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Topic: Weirdest Albums Proggers Appear On
Posted By: Howard the Duck
Subject: Weirdest Albums Proggers Appear On
Date Posted: August 03 2019 at 14:21
What are some of the most random album appearances you've discovered?

I was surprised to find Bruford randomly appeared on a partially narrated album based on "Peter and the Wolf" with a number of other proggers, but only contributed a few snare hits to one track.

Also Robert Fripp randomly produced two albums by Irish vocal trio "The Roches" (I have one and it's pretty good - he adds a few nice guitar parts to several tracks).


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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: August 03 2019 at 14:24
Steve Howe on the title-track of  Frankie Goes to Hollywood's album Welcome to the Pleasuredome. The 13-minute-plus version is pure prog!


Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 03 2019 at 14:53
wasn't Robert Fripp session musician on a Blondie song?(I forgot the name) Embarrassed


Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: August 03 2019 at 14:57
^ Fade Away and Radiate (not you, I mean the name of the song from the Blondie album Parallel Lines...)


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Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: August 03 2019 at 15:20
Keith Emerson played on a Rod Stewart album, forget the name.

"E.H. in the UK" features jazz man Eddie Harris backed by an all-star group of Brits including most of early Yes, Ian Paice and others.

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Posted By: ForestFriend
Date Posted: August 03 2019 at 15:35
Magma bassist Jannick Top appeared as the bassist, arranger and musical director on a few Céline Dion releases.


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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: August 03 2019 at 16:32
Originally posted by Easy Money Easy Money wrote:

Keith Emerson played on a Rod Stewart album, forget the name.

"E.H. in the UK" features jazz man Eddie Harris backed by an all-star group of Brits including most of early Yes, Ian Paice and others.


The Rod Stewart album was An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down from 1969


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Posted By: patrickq
Date Posted: August 03 2019 at 17:26
Fripp produced and performed on Sacred Songs, the first Daryl Hall solo LP. May have co-written some of it too. Pretty good album, btw.


Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: August 03 2019 at 18:25
for a couple of concerts Peter Hammill teamed up with the Kronos Quartet, they would play their composition "The Music of Erich Zann" (the composer was actually John Geist) based on the story of the same name by famous horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Peter Hammill narrated the story (the words remained unchanged) and the Kronos Quartet played along. they performed this three times. this recording is from July 22nd 1994 at the Barbican Centre in London:

https://archive.org/details/PapersForTheBorderEpisode8" rel="nofollow - https://archive.org/details/PapersForTheBorderEpisode8

the event starts at 01:47:32


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Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: August 03 2019 at 18:39
Do you really mean "weirdest album" or rather "uncharacteristic of?"

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Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: August 03 2019 at 23:06
Tony Levin played with Paul MacCartney.


Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 04 2019 at 01:12
Jon Anderson did some vocals on a Toto song on their 1988 album The Seventh One.


Posted By: AlanB
Date Posted: August 04 2019 at 01:45
When I had a vinyl collection I had a number of albums by Contempory Christian Artists, one such was Only Visiting This Planet by Larry Norman. I was reading the liner notes whilst listening and I noticed that the bass guitarist on it was John Wetton.


Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 04 2019 at 01:52
Originally posted by Raff Raff wrote:

Steve Howe on the title-track of  Frankie Goes to Hollywood's album Welcome to the Pleasuredome. The 13-minute-plus version is pure prog!
 

Steve Howe also played on Propaganda's A Secret Wish ( Trevor Horn connection again)


Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: August 04 2019 at 06:49
Originally posted by AlanB AlanB wrote:

When I had a vinyl collection I had a number of albums by Contempory Christian Artists, one such was Only Visiting This Planet by Larry Norman. I was reading the liner notes whilst listening and I noticed that the bass guitarist on it was John Wetton.
 

Only Visiting This Planet by Larry Norman is great album.  Kind of cross between Neil Young and Dylan.  Excellent song writing.  






Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: August 04 2019 at 07:02
Originally posted by AlanB AlanB wrote:

When I had a vinyl collection I had a number of albums by Contempory Christian Artists, one such was Only Visiting This Planet by Larry Norman. I was reading the liner notes whilst listening and I noticed that the bass guitarist on it was John Wetton.

