rare prog from early 70s

[in_my_time_of_disease]

^Until recently I only knew Wolf City of Amon, but I have been heavily into them of late, Yeti is fantastic, the other two are pretty good as well.

 

[soundave]

Excellent! Yeah, I was scanning this thread again (what a resource), and came across Amon Duul II. Sounds really intriguing from what little I've heard so far.

 

[in_my_time_of_disease]

^Check out their first "Phallus Dei" and third "Tanz der Lemminge" as well, they are great as well. In fact their first 5 are all very good.

 

[d_cat]

So I decided to get:

Nektar - Remember the Future
Amon Duul II - Yeti


Haven't listened to any yet.... I'm hopeful!

I bought Nektar - Remember the Future on vinyl last November, still unplayed, my record collection and best stereo system remains in
storage after an enforced downsizing of my accomodations. :'(

Amon Duul II - Yeti...

Great album, did you get the Liberty vinyl issue?

Try to find "Dance of the Lemmings" and, Only Human,
great cover art on only human. imo

 

[soundave]

I bought Nektar - Remember the Future on vinyl last November, still unplayed, my record collection and best stereo system remains in
storage after an enforced downsizing of my accomodations. :'(

Amon Duul II - Yeti...

Great album, did you get the Liberty vinyl issue?

Try to find "Dance of the Lemmings" and, Only Human,
great cover art on only human. imo

Well, as I got the MP3 versions (I know, sacrilige...), I'm not sure. It's on Revisited Record/SPV. Sounds pretty damn good, actually. A lot richer recording than I imagined it would be.

I will definitely explore those other albums. I'm really in a mood to explore lots of older prog these days. I'm feeling kind of off most metal these days.

Remember the Future is more in line with A Tab in the Ocean, so more to my tastes than the psychedelically leaning Journey to the Centre of the Eye. I will continue to explore Nektar's catalog.

 

[FUBAR]

Just saw this documentary about British prog, its pretty cool, enjoy!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00g8tfv/Prog_Rock_Britannia_An_Observation_in_Three_Movements/

 

[Zarozinia]

Not yet mentioned (to the best of my knowledge and with help of the Search function) ....

Gypsy (esp "Antithesis")
Pavlov's Dog (warning: singer's voice is even more annoying than Geddy Lee's; decent music, though)

Two bands that were pretty popular in my hometown during the 70s. My dad was a huge fan of both bands...and of prog/art rock in general...so I had a pretty early intro to the genre

 

[isolation_years]

i love comus

first utturance is one of my top 5 albums of all time, i find a new reason to love it with every listen

 

[affinityband]

never got into nektar, also most prog is terrible, bar a few bands.

 

[Tubbs]

You should know by now that most of any genre is terrible!

Also just got some Uriah Heep, Eloy, Univers Zero, Nektar, Amon Duul II, Anglagard, Hawkwind, VDGG and plenty of Psychedelic bands, all recommended by one of my friends.

 

[Alteredmindeath]

Funny because I got a Nektar record for christmas "Remember the future", and I got Camels "Mirage".

 

[affinityband]

You should know by now that most of any genre is terrible!

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i agree. there are some amazing bands in the genre, like any genre.1

 

[Ozzloaf]

Did anyone mention Heir Apparent? hahaha

 

[Ozzloaf]

 

[Ozzloaf]

Nevermind, they're from the 80's. Still, that's obviously where Mike got the name from.

 

[isolation_years]

thats awesome

 

[Frodo's Bulk]

lol affinity you schmuck nektar dominates

 

[Wander]

Cool thread for finding some "new" good progressive music bands... I'm only familiar with the obvious one's to be honest. (Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull etc.)

 

[Bleakest Harvest]

Slightly off topic perhaps, since these guys aren't old, but they're reasonably obscure:

Diagonal

Absolutely fantastic amalgamation of everything that was great about 70s prog, they sound like a mix between Red/In the Court-era KC, Iron Butterfly, Pink Floyd amongst others. Definitely worth checking out. They ought to do for an old school prog revival what Witchcraft did for 60s/70s occult doom. You can listen to the entire album on the band's Last FM page I think. Just received my vinyl of their new album in the post today.

 

[soundave]

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