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Topic: 1970
Posted By: Rick1
Subject: 1970
Date Posted: April 24 2020 at 02:14
| I was 8 at the time, but looking back prog really got into it's stride: ELP's debut, Soft Machine's 'Third', Egg's debut, Genesis 'Trespass'...the list goes on. Experimentation was the key as exemplified by Zappa 'Burnt Weeny' etc. Some might say that the classic prog period was in its infancy and that was to come over the next few years... |
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: April 24 2020 at 02:22
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I consider 1971 to be THE year, but 1970 certainly was a good year -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: April 24 2020 at 02:28
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1970 was a good year, but prog was still in its adolescence. The greatest years were 1971, 1972, 1973 and 1975. ------------- 
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: April 24 2020 at 03:55
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let's name a few albums for 1970 (not just prog; I am not a prog snob at all): Amon Düül 2 - Yeti Atomic Rooster - Atomic Rooster Atomic Rooster - Death Walks Behind You Birth Control - Birth Control Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Black Widow - Sacrifice Can - Soundtracks Curved Air - Air Conditioning Deep Purple - Deep Purple in Rock Doors, The - Morrison Hotel Embryo - Opal Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Emerson, Lake and Palmer Fleetwood Mac - Kiln House Frumpy - All Will Be Changed Genesis - Trespass Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant Gong - Magick Brother Grateful Dead - American Beauty Guru Guru - UFO Hawkwind - Hawkwind King Crimson - Lizard High Tide - High Tide Iron Butterfly - Metamorphosis Jethro Tull - Benefit King Crimson - In the Wake of Poseidon King Crimson - Lizard Led Zeppelin - III Lindisfarne - Nicely out of Tune Lucifer's Friend - Lucifer's Friend Magma - Magma Mothers of Invention, The - Weasels Ripped My Flesh Nice, The - Five Bridges Omega - Éjszakai Országút Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother Popol Vuh - Affenstunde Quicksilver Messenger Service - Just for Love Quicksilver Messenger Service - What About Me Quintessence - Quintessence Rufus Zuphall - Weiß der Teufel Santana - Abraxas Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation Titanic - Titanic UFO - UFO 1 Uiah Heep - Very 'eavy, very 'umble Van der Graaf Generator - The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other Van der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One Wishbone Ash - Wishbone Ash Yes - Time and a Word Zappa, Frank - Chunga's Revenge I probably forgot a lot ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: April 24 2020 at 04:17
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An amazing year for progressive rock indeed. Lots of solid starts that would bloom to be classic, quintessential recordings of that era. Yes, Genesis, Gentle Giant, VDGG, ELP, PF, etc... ...So much happened in such a short window of time (1969-1976ish)! ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: April 24 2020 at 04:26
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I was 7 at the time and only knew of Tull (Bourée & Cuckoo), thanks to daddy (the person, not the band that would become Supertramp), so I cannot comment first hand, so I will do retrospectivally (which most of us will anyways) Soooo here is my Gnosis top, knowing that 14/15 is the best note that an album can have in my eyes, 13 is stil; a five star and 12 a four stars plus 11 (not all of them listed, just the ones i deem relevant, though there are more interesting ones) are 4 stars. All of them are alphabetically ordered past the Gnosis grade I gave them. 14 Spirit The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus 13 Black Sabbath Paranoid 13 Buckley, Tim Starsailor 13 John Cale & Terry Riley - Church of Anthrax 13 Caravan If I Could Do It All Over 13 Coltrane, Alice - Ptah, the El Daoud 13 Davis, Miles Bitches Brew 13 King Crimson Lizard 13 Nucleus Elastic Rock 13 Savoy Brown Raw Sienna 13 Tyner, McCoy Asante 12 Amon Düül II Yeti 12 Audience Friend's Friend's Friend 12 Black Sabbath Black Sabbath 12 Deep Purple In Rock 12 Garrick, Michael The Heart Is A Lotus 12 Genesis Trespass 12 Henry Lowther Band Child Song 12 Magma - Kobaia 12 McLaughlin, John Devotion 12 Murphy Blend First Loss 12 Out of Focus Wake Up 12 Pearls Before Swine The Use of Ashes 12 Pink Floyd Atom Heart Mother 12 Santana Abraxas 12 Savoy Brown Looking In 12 Supertramp Supertramp 12 Sweet Smoke Just a Poke 12 Tangerine Dream Electronic Meditation 12 Ten Years After Cricklewood Green 12 Traffic John Barleycorn Must Die 12 Trees On the Shore 12 Trees The Garden of Jane Delawney 12 Tyner, McCoy Extensions 12 Van der Graaf Generator - The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other 12 Soft Machine – Third 11 Ache De Homine Urbano 11 Annexus Quam Osmose 11 Atomic Rooster s/t 11 Atomic Rooster Death Walks Behind You 11 Brian Auger's Oblivion Express 11 Auger & The Trinity Befour 11 Ayers, Kevin Shooting at the Moon 11 Byrd, Donald Electric Byrd 11 Demon Fuzz Afreaka! 