The writing and keys Keith Emerson creates in Endless Enigma is other worldly. You can’t describe it. I’ve prob said it before here somewhere and getting forgetful so prob will again, it always makes me cry with pure emotion. He really knows how to do that. Plus everything else. I assume you’ve seen the vid of him composing it live in his big barn that got burned down on you tube? Yes of course you have, pure magic.
When talking about Yes you hinted that Rick Wakeman was less serious than the rest of the band. His books "Grumpy Old Rockstar" and "Further Adventures of a Grumpy Old Rockstar" are hilarious and well worth a read.
Great choices Andy - especially Trilogy, Going for the One and Trick of the Tail - I'm pleased you mentioned it as being one of IQ's favourites as I always thought the interplay between the Martin and Mike on keyboards and guitar at their soaring best was reminiscent of the playing on this album. In fact I think I remember IQ covering Robbery, Assault and Battery on a bootleg I had of them in early 80s. Joyful stuff.
I have to agree with trick of the tail. Over time, I think their best work is the post-Gabriel pre-80s shlock stuff. Dare I say …and then there were three… is my favorite.
All Rush albums had ancient lyrics that were indeed written by prog scribes and then beamed down to Sir Peart and translated from ancient tongues by Ayn Rand so that we may know of the Panacea and understand the caress of steel the king felt when Bastille Day got its start. But to be in a small city in the shadow of the Great Smoky Mountains and to witness the 2112 album complete with the accompanying backstory the size of an IMAX screen was definitely a wonderful reason to share Colombian Gold with a few thousand of your equally stoned new found friends as we all discovered music while Alex tuned his guitar. But he actually didn’t because that was missing from the set list for some reason. Check the All the Worlds A Stage live album and it’s not there either.
I got as far as Gong, paused, went and listened to the Radio Gnome Invisible trilogy for the first time, then listened again, then read and watched everything I could find about this period of Gong, became a huge fan, then returned to this video and watched the rest. Thanks Andy!
Hatfield and the North debut Magma - Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh Ange - Le Cimetière des arlequins Matching Mole's Little Red Record Manfred Mann's Earth Band -Nightingales & Bombers Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother Area debut Henry Cow - LegEnd Steve Hillage - L King Crimson - Red
Very true. Tommy really got behind Yes' Drama album, and I recently discovered he was spot-on. It's a brilliant album. He was a champion of prog rock, but also very much other kinds of rock. Gillan was a band he played a lot - they were a kind of punky AND proggy take on the Deep Purple sound. Tommy Vance was also a nice guy. I got through to the show once when he was filling in for Fluff, and we had a great chat which he mentioned after the session. RiP Tommy and Fluff.
@@BlueBlazer47 The very first Friday Rock Show was a two hour live performance from Yes, which came as a shock to me tuning in for John Peel. Gillan was a band I particularly loved, I've actually been listening to them quite a lot recently. I thought they were the most interesting band to come out of Deep Purple. I still have a box of tapes somewhere with concerts recorded from Tommy Vance's and Fluff's shows.
A Trick of the Tail was the first Genesis album I ever heard. Genesis became my favorite band and Trick of the Tail, to this day, is my favorite musical album - period....dont even have to ponder..... Love your channel.
Andy Edwards message to all youtube channels, "video editing is for suckers!!!" Or maybe, just maybe, Andy has a genius way of commenting on how a lot of ProgRock albums meander around in an elliptical manner that eventually drives many people crazy?
My favorites (in no particular order) 1) Rush - A Farewell To Kings 2) Rush - Hemispheres 3) Yes - The Yes Album 4) Yes - Fragile 5) King Crimson - In The Court of the Crimson King 6) King Crimson - Red 7) Genesis - Selling England By The Pound 8) Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 9) Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon 10) Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here I mean, it's not an original list. Not a single deep cut among them. But it's a true list.
Have you heard 'The Myths & Legends of Merton Womble and his Journey To The Centre of the Earth'? Think I'm joking? ruclips.net/video/MXBA2hAj-EU/видео.html
I love this channel and I literally can't stand most of the music Andy talks about. Lord knows I've tried, just can't do it. Still, the music history is really interesting and Andy is so damn entertaining.
Same. A friend of mine keeps recommending songs by Zappa, Holdsworth etc. I politely listen to them all the way through, only to have my utter dislike of jazz rock/fusion reinforced 😄
The Rotters' Club is also a novel by Jonathan Coe. It's a beautiful book a sort of coming of age story about a group of friends. At one point in the story the boys taste changes from prog rock to punk. Coe knows a lot about music. It' also very funny.
Greg Lake stated once that Trilogy was their most representative album. Brain Salad Surgery, in part due to its' savvy sequencing, still blows my mind though. My #1
My Top Ten but Only One From Each Artist: 1) Porcupine Tree: Fear of the Black Planet. 2) Steven Wilson: Hand.Cannot.Erase. 3) Yes: Close to the Edge. 4) Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. 5) King Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson King. 6) Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick. 7) Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon. 8) Traffic: The Low Spark of a High Heeled Boys. 9) ELP: ELP. 10) Riverside: Love Fear and the Time Machine.
