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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

^ 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.


Welll Cos' Babel album has some real ugly disco beat. Cry
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I love everything about Babel, including the disco groove. It's one of my very favourite albums.
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Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

^ 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.

One can hardly go wrong with bands that feature albums with Roger Dean cover art.


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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

^ 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.


Welll Cos' Babel album has some real ugly disco beat. Cry
I’m only familiar with Viva Boma, and no disco beats there. Pure Canterbury bliss.
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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

^ 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.

One can hardly go wrong with bands that feature albums with Roger Dean cover art.
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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
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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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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

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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Re the U.S. underground scene of the early 70's, I'd like to mention also Bloodrock s/t album from 1970 :
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Originally posted by PROGSHOW PROGSHOW wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

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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Yeah? So. That could be any band from anywhere. Wink If you say it's from Woodstock though(which seems to be what you are implying)then I'll take your word for it. 
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Originally posted by PROGSHOW PROGSHOW wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

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). 
See my avatar picture.

Yeah? So. That could be any band from anywhere. Wink If you say it's from Woodstock though(which seems to be what you are implying)then I'll take your word for it. 
It's Quill's frontman Dan Cole on that picture from the Woodstock Festival.
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Originally posted by PROGSHOW PROGSHOW wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Originally posted by PROGSHOW PROGSHOW wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

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). 
See my avatar picture.

Yeah? So. That could be any band from anywhere. Wink If you say it's from Woodstock though(which seems to be what you are implying)then I'll take your word for it. 
It's Quill's frontman Dan Cole on that picture from the Woodstock Festival.

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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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 mentioned in this thread.
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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

Originally posted by Progosopher Progosopher wrote:

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. 

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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.


Well, Svettie (AKA Karlo) has been banned (again), so no-one will challenge this nowLOL

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
Guess I missed all the excitement with Karlo's posts.......LOL. 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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1970 was an excellent year! Maybe not as good as the following years but some favorite albums exist


Amon Düül II

Van der Graaf Generator







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JUST TO NAME A FEW!

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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

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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

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Maybe in the Serbian part of Yougoslavie, Svettie... But even in Croatia, Funkadelic was progressiveEvil Smile
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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!
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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.

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This would make a great playlist to shuffle in WinAmp.



Edited by Slartibartfast - April 27 2020 at 19:47
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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