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Poll Question: What is your favourite "transitional" prog record from the seventies?
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4 [10.26%]
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    Posted: December 09 2023 at 06:54
As we all know, quite a few of the 70s progressive rock acts by the late 1970s watered down their sound and became something quite different from what is considered to be the definitive era of their sound in the early mid 1970s. But what of their transitional period, where the artist had one foot in the past, and one in the future direction? I have listed the transitional albums I know well, and realising that my list is far from complete, have included an "Other" option. And all the artists I have mentioned had records out in the early to middle years of the 1970s.  What is your fave "transitional" album?
              Mine happens to be "No More Love" by German Symphonic Prog band Wallenstein. I would go so far as to say it is the band's best effort, and is accessible without being trite, and still progressive in my books. 
           Have a go at it, folks!
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The answer is Solution with Cordon Bleu being my undiluted favourite. Smile
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GENTLE GIANT The Missing Piece reviews
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Genesis just ahead of Gentle Giant.
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Edited by suitkees - December 09 2023 at 07:51

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I voted other....not sure what but Renaissance "A Song for all Seasons" comes to mind.  One of my very favourite albums, it includes a couple of their most epic tracks along with shorter punchier numbers than what came before
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Iguacu is a very nice album.
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Originally posted by Octopus II Octopus II wrote:

GENTLE GIANT The Missing Piece reviews
This! One my favorite Giant records.
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Triumvirat. I love Pompeii
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Le Orme
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Originally posted by mellotronwave mellotronwave wrote:

Le Orme


This stands out for me from the list. An absolute classic. Listening to La Mascera Di Cera right now who have taken the baton from Le Orme in many ways.
Great idea for poll Doug!
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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Originally posted by Octopus II Octopus II wrote:

GENTLE GIANT The Missing Piece reviews
This! One my favorite Giant records.

This cover design was very modern at the time, and painfully 1970s.
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Cordon Bleu by Solution is absolutely incredible.
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Originally posted by Mellotron Storm Mellotron Storm wrote:

Originally posted by mellotronwave mellotronwave wrote:

Le Orme


This stands out for me from the list. An absolute classic. Listening to La Mascera Di Cera right now who have taken the baton from Le Orme in many ways.
Great idea for poll Doug!
Hey, thanks, John! Don't think I told you, I no longer live in Ottawa and moved to Callander on Lake Nipissing-part ways to your area. Hope things are well with you.
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Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

Originally posted by Mellotron Storm Mellotron Storm wrote:

Originally posted by mellotronwave mellotronwave wrote:

Le Orme


This stands out for me from the list. An absolute classic. Listening to La Mascera Di Cera right now who have taken the baton from Le Orme in many ways.
Great idea for poll Doug!
Hey, thanks, John! Don't think I told you, I no longer live in Ottawa and moved to Callander on Lake Nipissing-part ways to your area. Hope things are well with you.

If I'm ever going that far north I'll let you know but I was at Lake Nipissing once for my cousin's wedding back in the 80's. 
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Le Orme for me. I don't really think of Contrappunti as transitional though. I simply hear another strong and beautiful italian prog album - with amazing drums/percussion (as always, but somehow a little extra amazing this time). Michi Die Rossi could have played with just about anyone, I'm sure. I would have loved to hear him in a purely 1970's jazz fusion-context, but it doesn't seem like he ever did anything of the sort. Not on record.
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My "other" vote goes to Babylon. Even though the self-titled debut by this band from Florida was released in 1978—five years before "Script for a Jester's Tear"—it sounds like neo-prog. Even the artwork has an early 80s vibe to it.
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Originally posted by Lumenko Lumenko wrote:

My "other" vote goes to Babylon. Even though the self-titled debut by this band from Florida was released in 1978—five years before "Script for a Jester's Tear"—it sounds like neo-prog. Even the artwork has an early 80s vibe to it.

It sounds like Genesis, which was a great influence on 80s neo-prog. But so were other symphonic prog bands, Pink Floyd, VDGG to name a few. 
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