11 Emerson, Lake and Palmer – s/t 11 Funkadelic Funkadelic USA 11 Golden Earring Golden Earring (AKA 8 MH) 11 Guru Guru UFO 11 Hendrix, Jimi The Rainbow Bridge Concert 11 Kantner & Grace Slick Blows Against The Empire 11 King Crimson In the Wake of Poseidon 11 Led Zeppelin III 11 McDonald and Giles McDonald and Giles 11 Pentangle Cruel Sister 11 Quicksilver Messenger Service Just for Love 11 Quicksilver Messenger Service What About Me 11 Strawbs Just a Collection of Antiques and Curios 11 Supersister Present From Nancy 11 Tippett Band - You Are Here, I Am There 11 Van der Graaf Generator H to HE Who Am the Only One TBH, I can't think of more than one or two years that would top this sheer abundance Hi Svettie !! |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: April 24 2020 at 05:48
I don't think he is. I rarely listen to this band, but what they were doing back then was quite unique if you ask me.
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Karlo wrote:Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: April 24 2020 at 06:16
I prefer their debut to their legendary Maggot Brains and Free Your Ass and Your Mind Will Follow  . Some of that killer funk was quite progressive. War, Mandrill, Cymande and Osibisa did some really cool stuff too. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: April 24 2020 at 08:52
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EDIT: a problem with deleting a user including their posts is that then other posts will be seen out of context. The following paragraph was referring to a removed user. I should have quoted just in case he got deleted. Basically he was saying that Funkadelic is disco and disco is a lame joke. That [as said to the deleted user] comes across as very narrow-minded to me, and frankly, as a juvenile response. I love plenty of Funkadelic, and the debut from 1970 also is my favourite. It's funk rock with psychedelic qualities. I wouldn't call it disco (and I like plenty of disco and discoesque music). Out of curiosity, have you actually listened to the album? I like the related Parliament's Osmium from the same year also. To each his or her own tastes Anyway, there is so much amazing music from 1970. Some of my faves are: Magma - Kobaia Soft Machine - Third Igor Wakhévitch - Logos Amon Duul II - Yeti Supersister - Present From Nancy Can - Soundtracks Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother Linda Perhacs - Parallelograms Egg - Egg Association P.C. - Earwax Staff Carpenborg and the Electric Corona - Fantastic Party Van der Graaf Generator - The Least... and H to He... Atomic Rooster - Death Walks Behind You Pearls Before Swine - The Use of Ashes Demon Fuzz - Afreaka! Bo Hansson - Sagan om Ringen Dvid Bowie - The Man Who Sold the World David Axelrod - Earth Rot Tim Buckley - Starsailor and Lorca King Crimson - Lizard and In the Wake Trees - The Garden of Jane Delawney Jason Havelock - Pop Symphony Embryo - Opal Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation Nucleus - Elastic Rock Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant Miles Davis - Bitches Brew Kevin Ayers & The Whole World - Shooting at the Moon Robert Wyatt - The End of an Ear The Pentangle - Cruel Sister Forest - Full Circle C.O.B - Spirit of Love Tudor Lodge - Tudor Lodge Black Widow - Sacrifice Jan Dukes de Grey - Sorcerers Lucifer's Friend - self-titled Bruce Haack - The Electric Lucifer High Tide - High Tide Santana - Abraxas Caravan - If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day Jethro Tull - Benefit Quatermass - Quatermass Mickey Curtis and Samurai - Samurai Supertramp - Supertramp etc. ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I observed before. It can be much like that with music for me; immersed in experiencing the moment. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: April 24 2020 at 09:10
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Some good lists above but I think most of us, that are old enough, weren't listening to many of those since they were more obscure in many cases. I turned 19 that year and started second year of college in fall of 1970...the big ones for me were ELP, Santana- Abraxas, Wake of Poseidon, Genesis -Trespass, Chicago 2, Atom heart Mother, Tull- Benefit, Traffic- Barleycorn, Moody Blues, Uriah heep, Procol Harum, ....... sadly a lot of the others were not on my radar at that time when I was 19 in southern Indiana. Sorry...In forgot about Sabbath and Zep....two big ones back then..
