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maani 
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Posted: March 29 2014 at 13:10 |
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As we celebrate the 50th (Yikes!) anniversary of The Beatles this year, we should also celebrate albums that came out in years with "4" at the end.
In this regard, 1974 was a truly banner year for prog. Among many other albums, here is just a short list:
Here Come the Warm Jets
Mirage
Rush
Apostrophe
Starless & Bible Black
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Sheet Music
Power and the Glory
Welcome Back My Friends
Crime of the Century
Eldorado
Sheer Heart Attack
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Relayer
Hamburger Concerto
Red Queen to Gryphon Three
Remember the Future
Wow! A 40-year anniversary for all of those amazing albums!
1984 gave us Fugazi. 1994 gave us Brave and Awake. 2004 gave us Marbles, Human Equation, and Dark Matter.
So raise a glass to all of these well-deserved anniversaries!
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Posted: March 29 2014 at 13:16 |
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Rick Davies turns 70 this year
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Posted: March 29 2014 at 14:17 |
Don't forget about another 1974 masterpiece album: The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage! 
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Posted: March 29 2014 at 15:33 |
^ Or Red for that matter.  Other great 40 year olds: Secret Treaties Big Fun Thrust Hall of the Mountain Grill Phaedra Todd Rundgren's Utopia Rock Bottom Excellent year!
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Posted: March 29 2014 at 16:10 |
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1974: A great year for Prog!
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The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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Posted: March 30 2014 at 06:14 |
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A passion play is from 1974. A true masterpiece.
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Posted: March 30 2014 at 06:39 |
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And, of course, 1974's Illusions On A Double Dimple by Triumvirat.
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Posted: March 30 2014 at 16:47 |
 The Bearded Bard wrote:
^ Or Red for that matter.
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Oh, snap! How did I miss that!? Must've assumed it was there, because that's THE 1974 album.  Glad you caught that. 
Edited by Neo-Romantic - March 30 2014 at 16:47
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Posted: March 30 2014 at 20:20 |
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Beyond all doubt a great year for prog!
And how about:
Kevin Ayers The Confessions of Dr. Dream
Barclay James Harvest Everyone Is Everybody Else
David Bedford Stars End
Brian Eno Taking Tiger Mountain (by Strategy) (HCTWJ is actually 73)
Caravan & the New Symphonia
Greenslade Spyglass Guest
Hudson-Ford Free Spirit
Strawbs Hero & Heroine
Peter Hammill The Silent Corner & the Empty Stage
Omega 2000 Years After the Last War
Refugee Refugee
Roxy Music Country Life
Seventh Wave Things to Come
Esperanto Danse Macabre
Flash Out of Our Hands
Traffic When the Eagle Flies
Weather Report Mysterious Traveller
Stackridge Pinafore Days
Santana Borboletta
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Caption: We tend to take ourselves a little too seriously.
Silly human race! Yes is for everybody!
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Posted: March 31 2014 at 16:40 |
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Meet the Residents came out in 1974 too (and it's amazing for me to see it emerge in the context of the other titles listed above).
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Posted: March 31 2014 at 16:45 |
Manuel wrote:
A passion play is from 1974. A true masterpiece. |
APP was released in '73. Agree it's a masterpiece though.
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Posted: April 01 2014 at 02:03 |
Jeff Porcaro would have been 60 years today 
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Posted: April 01 2014 at 05:20 |
The 60th anniversary of The Beatles?
Ignoring their Cavern era, and their Hamburg era...
The Beatles had their first chart hit in October 1962, it was released three days before I was born.
One year later, and they were sufficiently successful for the term "Beatlemania" to appear in The Daily Mirror.
1964 is the 50th anniversary of The Beatles playing in the USA, but the USA isn't everything.
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Posted: April 01 2014 at 14:18 |
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Gong's You anyone?
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I am currently digging:
Hawkwind, Rare Bird, Gong, Tangerine Dream, Khan, Iron Butterfly, and all things canterbury and hard-psych. I also love jazz!
Please drop me a message with album suggestions.
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Posted: April 01 2014 at 23:45 |
As a jazz-rock fanatic, I must add "Apocalypse" by the Mahavishnu Orchestra; "Where Have I Known You Before" by Return To Forever; and Stanley Clarke's self-titled album!
I'd like to add "Blow by Blow" by Jeff Beck, but it was recorded in 1974 and released in 1975! Amazing work that was!
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Posted: April 01 2014 at 23:47 |
The Mystical wrote:
Gong's You anyone? |
Excellent contribution!! We used to break windows with Pierre Moerlin's drumming back in the college years!
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Posted: April 02 2014 at 13:08 |
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All:
Thanks for the wonderful comments and many additions, most of which I did know about, but would have made my article WAY too long! LOL. Here is the article as published on Culture Catch.
Peace!
http://culturecatch.com/music/1974-progressive-rock
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maani
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Posted: April 02 2014 at 13:19 |
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Stool Man:
Re The Beatles, even if we accept that they were "doing things" prior to 1964, it is unlikely that it would be a 60th anniversary, since they would have been children in 1954. Indeed, John did not even form his first skiffle group until 1957, when he was 16.
Peace.
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Posted: April 02 2014 at 13:31 |
maani wrote:
Stool Man:
Re The Beatles, even if we accept that they were "doing things" prior to 1964, it is unlikely that it would be a 60th anniversary, since they would have been children in 1954. Indeed, John did not even form his first skiffle group until 1957, when he was 16.
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You missed my point entirely, I'm not talking about 1954. If there's a fiftieth anniversary of The Beatles then it was October 2012, the fiftieth anniversary of their first hit. They had several Number One hits in 1963, and Beatlemania existed then too, so what's 1964 the fiftieth anniversary of?
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Posted: April 02 2014 at 19:12 |
Relayer. My favourite Yes Album.
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