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Originally posted by moshkito moshkito wrote:

Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Ingeborg Schober's "Tanz der Lemminge" is a great book on Amon Düül II, although unfortunately probably only available in German.

Hi,

This pisses me off so much! Angry

And you're right to be pissed off. Sorry!
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I have a few:

The Progressive Rock Files - Jerry Lucky (first edition from 1998)
Billboard Guide to Progressive Music - Bradley Smith
The Music's all that matters - Paul Stump
Listening to the future - Bill Martin
Essential Mini-Guide Progressive Rock - Ronald Couture (founder of progarchives who unfortunately is no longer with us)
Rush Biography - Bill Banasiewicz
Yesstories: Yes in their own words - Tim Morse (also a prog musician who has a page on here for his music)


It's funny how there were about four or five that came out in the late 90's. Those books are probably good for content about the old days but I don't think most mentioned much about the contemporary prog scene at the time. There have been a few that came out in the past 10 years or so but I think it's time for some new prog books. Smile

Although I don't currently own it, I have read Close to the Edge by Chris Welch which was pretty good.



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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Henry Cow - The World Is A Problem

Aaallriiight, that is something of a statement! Wink
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Henry Cow - The World Is A Problem
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https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/
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Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Ingeborg Schober's "Tanz der Lemminge" is a great book on Amon Düül II, although unfortunately probably only available in German.

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This pisses me off so much! Angry
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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

What books about prog rock or artists would you recommend? Mine include.
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The Real Frank Zappa Book - Frank Zappa 
Bill Bruford: The Autobiography. Yes, King Crimson, Earthworks and More - Bill Bruford
Different Every Time: The Authorized Biography of Robert Wyatt - Marcus O'Dair
Lifting Shadows the Authorized Biography of Dream Theater - Rich Wilson
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Force Majeure - Edgar Froese
Maximum Darkness - Deke Leonard
No One Here Gets Out Alive - About Jim Morrison and The Doors
Marianne Faithfull - The Autobiography

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Ingeborg Schober's "Tanz der Lemminge" is a great book on Amon Düül II, although unfortunately probably only available in German.
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That is very interesting thread, Grumpy.

Here's my recommendations:

Edward Macan: Rocking the Classics: English Progressive Rock and the Counterculture. Oxford University Press 1997.

Paul Stump: The Music’s All that Matters: A History of Progressive Rock. Quartet Books 1997.

(this one can be quite a difficult reading)

Bill Martin: Listening to the Future: The time of progressive rock, 1968-1978. Open Court 1998.

(this one, written by a philosopher, might not be easy, either) 

Jerry Lucky: The Progressive Rock Files. Collector’s Guide Publishing 2000.

Charles Snider: The Strawberry Bricks Guide to Progressive Rock (2007)

Bradley Smith: The Billboard Guide to Progressive Music. Billboard Books 1997.

Kevin Holm-Hudson (edit.): Progressive Rock Reconsidered. Routledge 2002.

(this one might be less interesting)

Dag Erik Asbjørnsen: Scented Gardens Of the Mind. A guide to the golden era of progressive rock (1968-1980) in more than 20 European countries. Borderline Productions 2000.

Jazz-Rock. A History (1998) by Stuart Nicholson.



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What books about prog rock or artists would you recommend? Mine include.

The Real Frank Zappa Book - Frank Zappa 
Contents Under Pressure: 30 Years of Rush at Home and Away - Martin Popoff
Bill Bruford: The Autobiography. Yes, King Crimson, Earthworks and More - Bill Bruford
A Wizard a True Star: Todd Rundgren in the Studio - Paul Meyers
Different Every Time: The Authorized Biography of Robert Wyatt - Marcus O'Dair
Freak When Spoken To The Story of Freak Kitchen - Anastasia Jonsen
King's X: The Oral History - Greg Prato and Kings X
Not Dead Yet: The Memoir - Phil Collins
Soft Machine Out-Bloody-Rageous  - Graham Bennet
Genesis: Chapter and Verse - Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett, and Mike Rutherford with the help of Anthony Phillips
In the Court of King Crimson An Observation over Fifty Years - Sid Smith
Yes: Close to the Edge - Chris Welch
Lifting Shadows the Authorized Biography of Dream Theater - Rich Wilson





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