The Golden Prog Album
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Topic: The Golden Prog Album
Posted By: Marcelo
Subject: The Golden Prog Album
Date Posted: April 10 2004 at 12:27
Related to the most representative prog track: Imagine now you are a record producer working in a very important label, and you must edit one cd (between sixty or seventy minutes) named "The Golden Prog Album", including the best prog music ever, trying to capture not only prog buyers. You can make it putting excerpts or complete songs in, but you can lose your job if you don't do it in the right way  ... Which could be the tracks?
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: April 10 2004 at 12:30
 Great concept! Well, some history first, via Crimson, Genesis, Yes, Giant, ELP, Tull, etc. ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: dude
Date Posted: April 10 2004 at 12:54
| how about some protoprog by way of introduction to get a sense of history.may i suggest as one of many tracks "in a Gadda Da Vida by Iron Butterfly".i AM SURE OTHERS WOULD BE ABLE TO THINK OF OTHER INTERESTING SUGGESTIONS |
Posted By: Marcelo
Date Posted: April 10 2004 at 13:13
| What about this?: Catherine of Aragon (Wakeman), After the Ordeal (Genesis), Ice (Camel), excerpt from At the Gates of Delirium (Yes), excerpt from Awaken (Yes), excerpt from Tarkus (ELP), Refugees (VDGG), Starless (KC), La Luna Nuova (PFM), Song of the Dwarfs (Par Lindh), excerpt from The Cathedral (Par Lindh), Sylvia (Focus), Shining (After Crying), Nantalomba (Abraxas). |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 10 2004 at 14:41
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I like Marcelo's choices very much although I would open with the 'Welcome Back My Friends' refrain from Karn Evil 9 by ELP and finish with 'Los Endos' by Genesis
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Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: April 10 2004 at 15:00
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A very difficult task 1. King Crimson's "I talk to the wind" [beautiful flute by Ian McDonald](1969) 2. ELP's "Pirates" [one of the best ELP epic track] (197?) 3. Genesis' "Seven stones" (1970) 4. Yes' "Turn of the century" (1977) 5. Jethro Tull's "Foot of our stairs" [with Ian playing the saxophone] (1974) 6. Happy The Man's "While chrome yellow shine" [the most beautiful track ever recorded by this band] (1979) 7. Camel's "Hymn to her" [once again with Kit Watkins on the keyboards] (1979) 8. Saga's "The writing" [fabulous vocals and excellent drumming] 9. Sagrado Coraçao da Terra's "Ovniana" [a very Yes-influenced track](2000) 10. Dream Theater's "Losing time/Grand finale" (2002) 11. Rush's "Mystic rhythms" [ethno-synth-pop-prog] (1985) 12. Marillion's "Beaujolais day" [great vocals] (1987) 13. IQ's "The guiding light" (2000) 14. Renaissance's "The captive heart" (1977) 15. Dixie Dregs' "Assembly line" [great jazz-fusion instrumental](1982)
This would be a very nice compilation. ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
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Posted By: Glass-Prison
Date Posted: April 11 2004 at 21:43
Honestly, I don't think it's possible. If we were to choose 60 minutes of prog, we would do injustice to another 20 hours of music. therefore, unless we were making a 20 cd set, it would be nearly impossible to choose a CD that represents the 'best of prog'. It's just like searching every supermarket in the world for the freshest orange: it just can't be done.
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Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: April 13 2004 at 14:24
Great list, but you're forgetting Gentle Giant, one of the best bands in the world ever, IMO! |
lucas wrote:Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: April 13 2004 at 15:38
OK for GG's music ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
, but the vocals...Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: April 13 2004 at 17:20
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Once again Glass-Prison has hit the nail on the head I couldn´t do it, I´d end up with an ulcer
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trying to choose what to include and not 
Posted By: arqwave
Date Posted: April 14 2004 at 17:20
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WHAT???? we might need a 4 record set to prove that, and in any case no one would ever buy it, because it might feature 10 songs at all peace |
Posted By: Glass-Prison
Date Posted: April 14 2004 at 18:44
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how true, there'd be about five or six 15 min long tunes on each CD. Not exactly a comprehensive coverage of the genre... Oh hell, here goes, anyway. 1. KC - 21st century schizoid man 2. Van Der Graaf - Killer or Man-Erg (can't decide) 3. Gentle Giant - Knots 4. Pink Floyd - Time 5. Rush - Xanadu 6. Dream Theater - Erotomania 7. Frank Zappa - My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama 8. Focus - Hocus Pocus 9. Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery and CD 2 ... 1. Genesis - Firth of Fifth 2. Camel - Lady Fantasy 3. Pink Floyd - Sheep 4. Yes - Starship Trooper or Perpetual Change or Heart of the Sunrise 5. The Flower Kings - In the Eyes of the World 6. Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin 7. ELP - Toccata CD 3... 1. Dream Theater - The Ytse Jam 2. Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Meeting of the Spirits 3. Caravan - something cool, I'm not that familiar with the band 4. Manfred Mann - Blinded By The Light (It's not quite prog, but still cool) 5. Spock's Beard - Go The Way You Go 6. ELP - Knife Edge or Lucky Man 7. Symphony X - Church of the Machine 8. Rush - YYZ 9. King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King |
Posted By: Gaston
Date Posted: April 14 2004 at 20:00
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Spacey: Intersteller Overdrive, Watcher of the Skies, Solar Musik Suite, The Sheltering Sky, Cosmic Debris, Sirius (Eye in the Sky), The Night Watch, Ariving UFO, Cygnus X-1, Mysterious Monolith, Starship Trooper. -------------  
It's the same guy. Great minds think alike. |