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Topic: U.K.
Posted By: uduwudu
Subject: U.K.
Date Posted: March 19 2017 at 04:42
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Not really a competition - the poll is just for fun; maybe just to discuss the guitar line up versus the one without Holdsworth. Not to mention having two of prog rocks more interesting drummers turn up. Was this the last classic (I am very biased toward this band) prog rock band of the '70s? |
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Posted By: Flight123
Date Posted: March 19 2017 at 04:59
| I would agree that there is an argument for UK to be the last great prog band of the 70s; particularly the first line up (much as I admire Bozzio). There is another argument about whether the first album is the last great prog album... |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: March 19 2017 at 05:17
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Voted both, though I have a soft spot for the second just cuz I heard it first and at a formative moment for me as a musician. Plus you can't beat 'Carrying No Cross'. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: March 19 2017 at 05:36
Give me Danger Money and Night After Night over the debut !! Love all 3, but the Bozzio line-up blows me away every time 
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Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: March 19 2017 at 11:50
| The debut album by a small margin. |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: March 19 2017 at 20:08
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Both. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: March 20 2017 at 08:56
| They're both great and yes - this was the last dying gasp of traditional 70's Prog. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: March 20 2017 at 10:19
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UK ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: March 20 2017 at 13:02
| Sacrilegious perhaps, but I don't really dig UK. |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: March 20 2017 at 13:15
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The band lost a lot of talent when Bruford and Holdsworth were shown the door. They never really recovered, making them a rather sad chapter as one of the last important bands of the '70s. ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: Dopeydoc
Date Posted: March 20 2017 at 16:33
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Guess my vote (I'm a Bruford fan...) |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: March 20 2017 at 18:03
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3rd vote for DM/NAN! ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: March 20 2017 at 18:56
Me too---but still feel it was the least important thing he did with his career
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Dopeydoc wrote:Posted By: JediJoker7169
Date Posted: March 20 2017 at 19:16
| Allan Holdsworth made the original lineup really special for me. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 21 2017 at 07:46
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Both studio albums are great but I went for the second one as the keyboard lead trio format is quiet appealing to me! The first album could perhaps have done with being a bit punchier sound wise but that's maybe my only small criticism. Oft considered the last hurrah for seventies prog. Pity they got caught by the changing scene and also a certain amount of in fighting between Wetton and Jobson. Jobson must be the most underutilised and underappreciated musician in prog. A brilliant keyboard and violinist. The stuff he did with Curved Air was also brilliant but was else is there apart from a few solo outings and being a fringe member of Roxy? |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: March 21 2017 at 07:56
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I like both, but Danger Money is a long time favourite, so the Bozzio line-up gets the edge. ------------- 
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Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: March 21 2017 at 08:01
------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: May 05 2018 at 21:15
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U.K. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: May 05 2018 at 23:14
Neither do I. The melodies just don't give me much to enjoy. |
Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: May 06 2018 at 00:16
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U.K. ------------- “Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.” |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: May 06 2018 at 01:27
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the debut album is fantastic. |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: May 06 2018 at 10:26
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Danger Money eats the debut IMO. These days I'd even put Bozzio (just) over Bruford [shocked face] ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: May 06 2018 at 15:50
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Both great, both different. I will say Concert Classics vol.4 is superior to Night After Night . ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: May 06 2018 at 15:51
They were uniquely cold and streamlined, especially for prog at that time. I think that was both their appeal and shortcoming. More of a musicians' band, perhaps. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: May 06 2018 at 18:12
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Posted By: zachfive
Date Posted: May 07 2018 at 00:50
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I saw UK when they hit Seattle a some years back, feel blessed to have seen John Wetton before he passed. Shortly after I saw Terry perform at the same venue, just him and his drum set. Amazing stuff. I voted for Danger Money. But put DM against One of a Kind and its going to lose every time. |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: May 07 2018 at 02:03
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^ Why does the inner sleeve to One Of A Kind state Jeff Berlin as The Bass and The Vocals, when it’s an instrumental album (apart from uncredited Northettes aaahs on the opening track) ??? Oh yeah, I saw a Bozzio gig in the early 90’s - totally exhilarating 
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Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: May 07 2018 at 08:02
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Love the debut. Love Bruford but... Danger Money is just a better album. More energy and less fluff.
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: May 07 2018 at 12:34
DM is amazing. They basically showed ELP what they could have been doing at the time, but weren't. One of the best keyboard-trio-prog records I've heard. RIP John. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: May 07 2018 at 12:36
It flat-out rocks. It's okay to say it! ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |