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Posted: January 09 2012 at 21:59

One of the best pieces of music ever recorded?

(though I get your point)

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Posted: January 09 2012 at 22:00

SaltyJon wrote:

Horizons wrote:

National Health - National Health

Erm...what's Tenemos Roads, then?

Foiled again! I cheated, but i love it too much :(

Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.

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Posted: January 09 2012 at 22:00

SaltyJon wrote:

Horizons wrote:

National Health - National Health

Erm...what's Tenemos Roads, then?

One of the best pieces of recorded music?

(though I get your point)

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Posted: January 10 2012 at 18:59

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Horizons wrote:

Bird of Fire - Mahavinshnu

sleeper wrote:

Soft Machine- 4thUniverse Zero- Heresie, ClivagesPresent- La Poison Que Rend FouArt Zoyd- Symphonie Pour Le Jour Ou Bruleront Les Cities, Musique Pour L'OdysseeFar Corner- Far CornerGuapo- Five Suns, Black OniReturn to Forever- Romantic Warrior

richardh wrote:

Mike Oldfield - Songs Of Distant Earth

Tangerine Dream - Tangram

Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene

The Enid - Aerie Fairie Nonsense

Bj-1 wrote:

Jarre - Equinoxe

Present - Triskaidekaphobie

Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire

Univers Zero - Ceux du Dehors

Dellinger wrote:

-- Tubular Bells, by Mike Oldfield (and really want to get some more 70's Oldfield).

Love all of theseIf you want more Oldfield definitely get Ommadawn & Hergrest Ridge - those are his best IMHO.

Those are just the ones I want to get, plus incantations, and perhaps Amarok (though that one isn't from the 70's). And perhaps Tubular Bells 3, just to complete the trilogy.

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Posted: January 10 2012 at 19:57

Dellinger wrote:

Those are just the ones I want to get, plus incantations, and perhaps Amarok (though that one isn't from the 70's). And perhaps Tubular Bells 3, just to complete the trilogy.

Incantations is excellent and in a similar style to Ommadawn & Hergest Ridge. Amarok is an very different album, very strange but delightful.

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Posted: January 10 2012 at 20:39

Gosta Berlings Saga - Detta Har Hant

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Posted: January 11 2012 at 04:22

Burning Off Impurities - Grails

Plains Of The Purple Buffalo - *Shels

The Machinations Of Dementia - Blotted Science

Time Crunch, Organik - Niacin

Diffusion - 7 For 4

When The Aliens Come - Martone

Episodes - Karcius

Levin Torn White - Levin Torn White

Glory Of The Inner Force - Finch

Winter Lights - Oregon

Watercourse Way - Shadowfax

Trace - Trace

Cross-Collateral - Passport

Sea-Sons - Secret Oyster

Kraan - Kraan

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Posted: January 11 2012 at 07:45

^pssst, Watercourse Way, a great prog album by the way, has some vocals. Wink

If we're talking predominantly instrumental prog you have to toss in Happy The Man from the same era.

Too many to count. I think instrumental prog is really prog at its finest.

Number one not mentioned yet:
Dixie Dregs - What If

Recent additions to my collection worth checking out, again trying to hit on those not mentioned:

Abercrombie, John and Ralph Towner	Sargasso Sea
Metheny, Pat	New Chataqua
Hassell, Jon	Last night the moon came dropping its clothes on the street
Kuhn, Joachim	Springfever
Univers Zero	Implosion
Univers Zero	Uzed
Univers Zero	Clivages
Metheny, Pat	Orchestrion
Eno, Brian with Jon Hopkins & Leo Abrahams	Small Craft on a Milk Sea
Mono	Holy Ground: NYC Live
Frith, Fred	Eye To Ear III
Bjornstad/Darling/Rypdal/Christensen	Sea, The
Zorn, John	Dreamers, The
Ukab Maerd	Waiting Room, The
Zorn, John	O'o
Maserati	Pyramid Of The Sun

Edited by Slartibartfast - January 11 2012 at 08:13

Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...

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Posted: January 11 2012 at 10:55

my kinda thread!!!

