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Robert Wyatt never had his accident and his drunken claim that he'd like to leave the band and do something else wasn't as eagerly seized upon by Mike Ratledge and Hugh Hopper.

I'd love to hear ELP with tons of Mellotrons. And of course, Robert Wyatt being able to walk and play drums, but SM without him ended up being as great as with him for me. And he left them year and a half or two prior to that accident.

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Hmm, some of those are compelling, some not so much.

Relayer being the final Yes album would be devastating for me. No Machine Messiah? Or The Calling? Or The Endless Dream? I'd even miss some of the tracks on The Ladder.

Jethro Tull releasing an even longer album? Dead

VDGG getting a permanent guitarist would be a very good one. I think that if they had used a bit more diversity in their instrumental arrangements I'd be able to appreciate a lot more of their music.

An all-instrumental Genesis would be cool for about one album. I never found their instrumentals to be that spectacular but they weren't bad by any means. Definitely a neat possibility to consider.

Zappa and Vander collaborating would have the potential to be either incredibly, incredibly awesome or incredibly, incredibly unbearable. I cast my vote for this one because I'm really curious how it would turn out.

The others I have no real strong opinions on.

My personal picks though, would be King Crimson retiring permanently after Red came out. That album perfectly bookended their discography and nothing they've released since has interested me. If they stopped there, I'd consider the King Crimson catalogue to be the most perfect discography an artist has ever put out. The other one that I would give anything to witness would be a well-produced, well-mixed, crystal clear audio and video live footage of an entire 70's Bubu concert. If there's one thing I want to see before I die, it's Zavaleta ride his bike onstage with El Cortejo De Un Dia Amarillo playing in the background!

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I would have loved to hear what Household Objects would be like.

For some reason the Gentle Giant choice caught my attention. Their "pop music" would devastate anyone else's in the 1980s.

I like the 4 song, double-LP from Jethro Tull choice too, but why not open that one up to all groups back in the day, even if entirely implausible? Imagine Genesis doing this, or Rush, or ELP, or Pink Floyd, etc., etc...

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I wouldn't mind Yes breaking up after Relayer, but really I want Pink Floyd's household objects album.

hmm I vote none of these

My alternate universe would have Henry Cow & Sleepytime Gorilla Museum not breaking up before I got a chance to see them.

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Poll Question: What scenario do you like more?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
ELP used lots of Mellotron	3	[5.08%]
VDGG had a permanent guitarist	5	[8.47%]
Genesis turned into an instrumental only band	2	[3.39%]
Yes broke up after Relayer (no reunions)	1	[1.69%]
Robert Wyatt did not leave Soft Machine(or had his accident)	14	[23.73%]
Frank Zappa worked with Christian Vander	11	[18.64%]
Mike Oldfield never using other musicians on studio albums	0	[0.00%]
Pink Floyd released their Household Objects album	6	[10.17%]
Gentle Giant had a hit with GFAD and became 80s pop stars	2	[3.39%]
Tull released a 4-song double album after APP	15	[25.42%]
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