Favorite Recorded Prog Drum Solos

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What are your favorite prog drum solos on record, any period or sub genre, live or studio? 
      Mine are listed below. This list is not to signify a definitive one including all great ones, just my own personal favorites, and not in any particular order. 

Mick Underwood in "Laughin' Tackle" from Quatermass debut 

Paul Hammond in "Gershatzer" from Atomic Rooster's Death Walks Behind You 

Jon Hiseman in "Time Machine" from Colosseum's Daughter Of Time 

Carl Palmer in "Decline and Fall" from Atomic Rooster debut 

Carl Palmer in "Tank" from Emerson, Lake and Palmer debut 

Bernd Noske in "Back from Hell" from Birth Control's Rebirth 

Alfio Vitanza in "Patetica-part Terza" from Latte e Miele's Papillon 

John Marshall in "Torso" from Nucleus's Solar Plexus 

    I'm sure there are many more great ones out there-what are your favorites?

Edited by presdoug - March 29 2013 at 11:11

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presdoug Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 24 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 8079	Topic: Favorite Recorded Prog Drum Solos Posted: March 29 2013 at 11:01
	What are your favorite prog drum solos on record, any period or sub genre, live or studio? Mine are listed below. This list is not to signify a definitive one including all great ones, just my own personal favorites, and not in any particular order. Mick Underwood in "Laughin' Tackle" from Quatermass debut Paul Hammond in "Gershatzer" from Atomic Rooster's Death Walks Behind You Jon Hiseman in "Time Machine" from Colosseum's Daughter Of Time Carl Palmer in "Decline and Fall" from Atomic Rooster debut Carl Palmer in "Tank" from Emerson, Lake and Palmer debut Bernd Noske in "Back from Hell" from Birth Control's Rebirth Alfio Vitanza in "Patetica-part Terza" from Latte e Miele's Papillon John Marshall in "Torso" from Nucleus's Solar Plexus I'm sure there are many more great ones out there-what are your favorites? Edited by presdoug - March 29 2013 at 11:11

rushfan4 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 22 2007 Location: Michigan, U.S. Status: Offline Points: 65937	Posted: March 29 2013 at 11:04
	My favorites mostly come from the drummer who plays in the band from my nickname.


Snow Dog Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: March 23 2005 Location: Caerdydd Status: Offline Points: 32995	Posted: March 29 2013 at 11:16
	Tank


Drew Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 20 2005 Location: California Status: Offline Points: 12600	Posted: March 29 2013 at 11:20
	Neil crafts the best solo- Portnoy's solo in "Once in a Livetime" is horrendous- he is MUCH better now. Has Gavin Harrison done a recorded solo? I don't think he has...


Metalmarsh89 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 15 2013 Location: Oregon, USA Status: Offline Points: 2673	Posted: March 29 2013 at 11:22
	B'Boom by King Crimson (from THRAK), would be my all-time favorite. Edited by Metalmarsh89 - March 29 2013 at 11:22

HolyMoly Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Retired Admin Joined: April 01 2009 Location: Atlanta Status: Offline Points: 26133	Posted: March 29 2013 at 12:01
	Pierre Moerlen, on Gong's "Percolations (parts 1 and 2)" from the Gazeuse/Expresso album.
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HemispheresOfXanadu Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 28 2012 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 4339	Posted: March 29 2013 at 13:37
	Solos Carl Palmer--Tank Neil Peart--the one from the 30th anniversary DVD. Barriemore Barlow--Thick as Brick Side 2 Duets Bill Bruford and Pat Mastelotto--B'boom Phil Collins has a pretty cool drum duet on The Way We Walk Live.

HolyMoly Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Retired Admin Joined: April 01 2009 Location: Atlanta Status: Offline Points: 26133	Posted: March 29 2013 at 13:38
	Bill Bruford does some nice electro-acoustic drum soloing on some live versions of "Indiscipline" I've heard, such as the one on the Three of a Perfect Pair video and the Absent Lovers live 2 disc set from that same tour.
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Guldbamsen Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Retired Admin Joined: January 22 2009 Location: Magic Theatre Status: Offline Points: 23098	Posted: March 29 2013 at 14:59
	Call me crazy, but I've always had a thing for Clive Bunker's mad and clumsy work out on Dharma for One. Pure insanity, yet with a constant echoing of the tune running through it. Personally I think he was the best drummer for Tull - and would've loved to hear him on say A Passion Play. Don't get me wrong, I think Barlow is brilliant and he fit within the band like a well oiled glove, it's just a matter of personal taste is all. I remember once at a Roskilde Festival, where we played Dharma for One 24/7 The "camp" was this huge green felt carpet, that looked uncannily like a golf green. Everywhere lay beer bottles giving off that klingklangy feel of a bar. Then one day our roof collapsed(that is four supporting beams with a large piece of plastic gaffataped to the top), and we had to cut it in half, which made all traffic inside the camp look like people imitating dogs down on all fours One night we were warming up to go see Metallica, and suddenly our taperecorder(yep you heard me - a taperecorder, where you'd spend days compiling special tapes for various occasions) threw a fit and went into overdrive - causing it to play at an insane speed turning Jethro Tull into some freakishly cool Minnie Mouse music! Friend of mine, who also plays the drums, kept rewinding the thing whenever the drum solo of Dharma came on, and we would listen to this on and on and on. Sounded absolutely insaneStill laugh whenever I hear the track today. Edited by Guldbamsen - March 29 2013 at 15:24
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KingCrInuYasha Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 26 2010 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 1281	Posted: March 29 2013 at 16:23
	The Grand Vizier's Garden Party - Nick Mason (Pink Floyd) - Ummagumma Rat Salad - Bill Ward (Black Sabbath) - Paranoid Nothing At All - Martin Smith (Gentle Giant) - Gentle Giant Tank - Carl Palmer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer) - Emerson, Lake & Palmer Tocatta - Carl Palmer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer) - Brain Salad Surgery Thick As A Brick (Part 2) - Barrie Barlow (Jethro Tull) - Thick As A Brick One Word - Billy Cobham (Mahavishnu Orchestra) - Birds Of Fire Indiscipline - Bill Bruford (King Crimson) - Absent Lovers Edited by KingCrInuYasha - March 29 2013 at 16:23
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Tom Ozric Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: September 03 2005 Location: Olympus Mons Status: Offline Points: 15916	Posted: March 29 2013 at 17:10
	Here's a few drum spots which just 'stick' with me (he he).... Carl Palmer on Atomic Rooster's 'Decline And Fall' always hits the spot for me - also his creative work-out on ELP's 'Toccata' from Brain Salad Surgery. Danny Seraphine on 'The Devil's Sweet' from Chicago VII (he gets 2 solos, one with brushes, one with sticks). Michi dei Rossi on Le Orme's 'Truck Of Fire' from In Concerto (the guy's a monster). Pete Leopold on Amon Duul II's 'Live In Jericho' from 'Alive and Well'. Phil Collins' and Chester Thompson's Drum Duets are always great fun. Andy McCulloch on Greenslade's 'Drumfolk' (Bedside Manners Are Extra) Tim Alexander on Primus' 'Jellikit' (Suck On This) Bruford's solo on 'Perpetual Change' from 'Yessongs'

The.Crimson.King Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: March 29 2013 Location: WA Status: Offline Points: 4591	Posted: March 29 2013 at 20:11
	My fave: Carl Palmer, Karn Evil 9 1st Imp, Part 2, Welcome Back My Friends 2nd Fave: Barriemore Barlow, Conundrum, Bursting Out 3rd Fave: Barriemore Barlow, Thick as a Brick Part 2

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	Bruford's solo on 'Perpetual Change' from 'Yessongs' Carl Palmer - Tank (ELP debut)
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	The only drum solos (or duos, as the case may be) I know of that are worth anything are: B'boom - KC Tappy's Spices - Il Berlione
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