Really good list...I had the good fortune of seeing Genesis (with Peter Gabriel) perform The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway- I remember that as being one of the three best concerts that I've ever seen. The second was Pink Floyd performing the Dark Side of the Moon. The third was interestingly enough, Roxy Music- early. I think it was Country Life that they were supporting. This period, IMHO, was rock as a highly developed art form. Early Tull was also incredible- This Was, Stand Up, and Benefit were tremendous albums as well. My choice for Traffic was John Barelycorn, Winwood's songwriting is absolutely brilliant. Have to check out Porcupine Tree, don't know their music very well. Early Soft Machine also was brilliant- especially their work with Kevin Ayers.
Good list (of the 6 I know-gotta check out the other 4). Personally I have a soft spot for “Wish you Were Here” : “did you trade a walk in part in a war, for a lead role in a cage”
God, I SO disagree with you about Yes. First off, I simply could never accept that the greatest Yes album wasn't a Bruford era work. And, although choosing between the Yes Album, Fragile, and Close is pretty painful, ultimately, I HAS to be Close, as it's so clearly their most virtuosic album, while also containing their most memorable extended compositions. It's the album that best defines Yes' music, and is as good an exemplar of what prog is all about as any. I really wonder why you deny it that distinction each time out?
Interesting Fact: The last 15 seconds of Trilogy was used during the late 70's early 80's as the theme music for NZBC's 6 O'Clock News. Of course most Kiwis have no idea who Emerson Lake and Palmer were.
That's so funny! One of the local news channels in Norfolk,Va. used the last bit from "Living Sin' as their news intro. I forget which years, but was at least '74-'75.
Fripp Exposure has so many guys on it Peter Gabriel, Terry Roche Vocal, Fripp produced The ROCHES hit debut album, folk, a cappella and a little Fripptronics.
When it comes to prog I'm pretty mainstream. My 10 favourites are: King Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson King Yes: Fragile Genesis: Selling England by the Pound Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Trilogy Rush: A Farewell to Kings Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here The Moody Blues: On the Threshold of a Dream Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick Strawbs: Hero and Heroine Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention: One Size Fits All Other prog albums I love: Yes: The Yes Album Yes: Close to the Edge Yes: Relayer Genesis: A Trick of the Tail Genesis: Wind & Wuthering Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Rush: 2112 Rush: Hemispheres Pink Floyd: Animals Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd: Meddle The Moody Blues: Every Good Boy Deserves Favour The Moody Blues: A Question of Balance The Moody Blues: To Our Children's Children's Children Gentle Giant: Three Friends Gentle Giant: Octopus Gentle Giant: Acquiring the Taste Jethro Tull: Aqualung Jethro Tull: Songs from the Wood Frank Zappa: Apostrophe Frank Zappa & The Mothers / Captain Beefheart: Bongo Fury Frank Zappa & The Mothers: Over-Nite Sensation Strawbs: Nomadness Strawbs: From the Witchwood Electric Light Orchestra: Face the Music Electric Light Orchestra: Eldorado Van der Graaf Generator: Godbluff
My list is rather short … King Crimson - in the court Renaissance - Ashes are burning Moody Blues - Question of balance PFM - The world became the world Banco - Darwin Jethro Tull - Aqualung Pink Floyd - Atom heart mother
If you want to hear the real Dave Stewart you can listen to _National Health - Dreams Wide Awake._ The guy is from another planet. _Santana - Caravanserai_ is on my list.
@@BlueBlazer47 Unfortunately only Caravanserai and Love Devotion Surrender are prog… Let’s add even Swing of Delight. I’ve read a biography about Santana. In the 70s-80s he would have his clashes with CBS because he wanted to make music like this but they wanted the Latino stuff which was selling.
@@zootallures6470: Welcome too, I'd say. There are still prog elements on albums like Abraxas, even on Supernatural. I didn't know there was pressure on Carlos to be commercial. It's a pity labels do that.
Somebody finally recognized Trilogy! A fantastic but never before mentioned album. It's Number One with me. The multiple shot inside cover is cool. Going For The One - same comments. Awaken is their greatet epic IMHO. I always thought that Discipline was easily the best of that trilogy. For me, ELP triple live album is an all time keeper no matter what. Yes's 9012Live is excellent.
Trilogy my favorite ELP easily. Keith’s piano playing in the title track is so beautiful. You made mistake. Egg was a fine Canterbury band too, speaking of Dave Stewart.
Why do these great albums have such awful covers? The 70s was a strange old decade😂 "Love Beach" by ELP and "Sabotage" by Black Sabbath (Bill Wards red leggings)😂 being my personal most humerus.
"You" by Gong is the most disappointing album I've ever listened to after buying it after people I thought had taste praised it. I want my money back, you lying bastards. Second
Relayer is my favorite Yes LP. But I have listened to Going for the One a lot lately thanks in part to you and the fact that it stayed in my car. I like going for the One better when I listen to it as the one After Relayer as opposed to the one Before Tormato. (if that makes any sense).
Love the new love for ELP! They are not my first choice, but they definitely are a great listen. I do have the feeling that some brits are obsessed with american cowboy music. Doesnt do anything for me, because I love neoclassical
King Crimson. Red. Hawkwind. Warrior on the edge of time. Atomic Rooster. In hearing of. Nektar Remember the future. PFM Jet Lag. Pink Floyd Dark side of the moon. The Strawbs. Deep Cuts. Triumvirat. Old loves die hard. Caravan. Canterbury Tales. Yes Fragile. Vander Graaf Generator Pawn Hearts. Chris Squire. Fish out of water Genesis Foxtrot. There are thirteen but I could come up with more if I had to..
