masterpieces by solo artists

felona wrote: I notice that Anthony Phillips Geese & the Ghost  is mentioned quite often  ... maybe I should give it a go ... and put on my medieval costume and pour out the mead  ....

yeah this is amazing album, there are some genesis elements. Phil Collins sings very well. I still dont know all albums by Anthony, but his debut is better than Wise after the event, sides etc. Maybe slow dance seems to be same league... And try to private parts and pieces, especially II, III. He has a lot of stuff, it will be hard to listen whole discography in the future

The Myths & Legends of King Arthur - RICK WAKEMAN

Tubular Bells; Ommadawn; Amarok - MIKE OLDFIELD

Rock Bottom - ROBERT WYATT

Voyage of the Acolyte; Spectral Mornings; Darktown - STEVE HACKETT

In Camera; Incoherence - PETER HAMMILL

Waka/Jawaka; The Grand Wazoo - FRANK ZAPPA

Jozef Skrzek - 'Ojciec chrzestny Dominika' (leader of SBB)

Martin Orford - 'Classical music and popular songs' (a very good neo-prog album and Martin orford is a very good singer)

Steve Morse - 'High tension wires', one of the most beautifully written guitar album

Michael Sadler - 'Clear' (Saga leader, with the great Chris Frazier on drums)

Marcus Viana - most of his musics for films, one of the best violinist ever

Eric Johnson - all his three solo albums are full of great melodies and also very good vocals

Synergy - 'Electronic realizations for rock orchestra'

John Arch - 'A twist of fate', an incredible return to form for the original Fates Warning vocalist who abandoned music for 16 years

Dave Bainbridge - Veil of gossamer, he is not a very original guitarist but this album is filled with some interesting vocals and some celtic influences.

David Sancious - 'Just as I thought' an album that proves the open-mindedness of David, blending jazz-rock, classical music, and UK-inspired prog rock.

Dave Greenslade - 'The pentateuch of the cosmogony', an album full of various sounds

Czeslaw Niemen - 'Postscriptum', not as good as his earlier performances but on yhis album he does everything

Maddy Prior - her first album (featuring all members of Jethro Tull) and her later albums, she often writes  concept-albums and her voice is sublime

felona wrote: I notice that Anthony Phillips Geese & the Ghost  is mentioned quite often  ... maybe I should give it a go ... and put on my medieval costume and pour out the mead  ....

My impression of "The Geese and the Ghost" is this: You start listening to the album, and you like it. But after about 10 minutes into it you ask yourself: "Man, does this ever change? Will this ever have a climax?" And unfortunately it doesn't.

A very good solo album (if one likes fusion) is "Marsscape" by Jack Lancaster. He was the sax player of Blodwyn Pig and also appears on the last short track of the first Brand X album. The whole original Brand X (Phil Collins, Percy Jones, Robin Lumley and John Goodsall) play all throughout this album. In my opinion this is the lost "Brand X" album plus a saxophone.

Here are my choice for 5 cd´s/albums by prog solo artists:

Neal Morse (Spocks Beard/ Transatlantic/ Yellow matter custard) : " ONE ".

Steve Hackett(Genesis/GTR): " To watch the storms".

Steve Hillage(Arzachel/Egg/Khan/Gong.) : "Fish rising".

Kerry Livgren(Proto-kaw/Kansas): "One of several possible musics".

Steve Howe (Tomorrow/Yes/GTR) : "The grand scheme of things".

Of course it´s a matter of taste and opinion,but these

are to me,great great albums!! Try them!!

Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte

Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings

Roine Stolt - The Flower King

Peter Hamill - Chameleon in the shadow of the night

Robert Wyatt - The end of an ear