Best Prog Album of 1970
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Topic: Best Prog Album of 1970
Posted By: Rocktopus
Subject: Best Prog Album of 1970
Date Posted: September 01 2006 at 19:02
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Wow. I think this yearlist ended up pretty great as well. Only one album each allowed. That means no In the Wake of Poseidon, Burnt Weeny Sandwich, The Least we can do..., Not enough poll choices for, Yes, Gracious, Cressida, Pentangle, Third Ear Band, T2, Marsupilani and lots of proto prog. The first five poll choices are pretty much my own top five. So Magma wins this year, just ahead of VdGG. What is your favorite among these ten debuts and fourteen early entries? ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
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Posted By: Australian
Date Posted: September 01 2006 at 19:06
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Trespass first followed by H To He Who Am The Only One then Benefit . ------------- 
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Posted By: Open-Mind
Date Posted: September 01 2006 at 19:11
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I'll go with Atom Heart Mother
------------- "I'm on a roll, I'm on a roll this time, I feel my luck could change.. " |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: September 01 2006 at 19:46
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H to He, Who Am The Only One
------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: September 01 2006 at 20:09
------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Equality 7-2521 wrote:Posted By: Soul Dreamer
Date Posted: September 01 2006 at 20:21
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A lot of great albums in the list (just to name a few Trespass, H to He, John Barleycorn) but I have to go with "other" since 1970 for me is the year of
Deep Purple - In Rock ------------- To be the one who seeks so I may find .. (Metallica) |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: September 01 2006 at 20:26
 great album.. and wonder who seriously considers Trepass the best album of 1970 hahahELP - ELP hands down... best debut album in prog... from the opeing neo-classical salvo to the famous moog solo... ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: moonlapse
Date Posted: September 01 2006 at 20:29
| Yeti, followed by H to He. |
Posted By: Kleynan
Date Posted: September 01 2006 at 20:45
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Emerson, Lake & Palmer´s debut is their best album IMO. Can't believe it was made all the way back in '70... H to He and Atom Heart Mother come in at second. ------------- 
You've just had a heavy session of electroshock therapy, and you're more relaxed than you've been in weeks. |
Posted By: Progger
Date Posted: September 01 2006 at 20:59
ELP
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Posted By: Arrrghus
Date Posted: September 01 2006 at 21:00
Trespass is one of my favorite albums from one of my favorite bands.  ------------- 
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Posted By: dagrush
Date Posted: September 01 2006 at 21:03
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Note: The Polite Force was from 1971. Egg's debut was from 1970. Anyway, my pick is VDGG's third, closely followed by Magma's debut and Genesis's second. 1970 was a fantastic year for prog. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/omgwtfdagrush/"> 
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: September 01 2006 at 21:07
hahahha... I've been posting here too damn long... last time I visited the thread about 20 minutes ago.. ELP had 3 votes... nice to see you back Progger.... nice to see you still haven't learned the concept of ONE person... ONE vote hahahhaha that may explain why Trespass has any votes as well..  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: September 01 2006 at 21:12
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H To He Who Am The Only One gets my vote. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Terra Australis
Date Posted: September 01 2006 at 22:10
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Gentle Giant Followed by Tresspass & Lizard. ------------- Allomerus. Music with progressive intent. http://allomerus.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - http://allomerus.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: September 02 2006 at 00:51
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Copying myself from your other thread:
"1970 has two teams:
1970(a)
Van Der Graaf Generator -- The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other
Van Der Graaf Generator -- H To He, Who Am The Only One
King Crimson -- Lizard
Jethro Tull -- Benefit
Marsupilami -- Marsupilami
1970(b)
Gentle Giant -- Gentle Giant
East Of Eden -- SNAFU
Genesis -- Trespass
Pink Floyd -- Atom Heart Mother
King Crimson -- In The Wake Of Poseidon"...
Great year. Only 1971 was better, in my opinion.
