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Poll Question: What was the peak (or best) year for prog?
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Originally posted by Hrychu Hrychu wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

The synths on Brain Salad Surgery (73), Relayer and Lamb (both 74) all sound fine to me and very advanced for when they were recorded.
They do, but keep in mind that these examples are exceptions. At the time there were only a handful of bands that could lay their hands on such cutting edge tech. Outside of the 1st world commonwealth countries, most rock/prog formations didn't have access to professional synthesizers before mid 1974.

But it's not just the synths. The whole craft of mixing and recording music IMO got better by the late 70s.

Who the heck told you that? What is your source (re no good synths before mid 74)? Also, I think there's plenty of great sounding albums by the late 70s. I would say by the early 70s it got better (not late). Also, one of the best sounding albums ever made came out in the 60s. Can you guess which one?
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Quote Who the heck told you that? What is your source (re no good synths before mid 74)?
Hundreds of prog songs/albums I've dissected and to which I've listened. Keep in mind, that I'm not limiting myself to the 1st world commonwealth regions (a very popular tendency on prog forums). Whether synth usage before '74 was sonically advanced or not is arguable, but you can still easily see that it wasn't internationally widespread and thus a lot of non-commonwealth prog bands either wasn't equipped with the state of the art gear or didn't have a keyboardist/producer with enough experience to really give those synths the proper polish in the mix.
Quote one of the best sounding albums ever made came out in the 60s. Can you guess which one?
I didn't say that in the 60s every album sounded like dogturds. What I mean is that high fidelity recording techniques and richer synthesizer rigs had become more commonplace by the mid-late 70s.

And yes, determining hi-fi vs lo-fi is very subjective.
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Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

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1971 
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Jethro Tull - Aqualung
The Groundhogs - Split
Amon Düül II - Tanz der Lemminge
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
Roy Harper - Stormcock
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Gentle Giant - Acquiring the Taste
Strawbs - From the Witchwood
Can - Tago Mago
Frank Zappa - 200 Motels
Gong - Camembert Electrique
Focus - II (Moving Waves)
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Inner Mounting Flame
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Barclay James Harvest - Barclay James Harvest and Other Stories
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
Isaac Hayes - Black Moses
Traffic - Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
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Hi,

That is such an awesome listing and very inspiring ... it really shows what we were listening to in those days, and how varied it all was. It really shows how great the independent FM radio in America was so important to what we came to consider as progressive and prog in time ... 

I keep saying that it is impossible to think of a "favorite" when you come up against a huge list like this ... but sadly, I'm not sure the Internet folks can relate to it much ... I have my "favorites", however, I can't take them away from everything else ... put on Le Sacre du Printemps, and the list kinda falls apart! Put on Nilsson and Tebaldi in Turandot and so much of the lists fall apart ... but ... some amazing and incredible memories at the juncture of meeting new music in your mind!
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Difficult to say. Overall from 71 to 73 was the golden years, with most of the classics. Yet I feel 75 is rather overlooked, with some of my very favourites like Wish you Were Here, Arthur, Ommadawn, the 5 seasons from Harmonium, coming from that year.
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It's 1972 for me all the way, the reasons:
Yes - Close to the Edge
Jethro Tull - TAAB
Tangerine Dream - Zeit
Genesis - Foxtrot
Aphrodite's Child - 666
ELP - Trilogy
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Originally posted by A Crimson Mellotron A Crimson Mellotron wrote:

It's 1972 for me all the way, the reasons:
Yes - Close to the Edge
Jethro Tull - TAAB
Tangerine Dream - Zeit
Genesis - Foxtrot
Aphrodite's Child - 666
ELP - Trilogy

Hard to argue with that and then you have Gentle Giant, PFM, Banco and Le Orme also putting out multiple great albums in that year.

Have you checked out the recent reissue on CD and vinyl of Aphrodite's Child - 666? It's expensive but so worth it Smile
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