Your Symphonic Prog Collection
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Topic: Your Symphonic Prog Collection
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: Your Symphonic Prog Collection
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 06:55
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My Symphonic Prog CD collection:- Camel - 9 albums Earth & Fire - 2 albums ELP - 2 albums The Enid - 2 albums Fruupp - 2 albums Genesis - 9 albums Kansas - 6 albums Renaissance - 10 albums Rick Wakeman - 5 albums YES - 13 albums TOTAL = 60 albums |
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 07:01
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 07:05
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RYM says I own 354. I'm still not done cataloging, so it could be more. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 07:06
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Yeah, that's most of the records I own... ------------- The Prog Corner |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 07:13
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58 Yes - 6 Genesis - 6 Camel - 5 Echolyn - 5 Anglagard - 4 Discipline - 4 Enid - 4 Kotebel - 4 ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 07:36
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21-40 range. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Tasartir
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 07:39
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15 in total. Being a minimalist I don't keep stuff I don't regularly listen to. ------------- ...Histoires Sans Paroles... |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 08:06
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Camel 14 (+ innumerable live albums and DVDs) Genesis 7 (+ 2 live) Renaissance 7 (+ 1 live) ELP 1 The Enid 4 Yes 6 Wakeman 3 ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 08:19
We have an almost identical list of Symphonic Prog artists, so we obviously have very similar tastes in music.
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Hercules wrote:Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 08:52
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I counted 72. Genesis, Echolyn, Spock's Beard, Yes, Izz, Kansas, and Transatlantic received the highest tallies.
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Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 09:05
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Didn't break the 100-barrier, but getting there. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 09:18
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48 Genesis: 15 Yes: 10 Emerson, Lake & Palmer: 9 Camel: 7 Focus: 3 Kaipa: 1 Kansas: 1 The Nice: 1 Rick Wakeman: 1 ------------- https://mirasnelder.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow - Freelance composer, accepting commissions | https://mirasnelder.bandcamp.com/album/altered-acuity" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp page |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 10:09
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about 45 from about 30 bands/artists ELP - 5 (but not considered Symphonic by me) Genesis - 5 Focus - 3 Rick Wakeman - 3 Yes - 2 Asia Minor - 2
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Posted By: zbida
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 10:45
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Definitely 100+. Maybe 400+? I've never calculated them. |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 10:49
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I own music from 33 separate bands and artists of this category with multiple titles from many of them. 100+ definitely. Easily. Too many to count specifically. ------------- 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: Manuel
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 12:06
| Way over 100, and so is my collection of jazz, fusion, RPI, blues, etc. |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 12:58
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I've never counted them and I already disagree with some of the classifications. Specifically, ELP are NOT symphonic, they never have been. They're Heavy Prog. I don't care what PA says. But I'm happy to play along. With a collection of 1754 'items' (CD & LP, some titles duplicated) it's not hard to imagine even 5% of my collection being symphonic and that would net me approx. 90 titles. ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 13:19
I like the precision here. I am also too lazy to count, but I'm sure it is not "most of the records I own" anymore... (it used to be, though, up till some 20-25 years ago). ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 13:23
I'm amazed at how many here have well of 100 Symphonic Prog albums in their collections. I doubt if I could even find that many in my local record store. I have a lot of catching up to do. 
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 13:23
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Aren't Genesis Proto-Neo? ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 13:25
According to some, Yes.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 13:25
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 13:28
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not needed now ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 13:31
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not needed now ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 13:42
he's kidding.
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 13:49
Pretty sure it's over 100.  ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 13:51
I'm not.
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Posted By: enigmatic
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 14:25
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Ange - 3 Atoll - 1 Beggars Opera - 2 Camel - 6 Earth and Fire - 3 ELP - 6 Focus - 4 Genesis - 7 Kansas - 2 Novalis - 2 Refugee - 1 Renaissance - 2 The Nice - 3 Yes - 10 I counted 52 albums, but probably half of Italian prog-rock albums that I own can be considered symphonic-prog. They are in separate category here on PA. |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 14:45
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It depends when "Symphonic Prog" was first used, we need to establish that first!! -------------   
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 14:50
------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 14:56
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probably somewhere in the middle ------------- 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: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 15:13
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Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 15:13
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Yes and Genesis comprise over a quarter of the 120 Symphonic albums I own. I own at least five Camel, Kansas, ELP, and Wobbler albums.
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Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 15:27
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Only three in physical form. And that is Refugee by Refugee (including the live bonus discs), and TAU by Transatlantic in both versions (abridged and extended). ------------- 
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 15:33
------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: zwordser
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 15:37
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202 albums, according to my collection tracking spreadsheet. But, some of those are not full albums (sample tracks) and some that are technically in the category are not truly "Symphonic",(such as 80's era Yes, etc.), so I think its around the 150-160 range.
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Posted By: scaudill
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 15:53
| Never even considered counting. I have 236 SymphProg albums. Granted about 83% are Rick Wakeman solo records ;-) |
Posted By: Duddick
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 15:54
| easily over 100 for me. Never actually bothered to sort my collection by style though. Just alphabetically. |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 15:58
| over 100 but it doesn't matter to me, just a question of like or dislike |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 16:01
Geek alert! I had some down time and played around with this a little more. RYM only categorizes symphonic prog at the album level and one would think that would give a more accurate reading, but there are some things to consider. A lot of the more obscure albums only have a few votes for genre and the vast majority of those are erroneously just given the the broader "progressive rock" genre instead of symphonic prog. RYM also doesn't use RPI and a good number of them are symphonic prog on that site. Furthermore, various artist albums are also a wide variety of genres, include symphonic prog, whereas none are under a genre here. Here, an entire discography of a group is one genre, so you have stuff like 1980s Genesis and Yes under symphonic prog. So, my RYM numbers are 354. On Prog Archives that number is 466. I don't think either of these are accurate numbers. But genres are such a subjective thing, so obviously these things will never be perfect. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 25 2022 at 02:07
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100+ easily but not counting them all! Mostly seventies acts but I do like Glass Hammer a lot and that accounts for a good few plus of course a lot of Scandi bands (Wobbler, Anglagard, All Traps On Earth etc)
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: February 25 2022 at 02:16
I better correct it to: Some of Genesis, yes, and some of Genesis not only Proto.