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Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: April 24 2020 at 09:33
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I was 9 yrs old ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: April 24 2020 at 09:44
I have to admit you have one leg to stand on. These albums are full-fledged prog indeed. Let me call it "early adulthood" then.
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: April 24 2020 at 10:29
Svettie,  don't come in with your twisted preconceived ideas of musical genre and prejudice , here.  |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: April 24 2020 at 10:55
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I was zero years old since I was born that year. :) Anyway, I consider 1970 to be a toddler year for prog. It had been around for a while but was now starting to walk. Trespass, Time and a word, the first ELP, Poseidon, A question of balance, Benefit, The least we can do, From the witchwood, Gentle Giant(first album), Atom Heart Mother, Abraxas(Santana), John Barleycorn must die, Chicago 2 and Burnt Weenie Sandwich among others are all very good. |
Posted By: pancho253
Date Posted: April 24 2020 at 11:18
| 1974 how can you not include?? Relayer, the lamb |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: April 24 2020 at 11:28
Your musical mind is not that open for you to make this comment. Funkadelic/Parliament were very progressive....and as far as musical style this is light years from disco. -------------   
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: April 24 2020 at 11:35
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Yea "prog" was not even a moniker back then, it was art/psych/acid rock/pop. It was only in the mid 70's that the prog moniker started to be used. Many, many artists were moving away from traditional music schemes in rock, R&B, pop, soul music....it was all progressive. But I know what you are meaning and today we can label it prog. -------------
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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: April 24 2020 at 11:38
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Some of that killer funk was quite progressive. War, Mandrill, Cymande and Osibisa did some really cool stuff too. Three of these four bands are listed on Prog Archives as Jazz/Rock Fusion, so I would not put them in the category of disco, either. Osibisa is a personal favorite of mine. Just because they use good grooves does not mean that the music is bad. These bands all had to work as highly cohesive units to make the music work at all, not unlike much of the output of King Crimson. As to Funkadelic, I would put Bootsy Collins on the same level with any bass player around, including our beloved gods of the bottom end, and Eddie Hazel's solo on Maggot Brain is amazing. Prog, my favorite musical genre, is not the only place for good musicianship. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: April 24 2020 at 11:38
Nope. The term progressive rock was starting to be used by 1969 although just progressive was more common in the early 70's. The term prog rock didn't become a thing until the punk fans used it disparagingly in the late 70's and just "prog" wasn't really common until at least the late 80's.
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Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: April 24 2020 at 13:06
I share your opinion.
