longest prog track?

I have Mike Oldfield - Amarok: 60 minutes

Anything longer or close?

carl! wrote: I don't like really long tracks.  Than its harder to go to a point and listen to it.  Break the song into parts so you can go to your favorite parts.

that's sacrilege...you have to listen to it as it was meant to be...in it's complete form...are you the type of guy who listens to In A Gadda Da Vida only in its single form?....probably not if you are a member of this site!

Tuxon wrote:

but wagner created a piece, I believe it's called the ring, which lasts some 8 hours, im looking for excact information, like I said I'll be back

As a fact it's called Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelungen), it's a collection of 4 operas related (like a concept album) only that in this case you need 14 CD's more or less.

But it's not 8 straight hours, not even Wagner wouldc resist that number of hours, it's divided in:

1. Rheingold (The Rhine Gold)
2. Die Valkure (The Valkyrie)
3. Siegfried
4. Goterdammerung (Twilight of the Gods)

It's a lifetime experience, but to be honest not easy to listen.

Iván

 The "longest prog track" is actually  Dick Heath's long and storied life: 81 years and counting!

Pass the cream of wheat, please....

I bought IQ's 'Dark Matter' last week. So far I have been unable to listern to all of 'Harvest of souls' I dont seem to have a 25 minute window anywhere  Still, if the rest of the album is anything to go by, the wait will be worth it.

I have never listerned to 'Topographic oceans' in one hit. 'The revealing science of God' is about all I can bare in one go, before I'm Yessed out. No offence to Yes fans

The ultimate is 'Suppers Ready' I can not and will not listern to parts of this track. I have to have the whole thing. Even when the vinyl offered the chance to skip sections, I wouldn't. On the CD, of course. the whole of SR is one track.

ivan_2068 wrote: Tuxon wrote: but wagner created a piece, I believe it's called the ring, which lasts some 8 hours, im looking for excact information, like I said I'll be back As a fact it's called Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelungen), it's a collection of 4 operas related (like a concept album) only that in this case you need 14 CD's more or less. But it's not 8 straight hours, not even Wagner wouldc resist that number of hours, it's divided in: Rheingold (The Rhine Gold) Die Valkure (The Valkyrie) Siegfried Goterdammerung (Twilight of the Gods) It's a lifetime experience, but to be honest not easy to listen. Iván

Thanx Ivan, My brother has it somewhere in his archive, The eight hours I refered to was on remembering it consist of 4 pieces, therefor I guessed 2 hours a piece. I attempted to listen to it once, it's great but a little to long to listen to completely, you saved me a trip to my brother (and how embarrissing) asking him about music, would be the world upside-down. I'll go anyway and try and listen to it once more.