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    Posted: July 15 2021 at 15:21
So once again I needed twelve

Van der Graaf Generator - Godbluff
Cos - Postaeolian Train Robbery
Goblin - Profondo rosso
Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte
Harmonia - Deluxe
Hatfield and the North - The Rotters' Club
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Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time
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Tangerine Dream - Rubycon
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1: Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
2: Harmonium - Si on avait besoin d'une cinquième saison
3: Camel - The Snow Goose
4: Van der Graaf Generator - Godbluff
5: Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
6: Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery
7: Tangerine Dream - Rubycon
8: Gentle Giant - Free Hand
9: Renaissance - Scheherazade and Other Stories
10: Hatfield and the North - The Rotters' Club
11: Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention - One Size Fits All
12: Kansas - Song for America
13: Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time
14: Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte
15: SBB - Pamięć

Honorable mentions:
Maxophone - S/T
Maneige - Les porches
Quiet Sun - Mainstream
Steve Hillage - Fish Rising
Triana - El patio


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Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

Triumvirat-Spartacus
Strange Days-Nine Parts To The Wind
Gentle Giant-Free Hand
Passport-Cross Collateral
Mahavishnu Orchestra-Visions Of The Emerald Beyond
Libra-Libra
Nektar-Recycled
Rush-Fly By Night
PFM-Chocolate Kings
RDM-Contamination

My favorite year for progressive rock, and this is why.
Good list, presdoug! Forgot all about Recycled and Contamination.
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1- Wish You Were Here
2- Ommadawn
3- A Night at the Opera
4- Godbluff
5- Four Moments (Sebastian Hardie)
6- Masque 
7- Minstrel in the Gallery 
8- One Size Fitz All
9- The Rotter's Club (Hatfield and the North)
10- Ruth is Stranger than Richard (Robert Wyatt)


Not prog, but it has a couple of prog songs and I think it's brilliant, "Born to Run".
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Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Supertramp - Crisis? What Crisis?
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Triumvirat-Spartacus
Strange Days-Nine Parts To The Wind
Gentle Giant-Free Hand
Passport-Cross Collateral
Mahavishnu Orchestra-Visions Of The Emerald Beyond
Libra-Libra
Nektar-Recycled
Rush-Fly By Night
PFM-Chocolate Kings
RDM-Contamination

My favorite year for progressive rock, and this is why.
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Van der Graaf Generator - Godbluff
Tangerine Dream - Ricochet
Hatfield and the North - The Rotters' Club
Magma - Live/Hhai
Henry Cow - In Praise of Learning
Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All
Area - Are(A)zione
Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery

Honorable mentions:
King Crimson - USA
Gentle Giant - Free Hand
Esperanto - Last Tango
Vangelis - Heaven and Hell
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Gentle Giant Freehand
Pink Floyd WYWH
Renaissance Scheherazade
Jethro Tull Minstrel in the Gallery
Led Zep Physical Graffitti
Supertramp Crisis what Crisis?
Steve Hackett VOTA
10Cc Original Sountrack.
Hatfield and the North Rotters Club
Queen A night at the Opera.

Near misses
Camel The Snow Goose
Chris Squire AFOOW
Caravan   Cunning Stunts
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1. HARMONIUM Si on avait besoin d’une cinqième saison
2. RENAISSANCE Scheherazade and Other Stories
3. LENNY WHITE Venusian Summer
4. TODD RUNDGREN Initiation
5. FOCUS Mother Focus
6. GENTLE GIANT Free Hand
7. AREA Crac!
8. CHRIS SQUIRE Fish Out of Water
9. STRAWBS Ghosts 
10. THE SOFT MACHINE Bundles

11. STEVE HACKETT Voyage of the Acolyte
12. SUPERTRAMP Crisis? What Crisis?
13. NEKTAR Recycled
14. HEART Dreamboat Annie
15. JEFF BECK Blow by Blow
16. FRIPP & ENO Evening Star
17. MAXOPHONE Maxophone
18. ATOLL L'Araignée-Mal
19. HATFIELD AND THE NORTH The Rotters' Club
20. MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA Visions of the Emerald Beyond
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Steve Hackett - The Voyage Of The Acolyte
Gentle Giant - Free Hand
Harmonium -  Si on Avait Besoin d'une Cinquieme Saison                    
Pink Floyd -  Wish You Were Here                     
Hatfield and The North - The Rotters' Club 
Black Sabbath - Sabotage                   
Van der Graaf Generator - Godbluff             
Quiet Sun - Mainstream 
Maxophone - Maxophone
Steve Hillage - Fish Rising