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Posted By: Braka1
Date Posted: April 24 2020 at 14:19
What a great list. I'm trying to think of some faves from that year which you didn't mention. I may be out by a year here or there, but think these are mostly right (I'm actually concentrating on albums not considered orthodox prog) A lot of folkie stuff in my list David Bowie - The Man Who Sold the World John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band Fairport Convention - Full House Al Stewart -Zero She Flies Van Morrison - Moondance Captain Beefheart - Lick My Decals Off, Baby Tyrannosaurus Rex - A Beard of Stars Incredible String Band - I Looked Up Kinks - Lola Vs Powerman and the Moneygoround John Cale - Vintage Violence Paul Kantner / Jefferson Starhsip - Blows Against the Empire CSNY - Deja Vu Neil Young - After the Goldrush Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs Joni Mitchell - Ladies of the Canyon Pentangle - Cruel Sister Peter Green - The End of the Game T.Rex - ST Fotheringay - ST Steeleye Span - Hark the village Wait Amazing Blondel - Evensong Holy God. And the scary thing is 1971 may have been even better. I read an article a while back from someone on NPR, arguing that 1971 was the greatest year for rock music. I didn't entirely agree with his theories (the main one was that a lot of people were in their late 20's at the time), but I've always thought of that period of around 69-72 as the premier years for rock in general, not just prog.
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: April 24 2020 at 14:48
Maybe in the Serbian part of Yougoslavie, Svettie... But even in Croatia, Funkadelic was progressive  |
Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: April 24 2020 at 14:55
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On top of the opuses mentioned already: Jean-Luc Ponty - King Kong Jean-Luc Ponty & Masahiko Satoh - Astrorama Jimi Hendrix - Band Of Gypsys Jon Appleton & Don Cherry - Human Music The Tony Williams Lifetime - Turn It Over Third Ear Band - Third Ear Band Third Ear Band - Abelard & Heloise György Ligeti - Chamber Concerto Steve Reich - Four Organs
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: April 24 2020 at 15:05
Maybe PROGRESSIVE ROCK but not PROG. And still, I struggle in finding any print in say Melody Maker or Billboard or Rolling Stone from late 60's that described bands as PROGRESSIVE ROCK. Especially when you look up reviews of some of these bands from late 60's. The majority of them were described as art/psych/acid poprock music. -------------
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: April 24 2020 at 15:14
The problem is you have not listened to that style of music, its clear. Or you were exposed to it in the late 70's during the disco craze and mixed them up. I grew up in that era, in So Cal where funk was massive. Where Parliament was the biggest funk/R&B band around, and their concerts were more than epic for the times, similar to EW&F shows. What they were doing was PROGRESSIVE, although not PROG.....where your confusion lies in both terms. You can watch documentaries about say Pink Floyd and their late 60's shows were described as psychedelic, acid, art rock/pop music shows. Later on in the mid 70's those labels were changed to the all inclusive PROGRESSIVE ROCK. -------------
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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: April 24 2020 at 15:19
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: April 24 2020 at 16:18
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Tim Buckley - Lorca, Blue Afternoon Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Déjà Vu Machine - Machine Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die -------------
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Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: April 24 2020 at 18:22
Now you're talkin'! I once did a whole show based upon these five bands! ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: April 24 2020 at 18:29
Well said! And some of those Latin American musicians of the 50s and 60s (and 70s and 80s) could play circles around the "classically trained" artists of the early prog experimental days. ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: April 24 2020 at 20:35
I stand by my comments(all of them)since I have researched it. The term prog rock wasn't used until the punk rockers used it to talk about "that crap prog rock." Again, just prog came a bit later(late 80's according to urbandictionary but 90's according to wikipedia). I actually had a mixed tape that I made in the 90's that I called "Mike's prog mixed tape" or something like that. I wish I kept it but I gave it to someone on a different website. If anyone wants to know some of the things on it send me a pm. As for progressive rock it was used pretty early on. There is even an album on the archives where they call it progressive music from 1969. Here you go. http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=8007" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=8007 Also, you can see from these old threads that I'm not the only one who thinks "progressive rock" was used then. Was it widespread? No, probably not but that doesn't mean it wasn't used at all. http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20991" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20991 http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=96965" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=96965 Also, from wikipedia: "Prog" was devised in the 1990s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_rock#cite_note-FOOTNOTERobinson2017223-16" rel="nofollow - [15] as a shorthand term, but later became a transferable adjective, also suggesting a wider palette than that drawn on by the most popular 1970s bands. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_rock#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHegartyHalliwell20119-17" rel="nofollow - [16]