That's a very decent list. Italian representation and my favorite Crimson album, a rare shout-out for Triumvirat and to one of my favorite and possibly one of most underrated bands of all time with Atomic Rooster. Not to mention that Nektar album should be considered a standard.
Mike Oldfield episode please!?! Ommadawn is his masterpiece. Incantations! And the rarely mentioned Simon Philips epic drum solo on Crises!!! And what a guitarist!
Yes, I love Trilogy , my favorite ELP song . Hatfield & The North? Streamed it right away, so good, thankyou. Yes is my favorite band. When Going For The One came out I listened to it a thousand times. As a guitar player I appreciate the up and down scale sequence at the end of Turn of the Century. Awaken is other worldly, uplifting, and spiritual. Yes! Trick of the Tail is incredible. Every song is good, amazing songwriting. One of the best, it really takes you on a journey. Super video, good job!
Thanks Andy, I've not listened to much progressive rock since I saw ELP live in the early 1970s. I enjoyed your video and, by the miracle of Amazon, I have been able to download your 10 recommendations. Wondering where and when I was going to listen to these, I tried the ELP one whilst on my daily walk around the Wyre Forest (yes, nearby) - it was the perfect setting for the music. I'll be playing and, I expect, enjoying your recommended prog "must haves" in the near future. Cheers!
My 10 must have prog albums - in chronological order: King Crimson: In The Court Of The Crimson King 1969 Yes: Fragile 1971 ELP: Trilogy 1972 Genesis: Selling England By The Pound 1973 Gong: You 1974 Frank Zappa: One Size Fits All 1975 Brand X: Unorthodox Behaviour 1976 (controversial, I know) Steve Hillage: Green 1978 (greatest album of all time) Frank Zappa: Studio Tan 1978 (although meant to be part of a larger piece and recorded before 1978) King Crimson: Discipline 1981
Good choices Andy, nicely defined. IMO the ELP live album from 74 is the promise of that band fulfilled . Great musicians who defined themselves by their live performances. This is them at their peak. In all cases the live renditions on that album are more committed and dynamic than the studio recordings and that says a lot.
I'm glad you mentioned the Friday Night Rock Show. I used to to listen to it (from about 1980-1983) before it went all metal. Tommy Vance used to play a really good variety of rock (and a bit of fusion). The opening theme tune is stonkignly brilliant (Dixie Dregs - Take It Off The Top) but also the incidental music (while he'd be talking) was brilliant: the likes of Steve Khan, Lenny White, Al di Meola, to name but a few - Tommy had great taste. Great days.
Great info on these albums. Haven’t heard Trilogy. David Sylvian .. Gone to Earth and Brilliant Trees 🌲 Deep Purple .. Concerto for group and orchestra. 1969 (Remastered surround sound and film - DVD) Close to the Edge, YES .. possibly the best album made by any rock band. A Trick of the tale, Genesis (or Lamb lies down on Broadway ) Bill Nelson - The Summer of God’s Piano Cocteau Twins .. Bluebell knoll and Treasure
Bill Nelson is a perceptive choice. He has lived the Prog/Art Rock manifesto since his days in Be Bop Deluxe. I have a number of his albums, but sadly not this one mentioned. I will have to remedy this. Of the ones I have, I love his "Getting the Holy Ghost Across" ("On a Blue Wing" here in the religiously uptight US) and BBD's "Modern Music".
ELP is my favorite band. Trilogy is my favorite ELP album. Trilogy and From the Beginning are my favorite ELP songs. The Fugue section of Endless Enigma thrills me to my core. The piano and bass counterpart is just jaw-dropping. I can't tell you how happy I am to see you coming from (almost!) forgetting this band entirely to falling back in love with them.
It's funny when you desperately try to find a piece of music but you have no idea who or what it is. One day I found a cassette tape lying in the road. No box and no writing on it. Anyway, I picked it up and recorded myself (guitar) on side A. Anyway, cut a long story short, when I flipped on to the B side I had a listen and there were 2 pieces of music that were wonderful. But I had no idea what or who. It took me quite a few years before I discovered that the songs were Los Endos and Dance on a Volcano by Genesis - I was a bit late to the Genesis party in my musical journey. But it's so satisfying to finally identify something that you've loved for so long without know who or what. All that said, apart from the 2 tracks already mentioned, Trick of the Tail is shite.
I never felt a connection with ‘Farewell to Kings’. My favourite Rush album has always been ‘Permanent Waves’. I feel affectionate towards it because it was the first album of theirs I heard. I had no idea music like that was possible! I thought side one of ‘Hemispheres’ was boring. Side two was AMAZING! That’s probably my favourite era of Rush’s work: 78-80.
Being a huge American Rush fan, who loves every record from FBN to GuP, FTK has always been in my top 3-4 and I stamp it as their most British sounding record. Of course I know it’s first record they recorded in the UK…but it really has that pastoral UK prog rock feel throughout…however Cygnus X-1 is in its own universe…space prog/metal?…no connection to a British sound (whatever that may be in my ears). 🤘🏻
And…agree with you Permanent Waves is always in my top 1-2 Rush releases. I alternate b/w PWaves, Moving Pictures and maybe surprisingly, Signals as top of the mtn.
