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The death of prog? '77
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Poll Question: Which is your favourite?
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3 [2.42%]
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1 [0.81%]
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2 [1.61%]
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    Posted: November 06 2009 at 09:09
Originally posted by lazland

The year that prog was born for me


Interesting - this is the year that I was born for prog.  Wink
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1977 is/was my favourite prog year of them all - so much for the death of prog!!
 
My favourite Yes album, my favourite Floyd album (that's 2 of my top 3 albums of all time), my second fave Genesis album (the omitted Wind and Wuthering), Seconds Out by the same band,  plus Eloy's Ocean and the sensational Black Noise by FM (also omitted here) all from 1977.  What a year!!
 
I'll go for Animals but honestly that and Going For The One are pretty much neck and neck for me.
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Many favourites...
 
A vote for Locanda


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Originally posted by Roj M30

1977 is/was my favourite prog year of them all - so much for the death of prog!!
 
My favourite Yes album, my favourite Floyd album (that's 2 of my top 3 albums of all time), my second fave Genesis album (the omitted Wind and Wuthering), Seconds Out by the same band,  plus Eloy's Ocean and the sensational Black Noise by FM (also omitted here) all from 1977.  What a year!!
 
I'll go for Animals but honestly that and Going For The One are pretty much neck and neck for me.
 
Wind and Wuthering was released in December 1976.
 
Works vols 1 & 2 are the most famous prog albums missing from the list, though vol2 is mostly a compilation of earlier work.
 
Although Animals was released in January 1977 I can't really relate it to that year.  Two thirds of it (Sheep and Dogs) was basically already available in 1975 and recording of the album itself started in the spring of 1976. 
 
Alot of decent albums on the list, and some i haven't heard, but none that really grab me.  
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While Univers Zero's 1313 may be the biggest omission for a best of 1977 list, I'm a little disappointed that there hasn't been more love for Greaves et al's Kew Rhone -- wonderful album. 



Another that I'd like to note that I don't think anyone has mentioned is Bennie Maupin's Slow Traffic to the Right.





And another good one, I think is Michael Mantler's Silence (not in PA).  Lenny White's (not in PA) Big City is one for JRF fans to consider (Venusian Summer from 1975 is my favourite of his).

 A really cool one, I think is (also not in PA) is Benoit Widemann's Stress!  He had been in Magma, Heldon, and worked with Dan Ar Bras.

Of course, as has been noted, Klaus Schulze's Mirage is a real classic.

1977 was a very fine year for progressive rock/music.
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Originally posted by ten years after

 
Wind and Wuthering was released in December 1976.
 


Just checked this... indeed, it was released on the penultimate day of '76 Shocked...I also always thought it was released in '77
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Actually it was released in 1980 but wound up back in '76 due to a rift in the space time continuum caused by a misprint on the back and the CD of the remastered version released in, oh hell, I can't tell the release date has become erased...

Edited by Slartibartfast - November 07 2009 at 06:45
A penny for my thoughts and yet I have to put my two cents in. What the hell is wrong with this equation?

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The Quiet Zone / The Pleasure Dome closely followed by Animals
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Towards the end of an important decade for progressive rock.Punk emerged on the scene supposedly "killing prog" here's some of PA's top rated albums of 1977 and on reflection there were some great prog albums at that time.
 
NOT the dead of prog, but one of the best years, along with 1976 and 1973. By 1977 the first comers were releasing great records ("Animals", "Songs from the wood", "Going for the one")...and there were some really interesting newcomers (Alan Parsons, National Health, Azahar, Kitaro), what makes superior that era to that of the previous years.
My vote goes to "Going for the one".
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national health was my choice there  are so many other choices for  1977 .camel ,rush ,jean l ponty .        punk never killed prog  prog killed punk. prog never went away.
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Like the sheep bleating in the meadow on one of its track, Animals bores me and came off as a last gasp from those lads. The Quiet Zone/Pleasure Dome by Van der Graaf was much more arresting and escorted the group (and the era) out gracefully.
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I wont vote, as I've not heard all those albums, but suffice to say, that despite prog being on a slippery slope towards the end of that decade, Floyd, Yes and Rush arguably produced some of their best work in '77.
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Posts: 1703 		  Quote mrcozdude Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 10 2009 at 11:26
Originally posted by Slartibartfast

Actually it was released in 1980 but wound up back in '76 due to a rift in the space time continuum caused by a misprint on the back and the CD of the remastered version released in, oh hell, I can't tell the release date has become erased...


That old time continuum misprint chestnut




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