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: April 24 2020 at 21:18
| I was using the term Prog in the late-80’s - I think I got it from the guru behind the counter of the 2nd-Hand record shop near to my old home. And I’m getting tired of pigeonholing everything. Look at the ridiculous sub-sub-sub genres of Metal. Especially core. Things like Pornogrind ?? Sounds like something you do in the bedroom..... |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: April 24 2020 at 22:07
I think we are on same page, I may have misunderstood your comment about when PROG was started to be used. I agree it was later than the 70s that PROG was used. -------------
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Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: April 24 2020 at 22:58
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I have said many times, but say again I think 1966-74 were the greatest years music, maybe 1971 was the greatest, but all those other years also really great. Really many of my big favorites already mentioned here (I am also those who really love Funkadelic first), but here´s some more from 1970 I think haven´t mentioned yet: Nico: Desertshore Mayo Thompson: Corky´s Debt To His Father Dr. John: Remedies Creedence Clearwater Revival: Cosmos Factory & Pendulum Colosseum: Daughter Of Time Alice Cooper: Easy Action the Band: Stage Fright the Byrds: (Untitled) Derek and the Dominos: Layla and Assorted Love Songs the Allman Brothers Band: Idlewild South Johnny Winter And: s/t Apollo: Apollo (one of the first Finnish prog albums) Canned Heat: Future Blues & Live In Europe Wigwam: Tombstone Valentine Simon & Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water Laura Nyro: Christmas & the Beads Of Sweat Mountain: Climbing! Pekka Streng & Tasavallan Presidentti: Magneettimiehen Kuolema Sperm: Shh! Heinäsirkat Trader Horne: Morning Way Yoko Ono/ Plastic Ono Band: s/t Focus: Focus Plays Focus Roy Harper: Flat Baroque & Berserk Free: Fire and Water / Highway ...and I was born three years later
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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: April 24 2020 at 23:19
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I commented on the Funkadelic digression, which now includes a couple of removed posts. Now, I would like to comment on the actual subject. 1970 was a fantastic year for music, as is evidenced by all the great albums fellow members have posted, so many so, that I would not even begin to make my own list here. This was a time when many of the more raw experimentations of psychedelia were coming to fruition. Creativity was honored and sought after. Rock was reaching a maturity it had not had before (which led to the later punk rebellion). I am gratified to see many bands and artists in previous lists that are not strictly prog, but remember, even bands as blewzy as Mountain, for example, put elements into the music that are consistent with Prog. I came to age in the 70s, and I am still exploring the music of that decade, going back to its beginning. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: April 24 2020 at 23:45
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Few great protopunkers not mentioned yet: the Stooges: Fun House the Velvet Underground: Loaded MC5: Back In the USA (this is tame comparing to "Kick Out the Jams" of 1969, but I have liked this also) Also one really great live album: the Rolling Stones: Get Yer Ya Ya´s Out
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Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: April 25 2020 at 00:33
Absolutely stellar list, great work! Bitches Brew alone!!! ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: April 25 2020 at 01:30
I bought my first three LPs that year from Record Club of America:
I think I did OK, considering I was 13 years old. Imagine my joy when I heard "Pictures of a City" live for the first time, 14 Sept 2014 in Chicago....  ------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: April 25 2020 at 04:12
Well, Svettie (AKA Karlo) has been banned (again), so no-one will challenge this now  He's not totally wrong though, about most of these funk bands veering disco towards the end of the 70's, but in general, it was also a matter of financial survival (after all even Kiss and the Stones tried it, as Queen did as well), rather than ethical. And Ew&F or K&tG's disco was a far cry from the Donna Summer and Giorgo Moroder type of 2/2 disco, like I Feel Love. I also dismissed these funk bands because I caught them in the late 70's doing disco (but I reassessed then during the 90's, when I borrowed their early stuff), and there is no way i'd want to see EX&F or K&tG (or James Brown, FTM) in PA, but Funkadelic/Paqrliaments is different animal; and I wish that War was here, but it's been turned down before. Even Chic's Le Freak is relatively difficult funk |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: April 25 2020 at 04:39
| ^ Osibisa are great. A bit of disco creeping in by Ojah Awake (which is a solid album, mind) and Mystic Energy, but great musicianship nevertheless. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: April 25 2020 at 05:50
Welll Cos' Babel album has some real ugly disco beat.