Van der Graaf Generator H To He Who Am The Only One gets my vote here. |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: September 02 2006 at 00:53
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1970 1.
Trespass (Genesis) 2.
In And Out Of Focus (Focus) 3.
In The Wake Of Poseidon (King Crimson) 4.
Atom Heart Mother (Pink Floyd) 5.
H To He Who Am The Only One (Van Der Graaf
Generator) 6.
Benefit (Jethro Tull) 7.
Gentle Giant (Gentle Giant) 8.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Emerson, Lake &
Palmer) 9.
Time And A Word (Yes) 10.
The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other (Van Der
Graaf Generator) 11.
Lizard (King Crimson) 12.
Madcap Laughs (Syd Barrett) 13.
Electronic Meditation (Tangerine Dream) 14.
Music From The Body (with Ron Gieshing) (Roger
Waters) 15.
Daughter Of Time (Colloseum) 16.
Zabriskie Point (Pink Floyd) 17.
Barrett (Syd Barrett) 18.
Sex Power (Vangelis) ------------- 
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: September 02 2006 at 00:59
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Trespass.
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: MattiR
Date Posted: September 02 2006 at 04:43
| E L P !!!!!!!!!!! |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: September 02 2006 at 04:56
| H to He, Who Am the Only One gets my vote (though The Least We Can Do... is close aswell). Runner-ups include ELP's fabulous debut, Magma's equally fabulous debut and Trespass by Genesis. |
Posted By: Liquid Len
Date Posted: September 02 2006 at 05:06
 ------------- Can you tell me where my country lies? |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: September 02 2006 at 05:40
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Just as tough a choice than for 71.
I can only eliminate the Curved Air and the Quartermass albums.
I cannit seem to choose, so I will pass
These things (polls) get much easier by the mid-70's ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: September 02 2006 at 07:09
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/images/B000024E9F/ref=dp_image_text_0/202-2436305-9167049?ie=UTF8"> -------------  Prog Archives Tour Van 
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Posted By: bsurmano
Date Posted: September 02 2006 at 07:13
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Benefit, followed by Lizard and Atom Heart Mother. ------------- 'Sundown,yellow moon, I replay the past I know every scene by heart, they all went by so fast..... Either I'm too sensitive or else I'm gettin' soft.' Bob Dylan |
Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: September 02 2006 at 07:27
Its hard yes, but I'm currently obsessed with Magmas debut. Must have played it ca. 25-30 times the last three or four months. That's almost a full working week! My top three of this year are in my alltime top 20. You'd remove this years Curved Air album too? Their debut is not flawless, but still wonderful imo. Quartemass is the only album I haven't heard. I just noticed it being a quite popular release. ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: September 02 2006 at 07:38
that's 5 clappies for you....that album has worked it's way into my top 10 alltime fav prog ablums.. love it ..love it ....love it.... ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: September 02 2006 at 09:50
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Same here Mickey, you deserve five clappies yourself. It took me longer to get into than the rest of their string of classics releases '70-78, but now its passed all the other Magmalbums and straigt into my top five, where there's rarely any action at all. And don't you just love Teddy Lasry's beautiful fluteplaying? ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: Penumbra
Date Posted: September 02 2006 at 13:04
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Oh my, this is very hard... I'm gravitating between Lizard and Trespass. The rest are just junk to me, sorry! .......................................... I am stuck.... Trespass is often beautiful, but Lizard's complexity and fun structures make my go crazy! Lizard it is. ------------- The Holy Trinity of Symphonic Progressive Rock 
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Posted By: Yukorin
Date Posted: September 02 2006 at 13:29
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Posted By: fuxi
Date Posted: September 02 2006 at 15:17
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Not an easy choice.
