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rick gryphon
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Topic: flute in prog Posted: October 24 2008 at 04:51 |
hello there can anyone help me i love flute playing what are the best tracks in prog rock that feature flute playing ....
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el dingo
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Posted: October 24 2008 at 05:07 |
I'll kick off with the obvious... Jethro Tull.
If you can get it, check out Sonata in Z by Fusion Orchestra on the album Skeleton in Armour. Played by lead singer Jill Saward and not a session musician in sight. A lovely passage that's followed by some searing guitar work from Colin Dawson.
I'll probably get slated by prog purists, but I quite like Are You Receiving Me by Golden Earring - it's on Moontan and played by singer Barry Hay.
To grab back a little prog credibility, Firth of Fifth by Genesis from Selling England by the Pound is pretty cool too. I presume the flautist is Gabriel but I dunno for sure.
I remember seeing a band called Alquin in the 70s who had a pretty tasty flautist but can't recommend anything specific. I seem to remember that Principal Edwards had a female flute player too - I think one of their albums is called Round One but I can't be sure.
I'm sure there's millions more but these are my faves.
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Rocktopus
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Posted: October 24 2008 at 05:24 |
On top of my head, and not so obvious:
Triode Jean Cohen Solal Magma Kobaïa Supersister (three first) Skin Alley (debut) Mythos (Two first) Out of Focus Flamen Dialis I'll let one of the baldies introduce you to Gong. I'll come back later. There's loads more great stuff. |
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Man Erg
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Posted: October 24 2008 at 05:26 |
Fruit in Plog.
Apart from el dingo's excellent recommendations,especially the wonderful Principal Edward's... Camel.Especially Mirage,Snow Goose and Moonmadness - e.g. (Supertwister,Air Born,Flight of the Snowgoose) Focus.Moving Waves,Focus III and Hamburger Concerto are must haves.- e.g.(Sylvia,Answers Questions? Questions? Answers) Supersister.A Present From Nancy ,To The Highest Bidder and Pudding en Gisteren - e.g.(A Present From Nancy,A Girl Named You) PFM - Especially the early stuff upto and including Chocolate Kings King Crimson - In The Court of The Crimson King and In The Wake of Poseidon - e.g.(I Talk to the Wind, Cadence and Cascade) There's a few to be going on with. Edited by Man Erg - October 24 2008 at 08:08 |
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Rocktopus
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Posted: October 24 2008 at 05:29 |
Forgot you were asking for tracks. I'll get to that eventually.
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sleeper
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Posted: October 24 2008 at 05:55 |
White Willow's The Reach and Chemical Sunset, or any White Willow song come to that.
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Alucard
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Posted: October 24 2008 at 07:57 |
Canterbury has some nice flute music : Jimmy Hastings on the Caravan & National Health records
Geoff Leigh on the H&TN and Henry Cow records
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Jon Field on the Jade Warrior records
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TGM: Orb
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Posted: October 24 2008 at 08:10 |
A couple of suggestions: Genesis' Trespass is quite heavy on flute playing, and, though simple, it has very moving results - Dusk and The Knife are the two most memorable, I think. Jethro Tull has flutes everywhere: the Thick As A Brick album is essential if you don't already have it. Ditto the less progressive, but no less excellent, Aqualung. One later song with a memorable flute part is Fallen On Hard Times off The Broadsword And The Beast. Early King Crimson has some flutes... especially beautiful is Mel Collins' flute off Islands, but In The Court Of The Crimson King has a lot of flute on it. Van Der Graaf Generator... very heavy on flutes and saxes... the lush Out Of My Book and House With No Door are the first to come to mind, but The Undercover Man, When She Comes and bits of A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers have a lot of tenser flutes. The Hammill solo track, originally intended for a VDGG album, In The The Black Room/The Tower/In The Black Room off Chameleon In The Shadow Of The Night has some superb flute in it. Hackett's first few albums have a bit of flute on them... Hands Of The Priestess and (I think) Lost In Time In Cordoba stand out particularly for me. Maneige's incredible Les Porches, possibly my favourite song ever, has a fair amount of classical-styled flutes in it, as well as lots of clarinet, sax, and odd percussion. The Mahavishnu Orchestra's Apocalypse has a lot of flute on it, but I'm not familiar enough with it to say which track is the best for that. McDonald And Giles' first, and only (I think) album has a bit of flute too. IIRC, Camel have a bit of flute, but you can find bigger Camel fans than me. There's probably a bit of Gentle Giant with flutes somewhere, but I can't remember it off the top of my head. As mentioned, I'm a big fan of the sax and flute on Caravan's albums. Well... that should keep you busy for a while |
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Astrodomine
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Posted: October 24 2008 at 10:14 |
Harmonium - Si On Avait Besoin D'Une Cinquième Saison
Flute is also one of my favorite instrument :) |
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Vibrationbaby
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Posted: October 24 2008 at 10:16 |
Here`s some other tracks that haven`t been mentioned :
Dark Rose - Brainbox Scarborough Fair - Brainbox ( both from Their first LP " Brainbox", both can also be heard on youtube ) Wonderful Music - Grobschnitt ( from their first LP " Grobschnitt " ) Edited by Vibrationbaby - October 24 2008 at 10:17 |
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annexusquam
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Posted: October 24 2008 at 10:24 |
OUT OF FOCUS of course!
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https://0a0wake0.bandcamp.com/releases
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Hawkwise
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Posted: October 24 2008 at 11:08 |
Lets not forget Didier Malherbe and Gong lots of nice flute in GONG
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Vibrationbaby
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Posted: October 24 2008 at 11:19 |
Holderlin - Traum ( from the LP Holderlin`s Traum also on youtube )
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Mandrakeroot
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Posted: October 24 2008 at 11:40 |
OSANNA, great Neapolitan Prog band (flute and sax).
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Hercules
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Posted: October 24 2008 at 12:30 |
Horslips use flute a lot and it's played brilliantly.
I also love Thijs van Leer's playing on the Focus albums. |
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Burning Shed
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Posted: October 24 2008 at 13:11 |
There's flute aplenty (played by Theo Travis) on No-Man's recent song, Truenorth Part Two.
The audio can be heard on the band's MySpace page at www.myspace.com/nomanuk and the video for the song can be seen on YouTube at http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=coYZcM8MoTE Theo also plays some atmospheric flute on his recent collaborations with Robert Fripp, called Thread. Also, as other have said, early Genesis provide plenty of 'flute moments' as do Jethro Tull, Focus, Caravan, PFM and Gong.
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: October 24 2008 at 13:12 |
Jethro Tull, Focus, Genesis, Anglagard have too many good flute tracks to attempt to make a list. Iván |
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: October 24 2008 at 13:21 |
But my favorites will always be:
1.- The House of the King (Focus)
2.- Dusk (Genesis)
3.- Vandringar I Vilsenhet (Anglagard)
4.- Thick as a Brick (Jethro Tull)
5.- Lizzy (Frágil - Perú)
Iván Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - October 24 2008 at 13:23 |
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chopper
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Posted: October 24 2008 at 13:36 |
Anything with Theo Travis or Jimmy Hastings.
Also "The Virgin and The Gypsy" by Steve Hackett. |
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Takeshi Kovacs
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Posted: October 24 2008 at 19:35 |
The flute info to Air Born is almost enough to reduce a man to tears! |
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