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80: Rush - Xanadu

From that run of albums in their best era (for me), a classic 😎
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79: Lament - Gryphon

Lovely medieval-style instrumental! Another band to check out….
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Originally posted by omphaloskepsis omphaloskepsis wrote:

Never heard Circus-Movin On.  Loved it. Resplendent choice. 


Same for me. Only one of 70-61 that is new to me. Excellent.

Still able to pull every song onto a playlist from Amazon. Listing at 48 tracks (because of the ones broken into parts), it's at 8 hours 28 minutes.
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60th to the 51st already launched!

60- Harvest of Souls (IQ, UK, 2004)
59- The Great Nothing (Spock's Beard, USA, 2000)
58- Baker St. Muse (Jethro Tull, UK, 1975)
57- El Cortejo de un Día Amarillo (Bubu, Argentina, 1978)
56- Canto Nomade Per Un Prigioniero Politico (Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, 1973, Italy)
55- The Sleepwalkers (Van der Graaf Generator, UK, 1975)
54- One For the Vine (Genesis, UK, 1976)
53- Memento z Banalnym Tryptykiem (SBB, Poland, 1981)
52- Time (Pink Floyd, UK, 1973)
51- Gusliar (Pesnyary, Belarus, 1979)

In the Instagram account you can find the brief reviews (in Spanish) of each song Smile
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78: Giant - Gentle Giant

Yeah, very nice. Very British….
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77: Meeting Of The Spirits - Mahavishnu Orchestra

Bit too rambly/jazzy for my liking!

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76: Bortgloma Garda - All Traps On Earth

This is more like it - enjoyed from the start, kind of gothic, gloomy, atmospheric…very nice!
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75: La Poderosa Muerta - Los Jaivas

This was very early 80s….and there’s nothing wrong with that! Nice😎
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Originally posted by essexboyinwales essexboyinwales wrote:

84 - East Coast Racer - Big Big Train

I’m a big fan of the English Electric albums, and East Coast Racer is a gem. This band deserve their success and the loss of David Longdon is a terrible tragedy, that hopefully they will overcome.


East Coast Racer is absolutely brilliant. Only The Underfall Yard tops ECR in the Big Big Train discography. They both rank very high in my all-time favorite tracks, no matter the genre.
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at the risk of appearing to be an 'ELP fanboy'  (well I am so there!) I wonder if anything by them is going to figure? My money is on Tarkus and Karn Evil 9 (all 3 parts??!) at some point but probably nothing else. Never quite understood why the music of this trio has got so downgraded (or lost) over the years. I mean they were not exactly a 2 track band. Remove the less glorious moments and there are at least half a dozen tracks that should be in a proper decent list of prog tracks. I could name them but hey ho..
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

at the risk of appearing to be an 'ELP fanboy'  (well I am so there!) I wonder if anything by them is going to figure? My money is on Tarkus and Karn Evil 9 (all 3 parts??!) at some point but probably nothing else. Never quite understood why the music of this trio has got so downgraded (or lost) over the years. I mean they were not exactly a 2 track band. Remove the less glorious moments and there are at least half a dozen tracks that should be in a proper decent list of prog tracks. I could name them but hey ho..


I agree! Besides Tarkus and Karn Evil 9, Trilogy, Toccata and Take a Pebble would make my list with a few other tracks under serious consideration ( knife-Edge and Endless Enigma).
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ELP is here, Richard! 50th to 41st here:

50- The Great Gig in the Sky (Pink Floyd, UK, 1973)
49- Jordrök (Änglagard, Sweden, 1992)
48- And You And I (Yes, UK, 1972)
47- ∞ (Aphrodite's Child, Greece, 1972)
46- The Valentyne Suite (Colosseum, UK, 1969)
45- The Herald (Comus, UK, 1971)
44- Take A Pebble (Emerson, Lake & Palmer, UK, 1970)
43- Per Un Amico (Premiata Forneria Marconi, Italy, 1972)
42- Hamburger Concerto (Focus, Netherlands, 1974)
41- The Advent of Panurge (Gentle Giant, UK, 1972)
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

at the risk of appearing to be an 'ELP fanboy'  (well I am so there!) I wonder if anything by them is going to figure? My money is on Tarkus and Karn Evil 9 (all 3 parts??!) at some point but probably nothing else. Never quite understood why the music of this trio has got so downgraded (or lost) over the years. I mean they were not exactly a 2 track band. Remove the less glorious moments and there are at least half a dozen tracks that should be in a proper decent list of prog tracks. I could name them but hey ho..

