Instrumentals You Know By Name

rushfan4 wrote: Prog Sothoth wrote: 1. Santana - "Samba Pa Ti" 2. Hiromi Uehara - "Return Of The Kung-Fu World Champion" 3. Fleetwood Mac - "Sunny Side Of Heaven" (dig this one more than "Albatross" actually) 4. Black Sabbath - "Orchid" 5. Black Sabbath - "Laguna Sunrise" 6. Led Zeppelin - "Bron-Yr-Aur" (although I've probably been pronouncing it wrong..."Brawn Yar!!" 7. Iron Maiden - "Genghis Khan" 8. Venom - "Mayhem With Mercy" 9. Mercyful Fate - "To One Far Away" 10. Mason Williams - "Classical Gas" (I only remember this guy's name because his first name is Nick's last name)       I'm sure I have heard 1, 4, 5, 6, and 7, with 6 and 7 both being good.  I can't place the Sabbath songs, but it did remind me of Fluff, which I know fairly well since Wakeman was on that album.

Yeah, "Fluff" deserves a mention but it's almost too...um...fluffy.
"Orchid" is that little acoustic guitar ditty on Master Of Reality and "Laguna Sunrise" is a beautiful bugger from Volume 4. In a way 8 and 9 are like those in that they're serene little acoustic ditties surrounded by a full-on metal onslaught, making them easy to remember name-wise since they stick out like sore thumbs on the albums they're on, like a nice breath of fresh air before more craziness ensues.

"Sunny Side Of Heaven" is from the Bare Trees album, which came out during that oddball era of Fleetwood Mac post Green and pre-Buckingham/Nicks. The main melody repeats itself a lot but it's so damn gorgeous I'm not bothered in the least.

I sort of busted out these ten real fast; if I thought more I would included "Hairless Heart" from Genesis and some others.

I thought Frankenstein was The Edgar Winter Group?

The only ones I have difficulty with are the albums full of seguing instrumentals like "Wind & Wuthering" and "Islands" with titles don't really fit the music. All Rush instrumentals are instantly recognisable though, and the titles usually fit them

Edited by Xonty - June 07 2014 at 12:25

A great forgotten instrumental by the late great Cozy Powell

I'm bad with names of instrumentals but  Meeting Of The Spirits by Mahavishnu and After The Cosmic Rain by Return To Forever are two of my favorite fusion things  so they stuck in my head......

richardh wrote: I thought Frankenstein was The Edgar Winter Group?

It was a rough winter, either way.  And yes your right, I should have said Edgar Winter Group instead of Johnny.    I knew better than that, but my brain got in the way. 

Rick Robson wrote: richardh wrote: Rick Robson wrote: richardh wrote: I thought Frankenstein was The Edgar Winter Group? anyway there are loads of instrumentals I love and know by name a small selection of my favourites: ELP - Hoedown Rick Wakeman - Catherine Parr Martin Orford - Speed and Power Rush - YYZ East Of Eden - Jig a Jig Hot Butter - Popcorn (yes I do like that!) Space - Magic Fly JMJarre - Oxygene Part2 Love Sculpture - Sabre Dance Yes - Cinema   What does The Edgar Winter Group sound like? I think we could also add Rick Wakemans' Jane Seymour and Catherine Howard. It would be nice also to add Catherine of Aragon, but maybe wouldn't fit here because of that female chorus, it is another great track anyway. From ELP I enjoyed Promenade very much, and the Promenade I & III are instrumental - I think also worth mentioning here. I need to know ELP better, from BSS I knew only the incredible Jerusalem. But from Trilogy infortunately I actually enjoyed only The Endless Enigma (pt. 1 & 2.)   I could have included anything from Six Wives. The whole album is a masterpeice.   ELP have many instrumentals and Hoedown is my favourite. Other notable ones:   The Barbarian Tank Infinite Space Fugue (middle bit of Endless Enigma) Abaddons Bolero Toccata Karn Evil 9 2nd Impression Fanfare For The Common Man Canario Romeo and Juliet Changing States   well worth youtubeing some of those   On the Edgar Winter Group you must watch this. You will be gobsmacked I'm sure!   ........................................      Thank you Richardh! for your suggestions, Fugue is from Trilogy too, isn't it? Yes I gave it another chance and it's a nice piano piece, and as you very well pointed it nicely goes by the middle of the wonderful Endless Enigma for me too. I noticed you didn't mention Tarkus as one of your favourites. But Karn Evil 9 I enjoyed it entirely! At the first listen I enjoyed mostly the 1st. and the 3rd. impressions (stunning passages!). And what a superb tracks are Romeo And Juliet & Changing States! Believe it or not - since the time I was just a boy until now I didn't know yet that a really fantastic music passage used as a curtain of a TV sport program was from the ELP's track Fanfare For The Common Man! What a good surprise... So uniquely nice to listen to it again after so much time man! I recognized it instantly just at its beggining, but it's amazing in its entirety and a must have track from ELP I think! Even if it has also a sentimental value for me. I'm just so glad to know these superb tracks, an amazing experience to me, being caught now even better by this fantastic band's style, really enjoying them even more now. I'd like to know 21st Century Schizoid Man too, it's too much mentioned in PA Forum, as well as many others too. I think I'll begin looking for the album "Black Moon", isn't it great too? It might be at a stunning acquisition, don't you think?   Yeah the Edgar Winter Group has a powerful sound indeed, this track seemed to me being a bit jazz influenced, am I right? But that's what unfortunately is a difficulty I've always had with the rock music in general, which almost always features these influences in diverse degrees I think. Cream for example is a band I never could really like more than some tracks from them, even though there are quite a few songs from Eric Clapton's solo works that I enjoy a lot.