Great list. Exposure was a nice surprise on the list, one of my faves ! As an aside : Fripp's solo on Baby's on Fire deserves to be on the top of some list, not sure if it's prog..frippertronics forever.
Shocked that there is no Gentle Giant!!! They are at the very top of my list, with either Power and the Glory, Octopus, or In a Glass House. Btw, LOVE your videos, man. Very grateful for your intelligence and insight.
My personal list: 1. King Crimson - Starless & Bible Black 2. Magma - Retrospective Vol 1 & 2 3. King Crimson - Red 4. Mothers of Invention - We're only in it for the money 5. Soft Machine - Vol. 1 & 2 6. Aksak Maboul - Un Peu de l'Âme des Bandits 7. Univers Zero - Ceux Du Dehors 8. Gong - Angel's Egg 9. von Zamla - Zamlaranamma 10. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
I love the bit when you are talking about Yes and the number of LPs you got through before finding Awaken. I used to listen to the Alan Freeman Saturday rock show every Saturday and ended up buying lots of great Todd Rundgren albums before finding the live version of Just One Victory on Another Live. By then I was sold on Todd. God bless Fluff.
FACT CHECK: Just checked my copy of Going For The One (original vinyl version from back in the day) and Patrick Moraz gets a special thank you, but no reference to posing naked for the cover shot. Methinks Andy is fixated. For me, Trick Of The Tail, Wind and Wuthering and Seconds Out are peak Genesis. Hackett adding his ethereal guitar work and Collins upgrading the Gabriel tunes live.
Here's my list! Yes - Fragile (1971) Yes - The Yes Album (1971) Pink Floyd - Obscured by Clouds (1972) Yes - Close to the Edge (1972) Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (1975) Rush - Caress of Steel (1975) Rush - Fly By Night (1975) Rush - 2112 (1976) Pink Floyd - The Wall (1979) Rush - Moving Pictures (1981)
Zappa's “You can't do that on stage anymore” series was the reason why I bought my first CD player in the early 90s, as only the “sampler” was released on vinyl at the time. I hate CDs, but I also love Zappa. What a damn dilemma! 😅
Focus "Moving Waves", Kayak "Royal Bed Bouncer", Gentle Giant "Power and The Glory" or "Free Hand" ,Kansas "Left Overture" "Point of Know Return", Dixie Dreggs "What If", Genesis "Trick of the Tail" or "Nursery Crymes", Jethro Tull "Thick as a brick", Return to Forever "Romantic Warrior" "No Mystery", Mahavishnu Orchestra "Visions of the Emerald Beyond", UK "UK" " Danger Money", Eddie Jobson "The Green Room", Yes "Close to the Edge", Elp "Brain salad surgery"
Most of critics consider Tarkus and BSS the best ELP album and are quite "cold" on Trilogy but imho their first album and Trilogy are their best work. Totally disagree with ATOTT instead, a good album yes but miles away their previous oustanding works (Foxtrot, Selling & The Lamb). Sappy songs to to sing around the campfire like "Ripples" and the female falsetto of Phil Collins didn't help too... "real" Genesis were really another thing, IMHO.
Flash - “Flash” (1972) Wishbone Ash “Argus” (1972) Not a big fan of Prog Rock.* Reminds me too much of Jazz. No one likes Jazz. *Other than the above, and the obligatory Rush, ELP, King Crimson, and Yes.
Thank you for giving UK the respect they earned. I have long been of the opinion that the first UK album was, in fact, the last truly great, truly prog rock album. After its release, most of the big prog bands began their ill-fated attempts at prog-pop crossover. Gentle Giant's "The Missing Piece," Genesis's "ABACAB," Yes "90125," to name a very few. Bands left their baroque and roll roots in search of gold. And for the most part, compared with "In the Dead of Night" and "Time to Kill," the prog that followed sounded absolutely ridiculous. That is with one notable exception: King Crimson who, with a total personnel change, managed to move well beyond prog without bothering to sell out.
One of the reasons I, ( we ) love prog is the musicianship: how do these guys pull this music off live? And, therefore, my favorite albums are live: Welcome back my friends ( Aquatarkus ) Yessongs ( Perpetual Change ) Seconds Out. ( Cinema Show ) But my favorite, hands down, is 801 live with the best cover of any tune in history. TNK
A cinema show would be interesting, and, for giggles, see if you can poach one of Pardo's minions, Davy Gallagher from North Upon North England. He's very knowledgable and entertaining.
I can ony think of a few Prog Lp's worth a listen. Gong trilogy, Rock Bottom, couple of early Genesis, Pink Floyd mid to late 70s..............any others? Is ELP music, ? probably not.
Mumps is one of my all time favs. Beautiful. Miller is a gem. Dave Stewart is my hands down favorite keyboardist. Composing amazing pieces with National Health. Mont too. Egg. I mean damn! Legend.
