Canterbury Scene 1971
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Topic: Canterbury Scene 1971
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: Canterbury Scene 1971
Date Posted: November 07 2022 at 02:21
 1971: Daevid Allen - Banana Moon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWdOmUghQaE" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWdOmUghQaE  1971: Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mFz0nR_h7FWnmMQ90QMaMVh7Gadk3hA8k" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mFz0nR_h7FWnmMQ90QMaMVh7Gadk3hA8k  1971: Egg - The Polite Force - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpKSqolZnyVBbv1h-32hMlu_" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpKSqolZnyVBbv1h-32hMlu_ 1971: Daevid Allen's Gong - Camembert Electrique - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mmN0fjletHpeFf6ieBas9Ts9UjodynrzY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mmN0fjletHpeFf6ieBas9Ts9UjodynrzY  1971: Moving Gelatine Plates - Moving Gelatine Plates - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lcyR8RvLW41ztn8ou18nHE1wbkOoT8GPM" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lcyR8RvLW41ztn8ou18nHE1wbkOoT8GPM 1971: Soft Machine - Fourth - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lu_Vr8eXLBdjgXQ2-wrRsya" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lu_Vr8eXLBdjgXQ2-wrRsya 1971: Supersister - To the Highest Bidder - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU5026Bj3S0" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU5026Bj3S0 |
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Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: November 07 2022 at 02:41
| Caravan, Egg, Soft Machine. |
Posted By: VianaProghead
Date Posted: November 07 2022 at 03:27
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Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink. ------------- "PROG IS MY FERRARI". Jem Godfrey (Frost*) |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: November 07 2022 at 03:57
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I'm a minority of (one) Soft Machine-fans one who loves Fourth as much as Third. For me all perfect: Soft Machine - Fourth Moving Gelatine Plates - Moving Gelatine Plates Supersister - To the Highest Bidder Close to perfection (perfect on their own terms I guess): Daevid Allen's Gong - Camembert Electrique Egg - The Polite Force Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink Just OK: Daevid Allen - Banana Moon |
Posted By: Gentle and Giant
Date Posted: November 07 2022 at 04:29
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Caravan > Egg > Gong > Supersister. In fact these are all great albums, but Caravan is top for me, ------------- Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: November 07 2022 at 04:36
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The Polite Force, my favorite Canterbury style album by British artists! ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: November 07 2022 at 04:52
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Bunch of great albums, Caravan, ... just ------------- 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: November 07 2022 at 04:54
Around the dreaming spires of Canterbury, there's no Grey area regarding who's going to win this poll, as Caravan are already clearly in the Pink! 
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Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: November 07 2022 at 05:39
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Caravan and Egg for this round. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Rick1
Date Posted: November 07 2022 at 06:49
| The tough choices keep coming so again, first love. This time, 'Camembert Electrique' bought for a princely 55p from Virgin records in Nottingham. 'Banana Moon' followed not long after. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: November 07 2022 at 07:03
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Well, I'll be the first to vote for Moving Gelatine Plates, but Supersister also could have got my vote. ------------- 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. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 07 2022 at 07:33
I used to shop at Virgin Records (on King Street) in Nottingham too. The last album I bought from there was Renaissance' Azure d'Or in 1979 after listening to it first on one of their in-store turntables. Those were the days my friend, I thought they'd never end.....
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Rick1 wrote:Posted By: Rick1
Date Posted: November 07 2022 at 08:33
Yes, we used to do the same in there. I am not sure what the last thing was I bought from there but I used to head straight for their dedicated Virgin label rack when I went in.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 07 2022 at 08:42
I remember when Richard Branson turned up for the grand opening of the huge Virgin Megastore on Wheeler Gate in Nottingham. I didn't recognise him at first as he was wearing black-rimmed spectacles, which didn't really suit him. He should have gone to Specsavers.  Richard Branson in Baywatch. No acting required as he was playing the part of himself. |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: November 07 2022 at 09:42
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Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink ------------- 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: Sean Trane
Date Posted: November 07 2022 at 09:57
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votes for 67/69: Caravan debut (second choice Vol 2) for 70: Caravan (second choice: Third & regrets I didn't see Wyatt's EOAE sooner) For 71: Caravan (and SC for Camembert, Fourth being third  )------------- 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 |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: November 07 2022 at 10:14
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4th ------------- 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: mellotronwave
Date Posted: November 07 2022 at 11:35
| Caravan : What else? :-) |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: November 07 2022 at 15:03
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Egg just ahead of Caravan. ------------- ---------- 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: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: November 07 2022 at 17:45
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Moving Gelatine Plates Caravan Egg Could pick any one of those three, went with MGP today. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: November 07 2022 at 18:11
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Interesting that you removed Robert Wyatt's debut album after somebody voted for it. Not the best album on the list but certainly better than the 1 star that you offered. Sometimes certain musical expressions require a great deal of time to comprehend. Personally i think that Moving Gelatine Plates is the ultimate expression of prog in every form. One of my fave albums of ALL time :)
-------------  https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: November 07 2022 at 18:12
| Caravan. |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: November 07 2022 at 21:56
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Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: November 07 2022 at 22:43
| Soft Machine. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 07 2022 at 23:54
I didn't remove Robert Wyatt's debut. It's still there in the previous 1970 poll.
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Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: November 08 2022 at 04:33
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Camembert, delicious. ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: November 08 2022 at 04:35
Almost impossible to vote because all the early 70s Canterbury is classic prog gold. My bad! Wyatt WAS 1970 :) ------------- https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: November 11 2022 at 05:30
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not suprisingly In The Land of Grey and Pink ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 11 2022 at 05:43
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Number of albums owned in this poll:- Only 1 (Caravan) Number of albums heard for the first time this week:- 2 (Daevid Allen; Moving Gelatine Plates) Voted for:- Caravan (obviously)
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: January 08 2024 at 02:22
1971: Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mFz0nR_h7FWnmMQ90QMaMVh7Gadk3hA8k" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mFz0nR_h7FWnmMQ90QMaMVh7Gadk3hA8k  |
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: January 08 2024 at 02:39
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Caravan - In The Land Of Grey And Pink Soft Machine - Fourth Gong - Camembert Electrique Egg - The Polite Force
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Posted By: Zappastolethetowels
Date Posted: January 08 2024 at 05:56
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^^ all of those would make my top 4, but how can I vote for 1 - they are so different!
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Posted By: Frets N Worries
Date Posted: January 08 2024 at 05:59
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Caravan ------------- I repeat myself when under stress, I repeat myself when under stress, I repeat myself when under stress, I repeat myself when under stress, I repeat... |
Posted By: Floydoid
Date Posted: January 08 2024 at 11:29
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Such a good year for Canterbury Scene stuff, but I'll go for Caravan. ------------- "Christ, where would rock & roll be without feedback?" - D. Gimour |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: January 08 2024 at 12:19
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Voted for Caravan, a must have, also interesting are/were : Egg and Supersister |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 18 2025 at 02:41
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1. Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink 2. Moving Gelatine Plates - Moving Gelatine Plates 3. Daevid Allen's Gong - Camembert Electrique
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Posted By: Rick1
Date Posted: February 18 2025 at 03:45
| In situations like this, I went with first love - that is Camembert Electrique. Notable is Soft Machine's Fourth, which was Wyatt's last with the band. Some might argue that a lot of Canterbury left with him although Hopper and Ratledge remained. The slow fade of 'Virtually' on side 2 almost sounds like Wyatt silently leaving. A great album. |