The Foremost Breakthroughs of Progressive Rock?
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Topic: The Foremost Breakthroughs of Progressive Rock?
Posted By: meAsoi
Subject: The Foremost Breakthroughs of Progressive Rock?
Date Posted: March 11 2025 at 11:37
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Let's contemplate breakthroughs for the progressive rock genre; rather than just the mainstream success an album got for a single band in terms of sales, consider diving into the rich tapestry of musical innovation and contribution to counterculture in the late 60s and early 70s. My list would be, in chronological order: Family Music in a Doll's House (released July 19, 1968) The Moody Blues In Search of the Lost Chord (July 26, 1968) Procol Harum Shine on Brightly (September 1968) The Nice Ars Longa Vita Brevis (November 1968) Caravan Caravan (January 1969) The Soft Machine Volume Two (September 1969) King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King (October 1969) Renaissance Renaissance (November 1969) Van der Graaf Generator The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other (February 1970) Genesis Trespass (October 1970) Please post your lists of a maximum of 10 albums ['cause I don't want this topic to include posting lists with an infinite number of titles. Thank you!] and discuss.
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Posted By: Valdez
Date Posted: March 11 2025 at 12:20
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Good call on Procol Harum and Renaissance... I might add Fairport Conventions Debut album, and Steeleye spans "Parcel of Rogues" which had their hit 'Come ye all frae France.' (1973) ------------- https://bakullama1.bandcamp.com/album/new-2025-broken-hearts-troubled-minds |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: March 11 2025 at 12:24
| Not from the dinosaur prog days but in 1982, Allan Holdsworth releasing i.o.u. was a game changer. |
Posted By: Valdez
Date Posted: March 11 2025 at 12:25
Who yoo callin a Dinosaur???  ------------- https://bakullama1.bandcamp.com/album/new-2025-broken-hearts-troubled-minds |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: March 11 2025 at 16:06
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The ones that started their own subgenre. This post is being geocopied by a green hose. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: March 11 2025 at 16:48
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Czesław Niemen - Aerolit (1975) - the first Polish album to feature the Mellotron, which also happens to be prog. ------------- 
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Posted By: Valdez
Date Posted: March 11 2025 at 18:00
If you can get enough prog fans to glom onto something, it will eventually earn a coveted prog sub-genre... ------------- https://bakullama1.bandcamp.com/album/new-2025-broken-hearts-troubled-minds |
progaardvark wrote:Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: March 11 2025 at 18:38
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Let's not ignore/discount the impact the Jazz-Rock Fusion movement and other periphery bands and genres had on progressive rock artists! The Yardbirds (1964-67) Don Ellis Orchestra 'Live" at Monterey ! (1966) Cream (1966-69) Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention (1966-1970) The Doors The Doors (1967) The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967 & 68) Jefferson Airplane 1967: Surrealistic Pillow and After Bathing at Baxter's The Pentangle The Pentangle and Sweet Child (1968), Basket of Light (1969), Cruel Sister (1970) Larry Coryell (1966-70) The Free Spirits, Lady Coryell, Coryell, Spaces Miles Davis (1963-70, all of the "Second Great Quintet" studio albums, Miles in the Sky, Filles de Kilamanjaro, In a Silent Way, Bitches Brew Colosseum Those Who Are About to Die Salute You and Valentyne Suite (1969) Led Zeppelin I & II (1969) Chicago Chicago Transit Authority (1969) Tony Williams Lifetime Emergency! (1969) Nucleus Elastic Rock (1969) and We'll Talk About It Later (1970) Miroslav Vitous Infinite Search and Purple (1970) ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Hosydi
Date Posted: March 11 2025 at 21:15
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Not in any particular order: The Nice: Ars Longa Vita Brevis Family: Music in a Doll's House Touch: self-titled King Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson King Caravan: If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You Emerson, Lake & Palmer: self-titled Egg: self-titled Soft Machine: Third Van der Graaf Generator: H To He, Who Am The Only One Genesis: Nursery Cryme |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 11 2025 at 21:22
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I'm not sure about the dates in the OP as both the Procol Harum album and The Nice album were released in the same week and are generally cited tied 'first' as the earliest examples of albums having side long epics. My list: Beatles - Revolver The Nice - The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack The Moody Blues - Days Of Future Passed Led Zep - I King Crimson - In The Court Jethro Tull - TAAB Can - Tago Mago Tangerine Dream - Phaedra Rush - 2112 Henry Cow - Western Civilisation (if we are going above and beyond ''prog'' I would then be adding The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Gary Numan's 1979 albums and Talk Talk - The Colour Of Spring and Nirvana's - Nevermind to the list) |
Posted By: meAsoi
Date Posted: March 11 2025 at 23:04
The Nice's Ars Longa Vita Brevis came out in November 1968, according to Wikipedia.
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Posted By: meAsoi
Date Posted: March 11 2025 at 23:11
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: March 12 2025 at 03:03
Svettie, I'm not sure you know how to use the word "breakthrough" in the usual sense of the word in music. While your list makes sense (except for the one below), most of these albums are/were not massive commercial breakthrough (that's what was meant in the other thread). Whether Tresspass, NC, SEBTP or Lamb, Genesis' real breakthrough is really either ATTWT or Duke. What ou may mean with your current list is probably groundbreaking, and if the case, I will agree with your current list.
. You seem to forget The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: meAsoi
Date Posted: March 12 2025 at 06:10
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: March 12 2025 at 10:17
I'd take it back to Zeit, or maybe even the debut, Electronic Meditation. Tangerine Dream kicked open so many doors, it makes one dizzy. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: March 12 2025 at 10:21
If Fairport Convention's 1968 debut gets on the list, we mustn't exclude Jethro Tull's This Was. Same year. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: March 12 2025 at 11:08
Great choice: great album! But Spaces came out in late 1970 even though the material was recorded in March of 1969! Larry, Billy Cobham, Miroslav Vitous with a song each with Joe Zawinul and John McLaughlin!!! Talk about breakthrough stuff! ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 12 2025 at 11:37
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King Crimson - ItCotCK Renaissance - the debut ELP - the debut Genesis - Trespass VdGG - H to He Magma - the debut Soft Machine - Third Yes - The Album Gentle Giant - Acquiring the Taste Jethro Tull - TaaB ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |