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Poll Question: Please choose an album of these that you like if you like any of them.
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    Posted: July 03 2020 at 17:43
I have chosen 1978 studio albums (ergo no King Crimson, Van der Graaf Generator, Pink Floyd etc.) in PA Prog subgenres (so I excluded, say, Vangelis even if you or I think that he is Prog category worthy) that released the first studio album no later than 1970 (ergo no Rush, Clivage, Area, Nik Turner, Bubu etc.). Please feel free vote for one of them even if you only know and like that one. If you don't like any of them, I wouldn't bother voting for any of them even if you know it.

I was tempted to make an exception for Vangelis, but didn't. Do feel free to list an "other" if the band/artist is included in a PA Prog category, is from 1978, and had released at least one studio album in 1970 or earlier. And if it's a studio album that you like and think should be considered Prog, and it meets the "released an album no later than 1970" criterion, feel free to mention that too, but please try to vote for one from the list if you can and feel comfortable doing so. :)

As an added request, which is totally optional, please include one youtube video of your choice of one track that you like if possible (but NOT full studio albums as that is generally discouraged). The idea is to give people a taste of the music who might not know it.

I hope I made no errors or obvious omissions.

Amon Düül II - Only Human
Barclay James Harvest - XII
Camel - Breathless
Can - Out of Reach
Captain Beefheart - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)
Genesis - ...And Then There Were Three...
Gentle Giant - Giant for a Day
Gong - Expresso II
Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses
Kraftwerk - Die Mensch-Maschine (The Man-Machine)
Magma - Attahk
Missus Beastly - Space Guerilla
Ponty, Jean-Luc - Cosmic Messenger
Popol Vuh - Nosferatu: Brüder des Schattens - Söhne des Lichts or Nosferatu (On the Way to a Little Way)
Renaissance - A Song for All Seasons
Stivell, Alan - Journée à la maison
Tangerine Dream - Cyclone
Yes - Tormato
Zappa, Frank - Studio Tan

There are a number that I really like here, but I am in Attahk mode.



Edited by Logan - July 03 2020 at 17:44
Two tracks per many of my fave acts: A Youtube Playlist
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote King of Loss Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 03 2020 at 17:46
Renaissance - A song for all seasons is amazing. Up there with their greatest records.

Magma - Attahk is also amazing, along with Heavy Horses and Man-Machine, but it is Magma that will get my vote.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote micky Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 03 2020 at 18:14
giving my love the wonderful and much overlooked Popol Vuh and the even more overlooked Nosferatu album
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Braka1 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 03 2020 at 19:08
Voted Heavy Horse, but Shiny Beast was a contender.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote kenethlevine Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 03 2020 at 19:25
great year but anytime A Song for all Seasons is on a list it wins






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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote kenethlevine Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 03 2020 at 19:31
Other favorites from the list are Barclay James Harvest "XII" (their last great album sadly) and Camel "Breathless", Jethro Tull "Heavy Horses" (one of my faves by them), Tangerine Dream "Cyclone", and Alan Stivell "Journee a La Maison".

Strawbs "Deadlines" probably fits on this list but it's not at the level of any of the above or of their earlier work

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote Run Home Slow Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 03 2020 at 19:38
Would have voted for Studio Tan, but gave a chance to The Captain Smile


Edited by Run Home Slow - July 03 2020 at 19:38
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote dr wu23 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 03 2020 at 19:58
Tull...then Beefheart...after that .......?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Enchant X Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 03 2020 at 20:10
Heavy Horses Tongue
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Pretty clear victory for JT here. 
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Easy - Tull.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Cristi Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 04 2020 at 00:11
nice poll and a tough one, deserves some thought, will choose a bit later Smile
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Mirakaze Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 04 2020 at 00:38
I really love Studio Tan and Cosmic Messenger but I'm gonna have to go with And Then There Were Three
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote iluvmarillion Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 04 2020 at 00:48
Some good albums there but the one for me is the Renaissance, Song for all Seasons, which is one of their best.
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Far and away Tull.
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Genesis - And Then There Were Three

I would also have put ELP - Love Beach in the poll. It has a side long piece that is reasonably liked. There is some trash on it but it's not as bad as people like to think.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Lewian Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 04 2020 at 03:56
Fascinating choice. I find six albums that are very dear to me, Heavy Horses, A Song For All Seasons, Breathless, Cyclone, Expresso II, and Attahk. It's very very hard to make a decision, and I vote for Gong mainly because they don't have a vote yet, and as I have seen that album very rarely mentioned here, they may not get any further ones.

However I post a video from a different album in the selection, because people might not know this, and it is a crime to bury such a spectacularly good song on an otherwise rather underwhelming album.



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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Frenetic Zetetic Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 04 2020 at 03:59
Beefheart all the way.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote Meltdowner Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 04 2020 at 04:15
Many great choices but I went with Expresso II because I heard it last month. I actually listen to Moerlen's Gong way more often than the RGI trilogy.
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The orange SBB album from 1978 is really good
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