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Poll Question: Which is your favourite album?
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

The first chapter from the summit of K2 - a towering achievement of prog. Smile


I agree. A killer record, and Allan's playing fits perfectly.

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^ A difficult and dangerous ascent for sure to the summit of K2 - the world's most challenging mountain - but three intrepid explorers (or PA poll voters) have already planted their flag there, against all the odds.  Smile
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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

The first chapter from the summit of K2 - a towering achievement of prog. Smile


I agree. A killer record, and Allan's playing fits perfectly.


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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

^Allan is the most creative and innovative musician ever. He doesn't get the discussion he deserves on PA. So, any thread about Allan makes me happy.

Can somebody be proud of some music afterall? Big smile
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^it looks like so :-)
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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Can somebody be proud of some music afterall? Big smile
You got me, David.
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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

^Allan is the most creative and innovative musician ever. He doesn't get the discussion he deserves on PA. So, any thread about Allan makes me happy.

Can somebody be proud of some music after all? Big smile

I'd be proud to say I own all of the albums in this poll, but the reality is I own none of them. Embarrassed
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^The Book of the Dead is out of print. So if you find the original it might be pricey. However, there is a CDr available from K² leader Ken Jaquees website.
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Wrong Soft Machine album, first SM album he played on was Bundles. 
Second one was <span style="font-size: small; letter-spacing: -0.06em;">Land of Cockayne.</span>



I knew that, but I could hardly list Bundles as the first Soft Machine album. Smile


It doesn't seem right to include it in an Allan Holdsworth poll with no Allan on it. Are we going to see 6 more polls with Soft Machine? Or, you could hold off inclusing them until you get to eighth albums.
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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

^The Book of the Dead is out of print. So if you find the original it might be pricey. However, there is a CDr available from K² leader Ken Jaquees website.

K2's Book of the Dead is the kind of album I'd climb a mountain to own, although it's currently available on CD from Amazon at £12.19 for those of us without a head for heights. Smile
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Originally posted by mathman0806 mathman0806 wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Wrong Soft Machine album, first SM album he played on was Bundles. 
Second one was <span style="font-size: small; letter-spacing: -0.06em;">Land of Cockayne.</span>



I knew that, but I could hardly list Bundles as the first Soft Machine album. Smile


It doesn't seem right to include it in an Allan Holdsworth poll with no Allan on it. Are we going to see 6 more polls with Soft Machine? Or, you could hold off inclusing them until you get to eighth albums.

Yes, I'm planning to include all of Soft Machine's albums in this series of Holdsworth polls, but I can promise we'll reach the Bundles and Land of Cockayne albums (featuring Allan Holdsworth) eventually. Smile
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

^The Book of the Dead is out of print. So if you find the original it might be pricey. However, there is a CDr available from K² leader Ken Jaquees website.


K2's Book of the Dead is the kind of album I'd climb a mountain to own, although it's currently available on CD from Amazon at £12.19 for those of us without a head for heights. Smile

Wow! You lucky English folk. I guess it's only out of print in the USA, which is odd since Progrock Records, the label this release is on, is owned by people in The States.

Edited by Grumpyprogfan - January 02 2025 at 09:28
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Originally posted by mathman0806 mathman0806 wrote:

It doesn't seem right to include it in an Allan Holdsworth poll with no Allan on it. Are we going to see 6 more polls with Soft Machine? Or, you could hold off inclusing them until you get to eighth albums.

At least, it's not called "Holdsworth's Soft Machine". Big smile
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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

^The Book of the Dead is out of print. So if you find the original it might be pricey. However, there is a CDr available from K² leader Ken Jaquees website.


K2's Book of the Dead is the kind of album I'd climb a mountain to own, although it's currently available on CD from Amazon at £12.19 for those of us without a head for heights. Smile

Wow! You lucky English folk. I guess it's only out of print in the USA, which is odd since Progrock Records, the label this release is on, is owned by people in The States.



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Lotsa goodies here! My favourite has to be Gazeuse! but Feels Good To Me, U.K. and The Soft Machine are not far behind at all. New Dawn and Conversation Piece are very cool too and give a good sense of what the man could sound like in a more free-form setting; this album by John Stevens isn't on Progarchives but is a really great example of it as well:
I like Velvet Darkness but it's definitely among the more uneven of his solo works, unfortunately. I don't think I've ever heard Book Of The Dead before but I'll definitely try to get to it.
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I gave some love to Pierre Moerllen's Gong....that was the first time I had heard Allan's guitar playing, and I was hooked!  

Bruford, UK, etc.  The man never played a wrong note. 
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It's very surprising to me that out of the 32 votes cast so far, Allan Holdsworth's debut solo album hasn't picked up one single vote in an Allan Holdsworth poll. Geek

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - Yesterday at 04:24
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Recordings done during a rehearsal session, Holdsworth therefore considers the album an unauthorized release.

Edited by Cristi - Yesterday at 04:42
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Velvet Darkness is a bad record, he's right to be embarrassed by it.

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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Recordings done during a rehearsal session, Holdsworth therefore considers the album an unauthorized release.

That explains it then. Thumbs Up

I expect this'll be the only poll where Allan Holdsworth comes last in an Allan Holdsworth poll. Tongue
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