Andy, why not dip your toe in the film thing: Concept albums that really ought to have been made into movies, with fantasy cast and director. (Lamb lies Down, Flying Teapot trilogy, obvs.) Concept albums that should *never* be made into movies, and why. (Ziggy Stardust, The Final Cut obvs.) 10 great soundtracks by prog artists (many to choose from) 10 terrible soundtracks by prog artists (many to choose from) Rock opera movies ranked (200 Motels, Magical Mystery Tour, Head, Tommy, The Wall, Rocky Horror, Quadrophenia, Hedwig and the Angry Inch etc.) Great movies with musicians in lead roles? (Smoke, Bad Timing, Down By Law, Performance, Man who Fell to Earth). Great music biopics (Lady Sings the Blues, Bird, Sid & Nancy, Bohemian Rhapsody, Rocket Man, Walk the Line) Biopics about fictional artists from genuine music scenes (The Rutles, Velvet Goldmine, Inside Llewyn Davis, Spinal Tap) Movies with great non-orchestral soundtracks? (The Wicker Man, O Lucky Man, Harold and Maude, The Graduate etc.) Soundtracks for movies that don't actually exist, or were never made (Uncle Meat, Moss Side Story, Logan's Sanctuary etc.). Alternative soundtracks for existing movies (Metropolis, Nosferatu, Vertigo etc.). Seems all very "on-brand" for the Andy Edwards channel. I am sure your audience would love it.
Yeah, "Trilogy" is my favorite ELP album. Their first album is also a good listen. Hatfield & the North's "The Rotter's Club" is an inspired choice (possibly better than their first album). You often speak of the English aesthetic in progressive rock. Canterbury bands have a heavy dose of that aesthetic.
If you don't have something from these bands you are a sad git that is still missing out. Genesis, Yes, Pink Floyd, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Camel, Focus, Gong, Zappa, Utopia, and Tangerine Dream. You can live without the rest for a while and find them later, but this is your must have list to get you started. Don't pay too much attention to Andy he tends to get his prog mixed up with his various jazz obsessions and boy-hood hard rock fantasies.
You tossed Close to the Edge on the floor?
Blasphemy!
Fellow YES fans . . .
WE RIDE AT DAWN!!
Got worked up
Haven't watched entire vid yet. 😎
He tossed it on soft cushions.
Watch Monty Python - Soft cushions
@roberttee9790: It's ok, you can redirect your ire to those of us who (marginally) prefer Fragile!😄
@@BlueBlazer47And/or Relayer and Going for the One...
@@BlueBlazer47 Fragile is exactly equal to Close to the Edge
@@wahid-lg1kk: Yes, I'd agree overall.
The writing and keys Keith Emerson creates in Endless Enigma is other worldly. You can’t describe it. I’ve prob said it before here somewhere and getting forgetful so prob will again, it always makes me cry with pure emotion. He really knows how to do that. Plus everything else. I assume you’ve seen the vid of him composing it live in his big barn that got burned down on you tube? Yes of course you have, pure magic.
When talking about Yes you hinted that Rick Wakeman was less serious than the rest of the band.
His books "Grumpy Old Rockstar" and "Further Adventures of a Grumpy Old Rockstar" are hilarious and well worth a read.
Great choices Andy - especially Trilogy, Going for the One and Trick of the Tail - I'm pleased you mentioned it as being one of IQ's favourites as I always thought the interplay between the Martin and Mike on keyboards and guitar at their soaring best was reminiscent of the playing on this album. In fact I think I remember IQ covering Robbery, Assault and Battery on a bootleg I had of them in early 80s. Joyful stuff.
I have to agree with trick of the tail. Over time, I think their best work is the post-Gabriel pre-80s shlock stuff. Dare I say …and then there were three… is my favorite.
All Rush albums had ancient lyrics that were indeed written by prog scribes and then beamed down to Sir Peart and translated from ancient tongues by Ayn Rand so that we may know of the Panacea and understand the caress of steel the king felt when Bastille Day got its start. But to be in a small city in the shadow of the Great Smoky Mountains and to witness the 2112 album complete with the accompanying backstory the size of an IMAX screen was definitely a wonderful reason to share Colombian Gold with a few thousand of your equally stoned new found friends as we all discovered music while Alex tuned his guitar. But he actually didn’t because that was missing from the set list for some reason. Check the All the Worlds A Stage live album and it’s not there either.
The Hatfield's "Mumps" is probably my fave of all in all.
GFTO is one of the great guitar albums if its time.
JT
Are we getting a "10 must hate prog albums" next?
Gather round kids, it's story time with Andy!
Where Eagles Dare is awesome
Andy I know you don't like them. But X In Search Of Space by Hawkwind would in that list.
Pink Floyd?
Camel - The Snow Goose was the seed that grew into a lot of prog bands that followed. Any list of Prog must haves MUST have Camel in it.
Agreed, camel is Underrated even in the prog community
because he thinks Latimer is not too good.
@@kirkhunter146He isn't, can't stand Camel, it's derivitive and boring.
@@wahid-lg1kk Derivative???? They influenced tons of band that came after them...
@@lukaf2393 making them derivative in the second degree
I got as far as Gong, paused, went and listened to the Radio Gnome Invisible trilogy for the first time, then listened again, then read and watched everything I could find about this period of Gong, became a huge fan, then returned to this video and watched the rest. Thanks Andy!
I'm with you on 'Trilogy'
🤠😁🥰
So refreshing for someone to lead off their favorites with Emerson, Lake and Palmer.
Agreed. Trilogy is classy. No BJ songs etc. That was so lame....embarrassing.
