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    Posted: September 23 2018 at 07:28
It can hardly be denied that the album is THE format for Progressive Rock in general, and Symphonic Prog in particular. But Symphonic Prog bands also did release singles, and sometimes instrumental numbers were chosen. 

I list some below, do you know others?


Renaissance - Prologue

Camel - Flight of the Snow Goose
Camel - The Snow Goose

Rick Wakeman - Cathrine

Focus - House of the King
Focus - Hocus Pocus
Focus - Hocus Pocus 2
Focus - Tommy
Focus - Sylvia
Focus - Harem Scarem

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Nutrocker
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Hoedown
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Fanfare for the Common Man
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Canario
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Peter Gunn

Greenslade - Gangsters
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I should perhaps add that some of the above are not strictly speaking instrumentals, but at least wordless, or in the case of Harem Scarem features one word ("yeah").
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Great topic!  I can't think of any others than the ones you listed, although Edgar Winter Band's single "Frankenstein" was an instrumental single with prog overtones that was a huge hit on radio at the same time as some of these.  

"Frankenstein" is an instrumental by The Edgar Winter Group from their 1972 album They Only Come Out at Night.

The song topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for one week in May 1973, being replaced by Paul McCartney's "My Love". It sold over one million copies. In Canada it fared equally well, reaching #1 on the RPM 100 Top Singles Chart the following month.[1] That same month the song peaked at #18 in the UK.[2] The following month, the song peaked at #10 in Mexico. The song also peaked at #39 in West Germany, remaining on the chart for only a week. The single was certified gold June 19, 1973 by the RIAA.[3]
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Rick Wakeman's had a number of instrumental singles.

"Catherine" (1973)
"Guinevere" (1975 – Brazil)
"White Rock" (1977)
"Animal Showdown" (1979)
"Theme from The Burning" (1980)
"Theme from G'ole" (1983)
"The Theme from Lytton's Diary" (1985)
"Waterfalls" (1986) – a hit in the New Age category
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Keith Emerson:

"Honky Tonk Train Blues" (1976)
"Inferno" (1980 – Italy/France)
"Taxi Ride (Rome)" (1980)
"Salt Cay" (1980 – Italy)
"Rum-A-Ting" (1982 – Italy)
"Up The Elephant And Round The Castle" (1983 - Side 2 is the version with vocals)
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In 1983, Atlantic issued a 7" of Tony Banks' theme for The Wicked Lady.
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Tai Phong - Crest (Sister Jane B-Side)
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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

Rick Wakeman's had a number of instrumental singles.

"Catherine" (1973)
"Guinevere" (1975 – Brazil)
"White Rock" (1977)
"Animal Showdown" (1979)
"Theme from The Burning" (1980)
"Theme from G'ole" (1983)
"The Theme from Lytton's Diary" (1985)
"Waterfalls" (1986) – a hit in the New Age category


Thank you! I don't think I have ever heard The Theme from Lytton's Diary
Will check it out!
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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

Keith Emerson:

"Honky Tonk Train Blues" (1976)
"Inferno" (1980 – Italy/France)
"Taxi Ride (Rome)" (1980)
"Salt Cay" (1980 – Italy)
"Rum-A-Ting" (1982 – Italy)
"Up The Elephant And Round The Castle" (1983 - Side 2 is the version with vocals)



Taxi Ride is a good one! I have never heard Up The Elephant And Round The Castle.
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I thought of one more myself:

Sebastian Hardie - Rosanna
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Originally posted by dwill123 dwill123 wrote:


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Here are both sides of this double a-sided single by Rick Wakeman:


01 - The Theme From Lytton's Diary
02 - Database

Not bad.

Made for a TV series called Lytton's Diary: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159889/
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Also a big fan of Jan Hammer's Miami Vice music and his other scores. Jan's got a few more:

"Crockett's Theme" – a #1 single in Europe, issued 19 times in a five-year span (1986-1991)!
"Tubbs and Valerie" (1987)
"Forever Tonight" (1987)
"The Runner" (1988, paired with the extended 12" mix of "Crockett's Theme")
"Eurocops" (1989)
"Too Much To Lose" (1989) (originally a 1977 vocal track recorded by the Jan Hammer Group)
"Chancer (Theme from the Central Television Series)" (1990)
"Midnight" (1993)
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I guess it's stretching the definition of prog a bit but i'll mention "chariots of fire" by Vangelis which was number one for one week in 1982. 
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Clap Fantastic! I'm glad someone posted this! Love this one. 

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There are so many

- Rick Wakeman:

  • All Six Wives
  • Judas Iscariot
  • Statue of Justice
Genesis

  • Horizons
  • Los Endos
  • Wot Gorilla? 
Alan Parsons Project

  • "A Dream Within a Dream" 
  • "The Fall of the House of Usher" 
  • "In the Lap of the Gods"
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Thank you Iván, some great music there! But I was thinking of instrumentals that were released as singles.

From Wakeman's debut album a single was released with edited versions of Cathrine Parr and Anne Boleyn as a- and b-side respectively (simply called "Cathrine" and "Anne"). Both edits were later added as bonus tracks to the "deluxe" edition CD re-issue of the album.



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Catalan by Greenslade was apparently a single in 1975, I can't imagine it charted very highly but a very catchy little number nevertheless.
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