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Stranded on an island w/solar stereo + 5 albums |
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Disconnect 
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 Topic: Stranded on an island w/solar stereo + 5 albumsPosted: June 12 2025 at 17:38 |
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stupid, stupid scenario of course. But...with only 5 LPs/CDs to choose from, which prog albums here on PA would you select to take with you as you die of dehydration on this hypothetical desert isle?
for me: King Crimson - Larks' Tongues In Aspic Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts Gong - You National Health - Of Queues and Cures Beardfish - Sleeping In Traffic Part Two Edited by Disconnect - June 12 2025 at 18:09 |
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"My own response to King Crimson is one of quiet terror." - Robert Fripp
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Posted: June 12 2025 at 17:51 |
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Fishmans - 98.12.28 Otokotachi no wakare
Magma - Kobaďa Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind Godpeed You Black Emperor! - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven! Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts Bonus exercise medium (just because I'm dying of thirst does not mean I don't want buns of steel): Robert Wyatt's Rock Bottom |
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Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me.
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Grumpyprogfan
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Posted: June 12 2025 at 19:06 |
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Today it's....
Allan Holdsworth - i.o.u. Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All Pat Metheny Group - The Way Up Kansas - Leftoverture Steely Dan - Aja |
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AlanB
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Posted: June 13 2025 at 01:53 |
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Ignoring prog-related (otherwise Argus by Wishbone Ash would have to be one of my picks):
The Yes Album Mirage - Camel Metropolis Part 2 - Dream Theater Bridge Across Forever - Transatlantic Sola Scriptura - Neal Morse |
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Hrychu
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Posted: June 13 2025 at 03:50 |
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I wouldn't be in the right mood for listening to music when I'm dying of dehydration to be frank.
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richardh
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Posted: June 13 2025 at 22:13 |
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BSS
CTTE Red Animals Foxtrot |
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Octopus II
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Posted: June 14 2025 at 00:52 |
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Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon Hawkwind - Warrior On The Edge Of Time Black Sabbath - Sabotage |
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Floydoid
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Posted: June 14 2025 at 01:23 |
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Tough question, but possibly/probably:
Meddle - Pink Floyd Pictures at an Exhibition - Emerson, Lake & Palmer Caravanserai - Santana Made in Japan - Deep Purple Close to the Edge - Yes |
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"Christ, where would rock & roll be without feedback?" - D. Gimour
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Sean Trane
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Posted: June 14 2025 at 02:26 |
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A Love Supreme Black Saint & Lady Sinner Caravanserai Movin' On (Circus) Lizard . Edited by Sean Trane - June 14 2025 at 02:27 |
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
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Posted: June 14 2025 at 03:17 |
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SOLARIS Marsbéli Krónikák (Martian Chronicles)
DJABE special guest STEVE HACKETT In the Footsteps of Attila and Genghis COLORSTAR self-titled CAN Ege Bamyasi GONG Camembert Electrique |
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I prophesy disaster
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Posted: June 14 2025 at 04:57 |
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Very difficult decision.
Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts Nektar - Journey to the Centre of the Eye Split Enz - Mental Notes Yes - Close to the Edge Bill Bruford - Bruford: One of a Kind |
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No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man.
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Jacob Schoolcraft
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Posted: June 14 2025 at 07:57 |
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King Crimson- Islands...In the 70s and 80s I used to visit East Point lighthouse and listened to Islands on cassette through a Sony boom box. The album seemed to be from a pirate's perspective. A pirate like Anne Bonny
National Health.....Mainly because of Amanda Parsons. I don't mean to sound selfish...and I love Stewart,Gowen,compositions..but her voice on this particular album is mind blowing to me!! To be honest..I've never heard anyone like her. Maybe Annie Haslam has that flow and tone..but Amanda Parsons has an overall affect regarding her vocals which differs from many great singers. Gong- You Possibly my favorite style of Space Rock. First find a swing set for adults then listen. Each note and beat of the various instruments affects the physical and mental state. In some cases the repetition of Sprinkling Of Clouds creates a hypnotic state or if not....daydreaming. Sky II Fine instrumental album which combines elements of Rock with Classical. The Enid- In The Region Of The Summer Stars I cannot live without this album and many of its signature lines and chord changes are in my head permanently. Sometimes I imagine places and have Visions when I listen to it. I like the 1984 rerecorded version the best . The piece "Fool" is a kind of question and answer process and that transcends into bells and ambient keyboards with a sound that is reminiscent of dolphins. This particular introduction does not exist on the original recording of In The Region Of The Summer Stars. "The Demon King" is more impressive sounding on the re-recorded version. The piece itself is bewitching not unlike early King Crimson and Gentle Giant. |
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Posted: June 14 2025 at 20:27 |
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A few of my "go to" albums:
Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow Yes - Relayer Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffitii (if doubles are ok) King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic Rush - Permanent Waves |
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Triumvirat-Illusions On A Double Dimple
Dzyan-Time Machine Giger Lenz Marron-Beyond Passport-Doldinger Dedalus-Dedalus I would miss my classical music recordings, but can't have everything your own way 
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Posted: June 15 2025 at 11:26 |
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The Human Equation
The Road Of Bones Weather Systems Images And Words Subterranea |
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Heaven is waiting but waiting is Hell
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Posted: June 15 2025 at 20:36 |
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IQ- Road of Bones
YES- The Yes Album Caligonaut- Magnified as Giants Led Zeppelin- Physical Graffiti YES- Close To The Edge |
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What, and how you write about music is always interesting. But these four sentences formulate the experience of listening to You, with images and words:) I couldn't have come up with myself. But it's spot on. In full agreement in regard to the voice of Amanda Parsons. I just wish there was much more of her to discover. |
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