The first ELP album is wonderful, and BENEFIT is one of my favourite Tull albums. But Caravan's IF I COULD DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN... is proggier than either of these. It also sounds far more imaginative than Genesis' TRESPASS, which I find really boring (apart from 'The Knife'). So Caravan gets my vote. But wait a sec! Wasn't YES ALBUM released in 1970? One of the most brilliant prog albums of all time! Never mind, I think I'll stick with Caravan, hoping that some readers still new to them might check them out... |
Posted By: carlo394
Date Posted: September 02 2006 at 15:53
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elp, elp, elp!
a great album of all progressive rock, the best debut of a progressive rock band....
 incredible!  in 1970!!!------------- ELP!!!!!!!! -----------------------------Excuse me for the ungrammatical, I'm not English! |
Posted By: mother_gong
Date Posted: September 02 2006 at 16:22
Atomic rooster - atomic rooster ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/mother_gong/?chartstyle=sideGrey"> 
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[2.70%]Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: September 02 2006 at 20:31
What? You're wrong, and you will find out eventually. Then you can be sorry for having called 22 of the strongest prog releases from 1970, junk. ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: September 02 2006 at 20:55
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I'll vote for Soft Machine's Third. One monster of an album.
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: September 02 2006 at 21:20
consider yourself awarded the '5 clappie with oak leaves' for that post
sir hahahha. I'm sure Penumbra was just making a point of
comparison that, compared to Lizard and ...what....
Trespass -> (hahahahha) the rest sound like junk. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: M. B. Zapelini
Date Posted: September 03 2006 at 07:23
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Though choice, but my vote goes to "H to He..." ------------- "He's a man of the past and one of the present" PETER HAMMILL |
Posted By: Negru Voda
Date Posted: September 03 2006 at 14:28
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Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: September 03 2006 at 14:45
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notsotough for me, THIRD!
------------- "Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression." -Merleau-Ponty |
Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Date Posted: September 03 2006 at 15:11
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QUATERMASS ------------- 
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Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: September 03 2006 at 15:16
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Kobaïa from Magma for me.
though Yeti from Amon Düül doesn't trail far behind ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: September 04 2006 at 11:02
Actually I must say I should re-listen to that one because most us Kobaians point to MDK, 1001 or Kontarkhosz ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Penumbra
Date Posted: September 04 2006 at 11:53
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Hello, I am back again after remembering my apparently idiotic post! Thanks to Yukorin for imagining that my decision to call 22 albums "junk" stemmed from alcohol consumption or perhaps glue inhalation. I still stick to my statement though! I apologized to Yukorin, but I cannot repeal my statement! ELP's debut bores me to death; VdGG's release doesn't stun me; Gentle Giant's Gentle Giant is not for me; Third ticks me off for some unknown reason; and Atom Heart Mother is nothing special. I will most likely change my opinion in a few months time when I have been able to acquire all 26 albums. Don't get your knickers in a twist, please! ------------- The Holy Trinity of Symphonic Progressive Rock
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: September 04 2006 at 13:25
All Great Albums! But i only own ELP
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: September 04 2006 at 16:14
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Magma for me... However, 1970, though a very important and formative year for prog, is not a favourite prog album year. |
Posted By: Forkface
Date Posted: September 12 2006 at 14:29
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AMON DUUL II - YETI
One of their best IMHO.
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Posted By: k_crimson
Date Posted: September 12 2006 at 16:47
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KC Lizard. One of the greatest choruses of all time. Catchy from the first time you hear it and the rest of the album just gets better.
Wake your reason's hollow vote Wear your blizzard season coat Burn a bridge and burn a boat Stake a Lizard by the throat. ------------- "the wall on which the prophets wrote is cracking at the seams." |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: September 12 2006 at 18:32
just noticed this Hugues... well on re-listen.. .what sayeth thee.... Kohntarkhosz was the the longest time my favorite Magma album and still love it however .... Kobaia has bushwacked it so to speak hahahha. Then again, what do I konw, I've never been inducted into the elite fraternal order of Kobaians either... I always figured it was because I was a bit too... odd.. too be Kobaian..  Oh well... let me know what a fresh listen did for you...------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: September 12 2006 at 21:16
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Another good list. "H to He" just barely edges out the other contenders. Only because I happen to be listening to that more right now. "Magma (Kobaïa)" is right behind, with "John Barleycorn Must Die" in third.