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: April 25 2020 at 05:55
I love everything about Babel, including the disco groove. It's one of my very favourite albums. ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I observed before. It can be much like that with music for me; immersed in experiencing the moment. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: April 25 2020 at 06:05
One can hardly go wrong with bands that feature albums with Roger Dean cover art. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: April 25 2020 at 06:13
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Date Posted: April 25 2020 at 06:22
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Posted By: PROGSHOW
Date Posted: April 25 2020 at 08:26
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Honestly, an amazing year! A few gems not mentioned that I enjoy, from the U.S. "progressive" scene of that time: Quill s/t Symphonic Metamorphosis s/t |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: April 26 2020 at 12:37
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^Maybe that's where the Trip got the idea for one of their album covers. :)
Also, I'm not sure if the person who posted that video is aware or not but Quill actually played at Woodstock in 1969(first band on day 2).
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Posted By: PROGSHOW
Date Posted: April 26 2020 at 13:57
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Posted By: PROGSHOW
Date Posted: April 26 2020 at 14:26
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Re the U.S. underground scene of the early 70's, I'd like to mention also Bloodrock s/t album from 1970 : |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: April 26 2020 at 14:28
Yeah? So. That could be any band from anywhere.
 If you say it's from Woodstock though(which seems to be what you are implying)then I'll take your word for it. |
Posted By: PROGSHOW
Date Posted: April 26 2020 at 15:08
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: April 26 2020 at 15:31
From what I read about them on wikipedia they weren't able to get their performance recorded(due to tape speed not being synched up with the video properly)so they weren't featured in the Woodstock film. Unfortunately nothing by them appeared on any of the soundtrack albums either. According to wikipedia they would have become much more well known if they had(although I'm not sure I agree with that entirely). I have heard some of the stuff from their one album on youtube though and they sound good. Also, a long time ago someone made me a bunch of prog tapes and one of them had Bloodrock on it(first album). They were good also.
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Posted By: PROGSHOW
Date Posted: April 26 2020 at 21:25
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The Beat of the Earth's "The Electronic Hole" LP from 1970 represents
then U.S. Psychedelic rock scene at its best and hence have to be
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: April 26 2020 at 22:40
Guess I missed all the excitement with Karlo's posts....... . I don't think any of these funk bands should be here in PA. I have a good perspective on these funk bands because I was there early on before the disco era started, and for sure some of them melded in....EW&F, The Bar-Kays, Isley Bros, Ohio Players all pure Funk/R&B that dipped their feet into Disco in late 70's. Although IMO very progressive in what they were all doing.You think Le Freak is funk? I mean Disco came from Funk, but I only associate that song with Disco especially that it came out in 78/79 and is loosely about Studio54, Nile's guitar strut of that song almost defines the Disco sound that was copied over and over. -------------
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Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: April 26 2020 at 22:54
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1970 was an excellent year! Maybe not as good as the following years but some favorite albums exist https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/soft-machine" rel="nofollow - Soft Machine
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/soft-machine/third/" rel="nofollow - Third https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/amon-duul-ii" rel="nofollow - Amon Düül II
