Canterbury Scene 1972
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Topic: Canterbury Scene 1972
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: Canterbury Scene 1972
Date Posted: November 08 2022 at 02:09
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When it comes to the best Canterbury Scene music, I think you'll agree the year 1972 is Better by Far!   1972: Kevin Ayers - Whatever She Brings We Sing - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lI1C8TC3_q4tdBovWYyph6LVdcWNmg1gs" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lI1C8TC3_q4tdBovWYyph6LVdcWNmg1gs 1972: Caravan - Waterloo Lily - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l3xXCT-ovmKtcWTz4bqdMKNK4ZooG0ikg" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l3xXCT-ovmKtcWTz4bqdMKNK4ZooG0ikg  1972: Daevid Allen's Gong - Continental Circus - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEJTHVyRO1Q" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEJTHVyRO1Q  1972: Nicholas Greenwood - Cold Cuts - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdWP9qeM8_0" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdWP9qeM8_0 1972: Gringo - Gringo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arNxFcI1lv8" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arNxFcI1lv8 1972: Hugh Hopper - 1984 1972: Khan - Space Shanty - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivdjh-qqDKo" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivdjh-qqDKo  1972: Matching Mole - Matching Mole - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLky8Mxrvk-585VPbIQb9EGLUarvnkDZL9" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLky8Mxrvk-585VPbIQb9EGLUarvnkDZL9 1972: Matching Mole - Little Red Record - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDVQWtIbOPo" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDVQWtIbOPo 1972: Moving Gelatine Plates - The World of Genius Hans - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxQXUSw3nOI" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxQXUSw3nOI 1972: Pantheon - Orion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSaaCDBYF3M" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSaaCDBYF3M 1972: Soft Machine - Fifth - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lsx4E8VoKv4YakLs2237xgs" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lsx4E8VoKv4YakLs2237xgs 1972: Supersister - Pudding en Gisteren - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwzcBzD-SsM" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwzcBzD-SsM |
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Posted By: VianaProghead
Date Posted: November 08 2022 at 02:27
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Khan - Space Shanty. ------------- "PROG IS MY FERRARI". Jem Godfrey (Frost*) |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: November 08 2022 at 02:55
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LLR ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: November 08 2022 at 04:35
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Kevin Ayers, just before Khan. ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: Gentle and Giant
Date Posted: November 08 2022 at 05:34
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Space Shanty > Little Red Record ------------- Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: November 08 2022 at 06:18
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Seems Canterbury peaked in 1971, but blenty of gems from this year as well. The World of Genius Hans over Pudding en Gisteren and Fifth. Matching Mole, Continental Circus and Waterloo Lily are nice as well.
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: November 08 2022 at 06:28
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I'm going with Little Red Record over Pudding en Gisteren and The World of Genius Hans. Also very into the Matching Mole self-titled and Khan's album. All of those have been favourites of mine. Paul, I would have expected you to at least somewhat prefer Matching Mole's self-titled to Little Red Record. Maybe you do, those star ratings are quite blunt tools -- lacking the nuances that can be expressed in reviews, of course, and some would say having scale of 1 to 10, or 1 to 100..... as for best year, I don't know. All of the classic Canterbury Scene years have albums that I love, and quite a few of the non-classic years when it comes to Canterbury Sound. ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 08 2022 at 06:42
Sorry, I'm just not a fan of Matching Mole. I listened to both albums in their entirety sometime ago, despite wanting to bury my head in the ground, and on a scale of 1 to 10, I give both albums a matching mole score of 3 out of 10, or 4 out of 10 (at most) if I'm being generous.  I realised our musical tastes are at opposite ends of the prog spectrum when you said you liked the music of Current 93.
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Logan wrote:Posted By: Rick1
Date Posted: November 08 2022 at 07:00
| I have been listening to Fifth only recently and it's still excellent despite the departure of Wyatt. It was tough choice deciding between this and Matching Mole's debut. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: November 08 2022 at 07:06
I didn't mean you would or should like either of those albums, and it bothers me naught if you dislike them, I just thought that the self-titled would score a little higher for you, or put another way Little Red Record would score even lower than it. When it comes to some music we are at opposite ends of the spectrum as I see it, but looking at it another way, I love Khan's Space Shanty and would give it a five. You gave it a five. I have expressed my love for Xanadu, not the Rush song, as have you. I have thought we are polar opposites in our tastes for some music, but also share a lot of the same likes. That said, I tend to look more for the commonalities than the differences with people and things. Like with politics, we share some things in common and not other big things. I do notice the differences of course, but maybe I am being too liberal, , when it comes to the similarities. I am not into the AOR kind of stuff you are, and you aren't into the weird, melancholy/ "depressing" and "potentially disturbing" stuff I am into.------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 08 2022 at 07:14
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^ Well, at least we share commonality in both loving Khan's Space Shanty album and I would give it a full 10 out of 10. Regarding the weird and disturbing stuff, I also like Comus, Dead Can Dance, Karda Estra & Paul Roland, so we share some commonalities there too.
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: November 08 2022 at 08:13
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Moving Gelatine Plates > Khan, Matching Mole, Soft Machine ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: November 08 2022 at 08:32
Oh sure. It wasn't very thought through. 1974 has You and Rock Bottom, Postaeolian Train Robbery, Shamal and The Civil Surface... that's pretty soectacular. Also 1976 Viva Bomba + Picchio Da Pozzo and then there's National Health...
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: November 08 2022 at 08:46
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 08 2022 at 09:09
My fanboyism isn't only limited to Mostly Autumn. I've also gone overboard with 5-star ratings for Camel, Magenta & Renaissance too. I tried listening to four albums by Swans, but they're just not my cup of tea, and I'd guess I probably wouldn't like Art Zoyd either. I much prefer listening to Swan Lake anytime.. |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: November 08 2022 at 09:49
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 08 2022 at 09:56
I only blabbered on about Swans again because you happened to mention them.
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Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: November 08 2022 at 13:15
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Matching Mole - Little Red Record ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: November 10 2022 at 15:59
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Matching Mole’s 1st ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: November 11 2022 at 05:32
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follow here the majority too Khan - Space Shanty ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 11 2022 at 09:04
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Number of albums owned in this poll:- 1 (Caravan) Number of albums heard for the first time this week:- 4 (Nicholas Greenwood; Gringo; Hugh Hopper; Moving Gelatine Plates) Voted for:- Khan
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: November 11 2022 at 09:07
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 11 2022 at 09:32
I heard it first on my Dutch Prog Blog about a year ago. I hope you like it as much as I did. Happy hunting!  |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: November 11 2022 at 16:10
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Khan ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: November 13 2022 at 05:19
| I can't quote, but I might just agree that Pantheon - Orion is worthy of a five star. Gorgeous album. Very cozy 1970's, swedish-sounding - if that makes any sense. |
Posted By: rik wilson
Date Posted: November 16 2022 at 13:50
| Matching Mole-Little Red Record- an all time favorite. |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: November 16 2022 at 18:04
That was love at first listen for me, I believe I gave it 4 stars but it should be more known. Matching Mole's debut is my vote with Space Shanty right beside it. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: January 08 2024 at 06:38
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1972: A great year for Canterbury Scene music and for Progressive Rock generally. Forget Caravan and Soft Machine (at least in this poll). Try Gringo, Khan, Pantheon & Nicholas Greenwood. They're all brilliant, just like Christmas! |
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: January 08 2024 at 06:56
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Khan - Space Shanty Caravan - Waterloo Lily Matching Mole - Matching Mole Soft Machine - Fifth
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