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Posted By: shanocles
Date Posted: September 12 2006 at 21:45
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has to be ELP - ELP for me. why? just listen to 'The Barbarian' again and you'll agree aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrggggggghhhhhhhhhhh. this song has passion man! palmer is seriously fast with those brushes in the second section! ------------- if left is wrong i don't wanna be right... 
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Posted By: Taril
Date Posted: September 12 2006 at 22:56
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1.Genesis - Tresspass 2.Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother Most of the rest I honestly cant say ive listened to. So those are my top, and only two of 1970. ------------- Bright Ambassadors of Morning |
Posted By: yesfan88
Date Posted: September 13 2006 at 21:58
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I don't know, I'm between Trespass and Atom Heart Mother. I think I'll go with Trespass, as I listen to it more often. I love Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast though, at least partially due to the name of the song. ------------- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"- Evelyn Beatrice Hall |
Posted By: superprog
Date Posted: September 14 2006 at 01:37
| Tangerine Dream's Electronic Meditation is one seriously brain-fried piece of work!!! painful upon first encounter but reveals wonders w subsequent listens........ |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: September 14 2006 at 11:06
This thread must've been posted while I was away... So many fantastic albums (quite a few of my 5-starred favs too), but my vote also went to the wonderful, self-titled ELP debut. It can boast of one of the best opening tracks ever, the immensely powerful, Hammond-driven "The Barbarian" , as well as the lovely, wistful "Take a Pebble".Other than that, out of this list I'd also mention Caravan's impossibly long-titled second album,Soft Machine's "Third", High Tide's self-titled second album, and Traffic's marvellous "John Barleycorn..". And of course I agree 100% on the monumental "In Rock"...  |
Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: September 14 2006 at 11:29
| Lizard, followed closely by ELP's debut. |
Posted By: Aerandir
Date Posted: September 14 2006 at 15:55
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Caravan ;)
------------- That which doesn't kill you, postpones the inevitable |
Posted By: babydoctor
Date Posted: September 14 2006 at 19:44
| Trying to decide between H to He..., Lizard, and Atom Heart Mother. |
Posted By: Tyrant
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 14:08
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I voted Third.
My top 10 prog albums from this year would look something like this:
1. Third
2. Trespass
3. Atom Heart Mother
4. H To He Who Am The Only One
5. In The Wake Of Poseidon
6. Weasels Ripped My Flesh
7. John Barleycorn Must Die
8. Yeti
9. Deep Purple In Rock (if that's actually a prog album)
10. ELP
However, the two last ones could easily have been exchanged for If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You and Lizard.
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Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 14:09
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FZ's "Weasels..." but VDGG's and Floyd's efforts are close. ------------- Beauty will save the world. 
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Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 14:27
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Genesis - Trespass
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant ------------- In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 22:25
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Lizard man...what a monster album, so ahead of it´s time
------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 22:30
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ELP even though I really need to hear John Barleycorn -------------  <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: oracus
Date Posted: January 25 2007 at 04:27
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It's a tough call, but i choose Magma's Kobaia. It's just the best albums of that year ------------- 
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Posted By: lovecraft
Date Posted: January 25 2007 at 05:53
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[QUOTE=fuxi]But wait a sec! Wasn't YES ALBUM released in 1970? One of the most brilliant prog albums of all time! QUOTE]
Nope, 1971.
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Posted By: Mlaen
Date Posted: January 25 2007 at 12:43
| Deep Purple in Rock |
Posted By: Forkface
Date Posted: January 28 2007 at 14:18
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Jethro Tull's BENEFIT Amon Duul II's YETI a close second. |
Posted By: polyrythmic
Date Posted: January 28 2007 at 23:30
| Caravan get my vote. |