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/amon-duul-ii/yeti/" rel="nofollow - Yeti - https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/amon-duul-ii/yeti/" rel="nofollow - - https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/van-der-graaf-generator" rel="nofollow - Van der Graaf Generator
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/van-der-graaf-generator/h-to-he-who-am-the-only-one/" rel="nofollow - H to He Who Am the Only One https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/pink-floyd" rel="nofollow - Pink Floyd
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/pink-floyd/atom-heart-mother-1/" rel="nofollow - Atom Heart Mother https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/t2" rel="nofollow - T2
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/t2/itll-all-work-out-in-boomland/" rel="nofollow - It'll All Work Out in Boomland https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/caravan" rel="nofollow - Caravan
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/caravan/if-i-could-do-it-all-over-again-id-do-it-all-over-you/" rel="nofollow - If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/king-crimson" rel="nofollow - King Crimson
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/king-crimson/lizard/" rel="nofollow - Lizard https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/can" rel="nofollow - Can
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/can/soundtracks/" rel="nofollow - Soundtracks https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/the-mothers-of-invention" rel="nofollow - The Mothers of Invention
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the-mothers-of-invention/burnt-weeny-sandwich/" rel="nofollow - Burnt Weeny Sandwich https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/wishbone-ash" rel="nofollow - Wishbone Ash
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Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: April 27 2020 at 15:16
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Lots of faves already mentioned.. Also from that year: Hawkwind- Hawkwind Omega- Ejszakai Orszagut Mr Fox- Mr Fox Rare Bird- As your mind flies by Third Ear Band- Third Ear band (Elements) McDonald and Giles (yes yes it was released on January 3rd 1971...) Etc etc ------------- |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: April 27 2020 at 18:43
Hi, Weird ... we allow a lot of metal bands that sound exactly the same, but handling an original like Funkadelic gets the brush off ... very strange ... and sometimes I think this is one of the bad things about "progressive" enjoying thinking that many American bands do not fit, and many of them in those days DID fit, just for originality alone! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: April 27 2020 at 19:21
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I turned 5 as of March 30 that year. Can't really remember what I was into but what I got now is as follows. I may need to revisit some of these dates. Where I don't have the month may have been released year. Gentle Giant Under Construction Rec. 1970 Hendrix, Jimi Band of Gypsys Rec. 1970 Jan. Beatles, The Past Masters Volume Two Rec. 1965 1970 Oct-Jan. Jethro Tull Benefit Rec.1969 1970 Jan. Soft Machine Noisette Rec. 1970 Jan. Burton, Gary Good Vibes Rec.Rec.1969 Sep. 1970 Mar. King Crimson In The Wake Of Poseidon Rec. 1970 Jan.-Apr. Davis, Miles Tribute to Jack Johnson, A Rec. 1970 Feb,Apr. Beatles, The Let It Be Rec.1968 1970 Feb.-Apr. Bowie, David Man Who Sold the World, The Rec. 1970 Apr.-May Santana Abraxas Rec. 1970 Apr.-May Moody Blues, The A Question of Balance (Remaster) Rec. 1970 Jan.-Jun. Barrett, Syd Barrett Rec. 1970 Feb.-Jul. Led Zeppelin III Rec.1969 1970 Dec.,May-Jul. McDonald and Giles McDonald and Giles Rec. 1970 May-Jul. Genesis Trespass (Box Set Remaster) Rec. 1970 Jun.-Jul. Barrett, Syd Opel Rec. 1970 Jul. Curved Air Air Conditioning Rec. 1970 Jul. Pink Floyd Atom Heart Mother Rec. 1970 Feb.-Aug. Gentle Giant Gentle Giant Rec. 1970 Aug. Mahavishnu Orchestra Inner Mounting Flame (Remaster) Rec. 1970 Aug. King Crimson Lizard Rec. 1970 Aug.-Sept. Ponty, Jean-Luc King Kong Rec. 1970 Oct. Yes Yes Album, The (Remaster) Rec. 1970 Autumn Soft Machine Fourth Rec. 1970 Oct.-Nov. Hendrix, Jimi First Rays of the New Rising Sun Rec. 1970 Focus In and Out of Focus Rec. 1970 Hansson, Bo Lord of the Rings Rec. 1970 Got three here that wrapped up recording 50 years ago this month. Wow.  This would make a great playlist to shuffle in WinAmp. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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