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    Posted: September 23 2014 at 15:07
In a recent discussion about the origins of the Synthesizer, I started to think of some great synth solos and passages in Prog songs like Emerson's coda to ELP's Lucky Man. What are some of your favorite solos or stand out sections of Synths in a Prog song?

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Camel - "Rainbow's End" ... if one can call it a solo, more than just an intro/outro. At least one of the best.
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Jurgen Fritz on Triumvirat's "Lucky Girl". 
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Figure di Cartone by Le Orme. The mini-moog at its best. At least I believe it is a mini-moog. It could be a regular moog. Or a giant one.
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My favourite keyboard solos generally feature organ or piano, but a few came to mind:
Greenslade - Catalan
Yes - Revealing Science of God
ELP - From the Beginning
ELP - Trilogy
Tarot Woman by Rainbow, although as above more an intro than a solo
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The live version of "Aquatarkus" from ELP's "Welcome back my friends..." (not the studio version though).
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Originally posted by Cactus Choir Cactus Choir wrote:

My favourite keyboard solos generally feature organ or piano, but a few came to mind:
Greenslade - Catalan
Yes - Revealing Science of God
ELP - From the Beginning
ELP - Trilogy
Tarot Woman by Rainbow, although as above more an intro than a solo

Great list, particularly Catalan. Wish I'd thought of that first!
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Kit Watkins and Jan Schelhaas dueling synth solos on the driving "Wait", from Camel's "I Can See Your House From Here" album.

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Thanks Chopper! I've never worked out who did that great solo on Catalan - Dave Greenslade or Dave Lawson, though I think it might be Lawson.


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Camel - Ice
Celeste - La Grande Isola
Eloy - End Of An Odyssey
UK - By The Light Of Day
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There are several throughout Genesis' Lamb'. The "synth" work on that album is among Mr. Banks' best.

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I'd say Genesis - "The Cinema Show"
"Revealing Science of God" and "Lucky Man" are good picks too. Anything by Rick Wakeman and Keith Emerson fits.
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Ok, I'm going out a limb here...Come Sail Away by Styx. There, I said it.
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The Cinema Show, def.
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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Ok, I'm going out a limb here...Come Sail Away by Styx. There, I said it.

Their best. If only Styx could have kept up that momentum and come up with more that was similar.
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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Ok, I'm going out a limb here...Come Sail Away by Styx. There, I said it.


Even better is the synth solo on "Crystal Ball"!
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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Ok, I'm going out a limb here...Come Sail Away by Styx. There, I said it.  

Clap I applaud your bravery...now get out. Wink

Now for the real best synth solo...just not the prog part Cool
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Always thought Mark Kelly's compact solo on Marillion's "Just for the Record" from Clutching at Straws was a nice one.
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Originally posted by ebil0505 ebil0505 wrote:

Figure di Cartone by Le Orme. The mini-moog at its best. At least I believe it is a mini-moog. It could be a regular moog. Or a giant one.
 
How I love this song!


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