Honorable mentions

Berits Halsband - Berits Halsband
Aera - Humanun Est
Invisible - Durazno Sangrando
Camel - The Snow Goose
Caravan - Cunning Stunts
Embryo - Surfi´n
Nucleus - Alleycat
Arco Iris - Agitor Lucens IV
Vortex - Vortex
Zao - Shekina
Tangerine Dream - Rubycon   



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1. Chris Squire: Fish out of Water
2. Supertramp: Crisis? What Crisis?
3. Pink Floyd: Wish you were here
4. Rush: Caress of Steel
5. Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti
6. Mike Oldfield: Ommadawn
7. Steve Howe: Beginnings
8. Justin Hayward/John Lodge: Blue Jays
9. Barclay James Harvest: Time Honoured Ghosts
10. Styx: Equinox
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Nightingales and Bombers (such a great album, not listed yet by anyone else!?)





was in my mind as was Kayak - Royal Bed Bouncer (probably their best album) and Rick Wakeman's - King Arthur but it's such a strong year so some great albums are not getting represented it seems!
You're right about Kayak. A big, full sound that's in my top 20 for the year.
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Nightingales and Bombers (such a great album, not listed yet by anyone else!?)


was in my mind as was Kayak - Royal Bed Bouncer (probably their best album) and Rick Wakeman's - King Arthur but it's such a strong year so some great albums are not getting represented it seems!
You just reminded me to add Rick Wakeman's best album to my list too. Thumbs Up
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Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Nightingales and Bombers (such a great album, not listed yet by anyone else!?)


was in my mind as was Kayak - Royal Bed Bouncer (probably their best album) and Rick Wakeman's - King Arthur but it's such a strong year so some great albums are not getting represented it seems!
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This will be fun!

1: The Snow Goose - Camel
2: Ommadawn - Mike Oldfield 
3: Les Cinq Saison - Harmonium
4: Free Hand - Gentle Giant
5: Bundles - Soft Machine
6: Maxophone - Self Titled
7: Godbluff - Van Der Graaf Generator
8: Song For America - Kansas
9: Neu! 75' - Neu!
10: The Rotters Club - Hatfield and the North
11: El Patio - Triana

On Reflection (see what I did there?), 1975 is probably my favorite year in 70s prog. I had to extend it to 11, what a lineup of albums! One Size Fits All is my honorable mention
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Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Gentle Giant - Free Hand
Chris Squire - Fish Out Of Water
Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
Kansas - Masque
Cherry Five - s/t
Van Der Graaf Generator - Godbluff
Renaissance - Scheherazade And Other Stories
Camel - The Snow Goose
Steve Hackett - Voyage Of The Acolyte
Kaipa - s/t
Yezda Urfa - Boris
Triumvirat - Sparticus
Maxophone - s/t
Kansas - Song For America

Could not do just 10 so here are my Top 15 from 1975. One of the last great years for our beloved genre.
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Nightingales and Bombers (such a great album, not listed yet by anyone else!?)
Tangerine Dream - Rubycon
Gong - Shamal
Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
Kraan - Live
Edgar Froese - Epsilon in Malaysian Pale
Novalis - Novalis
Magma - Hhai
Fripp & Eno - Evening Star
Curved Air - Live


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Armageddon - Armageddon
Far East Family Band - The Cave Down to the Earth
Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte
Justin Hayward & John Lodge - Blue Jays
Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
Queen - A Night at the Opera
Renaissance - Scheherazade
Chris Squire - Fish Out of Water
Strawbs - Ghosts
Rick Wakeman - The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table


Edited by Psychedelic Paul - June 25 2021 at 03:17
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The greatest year of all:

1. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
2. Camel - The Snow Goose
3. Chris Squire - Fish Out of Water
4. Tangerine Dream - Ricochet
5. Van der Graaf Generator - Godbluff
6. Harmonium - Si On Avait Besoin d'une Cinquième Saison
7. Carmen - Dancing on a Cold Wind
8. Gentle Giant - Free Hand
9. Henry Cow - In Praise of Learning
X. Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte

Honourable mentions:
Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time
Klaus Schulze - Timewind
Klaus Schulze - Picture Music
Tangerine Dream - Rubycon
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1. Steve Hackett - Voyage Of The Acolyte
2. Henry Cow & Slapp Happy - In Praise Of Learning
3. Area - Crac!
4. Gilgamesh - Gilgamesh
5. Soft Machine - Bundles
6. Quiet Sun - Mainstream
7. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Visions Of The Emerald Beyond
8. The New Tony Williams Lifetime - Believe It
9. Triumvirat - Spartacus
10. Brian Eno - Discreet Music

Honourable mentions:
- Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - One Size Fits All
- Gentle Giant - Free Hand
- Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
- Popol Vuh - Aguirre
- Weather Report - Tale Spinnin'
- Zao - Shekina
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