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stewe 
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Many of them were mentioned, several favourite guitar soloists and solos of mine
Trevor Rabin - Endless Dream, Can't Look Away, Shoot High Aim Low (both McLaughlin-like and atmospheric)
Alex Lifeson - Jacob's Ladder, La Villa Strangiato, Freewill
Steve Hackett - Firth of Fifth, Everyday, Spectral Mornings
John Mitchell - The Butterfly Man, Skin Game, On the Box
David Gilmour - Dogs, Time
Steve Howe - And you And I (steel solo), Yours is No Disgrace
Brian May - Bohemian Rhapsody, Brighton Rock
Andy Latimer - Nimrodel, Rhyader goes to Town
Arjen Lucassen - Carried by the Wind
John Petrucci - Under the Glass Moon
Tom Scholz / Barry Goudreau - Hitch a Ride
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herring
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Posted: March 02 2007 at 09:50 |
Guitar Solo by Howe on Würm, Starship Trooper kicks ass.
Keyboard solo on Karn evil 9 3rd imp. also nice
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con safo
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Posted: February 28 2007 at 20:11 |
 Where have i seen this thread before...
Gong - Master Builer has 2 of my favourite solos, Didiers sax solo and Hillages amazing guitar solo. 
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micky
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Posted: February 28 2007 at 17:29 |
 StyLaZyn wrote:
progismylife wrote:
Rush - Neil Peart - The Rhythm Method off of Different Stages |
Neil Peart solos...enough said. No other drummer, for a major band, has constructed solos in
such a listenable format. His solos are compositions not wailing fests. |
hahahha.. yeah right...
try listening to Carl Palmers....
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micky
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Posted: February 28 2007 at 17:28 |
inpraiseoffolly wrote:
Pink Floyd - Corporal Clegg.
Kazoo Solo... |
hahahha... good one
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Jon89
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Posted: February 28 2007 at 16:26 |
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Mike Portnoy's drum solo from Osaka which you can find on the special features disc being disc 2 of the 2dvd set Dream Theater Live At Budokan if you haven't aready done so and you are new to DT go get it.
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Pnoom!
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Posted: February 28 2007 at 12:06 |
Pink Floyd - Corporal Clegg.
Kazoo Solo...
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Forgotten Son
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Posted: February 28 2007 at 12:04 |
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Keyboardists:
1. Mark Kelly (Marillion) - Just for the Record
2. Pete Bardens (Camel) - Another Night (Moonmadness)
3. Clive Nolan (Pendragon) - The Master of Illusion (Masquerade Overture)
4. Tony Banks (Genesis) - Cinema Show (Selling England by the Pound)
5. Rick Wakeman (Solo) - Arthur (The Myths and Legends of King Arthur)
6. Iain Jennings (Mostly Autumn) - Mother Nature (The Last Bright Light)
7. Rik Carter (Pendragon) - Alaska (The Jewel)
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StyLaZyn
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Posted: February 28 2007 at 09:24 |
progismylife wrote:
Rush - Neil Peart - The Rhythm Method off of Different Stages |
Neil Peart solos...enough said. No other drummer, for a major band, has constructed solos in such a listenable format. His solos are compositions not wailing fests.
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progismylife
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Posted: February 28 2007 at 09:20 |
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Rush - Neil Peart - The Rhythm Method off of Different Stages
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StyLaZyn
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Posted: February 28 2007 at 09:14 |
OK...some I can think of....
Dream Theater - Petrucci - Voices
Rush - Lifeson - Camera Eye
Porcupine Tree - Wilson - Arriving Somewhere
Symphony X - Romeo - Candlelight Fantasia
Genesis - Collins - Duke's Travels
Rush - Lee - YYZ and LaVilla Strangiato breaks
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Pulse
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Posted: November 19 2006 at 22:24 |
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It seems almost all of my favorites have already been listed except John Wetton's bass solo on the Night Watch version of 21st Century Schzoid Man. Such a great solo and suprisingly long.
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THE_POLE
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Posted: November 19 2006 at 17:49 |
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The guitar solo in Deep Peace by Devin Townsend. Its beautiful.
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Camelfan
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Posted: November 19 2006 at 16:03 |
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From Camel:
Rhayader Goes To Town (my personal favorite)
Lady Fantasy
Lunar Sea
Ice
Summer Lightning (not that big on the song overall but has some of Latimer's finest playing)
Arubaluba
From Pink Floyd:
Time
Pigs
Dogs
On the Turning Away
Comfortably Numb
From Yes:
Starship Trooper
From Genesis:
The Knife
Dancing with the Moonlight Knight
Firth of Fifth
Every Day
From Gentle Giant:
His Last Voyage
From King Crimson:
Red
Larks' Tongue in Aspic Part II
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gong
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Posted: November 19 2006 at 14:16 |
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Pete Townshend - "Gonna Get Ya" ( "Empty Glass" album).
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Agadepáuer
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Posted: November 19 2006 at 09:39 |
1 - Dream Theater: Under a Glass Moon
2 - Pantera: Cemetary Gates
3 - Iron Maiden: The Ides of March
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owenrees82
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Posted: November 04 2006 at 14:20 |
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Dream Theater: Voices, Under a Glass Moon
Symphony X: Divine Wings of Tragedy (all solos on this track)
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prog4evr
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Posted: November 04 2006 at 07:23 |
Very impressive! A lot of these truly represent the best of the best:
Guitar:
Hackett - Fifth of Firth; Every Day
Gilmour - Comfortably Numb
Rothery - (many on) Misplaced Childhood
Morse - Hereafter
Keyboard:
Hammer - (many on) Jeff Beck Live (1977)
Banks - Fifth of Firth; (many on) Lamb Lies Down
Kelly - Assassing 
Wakeman - (organ on) Close to the Edge
Bass:
Levin - Black Light Syndrome (and KC, and Peter Gabriel!)
Myung - Lifting Shadows Off a Dream (opening harmonic bass!)
Berlin - (anything he did with) Bruford
...I suppose the list could go on...and on...
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The T
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Posted: October 31 2006 at 21:19 |
John Petrucci in "Learning to Live" (Images and Words)
"Voices" (Awake)
"Lines in the Sand" (Falling into Infinity)
Sorry, for solos, I'm a sucker for Petrucci's.
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Tenth Chaffinch
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Posted: October 31 2006 at 18:13 |
Pete Bardens of Camel does some great keyboard solos in the beginning and end of Song Within A Song. Not to mention the end guitar solo in Unevensong by Latimer.
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