Lesser Known 1977/78 albums
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Topic: Lesser Known 1977/78 albums
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Subject: Lesser Known 1977/78 albums
Date Posted: November 30 2017 at 15:44
Next in the series of polls...1977/78. Multiple choice so vote for all the albums you like and tell us why  ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
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Posted By: Larkstongue41
Date Posted: November 30 2017 at 15:47
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Great selections once again but voting for anything along with Anabelas doesn't feel right. Only one vote from me. ------------- "Larks' tongues. Wrens' livers. Chaffinch brains. Jaguars' earlobes. Wolf nipple chips. Get 'em while they're hot. They're lovely. Dromedary pretzels, only half a denar." |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: November 30 2017 at 16:11
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I've given my votes to Bubu, Island and Wapassou. Three albums I'm very fond of, though I'd agree that Anabelas is head and shoulders above anything else. ------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: November 30 2017 at 16:24
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SFF's Sunburst is wunderbar, and Fuhrs & Frohling's Ammerland is an overlooked gem. Epidaurus' Earthly Paradise – another winner. I prefer Tantra's Holocausto to M&M, though. Netherworld's pretty good, but the CD reissue with the bonus material makes for an all-around better album. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: November 30 2017 at 19:08
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Ammerland ------------- |
Posted By: progmatic
Date Posted: November 30 2017 at 19:45
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In order, Pulsar, Babylon, Arachnoid, Ange, Mona Lisa, Shylock, SFF. I love SFF but don't share the same feeling for Ammerland, which always sounded a lot more polished and lot less adventurous to me. ------------- PROGMATIC |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: November 30 2017 at 23:47
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The Pulsar one is the only one I know... ------------- Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half. My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: December 01 2017 at 02:43
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Oh I think the great Dice, but my personal fave ~ https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=imgres&cd=&ved=0ahUKEwjbieqHw-jXAhVM42MKHU_cBWQQjRwIBw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2FElectric-Savage-Shm-Colosseum-II%2Fdp%2FB004OB4LGA&psig=AOvVaw2W_CHQu10m9pAUAmemTl1q&ust=1512207747810810" rel="nofollow">  https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=imgres&cd=&ved=0ahUKEwjbieqHw-jXAhVM42MKHU_cBWQQjRwIBw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2FElectric-Savage-Shm-Colosseum-II%2Fdp%2FB004OB4LGA&psig=AOvVaw2W_CHQu10m9pAUAmemTl1q&ust=1512207747810810" rel="nofollow - ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: December 01 2017 at 04:35
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tough choice between Circus and Ripaille... So I went for both. Buit I dio like a fair bit of them all (heard most of them too). Easier to count the ones I don't like, really
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Posted By: M27Barney
Date Posted: December 01 2017 at 05:13
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Garden Shed - England - Brilliant and quirky English Prog at it's best. ------------- Play me my song.....Here it comes again....... |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: December 01 2017 at 05:21
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Voted for Yes erm sorry Atmosphera, Jose Cid and Bubu. Anabelas is my fave out of this lot. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: December 01 2017 at 05:51
Yikes, I missed Bubu, because it was listed the wrong way (album first, band afterwards)
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Guldbamsen wrote:Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: December 01 2017 at 05:56
| From the ones I know, Ethos. I'll have to check the ones I haven't hear. |
Posted By: Blaqua
Date Posted: December 01 2017 at 07:44
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Mona Lisa - Avant Qu'll ne Soit Trop Tard Masterpiece of an album Nice list but Le Petit Violon is from 1976 https://www.discogs.com/Mona-Lisa-Le-Petit-Violon-De-Mr-Grégoire/master/239481 |
Posted By: Blaqua
Date Posted: December 01 2017 at 07:50
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Arachnoid -Arachnoid from 1979 https://www.discogs.com/Arachnoid-Arachnoid/release/1500446 Shylock - Gialorgues from 1976 https://www.discogs.com/Shylock-Gialorgues/release/2874376
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Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: December 01 2017 at 08:06
| I don't know all of them but I do know a lot of them and, of these, Epidaurus is my favourite |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: December 01 2017 at 08:24
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I voted three times: England Bubu Ethos
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Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: December 01 2017 at 08:46