Is there anyone he never played with; he seems to be ubiquitous? He played with Family, Uriah Heep, Roxy Music, King Crimson, U.K., Wishbone Ash, Atoll, Quango, Renaissance, Phenomena, Brian Eno, Steve Hackett, Phil Manzanera, Eddie Jobson, Roger Chapman and more.


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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: August 04 2019 at 07:33
Originally posted by Raff Raff wrote:

Steve Howe on the title-track of  Frankie Goes to Hollywood's album Welcome to the Pleasuredome. The 13-minute-plus version is pure prog!

The whole first LP on both sides is all prog ... specially when played non-stop.

It's totally a beaut! Needs to be put on the stage with lots of dances and insanity, though!


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Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: August 04 2019 at 21:12
Originally posted by Howard the Duck Howard the Duck wrote:

What are some of the most random album appearances you've discovered?

I was surprised to find Bruford randomly appeared on a partially narrated album based on "Peter and the Wolf" with a number of other proggers, but only contributed a few snare hits to one track.

Also Robert Fripp randomly produced two albums by Irish vocal trio "The Roches" (I have one and it's pretty good - he adds a few nice guitar parts to several tracks).

The Roaches are an American group--specifcially I think New Jersey not Ireland. I know some of them.



Posted By: TheH
Date Posted: August 05 2019 at 06:17
Not a really a weird Album itself but the Folk/Singer Songerwriter debut Album by
"Colin Scot" was backed by a whole army of prominent Proggies:
 
Members of Genesis, Yes, VdGG, King Crimson, Rare Bird, Affinity, Lindisfarne, Brinsley Schwarz,
Renaissance and Spinal Tap (!) are singing and playing on this '71 Album.
Colin Scot - Guitar, Vocals
David Jackson - http://i.viglink.com/?key=62ef5333d396d8342190cf68631ced3a&insertId=882dcca7fa550770&type=S&exp=60%3ACI1C55A%3A3&libId=jyyccevc010027jz000DA4gxmxmit&loc=https%3A%2F%2Fforums.stevehoffman.tv%2Fthreads%2Fgenesis-yes-vdgg-fans-colin-scott-1971-lp-whats-the-story-here.427966%2F&v=1&iid=882dcca7fa550770&out=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fsearch%3Fie%3DUTF8%26camp%3D1789%26creative%3D9325%26index%3Delectronics%26keywords%3Dsaxophone%26linkCode%3Dur2&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.de%2Furl%3Fsa%3Dt%26rct%3Dj%26q%3D%26esrc%3Ds%26source%3Dweb%26cd%3D1%26ved%3D2ahUKEwjmnMLf1uvjAhVGPcAKHRGMApAQFjAAegQIABAB%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fforums.stevehoffman.tv%252Fthreads%252Fgenesis-yes-vdgg-fans-colin-scott-1971-lp-whats-the-story-here.427966%252F%26usg%3DAOvVaw2J0JGAhwtZTPL_JZISNjCN&title=Genesis%2C%20Yes%2C%20VDGG%20Fans%20-%20Colin%20Scott%201971%20LP.%20Whats%20the%20story%20here%3F!%20%7C%20Steve%20Hoffman%20Music%20Forums&txt=%3Cspan%3ESaxophone%3C%2Fspan%3E" rel="nofollow -


Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: August 05 2019 at 06:36
Pete Sinfield wrote the lyrics to "Land of Make Believe" by Bucks Fizz.


Posted By: TheH
Date Posted: August 05 2019 at 06:51
Cartsten Bohn the drummer of Frumpy and Carsten Bohns Bandstand composed hundred of
pieces of Background music for children audio dramas tapes.
 
Every child in Germany had some of those in the 70s/80s. And they are still famous here
and still sold on tapes.


Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: August 05 2019 at 07:27
^ Past members of Soft Machine and Tangerine Dream put out background and library music for companies etc.

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Posted By: Quinino
Date Posted: August 05 2019 at 08:41
Brian Eno played keyboards and contributed also with sound fx & vocals on

https://www.discogs.com/artist/78091-The-Neville-Brothers" rel="nofollow - The Neville Brothers ‎'s Yellow Moon  album from 1989



Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 05 2019 at 08:49
Robert Fripp played on a Daryl Hall album. Other than that I can't really think of specific albums off the top of my head.

Edit: Oh yeah, the members of Yes played on an album by jazz musician Eddie Henderson back in the mid 70's or so.


Posted By: Howard the Duck
Date Posted: August 05 2019 at 09:20
Originally posted by twosteves twosteves wrote:

Originally posted by Howard the Duck Howard the Duck wrote:

What are some of the most random album appearances you've discovered?

I was surprised to find Bruford randomly appeared on a partially narrated album based on "Peter and the Wolf" with a number of other proggers, but only contributed a few snare hits to one track.

Also Robert Fripp randomly produced two albums by Irish vocal trio "The Roches" (I have one and it's pretty good - he adds a few nice guitar parts to several tracks).

The Roaches are an American group--specifcially I think New Jersey not Ireland. I know some of them.

not sure if that was a joke but this is the trio I was referring to lol

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_On_Doing


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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 05 2019 at 10:38
Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:


Edit: Oh yeah, the members of Yes played on an album by jazz musician Eddie Henderson back in the mid 70's or so.

I stand corrected. It was Eddie Harris not Henderson and it was Alan White, Chris Squire and Tony Kaye who played on a few tracks on his E.H. in the UK album(which has rather poor ratings and reviews). Ian Paice, Boz Burrel and Jeff Beck(among others)also appear on the album.


Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: August 05 2019 at 10:48
Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Jon Anderson did some vocals on a Toto song on their 1988 album The Seventh One (Mushanga). 
Nope not that song, but Stoped Loving You , i know cauwe i have doctorate in Totolianisme. Also Miles Davies plays trumpet on the Lst track on "Farhenheit" album "Don't Stop Me Now".

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Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: August 05 2019 at 11:08
Laurie Wisefield of Wishbone Ash-fame became the touring-guitarist for Tina Turner.

Chuck Leavell of Allman Brothers and Sea Level-fame became a Rolling Stones-member.

Ken Hensley of Uriah Heep did a few albums with southern-native-american-rockband Blackfoot.

Genesis-singer Ray Wilson sang with eurotrance-dj Armin van Buuren (or at least appeared on some songs produced by Armin van Buuren).

Ian McDonald of King Crimson-fame was one of the founding members of poprock-group Foreigner (great band, but far from prog, I guess).

And check out the 550+ albums that Mel Collins (King Crimson, Cirkus, Camel, etc.) played on:  https://www.discogs.com/artist/18160-Mel-Collins?filter_anv=0&type=Credits" rel="nofollow - https://www.discogs.com/artist/18160-Mel-Collins?filter_anv=0&type=Credits


Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: August 05 2019 at 11:08
Prog and rock session keyboardist Rabbit plays on some well known reggae albums.

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Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: August 05 2019 at 11:10
Ian Anderson, Mel Collins, Rick Wakeman (but also Punk-legend Henry Rollins, Iggy Pop and ZZ-top' Billy Gibbons):

https://www.discogs.com/William-Shatner-Shatner-Claus-The-Christmas-Album/release/12709569" rel="nofollow - https://www.discogs.com/William-Shatner-Shatner-Claus-The-Christmas-Album/release/12709569


Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 05 2019 at 12:33
Speaking of Tina Turner, her one time keyboardist and saxophonist, Tim Cappello, played on the first two Peter Gabriel albums. I actually saw her in 1995 and remember that guy specifically because I thought it was unusual that someone who is an obvious body builder could be such a talented musician. Anyway, I also noticed that one of Tina's albums featured Trevor Rabin on guitars(and had a few tracks produced by that other Trevor). 


Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 05 2019 at 14:16
Originally posted by Kingsnake Kingsnake wrote:


Genesis-singer Ray Wilson sang with eurotrance-dj Armin van Buuren (or at least appeared on some songs produced by Armin van Buuren).


