50 Top PsycheProg/Kosmiche 69-79

		The Moody Blues On The Threshold Of A Dream (1969) 1969 British-1st
2		Jethro Tull Aqualung (1971) 1971 British
3		Jethro Tull Thick as a Brick (1972) 1972 British
4		Crazy World of Arthur Brown Journey (1973) english - actually a 1972 release.
5		Bo Hansson Music inspired by The Lord Of The Rings (1972) 1972 Swedish
6		Focus Focus III (1972) 1972 Dutch
7		Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon (1973) 1973 British-1st
8		Emerson, Lake & Palmer Brain Salad Surgery (1973) 1973 British-2nd
9		Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells (1973) 1973 British-3rd
10		Frank Zappa Over-nite Sensation (1973) 1973 American-1st
11		Herbie Hancock Head Hunters (1973) 1973 American-2nd
12		Billy Cobham Spectrum (1973) 1973 American-3rd
13		Genesis The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974) 1974 British-1st
14		Yes Relayer (1974) 1974 British-2nd
15		Electric Light Orchestra Eldorado (1974) 1974 British-3rd
16		Cluster Zuckerzeit (1974) 1974 German-tied
17		Yatha Sidhra A Meditation Mass (1974) 1974 German-tied
18		Sensations' Fix Portable Madness (1974) 1974 Italian
19		Frank Zappa Apostrophe (') (1974) 1974 American
20		Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here (1975) 1975 British-1st
21		Brian Eno Another Green World (1975) 1975 British-2nd
22		Lard Free I'm Around About Midnight (1975) 1975 French-1st
23		Heldon Allez Teia (1975) 1975 French-2nd
24		Canarios Ciclos (1975) 1975 Spanish
25		Il Volo Essere o Non Essere? (1975) 1975 Italian

		Genesis A Trick of the Tail (1976) 1976 British
27		Horslips The Book Of Invasions - A Celtic Symphony (1976) 1976 Irish
28		Samla Mammas Manna Snorungarnas Symfoni (1976) 1976 Swedish
29		Jean Michel Jarre Oxygène (1976) 1976 French
30		Klaus Schulze Moondawn (1976) 1976 German-1st
31		Ashra New Age of Earth (1976) 1976 German-2nd
32		Schicke, Fuhrs and Frohling (aka SFF) Symphonic Pictures (1976) 1976 German-3rd
33		Picchio Dal Pozzo Picchio Dal Pozzo (1976) 1976 Italian
34		Vangelis Albedo 0.39 (1976) 1976 Greek
35		Kansas Leftoverture (1976) 1976 American
36		Pink Floyd Animals (1977) 1977 British-tied
37		The Alan Parsons Project I Robot (1977) 1977 British-tied
38		Lard Free III (1977) 1977 French
39		Atila Reviure (1977) 1977 Spanish
40		Ashra Blackouts (1977) 1977 German - tied
41		Klaus Schulze Body Love: Vol.2 (1977) 1977 German-tied
42		Kraan Wiederhören (1977) 1977 German-tied
43		Utopia Ra (1977) 1977 American-1st
44		The Dixie Dregs Free Fall (1977) 1977 American-2nd
45		Clearlight Visions (1978) 1978 French-1st
46		Jean Michel Jarre Equinoxe (1978) 1978 French-2nd
47		Conrad Schnitzler Ballet Statique (1978) 1978 German-1st
48		Tangerine Dream Cyclone (1978) 1978 German-2nd
49		Michael Hoenig Departure from the Northern Wasteland (1978) 1978 German-3rd
50		Luciano Basso Voci (1978) 1978 Italian

		Tangerine Dream Force Majeure (1979) 1979 German-1st
52		Edgar Froese Stuntman (1979) 1979 German-2nd

 

Edited by DallasBryan

This is gonna take up A LOT of bandwidth.

With a little help from http://rateyourmusic.com  ...

 

Nothing from 1970?

thats a great site phillipe thanks!

still struggling with a few like King Crimson -
ITCOTCK , Traffic - Low Spark of High Heeled Boys,
Secret Oyster - Straight to the Krankenhaus and
DOM - Edge of Time but Im trying to get it smaller!   


Edited by DallasBryan

are we starting to see the evolution? start at the top
and see where mostly europeans and some north
americans planted seeds. then if you can get a good
grasp of the change of power from early 70s english
psychedelic prog to late 70s german kosmiche
rock(instrumental) then and only then you can follow
through the 80s and 90s.
But if british prog through the 70s is your basemark
you get lost in second rate neo-prog(genesis, yes,
kc,etc) CLONE bands and lose all perspective. You
become a media pincushion robot doll! Or a Prog
Metal Head!

