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    Posted: April 06 2024 at 23:11
The lovely instrumental "One for John Gee" was originally released as the B-side of the 1968 Jethro Tull single "A Song for Jeffrey."
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 I love Spirit- Ice ( long version ).The guitar of Randy California is so mournful and energetic it wraps you up and takes you away - everytime.
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Originally posted by AlanB AlanB wrote:

Can I count Wishbone Ash? They have one all-instrumental album and I think about a dozen instrumentals scattered over their 20 or so studio albums (and four of them are on Pilgrimage).


While I was thinking that the instrumentals of the song-based bands would be considerably rarer than that in the discography, people can mention that which they wish.

There were some more Swans instrumentals than I recalled at the time of making this topic even though none of them were new to me, so not that rare. Swans - Omnipotent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfyXyLsvU58
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

The Alan Parson's Project (and probably also band) have a bunch of instrumentals. 


Oh, there are a few Parons instrumentals that are really great indeed. I Robot, Genesis V..., The Fall of the House of Usher (though I'm not so fond of the orchestral part of this one), In the Lap of the Gods, Lucifer. All wonderful.
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Can I count Wishbone Ash? They have one all-instrumental album and I think about a dozen instrumentals scattered over their 20 or so studio albums (and four of them are on Pilgrimage).

If so I nominate this one 
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Santana - Samba Pa Ti 



Peter Gabriel - Zaar
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The Alan Parson's Project (and probably also band) have a bunch of instrumentals. 
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Not sure how ELP qualify Wink

The Three Fates
Barbarian
Eruption
Iconoclast
Infinite Space
The Old Castle
Blues Variation
Promenade
Fugue
Hoedown
Abaddon's Bolero
Toccata
Karn Evil 9 2nd Impression
Fanfare For The Common Man
When The Apple Blossom Blooms..
Honky Tonk Train Blues
Barrelhouse Shakedown
Maple Leaf Rag
Canario
The Enemy God
La Nights
Tank
Food For You Soul
Close But Not Touching
Piano Concerto No 1



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Distant Train by Mostly Autumn
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Infinite Space is not instrumental.
 
Actually, it is. You might be confusing it with the track before it ("The Only Way (Hymn)") which mentions "Infinite Space" in the lyrics. However, the instrumental track is called "Infinite Space (Conclusion)".
 
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Infinite Space (Conclusion)
 
 
 
Another instrumental by a group not normally known for instrumentals is:
 
Genesis - ...In That Quiet Earth
 
 



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Another Zappa tune , Sofa No. 1
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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

Regarding Bowie's Warszawa, that's a favourite of mine too, but it has enough vocals that I would have discounted it myself. Not that it matters, love it
I love both Art Decade and Sense of Doubt as well
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Originally posted by yogev yogev wrote:

Eagles - Journey of the Sorcerer

This one really surprised me.

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Marillion - Liquidity - short but beautiful

Nightwish - Last Of The Wilds

Lots of Mike Oldfield!!!
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The Earth Band has also done quite a number of instrumentals, but they're definitely known for their songs.
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The hard part here is "bands known for songs" - bands such as Camel, King Crimson, also North Sea Radio Orchestra, Novalis do instrumentals fairly regularly, so maybe they're not requested here.

So I let myself be inspired from having dug out this great album for the "favourite seventies prog interactive poll", which also has a cool instrumental on it, which isn't what the band usually does.
 


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Originally posted by Heart of the Matter Heart of the Matter wrote:

Genesis - After The Ordeal
King Crimson - Sailor's Tale
EL&P - Infinite Space
Camel - Ice
Camel is also known for doing instrumentals. That's like half their repertoire.
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Originally posted by essexboyinwales essexboyinwales wrote:

DT - Dance Of Eternity

Just because 😎


From Dream Theater my favourite would be Stream of Consciousness.
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I do love some instrumental music. From not usually instrumental bands, my first thought was The Great Gig in the Sky from Pink Floyd... and of course they have a few others that I really love too.
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Baroness: Grad:


Lungfish - Interdimensional Seams:


Scardust - Overture for the Estranged [if this one counts as instrumental]:


Melvins - Hung Bunny:


Nightwish - Arabesque:
 

Symphony X - On the Breath of Poseidon:


Orphaned Land - Rainbow (The Resurrection)



Myrkur - Vinter [if this one counts as instrumental]:


Rush - La Villa Strangiato:




Edited by bardberic - August 01 2022 at 20:08
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