Armin just mixed one of Ray's songs (Another Day). Ray did the video with the DJ. 


Posted By: Howard the Duck
Date Posted: August 05 2019 at 15:25
also it's cool that Tina and the Ikettes did the backing vocals on Overnite Sensation


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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 05 2019 at 16:04
^Wow, I didn't know she was on any of his albums.

Anyway, I think the weirdest combination I can think of is Brian Eno appearing on Paul Simon's Surprise album. Was Eno supposed to be the surprise? LOL Very good album regardless though. 


Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: August 05 2019 at 21:13
The Roaches are an American group--specifcially I think New Jersey not Ireland. I know some of them.

not sure if that was a joke but this is the trio I was referring to lol

It's 3 sisters from New Jersey The Roches--(spelled it wrong) -known for their harmony--one is dead one is still touring with her daughter---shes the one I know---she had a child with Louden Wainwright III---the group has several good albums including a great Xmas album.



Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 05 2019 at 22:15
The Roches were folk/folk rock. I listened to a bit of them on youtube but don't really remember much about them. Not bad I suppose. Anyway, kind of uncharacteristic for Fripp but then again he jumped off the prog band wagon when it seemed like everyone else did for a while so it probably wasn't that much of a surprise either. He even eventually wound up marrying a woman who was much more of a new waver than a progger.


Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: August 05 2019 at 22:22
Billy Sherwood on a William Shatner album was fairly weird!

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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 05 2019 at 22:35
Originally posted by siLLy puPPy siLLy puPPy wrote:

Billy Sherwood on a William Shatner album was fairly weird!

True, but in this case it's almost difficult to know which one is contributing more to the weird factor. LOL Shatner is weird. We already know that. 


Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: August 05 2019 at 23:36
Originally posted by Manuel Manuel wrote:

Tony Levin played with Paul MacCartney.
 
And recorded with John Lennon.


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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: August 05 2019 at 23:39
Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Robert Fripp played on a Daryl Hall album. Other than that I can't really think of specific albums off the top of my head.

Edit: Oh yeah, the members of Yes played on an album by jazz musician Eddie Henderson back in the mid 70's or so.
 
And Hall sang on Fripp's Exposure album.


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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 05 2019 at 23:43
Originally posted by siLLy puPPy siLLy puPPy wrote:

Billy Sherwood on a William Shatner album was fairly weird!
 

Yep those albums are fun!


Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 05 2019 at 23:45
Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Pete Sinfield wrote the lyrics to "Land of Make Believe" by Bucks Fizz.
 

and it was a UK number one Tongue

he also wrote the lyrics for I Believe In Father Christmas (not Lake as is often mistakenly believed) and Closer To Believing
Smile



Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: August 05 2019 at 23:46
Ian Anderson played a guest spot on Mary Youngblood's album Feed the Fire.

Fripp backed up Howe on a version of Sleep Walk from Quantum Guitar.

Howe did a guest appearance on the title track of Queen's Innuendo, but I suppose that is common knowledge.

Ollie Halsall was one of the Rutles.




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Posted By: ForestFriend
Date Posted: August 06 2019 at 00:35
Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:


Edit: Oh yeah, the members of Yes played on an album by jazz musician Eddie Henderson back in the mid 70's or so.

I stand corrected. It was Eddie Harris not Henderson and it was Alan White, Chris Squire and Tony Kaye who played on a few tracks on his E.H. in the UK album(which has rather poor ratings and reviews). Ian Paice, Boz Burrel and Jeff Beck(among others)also appear on the album.


Curiously enough, when going to Discogs to track down the album (based off of your original post), I found another jazz (or jazzy) album with 3 Yes members (Howe, White and Anderson) from around the same time by Johnny Harris. Although it doesn't sound too far out of their comfort zone.




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Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: August 06 2019 at 02:20
I was pleasantly suprised to hear Ian Anderson play flute on Honeymoon Suite-song.
Also the keyboardist (Ray Coburn) of Honeymoon Suite was touring musician of popprogband Saga during the late 80's.