I have to have “Thick as a Brick” in there - masterpiece
Hatfield and the North debut
Magma - Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh
Ange - Le Cimetière des arlequins
Matching Mole's Little Red Record
Manfred Mann's Earth Band -Nightingales & Bombers
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
Area debut
Henry Cow - LegEnd
Steve Hillage - L
King Crimson - Red
Must hear Henry Cow soon. Not only is the name a nice contrast with Blodwyn Pig, but I had an Uncle Henry who looked very like a cow!
AREA AREA AREA - Arbeit macht frei
The importance of Tommy Vance to a generation of UK music listeners cannot be overstated.
‘ROCK ! ..... with Tommy Vance !!!’
The listeners top 10 was like a buyer's guide before RUclips.
Likewise here in NYC was Scott Muni.
Very true. Tommy really got behind Yes' Drama album, and I recently discovered he was spot-on. It's a brilliant album. He was a champion of prog rock, but also very much other kinds of rock. Gillan was a band he played a lot - they were a kind of punky AND proggy take on the Deep Purple sound. Tommy Vance was also a nice guy. I got through to the show once when he was filling in for Fluff, and we had a great chat which he mentioned after the session. RiP Tommy and Fluff.
@@BlueBlazer47 The very first Friday Rock Show was a two hour live performance from Yes, which came as a shock to me tuning in for John Peel. Gillan was a band I particularly loved, I've actually been listening to them quite a lot recently. I thought they were the most interesting band to come out of Deep Purple. I still have a box of tapes somewhere with concerts recorded from Tommy Vance's and Fluff's shows.
We both love Gong You. Do you also appreciate Fish Rising by Steve Hillage? Fantastic! (I also like Angel's Egg.)
A Trick of the Tail was the first Genesis album I ever heard. Genesis became my favorite band and Trick of the Tail, to this day, is my favorite musical album - period....dont even have to ponder..... Love your channel.
Andy Edwards message to all youtube channels, "video editing is for suckers!!!" Or maybe, just maybe, Andy has a genius way of commenting on how a lot of ProgRock albums meander around in an elliptical manner that eventually drives many people crazy?
My favorites (in no particular order)
1) Rush - A Farewell To Kings
2) Rush - Hemispheres
3) Yes - The Yes Album
4) Yes - Fragile
5) King Crimson - In The Court of the Crimson King
6) King Crimson - Red
7) Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
8) Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
9) Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
10) Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
I mean, it's not an original list. Not a single deep cut among them. But it's a true list.
Good list, I've got most of those. I'd have found a place for Close To The Edge though 👍
Andy ! GENTLE GIANT has to be in that list, come on !
Womblng Songs (1973) is a must have - a concept album about environmentalist furry creatures who lived underground.
The Wombles invented jazz.
Stafford Bingley Hall circa '73. Amazing gig. Orinoco's stage dives were legendary
Have you heard 'The Myths & Legends of Merton Womble and his Journey To The Centre of the Earth'? Think I'm joking? ruclips.net/video/MXBA2hAj-EU/видео.html
@@ModoBro they could have been huge. So sad about Wellington's drug problems
FISH says he owes everything to MacWomble !
I love this channel and I literally can't stand most of the music Andy talks about. Lord knows I've tried, just can't do it. Still, the music history is really interesting and Andy is so damn entertaining.
Same. A friend of mine keeps recommending songs by Zappa, Holdsworth etc. I politely listen to them all the way through, only to have my utter dislike of jazz rock/fusion reinforced 😄
Agree absolutely
Trick Of The Tail is my favorite Genesis record. Sounds like Gabriel era to me and a less demanding, easier listen
A mention for Todd Rungren would be nice
A Wizard, A True Star is an epic album!
Yeah, Todd Rungren. His production work on XTC's Skylarking is phenomenal. One of the greatest albums ever imho.
The Rotters' Club is also a novel by Jonathan Coe. It's a beautiful book a sort of coming of age story about a group of friends. At one point in the story the boys taste changes from prog rock to punk. Coe knows a lot about music. It' also very funny.
Greg Lake stated once that Trilogy was their most representative album.
Brain Salad Surgery, in part due to its' savvy sequencing, still blows my mind though. My #1
My Top Ten but Only One From Each Artist:
1) Porcupine Tree: Fear of the Black Planet.
2) Steven Wilson: Hand.Cannot.Erase.
3) Yes: Close to the Edge.
4) Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.
5) King Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson King.
6) Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick.
7) Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon.
8) Traffic: The Low Spark of a High Heeled Boys.
9) ELP: ELP.
10) Riverside: Love Fear and the Time Machine.
Great list! 👍🏻
Really good list...I had the good fortune of seeing Genesis (with Peter Gabriel) perform The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway- I remember that as being one of the three best concerts that I've ever seen. The second was Pink Floyd performing the Dark Side of the Moon. The third was interestingly enough, Roxy Music- early. I think it was Country Life that they were supporting. This period, IMHO, was rock as a highly developed art form. Early Tull was also incredible- This Was, Stand Up, and Benefit were tremendous albums as well. My choice for Traffic was John Barelycorn, Winwood's songwriting is absolutely brilliant. Have to check out Porcupine Tree, don't know their music very well. Early Soft Machine also was brilliant- especially their work with Kevin Ayers.
@Magicmatty2024
We all have opinion’s but just google search that Traffic Album under Wikipedia!