When prog started to have a community on the internet in the 90s people slowly started to agree that ELP were bombastic, pretentious and overrated. So in a sense they became the one band that prog fans and the critics agreed about. Meanwhile older bands like Gentle Giant, Happy the Man, VDGG, Magma, and Camel to name just a few began to be seen as underrated and underappreciated by prog fans. 


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I found a few surprises in the 50-100 range.  I'll be surprised if the next 50 surprise me with an unfamiliar song.  I'm impressed by the diversity of countries represented. 
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

at the risk of appearing to be an 'ELP fanboy'  (well I am so there!) I wonder if anything by them is going to figure? My money is on Tarkus and Karn Evil 9 (all 3 parts??!) at some point but probably nothing else. Never quite understood why the music of this trio has got so downgraded (or lost) over the years. I mean they were not exactly a 2 track band. Remove the less glorious moments and there are at least half a dozen tracks that should be in a proper decent list of prog tracks. I could name them but hey ho..

When prog started to have a community on the internet in the 90s people slowly started to agree that ELP were bombastic, pretentious and overrated. So in a sense they became the one band that prog fans and the critics agreed about. Meanwhile older bands like Gentle Giant, Happy the Man, VDGG, Magma, and Camel to name just a few began to be seen as underrated and underappreciated by prog fans. 

I think the problem here is that ELP's reach exceeded many other prog bands of the time. They appealed to a heavy rock audience as much as to a prog audience but you couldn't necessarily say that of Genesis for instance. I remember the Gentle Giant discussions well which always seemed odd as I knew very little about their music back in the day. I think the whole 'agreement' thing is dubious. It just depends who you ask. ELP were always too extrovert and had way too much fun to be considered seriously as Pink Floyd and Gentle Giant. However they were the only band that totally crossed music genres and embraced classic music , perhaps the other exception only being The Enid who don't seem to have the same depth of appreciation as Gentle Giant (not sure why) . Its complicated as always. We tend to forget that Prog fans are not the norm when it comes to a more general appreciation of rock music.
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Not going to comment on every song from now on, as I continue to work through the list; just those I really enjoy and have not heard before.

So, Visions by Haken is fantastic! As a Dream Theater fan I’m expecting a few of theirs to appear (hopefully!) but this is as good as anything DT have done for years. Clearly influenced by the prog metal legends, it will certainly have me reaching for the whole album at least.

Been a while since we had another ten songs (nudge nudge)😊
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

at the risk of appearing to be an 'ELP fanboy'  (well I am so there!) I wonder if anything by them is going to figure? My money is on Tarkus and Karn Evil 9 (all 3 parts??!) at some point but probably nothing else. Never quite understood why the music of this trio has got so downgraded (or lost) over the years. I mean they were not exactly a 2 track band. Remove the less glorious moments and there are at least half a dozen tracks that should be in a proper decent list of prog tracks. I could name them but hey ho..

When prog started to have a community on the internet in the 90s people slowly started to agree that ELP were bombastic, pretentious and overrated. So in a sense they became the one band that prog fans and the critics agreed about. Meanwhile older bands like Gentle Giant, Happy the Man, VDGG, Magma, and Camel to name just a few began to be seen as underrated and underappreciated by prog fans. 

I think the problem here is that ELP's reach exceeded many other prog bands of the time. They appealed to a heavy rock audience as much as to a prog audience but you couldn't necessarily say that of Genesis for instance. I remember the Gentle Giant discussions well which always seemed odd as I knew very little about their music back in the day. I think the whole 'agreement' thing is dubious. It just depends who you ask. ELP were always too extrovert and had way too much fun to be considered seriously as Pink Floyd and Gentle Giant. However they were the only band that totally crossed music genres and embraced classic music , perhaps the other exception only being The Enid who don't seem to have the same depth of appreciation as Gentle Giant (not sure why) . Its complicated as always. We tend to forget that Prog fans are not the norm when it comes to a more general appreciation of rock music.

No, not everyone agreed regarding ELP. I'm just telling you how I remember it and how it seemed to be. Also, when more fans heard more stuff that they thought was better ELP took a back seat. They just didn't seem to age well with a lot of prog fans. You can say those things are dubious too but that's how I see it. Wink

The prog community does seem to be a bit snobbish at times when it comes to what they like. I remember recently when Carl Palmer took his "virtual" ELP out on the road a lot of prog fans on online forums had major issues with it and thought it was unethical etc. but the general audience seemed to really appreciate it and many fans went to see it. I suspect many were just rock fans who happened to like ELP and not "prog snobs." This is in line with your last comment because prog fans can seem much more elitist compared to the general rock audience.


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I was hoping to see the Top 40 selection, hope I didn't come across too grumpy?! (well if the cap fits and all that Smile)
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