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England. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: December 01 2017 at 08:47
| I don't know most of these but voted for the few I do know. I think Harlequin Mass is a good one but not essential. Kind of similar to Renaissance. I also voted for Epidaurus(a must have for collectors of obscure symph prog)and Cathedral(another must have for symph collectors). |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: December 01 2017 at 10:03
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Garden Shed gets the nod. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: December 01 2017 at 11:06
Thanks for the corrections, not sure how I messed up Mona Lisa & Arachnoid  OTOH, PA lists Gialorgues as '77. Also I always consider Netherworld a '78 release for a couple reasons. I was in a San Jose area prog band called Elfhouse and we both recorded at Ayre Studios. Ayre later took out an ad in '78 (or possible '79) thanking all the bands that recorded with them. Netherworld and Elfhouse were both listed so I always thought they recorded their album the same time we recorded our demo. Also, I'm pretty sure that's when I got hold of a test cassette of their upcoming album. Now that I think about it, the cassette didn't have "Too hard to Forget" and "Maybe if they Burn me", which might have been recorded after 1980, but all the other songs on the album were present ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: December 01 2017 at 11:23
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Bubu, Jose Cid & Atmosphera are the only ones I know.... all 3 are great ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: December 01 2017 at 12:10
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I'm into all these, but the best of the best that got my votes... Pulsar (Halloween is an all time fave) Cathedral (surprised this one's not getting more votes) Anabelas (everyone knows about this one) Mona Lisa (both albums) Ange (the last truly great Ange album) Ethos (much better than their debut album) Netherworld (prefer the early release without "Too hard to Forget" and "Maybe if they Burn me") ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: December 01 2017 at 12:48
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I'll toss a vote to Shylock. A great underrated band. ------------- 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: gr8dane
Date Posted: December 01 2017 at 13:33
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My favourite Ange album + England. ------------- Shake & bake. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: December 01 2017 at 14:31
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Some fairly obscure ones up there.....I have about 10 of those......of them my favorite is Circus-Moving On....great melodic jazzy eclectic prog. I also like Cathedral-Stained Glass....nice symphonic stuff with many touches of Yes and KC etc.... ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Dopeydoc
Date Posted: December 01 2017 at 15:18
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England and Bubu |
Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: December 01 2017 at 16:01
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Bubu is a top 3 album for me, period. Also voted for Island and Circus, but they aren't nearly in the same league (still pretty darn good, though). Atmosphera and Jose Cid are also enjoyable, but I didn't feel compelled to vote for either. I'm unfamiliar with about half of the others, so I guess I have some listening to do! ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: December 01 2017 at 19:04
| By the way, Bubu is the name of the band not the album. ;) |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: December 01 2017 at 19:19
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Epdaurus and Bubu in that order. Plat Du Jour would have easily got my vote if it was there, also some others high on my two lists not mentioned... Arachaia, Smak, Atila, Weidorje, Rialzu, Zyma, Yoch'o Seffer, The Plastic People Of The Universe, Gebarvaterli, Nanu Urwerk, Arco Iris and Ose. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Prog-jester
Date Posted: December 01 2017 at 20:57
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none of them really, because <333 <333 <333 
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Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: December 01 2017 at 21:04
Truly an excellent album! I didn't list it because I'd known about it before I discovered PA so didn't think it was obscure enough ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: December 01 2017 at 21:38
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Greg Walker from synphonic put out a list several years ago of his favorite 100 prog albums. If you do a google search for "Greg Walker top 100 prog album list aural moon" it will probably show up first or second in the search results. It was initially posted on the aural moon website. Anyway, about 97 percent of the albums on his list are from the seventies and so it's a good compliment to what is being discussed here(much overlap as well). |
Posted By: maryes
Date Posted: December 02 2017 at 02:19
| Dice - Dice > Ethos - Open Up > Cathedral - Stained Glass Stories > Harlequin Mass - Harlequin Mass > Mona Lisa - Le Petit Violon de Monsieur Gregoire > SFF - Sunburst > Netherworld - In the Following Half Light |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: December 02 2017 at 03:03