Tortoise - s/t / Millions Now Living Will Never Die / TNT / Standards / It's All Around you / Beacons of Ancestorship
Supersilent - 4 / 5 / 6 / 8 (save for some wordless vocal mutterings here n' there)
Popol Vuh - Aguirre
Tangerine Dream - Alpha Centauri / Atem / Rubycon / Force Majeure / Tangram
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew / Tribute to Jack Johnson / Big Fun / Get Up With It
Ash Ra Tempel - s/t
Cosmic Jokers - s/t
Pelican - Australasia
Terje Rypdal - Odyssey / Waves
Herbie Hancock - Sextant
Isotope 217 - the Unstable Molecule / Utonian Automatic
Chicago Odense Ensemble - s/t
Activities of Dust - A New Mind
HIM - Sworn Eyes

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Posted: January 11 2012 at 11:03

a few more!!

Shadowfax - Shadowdance
Brise Glace - When In Vanitas
Kriedler - Weekend
To Rococo Rot - Veiculo
Tone Rec - Thugny Trugny / Pholcus
Ganger - Fore
Kraftwerk - 2
Ashra - New Age of Earth / Correlations

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Posted: January 11 2012 at 12:41

BAINBRIDGE, Dave

DICKSON, Mat

DiMEOLA, Al

ELEGANT SIMPLICITY

FUGATO ORCHESTRA

GROOVECTOR

HOSTSONATEN

LEBOWSKI

LYNNE,Bjorn

NIGHTALES

ODYSSICE

ONE SHOT

PHILLIPS, Anthony

PONTY, JL

PRIAM

PROGRESSION BY FAILURE

QUATERNA REQUIEM

RETURN to FOREVER

ROHMER

SANHEDRIN

SOLARIS

SKY

SUBMARINE SILENCE

SUNSCAPE

TAAL

The GIANT HOGWEED ORCHESTRA

The LENS

TRION

VARGA, Janos PROJECT

WILLOWGLASS

XANG

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Posted: January 11 2012 at 13:34

Hi,

Now we need some divisions for these things ...

Long cuts

Neo Cuts

Cross/Quasi Classical

Prog lookalike

Progressive lookalike

Soundtrack

Songs

Just songs

Even More songs

There ... the new subdivisions of this new genre. Instrumental ... what I don't get is how "instrumental" thinks it can be progressive ... Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze are already in the trash .... well to be fair, I did see a couple of TD's mentioned ... so that was cool.

The only two I would add ... not sure I noticed them, would be Klaus Schulze, Riuichi Sakamoto, Egberto Gismonti (early stuff specially) ... and countless ECM things ... at least one of which has been mentioned here ... Terje Rypdal.

Edited by moshkito - January 11 2012 at 13:36

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Posted: January 11 2012 at 18:43

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Dellinger wrote:

Those are just the ones I want to get, plus incantations, and perhaps Amarok (though that one isn't from the 70's). And perhaps Tubular Bells 3, just to complete the trilogy.

Incantations is excellent and in a similar style to Ommadawn & Hergest Ridge. Amarok is an very different album, very strange but delightful.

I'm hoping to get this bunch this year.

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Posted: January 11 2012 at 19:19

Planet X - Moonbabies

Ship of Fools - Close Your Eyes (And Forget The World) - some spoken word samples.

Dead Souls In The Rear View Mirror Hitch A Ride For A While..

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Posted: January 11 2012 at 20:45

Dammit, unless I missed no one has mentioned this:

Here's What If for you all:

Art Metal is very tasty

Edited by Slartibartfast - January 11 2012 at 21:26

Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...

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Posted: January 11 2012 at 22:04

No Godspeed yet? WAT?

Yanqui UXO

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Lift Your Skinny Fists...

also

Hella- Hold Your Horse Is.

Slint- Spiderland

Popol Vuh - hosanna mantra

f**k Buttons - Tarot Sport

The Field - From Here We Go Sublime

And finally, I can't remember if there are lyrics or not and i don't think there are but Boris - Flood is also on the list. AMAZING if you like some drone / sludge

What im listening to

SaltyJon

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