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: February 25 2022 at 02:20
and according to some, some of Yes, yes, and some not only Proto
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: February 25 2022 at 02:30
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And thanks, Nogbad, because that has made my description of the development in Genesis' and Yes' music much better.  ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: February 25 2022 at 02:38
| 100+ |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: February 25 2022 at 03:27
But I guess, I know now your point of it, Nogbad, and sorry Paul but I find it funny, even it's a bit tough humor. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: February 25 2022 at 03:47
But I don't know how wise that was, Cristi, and I wished, I could enjoy your video.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: February 25 2022 at 03:49
so you erased my words in the quote and then mention me about a video? I never posted any videos in this thread. And Nogbad made a joke, take it as such and move on.
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: February 25 2022 at 03:58
This is what I can see of your post. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: February 25 2022 at 04:01
again, I made a joke because I thought Nogbad's post was funny. that's a gif, not a video.
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: February 25 2022 at 04:06
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Sorry for having different understandings of the visuals, but you know what I meant. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: February 25 2022 at 04:12
I don't know what you meant. I posted a silly gif to a silly joke. Let's move on now. |
Posted By: wiz_d_kidd
Date Posted: February 25 2022 at 07:12
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Counting only those that are classified by PA as symphonic, I count 63. If I include those that I consider symphonic, but are classified differently on PA, probably add another 15-20. |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: February 25 2022 at 08:07
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48 Total ( I think , I may have forgotten some) Yes/ ABWH - 14 Genesis- 12 Kansas - 4 Spock's Beard - 5 ELP - 3 Renaissance - 3 Camel - 3 Wobbler - 2 Transatlantic - 1 Rick Wakeman - 1 Update - I forgot the Genesis live albums & one Spock's Beard. |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: February 25 2022 at 09:17
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I very surely reach 41, 61 not so sure, 81 quite certainly not. My best guess is 55-60. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 25 2022 at 09:35
About the same as me then. I assumed my collection of 60 Symphonic Prog albums was relatively large by PA standards, so this poll has shown just how wrong I turned out to be. I wasn't expecting anyone to have 100+ Symphonic Prog albums, let alone 200+ albums.
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: February 25 2022 at 09:54
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I don’t catalog my albums with that specific genre delineation, but a quick count of Camel, Earth & Fire, ELP, Focus, Genesis, The Nice, and Yes albums, it’s right around 100. There’s other symphonic prog bands I’m pretty sure. I think a lot of these are duplicates (vinyl + CD both). ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: February 25 2022 at 11:47
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44 All Traps On Earth - 1 Änglagård - 3 Arachnoid - 1 Camel - 1 Discipline - 1 ELP - 7 Focus - 1 Genesis - 4 Kansas - 5 Rainbow Theatre - 2 Renaissance - 1 Rick Wakeman - 1 Sebastian Hardie - 3 Solaris - 1 Windchase - 1 Wobbler - 1 Yes - 10 ------------- 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. |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: February 25 2022 at 15:34
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I make it 243, but I might have missed some with categorisation on this site. The below includes live albums, but not dvds. Agents of Mercy 2 ABWH 1 Anderson Stolt 1 Anglagard 2 Antony Kalugin 2 Bacamarte 1 Camel 12 David Minasian 2 Echolyn 7 Ellesmere 3 ELP 10 The Enid 24 The Flower Kings 24 Genesis 19 Isildurs Bane 10 Jordsjø 4 Kaipa 10 Kansas 6 Karda Estra 4 Karfagen 6 Karmakanic 5 Magic Pie 5 Moon Safari 4 Nick Magnus 2 Pictorial Wand 1 Renaissance 9 Rick Wakeman 9 Roine Stolt 3 Spock’s Beard 11 Transatlantic 6 Triumvirat 2 White Willow 7 Willowglass 3 Wobbler 2 Yes 24 ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: projeKct
Date Posted: February 25 2022 at 19:45
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Including live albums and compils but not DVD's, I have 198 at the moment. Agents Of Mercy - 4 Ange - 2 Tomas Bodin - 8 Camel - 4 Echolyn - 4 Emerson, Lake & Palmer - 3 The Flower Kings - 25 Genesis - 17 Jordsjø - 3 Kaipa - 12 Kaipa Da Capo - 2 Kansas - 1 Karmakanic - 6 Magic Pie - 3 Moon Safari - 5 Morse Code - 4 Neal Morse - 9 Anthony Phillips - 27 Pollen - 1 Spock's Beard - 11 Chris Squire - 1 Roine Stolt - 5 Transatlantic - 12 Triumvirat - 2 Rick Wakeman - 3 White Willow - 7 Wobbler - 5 Yes - 12 ... and now I'm shocked to discover that lazland and I have almost the same sympho prog collection!
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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: February 25 2022 at 21:40
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quick count , 705 , within the symphonic definition of PA ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |