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    Posted: March 24 2025 at 08:49
And here's my Italian top 10, one album per artist. It can change in a few weeks, I'm sure I'm forgetting something.

Premiata Forneria Marconi - Per Un Amico (1972)
Museo Rosenbach - Zarathustra (1973)
Maxophone - Maxophone (1975)
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Darwin (1972)
Locanda delle Fate - Forse le Lucciole Non Si Amano Più (1977)
Quella Vecchia Locanda - Quella Vecchia Locanda (1972)
Le Orme - Florian (1979)
New Trolls - Concerto Grosso (1971)
Jumbo - Vietato ai Minori di 19 Anni (1973)
Franco Leprino - Integrati... Disintegrati (1977)
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^ I didn't know Atila, it's really good!

I'll balance the list with more Portuguese Prog, in order of preference:
Quarteto 1111 - Onde Quando Como Porquê Cantamos Pessoas Vivas (1975)
Banda do Casaco - Hoje Há Conquilhas Amanhã Não Sabemos (1977)
Jorge Palma - Com uma Viagem na Palma da Mão (1975)
Petrus Castrus - Ascensão e Queda (1978)
Ananga Ranga - Regresso às Origens (1979)

I rediscovered Area thanks to the Italian lists, I like it very much now. I wasn't ready for it when I started listening to RPI. The same for Banco, my appreciation for their music grew in the past year.
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Spanish and Portuguese

 Atila  -  Reviure  (1978)

 Canarios  -  Cycles   (1974)

 Crack  -  Si Todo Hiciera Crack  (1979)

 Gotic  -  Escenes   (1978)

 Iman, Califato Independiente  -  s/t  (1978)

 Tantra  (PRT)  -  Misterios e Maravilhas  (1978)

 Triana  -  Triana  (El Patio)  (1975)
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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

^ The two of those I don't know are the Procession and De De Lind albums.

Btw, that's quite understandable, as those two albums are more of my personal favourites than generally much appreciated, but I've removed them now from my list to make it more stricktly in line with my OP. 
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Bruford Freak- You listed PFM's L'Isola Dinente twice. Did you mean for Storia Di Un Minuto to be on there somewhere?
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Anyway, there's still the king of mess, but that's not my cup of tea anymore. 
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I don't know the story, but it's a pity. Some good contribution and it was interesting with genuine "new" blood and sometimes more-edgy posts - not that I've seen all of them.
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I was just about to comment a couple of other posts but couldn't find them anymore. Wink
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Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

P.S. David, you had us do this for France in 2021! Fortunately, my list has changed drastically since then, so, THANKS!

Actually, there're a couple of very significant differences in the OPs, Drew, and so will it be further on compared to some of my previous threads - I don't like to repeat myself, either. Anyway, it's everybody's own choice to what degree follow my listing - I actually haven't asked for any this time - and there'll surely be some decisions to make. Smile


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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

I adore Eskaton, which was recorded in 1978, so if that counts as a 1979 release, then that would be one of my very favourites from this long list. 
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* Eskaton - 4 Visions (1979, if it counts)


Yes, recorded in 1978, but not released until 1981 so whether it counts as a '70s album, it's a matter of choice - but definitely much appreciated. Wink



I had thought when you wrote "Eskaton   4 Visions   (1979, 1981)" that it might had an initial limited release of 1979. I'm fine with thinking of it as a 70s album due to the recording date, by the way. I generally am more interested in recording date than released date with archival releases, such as recorded in 1968, released in 2015.
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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

I adore Eskaton, which was recorded in 1978, so if that counts as a 1979 release, then that would be one of my very favourites from this long list. 
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* Eskaton - 4 Visions (1979, if it counts)

Yes, recorded in 1978, but not released until 1981 so whether it counts as a '70s album, it's a matter of choice - but definitely much appreciated. Wink
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Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

P.S. David, you had us do this for France in 2021! Fortunately, my list has changed drastically since then, so, THANKS!
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P.S. David, you had us do this for France in 2021!
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de la France:

1. MAGMA Mëkanïk Dëstruktïw Kömmandöh (1973)

2. LAURENT THIBAULT Mais on ne peut pas rêver tout le temps (1979) 

3. CORTEX Troupeau bleu (1975) 

4. ISLAND Pictures (1976) 

5. ATOLL L'araignée-mal (1975)

6. ÉDITION SPÉCIALE Horizon Digital (1978) 

7. ALAN STIVELL Renaissance of the Celtic Harp (1972)

8. PULSAR Halloween (1976)

9. CHRISTIAN VANDER Wurdah Ïtah (1974) 

10. ZAO Kawana (1976) 

11. EX VITAE Mandarine (1978) 

12. CHUTE LIBRE Ali Baba (1978) 

13. GONG Gazeuse! (1976)

14. ANGE Guet-Apens (1978)

15. ANGE Au-delà du délire (1974)

16. SHYLOCK Île de fièvre (1978)

17. ANGE Émile Jacotey (1975)

18. BEDJABETCH Subrepticement (1979)

 ** I do not count Jean-Luc Ponty as a French act since so many of his collaborators were not French and very few of his albums were ever recorded in France.