David Sancious (a fusion-keboardist/guitarist, not really prog) played with Bruce Springsteen and Sting.
Sting had a lot of fusion-musicians in his band.

Fusion-musicians tend to crossover much easier than progrock-musicians.
A lot of fusion-musicians did hip-hop, acid-jazz, jazzfunk, metal, etc.

Also Phil Collins (of Genesis-fame) played drums on Woman in Chains of Tears for Fears.

Another fun-crossover is the Ozric Tentacles playing a significant role in the completion of  https://www.discogs.com/Senser-Stacked-Up/master/21425" rel="nofollow - https://www.discogs.com/Senser-Stacked-Up/master/21425  (rapthrashacidjazzpsychrock)


Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: August 06 2019 at 02:36
^ Speaking of Ozric Tentacles, a couple band members split off to do the trance/techno group Eat Static.

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Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: August 06 2019 at 02:41
^ And don't forget ZubZub (more drum&bass, but also very techno-inspired).

Ozrics were closely related to a lot of psybient and psytrance bands like Ott, Entheogenic, Sphongle, etc.
Very great stuff, maybe some of those bands could be included as progressive electronic.

The link of progrock and electronic is more obvious than people realize.
The members of Hidria Spacefolk contributed to electronic albums. In Finland the different scenes are more interwoven.


Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: August 06 2019 at 02:50
True, and Fripp was part of that world via The Orb and FFWD, plus some other artists too.

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Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: August 06 2019 at 08:26
Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

The Roches were folk/folk rock. I listened to a bit of them on youtube but don't really remember much about them. Not bad I suppose. Anyway, kind of uncharacteristic for Fripp but then again he jumped off the prog band wagon when it seemed like everyone else did for a while so it probably wasn't that much of a surprise either. He even eventually wound up marrying a woman who was much more of a new waver than a progger.

I think Fripp may have been romantically involved briefly with one of the sisters which is why he worked with themSmile



Billy Sherwood on a William Shatner album was fairly weird!

True, but in this case it's almost difficult to know which one is contributing more to the weird factor. LOL Shatner is weird. We already know that. 

very true!! Seems Sherwood will appear anywhere LOL


Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: August 06 2019 at 08:53
 I almost forgot to mention the "The Deep End"-sessions by Gov't Mule.

Because of the death of founded bassist Allen Woody, they invited a multitude of bassplayers (and other guests) to play on 2 full lenght albums and a double live cd/dvd.

Some progsters that appeared on these albums were:

Chris Squire (Yes)
Roger Glover (Deep Purple)
Dave Schools (Widespread Panic)
Alphonso Johnson (Weather Report)
Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel etc.)
and a lot lot more (mostly jazz, funk, blues, jamband)


Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 06 2019 at 23:44
Originally posted by Icarium Icarium wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Jon Anderson did some vocals on a Toto song on their 1988 album The Seventh One (Mushanga). 
Nope not that song, but Stoped Loving You , i know cauwe i have doctorate in Totolianisme. Also Miles Davies plays trumpet on the Lst track on "Farhenheit" album "Don't Stop Me Now".

right, my bad Embarrassed


Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: August 13 2019 at 05:22
The legend that is Jem Godfrey of Frost* fame wrote some of Atomic Kitten's biggest hits...I kid you not


Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 13 2019 at 23:53
Originally posted by essexboyinwales essexboyinwales wrote:

The legend that is Jem Godfrey of Frost* fame wrote some of Atomic Kitten's biggest hits...I kid you not
 

I knew he had produced them.
According to Wiki they were founded by OMD members Stuart Kershaw and Andy McCluskey and their big hit was co written by all 3 plus a guy called Bill Padley. They were all nominated for the Ivor Novello award for excellence in song writing!


Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 13 2019 at 23:57
Did you also know that Jem worked with Gary Barlow on several songs including those for a Broadway musical? Wiki is a mine of interesting information!


Posted By: TheH
Date Posted: August 14 2019 at 08:46
^^
 
Also Gary Barlow was produced and backed on keys by Peter John Vettese of Jethro Tull.


Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: August 15 2019 at 09:20
And of course Take That's bassist is It Bites' very own Lee Pomeroy.....he was nearly close enough to call out to when we saw them in May!


Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: August 15 2019 at 10:34
Subtly weird, but David Gilmour played on the McCartney albums Give My Regards to Broad Street, Flowers in the Dirt, and Run Devil Run. He also appeared in McCartney's 1999 concert film shot at the Cavern Club along side Ian Paice.

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Posted By: Howard the Duck
Date Posted: August 21 2019 at 14:29
Also - I forgot to mention the three Joni Mitchell albums that Vinnie Colaiuta appeared on - Wild Things Run Fast, Dog Eat Dog and Night Ride Home.


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Posted By: Magmatt
Date Posted: August 22 2019 at 07:42
Rick Wakeman is credited on Sabbath Bloody Sabbath.
 


Posted By: Magmatt
Date Posted: August 22 2019 at 07:44
Jon anderson is background / featured vocals on a track by Gowan called 'Moonlight Desires' he also appears prominently in the video. Lawrence Gowan currently is with Styx.



Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: August 22 2019 at 07:46
Look up Gavin Harrison over Wikipedia
Quite the studio musician that has played with all kinds of artists..literally!

Then again a lot of the musicians we know from prog and fusion bands probably makes a living playing alongside big pop stars, when they aren’t involved in a feisty solo in front of a bearded crowd of 50

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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 22 2019 at 15:29
Originally posted by Magmatt Magmatt wrote:

Rick Wakeman is credited on Sabbath Bloody Sabbath.
 
 

Don Airey played on Never Say Die , perhaps not so strange as tends to me more associated with metal than prog although he can play as well as any prog keyboard player!


Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 28 2019 at 11:53
IF PA JRF counts, the weirdest in my collection is probably Space Jazz: The soundtrack of the book Battlefield Earth which features Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke. It's not strange that those Scientologists would appear on such an album, Return to Forever having Scientology themes (including in the same itself), but I find Scientology to be very strange and I do find the album itself strange.



Chick Corea was also involved with L. Ron Hubbard's The Road to Freedom album, and the, I'd say, Prog related artist Edgar Winter produced, arranged and performed on Hubbard's Mission Earth (released after LRH's death following details written out by LRH for the album). To the Stars is another Scientology album from the Chick Corea Elektric Band.


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Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: August 28 2019 at 12:13
^ I'm pretty sure Stanley is an ex-scientologist, not sure about Chick, but at least he does not mention it much anymore. Scientology is bad, very bad.

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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 28 2019 at 13:28
I've read before that Stanley Clarke left Scientology in the 80s, and was going to say that I'm fairly confident that he remains an ex-Scientologist, but I looked it up and now I'm not so sure. https://tonyortega.org/2018/08/16/stanley-clarke-turns-out-to-be-as-deep-into-scientology-as-we-feared-all-these-years-later/" rel="nofollow - https://tonyortega.org/2018/08/16/stanley-clarke-turns-out-to-be-as-deep-into-scientology-as-we-feared-all-these-years-later/    I think Corea is still a Scientologist, but maybe not so involved now.   In the late 90s he was still very involved.

And yes, Scientology is very bad (I got very into researching that org at one time). A while ago I went to a night market and they offered auditing there.

That said, this Scientology produced video is very entertaining in a creepy as f*** way:



Getting more off-topic, but the Dan Jones soundtrack for Louis Theroux's My Scientology Movie is a modern, if rather retro, fave of mine.

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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 28 2019 at 13:59
Originally posted by Easy Money Easy Money wrote:

^ I'm pretty sure Stanley is an ex-scientologist, not sure about Chick, but at least he does not mention it much anymore. Scientology is bad, very bad.

Chick Corea is still a scientologist. 


Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 28 2019 at 14:06
So who was worse L. Ron Hubbard or Ayn Rand? At least Ayn Rand influenced Rush. Tongue 


Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 28 2019 at 14:08
Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

So who was worse L. Ron Hubbard or Ayn Rand? At least Ayn Rand influenced Rush. Tongue 


Just for that, I'll give worst to Ayn Rand. ;)

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Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: August 28 2019 at 15:29
Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

"I've read before that Stanley Clarke left Scientology in the 80s," ...
Good thing, too. I saw that one documentary on the "religion" (can't remember its title) and got spooked pretty good.

