Favorite guest appearance on a prog album? - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Peter Gabriel on Robert Fripps's Exposure. This recording of "Here Comes the Flood" is the best, superior to Gabriel's own recording of it.

Edited by MoebiusStreet - May 16 2023 at 17:22

I don't think these were mentioned yet...

Mark Bolan in ELO's On the Third Day album.

Roy Harper on Pink Floyd's Have a Cigar.

Once you leave the 1970s, guest performers are rather more prevalent, particularly on avant prog albums, and later with projects like Ayreon. Some guests in recent years appear on several albums each year, like Steve Hackett and Marco Minnemann as good examples.

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David Jackson (Jaxon) from VDGG adding some very soulful sax to Brinsley Schwartz's 'Despite it all' lp

Roy Harper- well, where do i start? The whole of 'The Nice' on Folkjokeopus and 'Hells angels' on Flat baroque and beserk lp. Jimmy Page on Stormcock, Lifemask and Valentine. David Gilmour on HQ, Unknown Soldier and Once lps. Kate Bush on Unknown Soldier and Once lps. Bill Bruford, Chris Spedding and John Paul Jones on HQ. Paul and Linda Mac Cartney on Bullinamingvase, Ian Anderson on Flashes from the Archives of Oblivion double lp.. and lots of others.

Rick Wakeman also played piano and spinett on a couple of Ralph Mc Tell's early lps.

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^Fripp's guitar solo on Eno's "Baby's On Fire" is notable.

Cristi wrote:

The thread creator wants guests on 70s albums. I don't know much about it, can't think of any that is important/relevant. Rick Wakeman helping out Black Sabbath in 1973? Confused

Exactly! Wakeman also appeared on Bowie's "Space Oddity!"

This is a great article, lots of stuff I didn't know!

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/music/story/2022-02-20/rock-hall-of-famer-rick-wakeman-a-yes-man-who-said-no-to-david-bowie-it-was-very-difficult

p.s. the 1970's LP was just to get us started!!

I first heard amazing fretless bassist Percy Jones on Eno's "Another Green World!" I had to go "Who the F is THAT???" (look at the lineup....Phil Collins!)

Edited by cstack3 - May 16 2023 at 12:41

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Just the first in mind:

David Gilmour on Pete Townsend White City and Brian Ferry's Boys and Girls

Yes on Wakeman's Six Wives

Mel Collins with al lot of people, Camel and Clannad in particular.

Bono vocals on Macalla , same album as Mel

Jon Anderson on Heaven and Hell before Jon and Vangelis

Steve Rothery live with Tangerine Dream

Viv Mc Auliffe on The Geese and The Ghost

Troy Donohan with Mostly Autumn

Marius Duda with Iamthemorning

A curiosity: Ted "Jesus Christ" Neeley on Dead Ringer, the second Meat Loaf album.

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Mormegil wrote:

Steve Hackett on anything he guests . . .

Too many to mention.

did he guest on anything in the 70s?

Keith Emerson on the track "I wouldn't Ever Change a Thing" from Rod Stewart's "Old Raincoats Won't Ever Let You Down" (his first album).

Off the top of my head (in no particular order):

Clare Torry on "Great Gig in the Sky"

Darlene Love on Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter"

The Blind Boys of Alabama on Peter Gabriel' "Sky Blue"

Jon Anderson on 4Him's "The Only Thing I Need"

Bono with Clannad on "in a Lifetime"

Phil Collins on Phillip Bailey's "Easy Lover"

Eric Clapton on Stephen Bishop's Careless

Todd Rundgren's band backing Hall & Oates on the entire War Babies album

Weather Report (minus Joe Zawinul; with Jaco) on Joni Mitchell's Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, the whole album

Adrian Belew and Wiliiam S. Boroughs on Laurie Anderson's Mister Heartbreak

Robert Fripp (and other KC members) on The Roches' Keep on Doing

Michael Jackson on anyone else's album or song

Danny and Victoria Thompson on anyone else's album

Tony Levin on anyone else's album (but especially Al Di Meola's Scenario and Rosie Vela's Zazu)

So many guests on Kate Bush albums but especially David Gilmour, Danny Thompson, Eberhard Weber, and the Trio Bulgarka.

Elizabeth Fraser on Massive Attack's "Teardrop"

Iggy Pop on Ryuichi Sakamoto's "Risky"

All of Ryuichi Sakamoto's collaborations with both David Sylvian and Arto Lindsay

Elaine Di Falco's contributions to Francesco Zago's Yugen and Empty Days projects

Many guests performing on Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Ayreon and Star One albums

Clodagh Simonds' contributions to anything she touches--especially Mike Oldfield

Edited by BrufordFreak - May 16 2023 at 07:22

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