Here are ones I could come up with from memory. They're not ranked or anything.

The Waiting Room - Genesis
Supernatural Anesthetist - Genesis
Sierra Quemada - Hackett
Air conditioned Nightmare - Hackett
Horizons - Hackett
Tubehead - Steve Hackett
Transylvanian Express - Steve Hackett
Howl - Steve Hackett
Four Winds: East - Steve Hackett
Serpentine Song - Steve Hackett
The Silk Road - Steve Hackett
She Said Maybe - Steve Hackett
Hammer in the Sand - Steve Hackett
Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers - Genesis
In that Quiet Earth - Genesis
Los Endos - Genesis
Water Curtain Cave - Jade Warrior
Barazinbar - Jade Warrior
Obedience - Jade Warrior
Mountain of Fruit and Flowers - Jade Warrior
On the Mountain of Fruit and Flowers - Jade Warrior
Sanga - Jade Warrior
Waves, Part I
Waves, Part II
The Flower of T'Chai Blooms Everywhere - Steve Hackett
five-five-Five - Frank Zappa
Hog Heaven - FZ
Shut Up N' Play Yer Guitar - FZ
Soup 'n Old Clothes - FZ
Peaches en Regalia - FZ
The Black Page - FZ
Canard Du Jour - FZ
Ship Ahoy - FZ
Shut up 'N Play Yer Guitar Some More - FZ
Return of the Son of Shut Up N' Play Yer Guitar - FZ
Variations on the Carlos Santana Secret Chord Progression - FZ
Beat it With Your Fist - FZ
Waterfall - Jade Warrior
Monkey Chant - Jade Warrior
Spectral Mornings - Steve Hackett
Wind, Sand and Stars
After the Ordeal - Genesis
Ravine - Genesis
Jacuzzi - Steve Hackett
The Steppes - Steve Hackett
Hackett to Pieces - Steve Hackett
Hackett to Bits - GTR
Where Endless Meets Disappearing - Henry Kaiser
The Talking Drum - King Crimson
Sartori in Tangier - King Crimson
The Sheltering Sky - King Crimson
Providence - King Crimson
Lark's Tongues in Aspic, Part I, II, and III - King Crimson
Industry - King Crimson

I did fairly well because I really target the instrumental pieces, and make my own personal compilations from them. Some select albums, however, that I listen to frequently, and cannot name a single instrumental piece are:
Gong - You
Nektar - Journey to the Center of the Eye
Henry Kaiser - Lemon Fish Tweezer
Anglagard - Viljans Öga
Steve Hackett - Momentum
Frank Zappa - Guitar
Edhel - Oriental Christmas

richardh wrote: Fanfare For The Common Man in its album form is something different. Once you get past the well known single portion it takes on a life of its own. 'Unique' as you say and endorsed by Aaron Copeland. Classical composers contrary to popular opinion do like to have their music meddled with!

There's a single version of that song? I never knew that. I've only ever heard the full version, which is probably the highlight on a decent album.

Pretty much every instrumental I'm familiar with. I always look at the tracklist of whatever album I'm listening to so I'm aware of what song is what, instrumental or not.