1973...prog best year??? |
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Paulieg
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Topic: 1973...prog best year??? Posted: February 05 2006 at 10:50 |
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I'm right there with you. Some great releases you mentioned. |
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BePinkTheater
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Posted: February 05 2006 at 10:42 | ||||
anyone f**kin care?
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I can strangle a canary in a tin can and it would be really original, but that wouldn't save it from sounding like utter sh*t.
-Stone Beard |
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Flying Dutchman
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Posted: February 05 2006 at 08:14 | ||||
sorry guys, but I have to go with 72! Jethro Tull- Thick as a Brick Yes- Fragile, Close to the Edge Genesis- Foxtrot Heep- Demons and Wizards ELP- Pictures, Trilogy
And I also think that Thick, CttE, Foxtrot, and Pictures are the best albums for their respective bands! |
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Ounamahl
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Posted: February 05 2006 at 08:04 | ||||
'72 was slightly better. A BIT only!
Oh yes I don't know if anyone corrected but Tales was released 1974. Edited by Ounamahl |
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Ironing Mike
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Posted: February 05 2006 at 07:50 | ||||
In the same period: Hatfield and the North, Henry Cow's Legend and the
scintillatingly experimental early Faust albums. IM |
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It's a rainy day, sunshine girl
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Rockin' Chair
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Posted: February 05 2006 at 05:56 | ||||
CLOSE TO THE EDGE, FRAGILE (EVEN IT WAS RECORDED IN 1971) THICK AS A BRICK FOXTROT STORIA DI UN MINUTO, PER UN AMICO UOMO DI PEZZA TRILOGY OKTOPUS
1972
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Winter Wine
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Posted: February 05 2006 at 05:38 | ||||
Yeah man -
And LOADS more I can't think of, hehe. Anyway 72/73, some of the greatest prog albums came out in those years. |
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Sean Trane
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Posted: February 05 2006 at 05:31 | ||||
further reading in our archives http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=13357& amp;KW=top+year |
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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 |
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Ricochet
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Posted: February 05 2006 at 02:57 | ||||
One of the best years of prog without a doubt.
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Ironing Mike
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Posted: February 05 2006 at 02:54 | ||||
Most new proggers tend to underestimate the the importance of the
Beatles to the development of prog and the influence they had on the fledgling musicians of the time. The golden age of prog (1969 to 1974) followed on directly from the demise of the Fab Four in 1969. Record companies of the time were falling over themselves to find the "next Beatles" and were open to the market potential of the kind of experimentation that the Beatles pioneered in their later years. I heard Rick Wakeman speaking about this particular matter on a radio interview during his recent tour of Australia. He went to pains to point out that the record company execs were happy to give the newer groups of the time as much leeway as they needed in the studio and that they never darkened the studio door nor expressed opinions regarding musical direction. After all, what did they know apart from the fact that there was a gaping hole had been left in the market? German Polydor (who had the Beatles on their label in the pre-Parlophone days) were so keen to discover/manufacture the new Beatles that they commissioned and bankrolled an effort in that direction which became Faust. It is no accident that Faust produced their hugely experimental classic first albums in the 71-74 period. The return of prog in the 90s has as much to do with technology as anything else. With the availability of cheap computer-based music technology, musicians have been able to self-produce their own efforts independent of expensive studios and cynical A&R types. The internet has given them access to global niche markets. This site in particular has given prog a welcome "kick along" in the past 5 years (?) or so. History shows us why the early 70s constituted the first golden era of prog and why we're in the middle of another one now. (See my thread "Why did prog go away?") IM |
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validictorian
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Posted: January 11 2006 at 22:55 | ||||
And thank you also for remembering Argus by Wishbone Ash |
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Gentle Tull
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Posted: January 11 2006 at 22:31 | ||||
For me, 1973 is tied with 1972, which has Jethro Tull- Thick as a Brick |
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Soulman
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Posted: January 11 2006 at 19:07 | ||||
YOU'RE ALL WRONG!
THE BEST YEAR OF PROG WILL BE 2065 |
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Thufir Hawat
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Posted: January 11 2006 at 18:27 | ||||
I Think 72 was the best year it had some GREAT albums.
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moncholo
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Posted: June 02 2005 at 06:37 | ||||
1973: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of The Moon |
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jojim
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Posted: June 02 2005 at 06:21 | ||||
Yeah 1973 !!! But just count in an album that completes the holy crail:
GENTLE GIANT "Three friends" (actually 1972), but let five be even. The
best time was between 1972 and 1974. Three years that changed music
history in general.
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Posted: June 02 2005 at 04:06 | ||||
That sums it all up just fine, mate. No need of further discusions |
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valravennz
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Posted: June 02 2005 at 01:05 | ||||
Oh Yes - I agree totally with your updated post I personally think Prog peaked 1972/1973 - all my favourite classic albums came out over these two years, most of which have been named above. With the exception of ITCOTCK 1969!! Edited by valravennz |
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SirPsycho388
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Posted: June 02 2005 at 01:04 | ||||
I'm still feelin 1972... Genesis - Foxtrot Yes - Fragile, Close To The Edge Jethro Tull - Thich As A Brick Pink Floyd - Obscured By Clouds ELP - Pictures At An Exhibition, Trilogy But i think i agree more with the peak being between 1972 - 1977 rather than i single year such as 1973. Yes, even 1977 was good... Pink Floyd - Animals Genesis - Seconds Out, Wind & Wuthering Kansas - Point of Know Return Rush - A Farewell To Kings Yes - Going For The One Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood
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NetsNJFan
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Posted: June 02 2005 at 00:21 | ||||
so let me rephrase::
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