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While it's not my be-all, end all fav., my current love of instrumentals goes to

ELP: Hoedown (so damn good!)

 
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My favorite instrumental goes to the Who with their incredible Sparks instrumental. Progressive Wise, it goes to LTE with 3 minute warning. Rush also has incredible intrumentals, as does DT, ELP, and the rest of them for that matter.
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I dunno..there are too many!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

return to forever, ozric tentacles, happy the man, frank zappa,....
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Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Out of that lot, I voted Red by KC..

Best instrumentals IMO are:

La Villa Strangiato - Rush

YYZ - Rush

Los Endos - Genesis

Unquiet Slumbers/In that quiet earth - Genesis

Lunar Sea - Camel

Chord Change - Camel

 



Nice list

My list would include:

The Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant, parts I and II - Return to Forever
The Romantic Warrior - Return to Forever
Bitches Brew - Miles Davis
YYZ - Rush
La Villa Strangiato - Rush
Los Endos - Genesis
Wot Gorilla - Genesis
Tocatta - ELP (How was this not mentioned!?)
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I picked Interstellar Overdrive

but my list of great instrumentals would have to be

All of The Snow Goose - Camel         & nbsp; 

Lunar Sea - Camel

Chord Change - Camel

Toccatta - ELP

Unquiet Slumbers/In that quiet earth - Genesis

After the Ordeal - Genesis

Hairless Heart - Genesis

Los Endos - Genesis

Open Book - Happy the Man

Larks Tongue in Aspic I/II - King Crimson

A Tower Struck Down - Steve Hackett

Ace of Wands - Steve Hackett

Please Don't Touch - Steve Hackett

The Big Sleep in Search of Hades - Tangerine Dream

Stratosfear - Tangerine Dream

 

yeah I like my instrumentals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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This is just like picking my favourite regular song...impossible!
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Hmm, pretty dicey selections to choose from...

Even as a diehard Floyd fan, I still chose 'Red' over 'Interstellar Overdrive'.

My favourite instrumental would have to be: Cluster One (naturally).

Interesting piece of trivia: Pink Floyd won a grammy for <Best Instrumental> in 1994 for their song 'Marooned' off of The Division Bell. And no, they were not on hand to receive the award in person.




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Originally posted by video vertigo video vertigo wrote:

Rush-YYZ

 

La Villa Striangato, with the ultimate bassolo

Epic.
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Of those above, I went for 'Red', but as for a selection of personal favorites:

Snow Goose - Camel

La Villa Strangiato - Rush

Cinema - Yes

Watermelon In Easter Hay & Sexual Harrassement In The Workplace - Zappa

Quatrain - Jethro Tull

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  2. Hamburger Concerto - Focus
  3. Answers Questions, Questions Answers -Focus
  4. Ice - Camel
  5. Cloudburst Flight - Tangerine Dream
  6. Pergamon - Tangerine Dream
  7. Tubular Bells - M.Oldfield
  8. Pharao of Alexandria - Wakeman
  9. Gaillarde - Trace
  10. Vision is a Naked Sword - Mahavishnu Orchestra

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Tubular Bells ... although it's becoming increasingly clear to me that not even people have heard Gryphon ...
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Out of those choices i voted for 'Interstella Overdrive' i never get tired of that opening riff and then it takes you on a psychedelic journey!

I used to love Tubular Bells when it first came out but its been over played too much for me now.

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Originally posted by Trotsky Trotsky wrote:

Tubular Bells ... although it's becoming increasingly clear to me that not even people have heard Gryphon ...

Red Queen... is one of my favourite albums as is Midnight Mushrumps. I was thinking of adding a couple of Gryphon tracks to my instrumentals list as well as some Amazing Blondel but have yet to decide. ATM I'm trying to decide which Eno tracks to include.
Talk about 'killing your babies.' Too many choices and I haven't enough brain cells.    

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camel's snow goose?????

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having to pick an "all time best instrumental" from a short list which purposely leaves out some of the actual all time best instrumentals will not result in finding the all time best instrumentals at all.
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ELP - Toccata

Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn Pt1

Tangerine Dream - Tangram Pt1

Vangelis - Spiral

Martin Orford - Fusion

Rick Wakeman - Ann Of Cleeves

Rush - YYZ

The Nice - War and Peace

Stephen Caudel - The Battle

Van Der Graaf Generator - Theme One

Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein

East of Eden - Jig A Jig

Love Sculpture - Sabre Dance

Keith Emerson - Taxi Ride

Eddie Jobson - Lakemist

Genesis - Dukes Travels

Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level (Van Der Valk Theme)

Jean Michel Jarre - Magnetic Fields Pt 1

Curved Air - Vivaldi

Mark Isham - On The Threshold Of Liberty

Pink Floyd - One Of These Days...

Emerson,Lake and Powell - Mars

 
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You guys are all wrong:

PFM - Dove Quando part 2
Genesis - Wot Gorilla
Locanda delle Fatte - A volte un istante di quiete

I voted for KC.
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It's been said many times before, but I'll say it again... LA VILLA STRANGIATO!

Other than that, anything by the LTE is phenomenal.
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