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    Posted: June 20 2012 at 19:43
hmmmmm....

Pink Floyd, "Animals"
Starcastle, "Citadel" and "Fountains of Light" were both released in 1977
Cluster & Eno
Captain Beyond, "Dawn Explosion" (just listened to it after a long hiatus, it was better than I had remembered)
Strawbs, "Deadlines"
Jean-Luc Ponty,"Enigmatic Ocean"
Dixie Dregs, "Free Fall"
Happy The Man (one of the great works of that year!)
UFO, "Lights Out" 
Kansas, "Point of Know Return"
ELP, "Works, Volume 1"

I agree with gazagod, "interesting year"....some of my all-time favorites came out ("Before & After Science"!!), but a lot of dreck as well. 

With the release of the seminal 'Never mind the bullocks" by the Sex Pistols, the opening shot of the war between punk/new wave and prog was made.  
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Kansas - Point Of Know Return
Bob marley-ExodusBig smile
Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood
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Birth Control Increase
Colosseum II Electric Savage       w / Gary Moore
Coryell & Catherine Twin-House      (acoustic)
Coryell & Mouzon Back Together Again
Al DiMeola Elegant Gypsy
Edition Especiale Aliquante
Finch Galleons Of Passion
Gong Expresso         w / Allan Holdsworth
Steve Hillage Motivation Radio
Jane Between Heaven and Hell
Nektar Magic Is A Child
P.F.M. Jetlag
Jean-Luc Ponty Enigmatic Ocean
Secret Oyster Straight To The Krankenhaus
Sensations Fix Vision's Fugitives
Weather Report Heavy Weather
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Judas Priest - Sin After Sin
Steely Dan - Aja
Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood
Brian Eno - Before And After Science
Queen - News Of The World
Pink Floyd - Animals
He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball!
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One album not mentioned which I think is underrated, but not pure prog:
 
The O Band - The Knife - some great stuff on that.
 
Otherwise, great year with Animals and Going for the one topping the list.
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Originally posted by KingCrInuYasha

Judas Priest - Sin After Sin

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GREAT album Approve.
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Originally posted by MFP

Originally posted by KingCrInuYasha

Judas Priest - Sin After Sin

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GREAT album Approve.
the start of NWOBHM I guess. Seem to remember someone at school lending me a Judas Priest album and it might have been that one. Was never that keen on heavy metal until Iron Maiden and Motorhead surfaced tbh.
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Pink Floyd - Animals
Supertramp - Even in the..
Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood
Stormy Six - L'apprendista
Brand X - Moroccan Roll
 
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No one's mentioned Styx - The Grand Illusion yet?
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1977 is my favourite year for prog releases.  So many brilliant albums, most of which have already been mentioned.
 
Not sure if I saw Seconds Out by Genesis, a fabulous live record.  I probably missed it.  However, one definitely missing is the fantastic Black Noise by FM.  I still listen to that album a lot, even now.  Brilliant album. 
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1 - Jethro Tull - Songs From the Wood
2 - Yes - Going for the One
3 - Pink Floyd - Animals
4 - Genesis - Seconds Out
5 - Rush - Farewell to Kings
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(The Definitive) Top 20

Univers Zero - 1313
Okay Temiz - Oriental Wind
Klaus Schulze - Mirage 
Clivage - Regina Astris 
Van der Graaf - The Quiet Zone / The Pleasure Dome 
Kraftwerk - Trans Europa Express
Peter Hammill - Over
National Health - s/t
Nico Fidenco - Emanuelle in America
Caravelli - April Orchestra Vol. 16 
Archaia - s/t
The Residents - Fingerprince
Hailu Mergia - Tche Belew 
Games - Stargazer 
Valdambrini-Piana Quintet - Afrodite 
Popol Vuh - Herz aus Glas
Aksak Maboul - Onze danses pour combattre la migraine
David Bowie - Low
Dionne Brégent - Deux
Pierrot Lunaire - Gudrun
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Originally posted by Saperlipopette!

David Bowie - Low
No David Bowie - "Heroes"? Smile Happens to be my favorite from him from '77.


Edited by Dayvenkirq - July 19 2012 at 10:57
"Composing itself ... is a simplifying process, just trying to pick some (strands?) out of the clamour in the head." - Robert Wyatt.
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Originally posted by Dayvenkirq

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Originally posted by Saperlipopette!

David Bowie - Low
No David Bowie - "Heroes"? Smile Happens to be my favorite from him from '77.

Love both, but if I have to choose just one of them (which I did) I choose "Low". 
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Brian Eno - Before and After Science
David Bowie - "Heroes"
David Bowie - Low
Pink Floyd - Animals
Maneige - Ni Vent... Ni Nouvelle
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