National 70's Prog appreciation thread

[Astral Poetry]

Quintessential recordings:

King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King, Red
Yes - Close To The Edge, Relayer (personal favorite), Tales From Topographic Oceans
Gentle Giant - Acquiring The Taste, Octopus (obscure medieval/chamber prog)
Genesis - Selling England By The Pound, Foxtrot

 

[Helm]

Univers Zero - Heresie
lots of Magma
Van Der Graaf Generator - Still Life

 

[NAD]

King Crimson - Lizard, Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Starless and Bible Black, Red

 

[IanDork107]

Quintessential recordings:

King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King, Red
Yes - Close To The Edge, Relayer (personal favorite), Tales From Topographic Oceans

Add Fragile by Yes, Moonmadness, The Snow Goose and Mirage by Camel, and Photos of Ghosts by PFM, and we've got a kickass list.

 

[Astral Poetry]

Oh frizzle! I left off Camel!

 

[Sandfire]

Comus - First Utterances (I see shades of them in Cerberus Shoal, methinks)

 

[Autumn Falls]

I am VERY glad to see that Still Life by VDGG is on this list. By far one of the best albums from the seventies...

I'll throw a few in off the top of me head.

Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar
Hatfield and the North - The Rotter's Club
Can - Tago Mago
Henry Cow - Unrest
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play

And how could you say Genesis and not Lamb Lies Down on Broadway? One of the BEST albums ever. In my opinion of course.

Brandon

 

[goatschool]

someone tell me about dantalion's chariot, beyond the police guy being innit?

 

[lizard]

Caravan.

 

[mindspell]

Rush - 2112, Farewell to Kings, Hemisphere,
Soft Machine - I, II, III and IV
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Strawbs - Grave New World, Nomadness

In a slightly different approach:
Return to Forever- everything they have done
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Inner Mounting Flame