Instrumental singles in Symphonic Prog |
Post Reply | Page 12> |
Author | |
SouthSideoftheSky
Special Collaborator Symphonic Team Joined: June 29 2008 Location: Close To The... Status: Offline Points: 1878 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
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? 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 |
|
SouthSideoftheSky
Special Collaborator Symphonic Team Joined: June 29 2008 Location: Close To The... Status: Offline Points: 1878 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
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").
|
|
cstack3
Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: July 20 2009 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Status: Offline Points: 6770 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
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] |
|
I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!!
|
|
verslibre
Forum Senior Member Joined: July 01 2004 Location: CA Status: Online Points: 15087 |
Post Options
Thanks(1)
|
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
|
|
verslibre
Forum Senior Member Joined: July 01 2004 Location: CA Status: Online Points: 15087 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
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)
|
|
verslibre
Forum Senior Member Joined: July 01 2004 Location: CA Status: Online Points: 15087 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
In 1983, Atlantic issued a 7" of Tony Banks' theme for The Wicked Lady.
|
|
Hrychu
Forum Senior Member Joined: November 03 2013 Location: poland? Status: Offline Points: 4189 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Tai Phong - Crest (Sister Jane B-Side)
|
|
Bez pierdolenia sygnał zerwie, to w realia wychodź w hełmie!
|
|
SouthSideoftheSky
Special Collaborator Symphonic Team Joined: June 29 2008 Location: Close To The... Status: Offline Points: 1878 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Thank you! I don't think I have ever heard The Theme from Lytton's Diary Will check it out! |
|
SouthSideoftheSky
Special Collaborator Symphonic Team Joined: June 29 2008 Location: Close To The... Status: Offline Points: 1878 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Taxi Ride is a good one! I have never heard Up The Elephant And Round The Castle. |
|
dwill123
Forum Senior Member Joined: December 19 2006 Status: Offline Points: 4455 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|
|
SouthSideoftheSky
Special Collaborator Symphonic Team Joined: June 29 2008 Location: Close To The... Status: Offline Points: 1878 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
I thought of one more myself: Sebastian Hardie - Rosanna |
|
cstack3
Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: July 20 2009 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Status: Offline Points: 6770 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
OUTSTANDING contribution, thanks!!
|
|
I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!!
|
|
SouthSideoftheSky
Special Collaborator Symphonic Team Joined: June 29 2008 Location: Close To The... Status: Offline Points: 1878 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
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/ |
|
verslibre
Forum Senior Member Joined: July 01 2004 Location: CA Status: Online Points: 15087 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
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)
|
|
dwill123
Forum Senior Member Joined: December 19 2006 Status: Offline Points: 4455 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|
|
AFlowerKingCrimson
Forum Senior Member Joined: October 02 2016 Location: Philly burbs Status: Offline Points: 16408 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
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.
|
|
verslibre
Forum Senior Member Joined: July 01 2004 Location: CA Status: Online Points: 15087 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Fantastic! I'm glad someone posted this! Love this one.
|
|
Ivan_Melgar_M
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 27 2004 Location: Peru Status: Offline Points: 19535 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
There are so many
- Rick Wakeman:
Genesis
Alan Parsons Project
Oh I could follow for hours |
|
|
|
SouthSideoftheSky
Special Collaborator Symphonic Team Joined: June 29 2008 Location: Close To The... Status: Offline Points: 1878 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
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. Edited by SouthSideoftheSky - October 03 2018 at 09:14 |
|
chopper
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 13 2005 Location: Essex, UK Status: Offline Points: 19957 |
Post Options
Thanks(1)
|
Catalan by Greenslade was apparently a single in 1975, I can't imagine it charted very highly but a very catchy little number nevertheless.
|
|
Post Reply | Page 12> |
Forum Jump | Forum Permissions You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot create polls in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum |