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