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Top 10 Danish Prog Albums, Year by Year

5 stars 1970: Ache - De Homine Urbano - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3fYakBr6lM
5 stars 1971: Midnight Sun - Midnight Sun - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNCPKi3vfn0
5 stars 1972: The Old Man and the Sea - The Old Man and the Sea - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8M5Rku9ft8
5 stars 1973: The Savage Rose - Wild Child - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2E1DF6FB9FDFE4DB
5 stars 1976: Secret Oyster - Straight to the Krankenhaus - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mA6JmPI6DesJlfF53CMZzptXc8K2c4tHc
3 stars 1979: Akropolis - Half a Million Years Symphony - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHKxFW6ij3A


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France was my favourite country for years for music and so this list of some of my favourites is quite long. It's still missing so many I like. I adore Eskaton, which was recorded in 1978, so if that counts as a 1979 release, then that would be one of my very favourites from this long list. And only doing one per artist/ act.

Magma - Kobaïa (1970)
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971) not in PA, but I think this album should be, could go under Vannier perhaps as he was arranger
Igor Wakhévitch - Docteur Faust (1971)
Komintern - Le bal du rat mort (1971)
Jean-claude Vannier - L'enfant assassin des mouches (1972)
Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes - Paix (1972)
Alain Goraguer - La planète sauvage (1973)
William Sheller - Lux Aeterna (1972)
Alain Goraguer - La planète sauvage (1973)
Gong - You (1974) (Gong formed in France)
Janko Nilovic - Rythmes contemporains (1974) album recorded in France with Franch musicians, not in PA, but JRF worthy
Zao - Osiris (1974)
Wapassou - Wapassou (1974)
Cortex - Troupean Bleu (1975)
Jean-Philippe Goude & Olivier Colé - Jeunes années (1975)
Besombes-Rizet - Pôle (1975)
Clearlight - Clearlight Symphony (1975)
Zanov - Green Ray (1976)
Pascal Duffard - Dieu est Fou (1976)
Teddy Lasry - E = MC² (1976)
Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygène (1976)
Yochk'o Seffer - Neffesh Music: Délire (1976)
Carpe Diem - En regardant passer le temps (1976)
Plat du Jour - Plat du Jour (1977)
Archaïa - Archaïa (1977)
Space Art - Trip in the Center Head (1977)
Tim Blake - Crystal Machine (1977)
Andre Fertier's Clivage - Mixtus Orbis (1978)
Ose - Adonia (1978)
Rialzu - Rialzu (1978)
Richard Pinhas - Chronolyse (1978)
Weidorje - Weidorje (1978)
Jean-Pierre Alarcen - Jean-Pierre Alarcen (1978)
* Eskaton - 4 Visions (1979, if it counts)
Art Zoyd - Musique pour l’Odyssée (1979)
Heldon - Stand By (1979)
Vortex - Les cycles de Thanatos (1979)
Rahmann - Rahmann (1979)
Ma Banlieue Flasque - Ma Banlieue Flasque (1979)
Laurent Thibault - Mais on ne peut pas rêver tout le temps (1979)
Zed - Visions of Dune (1979)
Arachnoïd - Arachnoïd (1979)


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French

Magma   2: 1001º Centigrades   (1971)
Ange   Au-delá Du Délire  (1974)
Atoll   L’Araignee-mal  (1975)

Clearlight   Clearlight Symphony  (1975)

Gong   Shamal  (1975)

Magma   Üdü Wüdü   (1976)

Pulsar   Halloween  (1977)

Eskaton   4 Visions   (1979, 1981) 



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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

^ I hope you don't mind me going ahead with my German albums, David, having already done a shorter list of Italian ones. It is nice to have that structure also to make it easier commenting on each other's lists. Took me some time to prepare, but I'd rather it be removed than interrupt or make worse the flow of the thread or just not be appreciated.

It's fine, Greg, I guess that people will have different approaches anyway. Smile


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Top 10 Greek Prog Albums, Year by Year

4 stars 1971: Socrates Drank the Conium - Socrates Drank the Conium - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrpTNgjLp3o
4 stars 1973: Akritas - Akritas - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEkOpaPDg4E

4 stars 1976: Socrates with Vangelis - Phos - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMYILBkw2UQ
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