See what they call that Traffic Album?
Good list (of the 6 I know-gotta check out the other 4). Personally I have a soft spot for “Wish you Were Here” : “did you trade a walk in part in a war, for a lead role in a cage”
God, I SO disagree with you about Yes. First off, I simply could never accept that the greatest Yes album wasn't a Bruford era work. And, although choosing between the Yes Album, Fragile, and Close is pretty painful, ultimately, I HAS to be Close, as it's so clearly their most virtuosic album, while also containing their most memorable extended compositions. It's the album that best defines Yes' music, and is as good an exemplar of what prog is all about as any. I really wonder why you deny it that distinction each time out?
Interesting Fact: The last 15 seconds of Trilogy was used during the late 70's early 80's as the theme music for NZBC's 6 O'Clock News. Of course most Kiwis have no idea who Emerson Lake and Palmer were.
That's so funny! One of the local news channels in Norfolk,Va. used the last bit from "Living Sin' as their news intro. I forget which years, but was at least '74-'75.
Fripp Exposure has so many guys on it Peter Gabriel, Terry Roche Vocal, Fripp produced The ROCHES hit debut album, folk, a cappella and a little Fripptronics.
Don't forget Peter Hammill ☝
Nice to see The Rotters Club on this list. One of my favorite albums of all time. Mumps is a masterpiece. That acapella opening is gorgeous.
Couldn't agree more!
When it comes to prog I'm pretty mainstream. My 10 favourites are:
King Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson King
Yes: Fragile
Genesis: Selling England by the Pound
Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Trilogy
Rush: A Farewell to Kings
Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here
The Moody Blues: On the Threshold of a Dream
Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick
Strawbs: Hero and Heroine
Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention: One Size Fits All
Other prog albums I love:
Yes: The Yes Album
Yes: Close to the Edge
Yes: Relayer
Genesis: A Trick of the Tail
Genesis: Wind & Wuthering
Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Rush: 2112
Rush: Hemispheres
Pink Floyd: Animals
Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd: Meddle
The Moody Blues: Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
The Moody Blues: A Question of Balance
The Moody Blues: To Our Children's Children's Children
Gentle Giant: Three Friends
Gentle Giant: Octopus
Gentle Giant: Acquiring the Taste
Jethro Tull: Aqualung
Jethro Tull: Songs from the Wood
Frank Zappa: Apostrophe
Frank Zappa & The Mothers / Captain Beefheart: Bongo Fury
Frank Zappa & The Mothers: Over-Nite Sensation
Strawbs: Nomadness
Strawbs: From the Witchwood
Electric Light Orchestra: Face the Music
Electric Light Orchestra: Eldorado
Van der Graaf Generator: Godbluff
My list is rather short …
King Crimson - in the court
Renaissance - Ashes are burning
Moody Blues - Question of balance
PFM - The world became the world
Banco - Darwin
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Pink Floyd - Atom heart mother
Voyage of the Acolyte.
If you want to hear the real Dave Stewart you can listen to _National Health - Dreams Wide Awake._ The guy is from another planet.
_Santana - Caravanserai_ is on my list.
Of Queues and Cures is in my Top 10 albums of all time (as is Bruford's One of a Kind).
@@zachjohnson637 👍 Stewart is playing on both.
He is the most underrated musician since the first bushman started to hit two sticks together.
Glad to see Santana's prog credentials recognized.
@@BlueBlazer47 Unfortunately only Caravanserai and Love Devotion Surrender are prog… Let’s add even Swing of Delight.
I’ve read a biography about Santana. In the 70s-80s he would have his clashes with CBS because he wanted to make music like this but they wanted the Latino stuff which was selling.
@@zootallures6470: Welcome too, I'd say. There are still prog elements on albums like Abraxas, even on Supernatural. I didn't know there was pressure on Carlos to be commercial. It's a pity labels do that.
Somebody finally recognized Trilogy! A fantastic but never before mentioned album. It's Number One with me. The multiple shot inside cover is cool. Going For The One - same comments. Awaken is their greatet epic IMHO. I always thought that Discipline was easily the best of that trilogy. For me, ELP triple live album is an all time keeper no matter what. Yes's 9012Live is excellent.
Trilogy my favorite ELP easily. Keith’s piano playing in the title track is so beautiful. You made mistake. Egg was a fine Canterbury band too, speaking of Dave Stewart.
Why do these great albums have such awful covers? The 70s was a strange old decade😂 "Love Beach" by ELP and "Sabotage" by Black Sabbath (Bill Wards red leggings)😂 being my personal most humerus.
"You" by Gong is the most disappointing album I've ever listened to after buying it after people I thought had taste praised it.
I want my money back, you lying bastards.
Second
Relayer is my favorite Yes LP. But I have listened to Going for the One a lot lately thanks in part to you and the fact that it stayed in my car. I like going for the One better when I listen to it as the one After Relayer as opposed to the one Before Tormato. (if that makes any sense).
Love the new love for ELP! They are not my first choice, but they definitely are a great listen. I do have the feeling that some brits are obsessed with american cowboy music. Doesnt do anything for me, because I love neoclassical
King Crimson. Red. Hawkwind. Warrior on the edge of time. Atomic Rooster. In hearing of. Nektar Remember the future. PFM Jet Lag. Pink Floyd Dark side of the moon. The Strawbs. Deep Cuts. Triumvirat. Old loves die hard. Caravan. Canterbury Tales. Yes Fragile. Vander Graaf Generator Pawn Hearts. Chris Squire. Fish out of water Genesis Foxtrot. There are thirteen but I could come up with more if I had to..
