Prog Rock

[MrGongGong]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ys0HyevZpQg&t=2305s

not "Prog" really
BUT for full on Prog you need these folks who used to have a shop by Leicester station

http://home.btconnect.com/ultimathule/index.html

[Darkbloom]

Yes to - Purple, Led Zep, Yes....
Do Jethro Tull qualify....? Someone played me "Living in the Past" and I loved it....back then.

But back then, thanks to Radio 3 and a newly opened, fantastically well-stocked record library, I discovered something called "classical music" and sold off all those albums....

Do Zeppelin qualify as prog rock? I think they're as good as it gets but their influences (always a vexed question with them anyway, especially when it came to attribution) are more traditional blues/folk/rock than experimental.

[Beef Oven!]

Ah yes, thanks Lat. You've jogged my memory.

6) Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn

7) Genesis - Wind & Wuthering

[Beef Oven!]

Do Zeppelin qualify as prog rock? I think they're as good as it gets but their influences (always a vexed question with them anyway, especially when it came to attribution) are more traditional blues/folk/rock than experimental.

In my opinion Led Zep definitely not.

[cloughie]

My top choice is as always King Crimson:In the Court of the Crimson King, with Wake of Poseidon good but not quite as good copying similar ideas but Greg Lake’s departure disrupting the flow.
Then Moody Blues first few Deram albums In search of the lost chord, On the threshold of a dream and ‘To our children’s chlidren’s children’ and ‘Question of Balance’ their next few were OK but a bit repeat formula and possibly did not progress a lot thence.
Caravan’s Land of Grey and Pink’ is a favourite of mine.
Pink Floyd pre Dark Side saw a good prog development, ‘Ummagumma’ and the ‘Relics’ collection is good as are the ‘Nice Pair’ their first two albums. Jethro Tull ‘Stand Up’ shows the transition from Blues to Prog and I always think of Colosseum as a Prog Band ‘Those about to die..’ and ‘Valentyne Suite’ good examples. The boundaries in the late sixties were all over the place - pop evolved into rock. Blues, jazz, folk all came together. The key to what was prog, was from what was possible. Better amplification systems and the development of melletrons and moogs meant that bigger sounds were possible and orchestral sounds could be imitated. The evolution of the Beatles was part of Prog, Yardbirds, Deep Purple - the list goes on.

[cloughie]

In my opinion Led Zep definitely not.

Ask the question - did they progress rock music?

[Serial_Apologist]

All you had to do was list up to 10 good ones

( It's not like I'm going to ask difficult questions !!)

But thanks for your thoughts......

Kevin Ayers: Shooting at the Moon (1970)

Matching Mole (1972)

Hatfield and the North (1973)

Henry Cow: Nirvana for Mice (1973)

Robert Wyatt: Rock Bottom (1974)

King Crimson: Starless and Bible Black (1974)

Mike Oldfield: Hergest Ridge (1974)

Henry Cow: In praise of Learning (1975)

Bill Bruford: Sounds Good to Me (1977)

National Health: Of Queues and Cures (1978)

Phew! - that took some weeding out!

[Beef Oven!]

Ask the question - did they progress rock music?

that's not the definition of prog rock and I've already ruled that we are not getting into a definition

[Beef Oven!]

8) Camel - Music Inspired By The Snow Goose

[teamsaint]

that's not the definition of prog rock and I've already ruled that we are not getting into a definition

Thank Goodness for rules based entities.

Even I know that Zep and the Doors ( Lat , are you there?) aren’t prog.

For a start you need a big **** off stack of keyboards, and a drum kit that needs its own transit van.
As a minimum.

[Beef Oven!]

Thank Goodness for rules based entities.

Even I know that Zep and the Doors ( Lat , are you there?) aren’t prog.

For a start you need a big **** off stack of keyboards, and a drum kit that needs its own transit van.
As a minimum.

that lizard thingy that jm did was a bit proggy ... but I agree

[teamsaint]

that lizard thingy that jm did was a bit proggy ... but I agree

Dont know about Lizards. I think Lat referenced LA Woman..........

[BBMmk2]

I like Dream Theater, Yes, LED Zeppelin, The Gift, Life Signs etc.

[Beef Oven!]

9) Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) - Cook (Live in USA)

I bought this album in Italy in the year of its release 1974/5 (?)

[Lat-Literal]

Thank Goodness for rules based entities.

Even I know that Zep and the Doors ( Lat , are you there?) aren’t prog.

For a start you need a big **** off stack of keyboards, and a drum kit that needs its own transit van.
As a minimum.

I am still here, yes, but had to go out for a while so I am now catching up on the thread with interest.