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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 28 2019 at 15:37
Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

So who was worse L. Ron Hubbard or Ayn Rand? At least Ayn Rand influenced Rush. Tongue 


Just for that, I'll give worst to Ayn Rand. ;)

Don't blame me. Blame Rush. Wink


Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: August 28 2019 at 16:38
Originally posted by Easy Money Easy Money wrote:

^ Speaking of Ozric Tentacles, a couple band members split off to do the trance/techno group Eat Static.
 

Merv Pepler and Joie Hinton. Abduction was the best one. But none of it's aged well, unless you're really into that stuff.


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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: August 28 2019 at 17:06
Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

I've read before that Stanley Clarke left Scientology in the 80s, and was going to say that I'm fairly confident that he remains an ex-Scientologist, but I looked it up and now I'm not so sure. https://tonyortega.org/2018/08/16/stanley-clarke-turns-out-to-be-as-deep-into-scientology-as-we-feared-all-these-years-later/" rel="nofollow - https://tonyortega.org/2018/08/16/stanley-clarke-turns-out-to-be-as-deep-into-scientology-as-we-feared-all-these-years-later/

How disappointing. Confused

Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

I think Corea is still a Scientologist, but maybe not so involved now.   In the late 90s he was still very involved.
 

Corea certainly is. Other notable rock/prog/jazz musicians who are members of the CoS are Billy Sheehan and John Novello of Niacin, Mark Isham, Steve Miller and Edgar Winter. 


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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 13 2020 at 06:31
bump

nice thread, deserves a resurrection, any more stories of unexpected collaborations? 


Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: September 14 2020 at 08:34
NOt answering this thread's theme, but Mrs. Edith Fripp on her son's Exposure.

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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: September 14 2020 at 08:53
Hi,

I was thinking that Mel Collins might have a hard time remembering how many groups he has played with and how many albums!


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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: September 14 2020 at 09:01
Maybe someone could start a  thread called 'Rockers and Scientology'....

LOL


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Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: September 14 2020 at 10:11
Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Jon Anderson did some vocals on a Toto song on their 1988 album The Seventh One.
That same year, Anderson's In the City of Angels had Toto's Lukather, Paich, and the Porcaro brothers as supporting players.

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Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: September 14 2020 at 10:13
Originally posted by moshkito moshkito wrote:

Hi,

I was thinking that Mel Collins might have a hard time remembering how many groups he has played with and how many albums!
Come to think of it, Collins was on Tears for Fears The Hurting.

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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: September 14 2020 at 11:20
Originally posted by Rednight Rednight wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Jon Anderson did some vocals on a Toto song on their 1988 album The Seventh One.
That same year, Anderson's In the City of Angels had Toto's Lukather, Paich, and the Porcaro brothers as supporting players.
Funny enough, a couple of weeks ago I was listening to Spotify radio and they played Stop Loving You by Toto.  It was one of those songs that I knew I had heard before but I couldn't place who the artist was.  I was trying to figure out who it was when it was like "hey, I think that is Jon Anderson singing background vocals".  At which point, I thought it might be Toto.  I checked my Spotify playlist, and sure enough that is who it was.  

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Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: September 15 2020 at 09:52
Jon Anderson singing b vox on this wonderful Christian rock song "All I Need" by the band 4HIM:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9sNTGhvVjs&ab_channel=ChrisBurgess



Also, anybody ever heard Peter Gabriel's 1976 version of "Strawberry Fields Forever" from the album All this and World War II?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5T9ZW5gN7M&ab_channel=CthulhuWaitsDreaming






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Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: September 15 2020 at 11:22
^That same album with Gabriel had Bryan Ferry doing She's Leaving Home and Ambrosia performing Magical Mystery Tour, among others. Was supposedly such a stinker as a musical documentary that it was pulled from theaters after only two weeks.

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