Absolutely Plat du Jour is phenomenal, but it's not the only glaring omission into lesser known albums: 1977
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: December 02 2017 at 03:34
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I have only heard Anabelas and Guet-Apens from this list and I like both albums, putting Anabelas above Guet-Apens. Another one worth mentioing: Weidorje. ------------- 
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Posted By: DeadSouls
Date Posted: December 02 2017 at 08:21
| Bubu |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: December 02 2017 at 12:58
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Great idea for a thread, by the way. Haven't heard many of these, but I would like to suggest SFF's Sunburst. ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: December 02 2017 at 13:18
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I have eight of them. Votes for Pulsar, Mona Lisa (Avant Qu'il Ne Soit Trop Tard), Epidermis, Bubu and Ange. The Crucis, Itoiz and Los Jaivas mentioned above are between my favorites of that years. ------------- 
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Posted By: Upbeat Tango Monday
Date Posted: December 02 2017 at 15:09
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Bubu, Cathedral (surprised this GREAT album has so few votes) and Island are my picks. The honorable mention goes to Circus and England. ------------- Two random guys agreed to shake hands. Just Because. They felt like it, you know. It was an agreement of sorts...a random agreement. |
Posted By: noni
Date Posted: December 02 2017 at 16:24
Just listened to Anabelas - Bubu, via YouTube... Some-how find this a little weird and obscure .....
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Posted By: noni
Date Posted: December 02 2017 at 17:00
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Netherworld - In the Following Half Light Wasn't this released in 1981?
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: December 02 2017 at 17:53
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I don't know even half of them but Bubu is hard to beat. I'm delighted by the love that Ammerland gets. It's a true beauty but I thought hardly anyone would know it. |
Posted By: jayem
Date Posted: December 02 2017 at 17:54
There are "random" parts I guess, but they happen to sound OK (one can still get the feeling of hearing sequences of chords with their particular identities and meanings) The funny thing is, when musicians find a way to express negativity, they feel very good about it "Ah what a powerful dark crazy emotion we've managed to render !!" Island, Pulsar, Shylock, Ange, Arachnoid but I'm yet to link (a part of) an album from that list to an intense experience, so even if I've checked the unknown ones my votes are a tad cheap. Benoît Widemann's Stress would be welcome here ------------- http://www.digger.ch/?lang=en" rel="nofollow - Support mine-clearing ! https://bandcamp.com/machinechance/?lang=en" rel="nofollow - bandcamp collection |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: December 02 2017 at 19:24
Jeez, for the millionth time it's Bubu- Anabelas not the other way around.  The band's name is Bubu. Not sure why that's so difficult to understand. 
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: December 03 2017 at 01:25
Well from reading your posts it looks to me that you vastly prefer melodic neo/symph stuff so maybe it isn't too surprising that Anabelas isn't for you. Cool that you listened to it before casting judgement. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: noni
Date Posted: December 03 2017 at 03:10
I like most genres of prog except for metal. I've listened to most here, that's listed, either via Youtube or I own the album or band concerned. The ones that interest me are Fuhrs and Frohling, Epidaurus and Atmosphera.. One band I cannot find that's listed is Dice - Dice  |
Posted By: noni
Date Posted: December 03 2017 at 03:14
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I already own albums by Wapassou, Cathedral, Circus, England and Harlequin Mass.. All these albums very good IMHO...
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Posted By: socrates17
Date Posted: December 03 2017 at 16:48
| Tough choice, especially with 2 Mona Lisas & an Ange. I went with Monsieur Gregoire because I'm especially fond of that. It's nice to see Anabelas getting so much love! |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: December 06 2017 at 17:57
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Babylon, Cathedral, Ange, Mona Lisa, England, and Anabelas, in that order. ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: December 06 2017 at 20:04
The self-titled album doesn't appear to be on youtube at the moment but the equally good Four Riders of the Apocalypse is -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cipMqRHxXSs&list=RDwyQ6jEI7usg&index=2" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cipMqRHxXSs&list=RDwyQ6jEI7usg&index=2 ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: December 10 2017 at 11:01
| From the list - Harlequin Mass - Harlequin Mass |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: December 10 2017 at 11:04
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Netherworld - In the Following Half Lightwas released in 1981, so no 77/78 album |