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chopper 
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Posted: July 29 2013 at 06:26 |
 Cactus Choir wrote:
I think a lot of the big prog sellers from 1973 - Dark Side of the Moon, Tales from Topographic Oceans and Brain Salad Surgery (God it's tiring typing out prog album titles) were released late in the year. |
These albums are commonly known as DSOTM, TFTO and BSS.
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Posted: July 29 2013 at 06:13 |
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Englebert Humperdinck was number one in the UK singles chart in 1967 for 11 weeks and broke the Beatles run of chart toppers by keeping Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane at number 2.
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Me or The Hump? If you mean Englebert, I agree!
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Sorry, I meant The Hump. I've never forgiven him for this.
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Posted: July 28 2013 at 07:18 |
Cactus Choir wrote:
I think a lot of the big prog sellers from 1973 - Dark Side of the Moon, Tales from Topographic Oceans and Brain Salad Surgery (God it's tiring typing out prog album titles) were released late in the year.
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DSOTM was released in March
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rotten hound of the burnie crew
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: July 28 2013 at 00:11 |
richardh wrote:
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Hot Chocolate [/QUOTE] .............ooh, Hot Chocolate make me wanna slash my wrists..................  - can't stand 'em AT ALL.
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Posted: July 28 2013 at 00:07 |
Dunno tha accurate stats but NEKTAR's 'Remember The Future' charted in the U.S. somewhere mid-chart during 1973. That's an accomplishment for a full-on Space-Prog band 
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Posted: July 27 2013 at 23:12 |
Wow, July '75 had 2 Bay City Rollers albums in the top 10...ouch 
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Posted: July 27 2013 at 08:47 |
chopper wrote:
Cactus Choir wrote:
Englebert Humperdinck was number one in the UK singles chart in 1967 for 11 weeks and broke the Beatles run of chart toppers by keeping Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane at number 2.
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Hot Chocolate - So You Win Again kept ELP off the top spot in 1977. That always rankled with me.
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Posted: July 26 2013 at 11:14 |
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Yes checking last week in the year, has Yes on 10 th and ELP on 12
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Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours
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Cactus Choir
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Posted: July 26 2013 at 10:58 |
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I think a lot of the big prog sellers from 1973 - Dark Side of the Moon, Tales from Topographic Oceans and Brain Salad Surgery (God it's tiring typing out prog album titles) were released late in the year.
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"And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!"
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Cactus Choir
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Posted: July 26 2013 at 10:48 |
chopper wrote:
Cactus Choir wrote:
Englebert Humperdinck was number one in the UK singles chart in 1967 for 11 weeks and broke the Beatles run of chart toppers by keeping Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane at number 2.
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Me or The Hump? If you mean Englebert, I agree!
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"And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!"
"He's up the pub"
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tamijo
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Posted: July 26 2013 at 10:03 |
chopper wrote:
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although 1973 is supposed to be Prog's banner year, not one full on prog album in that chart. |
It's only 1 week's chart though. I'll bet there were a lot of prog albums in the chart over the whole year, |
Yes I think there must have been, the charts was changing fast, just as today
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Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours
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Posted: July 26 2013 at 10:00 |
Cactus Choir wrote:
Englebert Humperdinck was number one in the UK singles chart in 1967 for 11 weeks and broke the Beatles run of chart toppers by keeping Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane at number 2.
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Git.
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chopper
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Posted: July 26 2013 at 10:00 |
Cactus Choir wrote:
although 1973 is supposed to be Prog's banner year, not one full on prog album in that chart. |
It's only 1 week's chart though. I'll bet there were a lot of prog albums in the chart over the whole year,
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Cactus Choir
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Posted: July 26 2013 at 09:20 |
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Yes the 1972 and 1974 charts look the best out of that lot and although 1973 is supposed to be Prog's banner year, not one full on prog album in that chart. The charts have always been a reflection of what your mum and dad buy as well as "the kids". Englebert Humperdinck was number one in the UK singles chart in 1967 for 11 weeks and broke the Beatles run of chart toppers by keeping Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane at number 2.
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"And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!"
"He's up the pub"
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tamijo
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Posted: July 26 2013 at 08:06 |
1974 pretty good too
Anyway here is the answer 78-80-82 (Not much worse than the previus 3-blocks in my book but that offcourse will depend on what albums you like, I like the Marley, Lizzy, Armatrading, Kate B, Plant and Roxy albums here)
Also remember this is only the week of around July 25, can be better weeks, and worse weeks.
Edited by tamijo - July 26 2013 at 08:12
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Posted: July 26 2013 at 07:48 |
1972 had quite a good list of top sellers; Slade, Simon & Garfunkal, Jethro Tull, Alice Cooper & ELP AND Bowie. The only real fly in the ointment - imo - being Elvis, but hey...  I doubt many years can boast such good top sellers. Can you imagine how bad it was by 1977..  ...and beyond..
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Posted: July 26 2013 at 07:43 |
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People moan that the charts today are full of crap, and I have regularily replied that they've always been full of crap - |
How true.
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Posted: July 26 2013 at 06:47 |
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Honestly dosent know the album, love Robbie's solo stuff.
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Posted: July 26 2013 at 06:43 |
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Beautiful Noise was a good album, and produced by Robbie Roberstson, which gives it some rock cred.
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What?
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tamijo
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Posted: July 26 2013 at 06:36 |
Beautiful Noise - Niel Diamond :
Hell may be that was the birth of Industrial/Noise Rock ??
Edited by tamijo - July 26 2013 at 06:37
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