101 LANDMARKS 69-79
styles as they converge and relate
s = Psychedelic/Symphonic Progressive
f = Progressive Rock Fusion
k = Kosmiche/Space
1969
the scene finally hits a mature stride in England with
melodic psychedelic and progressive fusion while
Zappa takes a fusion approach.
s    The Moody Blues - On The Threshold Of A Dream
f/s King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson KIng
f    Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
1970
ELP starts the keyboard driven sound, Soft Machine
tries psychedelic fusion and Vangelis composes the
first rock opera.
s    Emerson, Lake & Palmer - same
s/k Aphrodite's Child - 666
f    Soft Machine - Third
1971
the english blues/folk scene cranks out some
winners, Focus tries the wordless instrumental, Can
peaks the early experimental kraut scene and
Mahavishnu seeks a world fusion approach.
s    Jethro Tull - Aqualung
s    Traffic - Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
s    Audience - House on the Hill
s/f Caravan - In the Land of Pink and Grey
s    Focus - Moving Waves
k/f Can - Tago Mago
f    Mahavishnu Orchestra - the Inner Mounting Flame
1972
England kicks out prog folk concept classic, space
classic, Sweden creates the first cosmic classic
along with German's, Italian scene peaks with
symphonic classics.
s    Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
k/s Kingdom Come - Journey
s    Yes - Close to the Edge
k    Bo Hansson - The Lord Of The Rings
k    Algarnas Tradgard - Framtiden ar ett svavande
      skepp, forankrat i forntiden
s    Focus - Focus III
k    DOM - Edge of Time
k    Guru Guru - Kanguru
s    Premiata Forneria Marconi - Per Un Amico
s    Balletto Di Bronzo - Ys
s    Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - Darwin!
s    Santana - Caravanserai
1973
4 masterpieces from England, and the American
fusion scene gets progressive
k    Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
s/k Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
s    Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
s    Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
s/f Gentle Giant - Octopus
f    King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic
f    Henry Cow - Leg End
s    Clearlight - Symphony
k    Walter Wegmuller - Tarot
s    Semiramis - Delicato a Frazz
s    Frank Zappa - Over-nite Sensations
f/k Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
f    Billy Cobham - Spectrum
f    Weather Report - Sweetnighter
1974
the English scene peaks, the Germans lay down
landmarks and the Americans show up
s    Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
s/k Yes - Relayer
s    Electric Light Orchestra - Eldorado
s    Strawbs - Hero and Heroine
s    Supertramp - Crime of the Century
f/s Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
f    Gong - You
s/f Wigwam - Being
f/s Samla Mammas Manna - Klossa Knapitatet
s    Ange - Au-Dela du Delire
k    Cluster - Zuckerzeit
k    Yatha Sidhra - A Meditation Mass
k/f Dzyan - Electric Silence
k    Sensation's Fix - Portable Madness
f    Frank Zappa - Apostrophe
k/s Utopia - Todd Rundgren's Utopia
1975
the English scene is fading fast, the French peak for
two years begins.
k/s Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
k/s Brian Eno - Another Green World
s    Gary Wright - the Dream Weaver
s    Camel - Music inspired by the Snowgoose
f    Finch - Glory of the Inner Force
f/k Lard Free - I'm Around About Midnight
k/f Heldon - Allez Teia
f/s Zao - Shekina
s    Canarios - Ciclos
k    Neu! - 75
f/s Il Volo - Essere o Non Essere?
s    Journey - same
1976
Silence records in Sweden releases a few classics
and the Germans go full blown!
s    Genesis - A Trick of the Tail
s    Horslips - The Book Of Invasions - A Celtic    
     Symphony
f/s Samla Mammas Manna - Snorungarnas Symfoni
f    Ragnarok - same
f/k Secret Oyster - Straight to the Krankenhaus
k    Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygène
k    Klaus Schulze - Moondawn
k    Ashra - New Age of Earth
k/f Schicke, Fuhrs and Frohling - Symphonic
     Pictures
k/f Picchio Dal Pozzo - Picchio Dal Pozzo
k/s Vangelis - Albedo 0.39
s    Kansas - Leftoverture
1977
last breath for England as Spanish scene throws us
a classic.
s/k Pink Floyd - Animals
s    The Alan Parsons Project - I Robot
f    Brand X - Moroccan Roll
k    Lard Free - III
k    Atila - Reviure
f     Iceberg - Sentiments
k    Neuronium - 2C361
k/s Kraan - Wiederhören
k    Klaus Schulze - Body Love vol. 2
s    Locanda Delle Fate - Forse le Lucciole non si
     Amano piu
s/k Utopia - Ra
f/s Dixie Dregs - Free Fall
s    Maneige - Ni Vent...Ni Vouvelle
s    Rush - A Farewell to Kings
1978
Continental Europe continues to produced cosmic
classics.
k/f Clearlight - Visions
k    Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe
k    Michael Hoenig - Departure from the Northern
     Wasteland
k    Conrad Schnitzler - Ballet Statique
s/k Luciano Basso - Voci
1979
Now the Germans last hooray!
s    Mezquita - Recuerdos De Mi Tierra
k    Tangerine Dream - Force Majeure
k    Edgar Froese - Stuntman


Edited by DallasBryan

replacing Heldon - Agneta Nilsson with Eroc -same

Great list.

And a great site by the way, the Rate Your Music site . I didn't know that one.

 

guess you dont have an ear for European
Progressive Rock/Kosmiche Musik or probably not
familar with it. Anyway some think its right on with the
progression of English prog towards European
advancement of the genre. Others think that English
prog peaked in the mid 70's and was dead until
neo-prog rehashed and reworked it. I think it
continued to evolve and basically got snuffed out by
the recording industry by the early 80's. Kind of like
the global ban on methaquaalone(Quaalude, Sopor,
Mandrex, Dormadina,etc)!