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    Posted: October 08 2017 at 12:19
Thanks a lot for the replies, I will check out the stuff I don't know from before.

I will add Bill Fay and Nick Drake's orchestrated works to this thread. Definitely rainy, grey, countryside British music, and utterly beautiful!
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How about jade from 1970. Great album



and Trader Horne from 1970



Magna Carta from 1970



Tudor Lodge (start this at 59 seconds to skip over the noisy intro) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_FaXMk8eBU&t=59s


Bread Love and Dreams



Harmonium, etc..




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Gracious.   You can't miss with either of their albums.  Get them both.  Super Nova is one of the best prog pieces of all time.    Same with "Heaven".   And you can't miss with the first 10 minutes of "Flight" from "As your mind flies by" by Rare Bird.
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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Originally posted by kenethlevine kenethlevine wrote:

some good ones there for sure Clap

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I know just what you mean.  It happened to me with my long post.  I had to go back in my browser on youtube to find everything I linked.  And I still haven't trained myself to save the post to the clipboard before trying to post it  Cry

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Originally posted by kenethlevine kenethlevine wrote:

some good ones there for sure Clap

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Originally posted by Kepler62 Kepler62 wrote:

Garfield are Canadian. 

yup, as I noted above, along with Mr Toad (Israel).  But I think both are in the spirit of 1970s UK prog folk
That said, Garfield put on quite a cosmic light show back in the day, anything but pastoral when live Big smile
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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

I can think of lot of bands with pastoral prog in between less pastoral prog but here's the most pastoral I can think of. 

Continuum - St. (1970)
Skin Alley - St. I seem to be in a minority preferring their debut from 1969. Maybe try their follow-up as well.
+most of Pentangle really - but their first four are their essentials. 

pastoral jazzfusion:
Tonton Macoute

...but really why should it matter whether this pastoral prog is from the UK or elsewhere?

Arleta / Αρλέτα - Six days / Έξi μέρες (Grc)
Ptarmigan - St. (can)
Ragnarok - St. (swe)
Perry Leopold - Christian Lucifer (us)
Pearls Before Swine - The Use of Ashes (us)
Celeste - Principe Di Giorno  (ita)

More pastoral jazzfusion:
The Advancement - St. (us)

+ there's also some band or artist I really love that escaped my mind & much more.

some good ones there for sure Clap
I only just discovered the Perry Leopold album and it's truly a lost classic.  I did a review recently, but do check out David's brilliant review


May I also recommend Forest (UK), 2 pastoral albums from late 60s early 70s



Or Decameron, 4 albums from 1973-1976.  This is my fave by them, the most mellotronic string sound I have ever heard



Or Mr Toad, millenium group from Israel, but clearly from the "I Talk to the Wind" school



Canadian Garfield French's first album from 1976 is very English pastoral.  



Their second is very proggy but not as pastoral of course.  Excellent though





And can't forget this fellow, Bob Theil, with a lost almost classic from 1982. Like Al Stewart meets Pink Floyd








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Originally posted by Cosmiclawnmower Cosmiclawnmower wrote:

Ok, another UK pastoral band to consider is Stackridge.. 'Friendliness' is the lp i'd recommend although the 1st S/T lp is great as is 'Man in the bowler hat' (called 'Pinafore days' in the US).

Another band worth trying are Audience and 'Friends friend friend' is the lp i'd recommend or maybe 'House on the hill'

Stackridge, what a fantastic band indeed and great album you mentioned...  They have stopped touring as of last year and made one cd to mark the occasion.  It's a shame,  but these guys have regular jobs.
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Ok, another UK pastoral band to consider is Stackridge.. 'Friendliness' is the lp i'd recommend although the 1st S/T lp is great as is 'Man in the bowler hat' (called 'Pinafore days' in the US).

Another band worth trying are Audience and 'Friends friend friend' is the lp i'd recommend or maybe 'House on the hill'

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Originally posted by dauinghorn dauinghorn wrote:

Haha, now we're taking the UK pastoral feeling a little bit far from home, aren't we? :)
I love finnish prog! I have all the records mentioned here, except some of the newer stuff.

Sorry, derailed your thread. I'm a big lover of Finnish music myself, jazz as well as prog / rock. Cannot get enough of it!
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^ and ^^ 

What's so typical about UK pastoral?
It has to have flute, lute, acoustic guitar, and lyrics about the landscapes?

When you want newer Finnish pastoral prog, I can't stress enough how great Uzva is. They have this Soft Machine/Mike Oldfield/Caravan/Camel thing going.
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Originally posted by Kingsnake Kingsnake wrote:

You forgot Tasavallan Presidentti :D

I woulda got to them next post, don't worry!

Originally posted by Kingsnake Kingsnake wrote:


edit: I will try your recommendations. If it's too dark (like Tenhi) I don't really like it. I like it jumpy :D

The Pekka Pohjola, Jukka Gustavson and Jukka Tolonen may be closest in feel to Uzva.
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Haha, now we're taking the UK pastoral feeling a little bit far from home, aren't we? :)
I love finnish prog! I have all the records mentioned here, except some of the newer stuff.
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You forgot Tasavallan Presidentti :D

edit: I will try your recommendations. If it's too dark (like Tenhi) I don't really like it. I like it jumpy :D


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For when you get done with those:
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Originally posted by Kingsnake Kingsnake wrote:

If it's typical Finnish, what else can you recommend? I know Hidria Spacefolk and Tenhi, and also more spacerock influenced bands like Taipuva Luotisuora.
I like electric heavy music, but I love the more acoustic classical/folk/jazz influenced (intstrumental) symphonic rock.

I haven't yet found a band that could rival Uzva.

I don't know if I'd say typical, but there is a certain something in their sound that to me is Finnish - recognisable but not definable (by me, anyway).

Try these for starters:












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Originally posted by Mascodagama Mascodagama wrote:

^  Good call!  What a band. Three albums, three masterpieces, IMO. Though theirs is a distinctively Finnish, rather than British-sounding, version of pastoral.

Just listening to Tammela In January, which always makes me happy.

If it's typical Finnish, what else can you recommend? I know Hidria Spacefolk and Tenhi, and also more spacerock influenced bands like Taipuva Luotisuora.
I like electric heavy music, but I love the more acoustic classical/folk/jazz influenced (intstrumental) symphonic rock.

I haven't yet found a band that could rival Uzva.
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