That's a very decent list. Italian representation and my favorite Crimson album, a rare shout-out for Triumvirat and to one of my favorite and possibly one of most underrated bands of all time with Atomic Rooster. Not to mention that Nektar album should be considered a standard.
Nice list!
Close to the Edge, ITCOTCK, Fish Rising, TAAB,Foxtrot,BSS,In the Land of Grey and Pink,Space Shanty,Pawn Hearts, WYWH
How the f*ck could you go so long without listening to Trick of the Tale?? That’s some achievement.
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Trilogy was one of the first proper albums I bought as a teenager and it’s a big favourite of mine and l like thevsleeve artwork design
1. Larks 2. Still Life 3. Fragile 4. Islands 5. Selling England 6. Garden Shed 7. Nursery 8. World Record 9. Gong-Trilogy 10. Caress.
Islands brilliant
Nice to see "Islands" !
Jeff Wayne's musical version of h g Wells the war of the worlds.
A Trick of the Tail is definitely the Genesis masterpiece.
No it isn't. It is good but 'masterpiece' is way too overused.
Not their best either.
@@shirleymental4189 To each their own 😀
@@javilalima "to each their own" runs rather counter to stating that it's *the* Genesis *masterpiece*, isn't it?.
@@chaosme1ster It is … for me.
lamb lies down my fav older genesis
Pink Floyd ?
The first album of the Gong trilogy is actually called 'Flying Teapot' - all 3 were subtitled 'Radio Gnome Invisible' (Parts 1, 2 and 3)
Pendragon Masquerade overture always come back to it for modern prog. Never tire of it.
Just got that one on vinyl :D it is incredible
Mike Oldfield episode please!?! Ommadawn is his masterpiece. Incantations! And the rarely mentioned Simon Philips epic drum solo on Crises!!! And what a guitarist!
Yes, those changing drum textures on *Crises* are quite a thing!
And Simon Philips' drumming on Discovery too! The whole album I think.
@@DrOz-007 For one of his most "pop" sounding albums, it's amazing how good Discovery is! Each song is so carefully crafted.
Yes, I love Trilogy , my favorite ELP song . Hatfield & The North? Streamed it right away, so good, thankyou. Yes is my favorite band. When Going For The One came out I listened to it a thousand times. As a guitar player I appreciate the up and down scale sequence at the end of Turn of the Century. Awaken is other worldly, uplifting, and spiritual. Yes! Trick of the Tail is incredible. Every song is good, amazing songwriting. One of the best, it really takes you on a journey. Super video, good job!
Aaaahhh, yes! Rotter's Club by Hatfield and the North! One of the best albums ever!
Clearlight: Forever Blowing Bubbles'' Gentle Giant: Octopus, Roxy Music: Stranded, Spirit: 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus.
It's Dave's party and he'll cry if he wants to.
Trilogy, my first ELP purchase - the infectious brilliance of The Endless Enigma grabs me as much now as it did when I first heard it in '79.
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
Demon - The Plaque
Thanks Andy, I've not listened to much progressive rock since I saw ELP live in the early 1970s. I enjoyed your video and, by the miracle of Amazon, I have been able to download your 10 recommendations. Wondering where and when I was going to listen to these, I tried the ELP one whilst on my daily walk around the Wyre Forest (yes, nearby) - it was the perfect setting for the music. I'll be playing and, I expect, enjoying your recommended prog "must haves" in the near future. Cheers!
Trilogy is my fave ELP album and, I think their best musically.
I agree
I don't always agree with you BUT you are giving me an education. I thought I knew music but your knowledge is outstanding. Cheers. Love the channel.
My 10 must have prog albums - in chronological order:
King Crimson: In The Court Of The Crimson King 1969
Yes: Fragile 1971
ELP: Trilogy 1972
Genesis: Selling England By The Pound 1973
Gong: You 1974
Frank Zappa: One Size Fits All 1975
Brand X: Unorthodox Behaviour 1976 (controversial, I know)
Steve Hillage: Green 1978 (greatest album of all time)
Frank Zappa: Studio Tan 1978 (although meant to be part of a larger piece and recorded before 1978)
King Crimson: Discipline 1981
Good choices Andy, nicely defined. IMO the ELP live album from 74 is the promise of that band fulfilled . Great musicians who defined themselves by their live performances. This is them at their peak. In all cases the live renditions on that album are more committed and dynamic than the studio recordings and that says a lot.
I'm glad you mentioned the Friday Night Rock Show. I used to to listen to it (from about 1980-1983) before it went all metal. Tommy Vance used to play a really good variety of rock (and a bit of fusion). The opening theme tune is stonkignly brilliant (Dixie Dregs - Take It Off The Top) but also the incidental music (while he'd be talking) was brilliant: the likes of Steve Khan, Lenny White, Al di Meola, to name but a few - Tommy had great taste. Great days.
Great info on these albums. Haven’t heard Trilogy.
David Sylvian .. Gone to Earth and Brilliant Trees 🌲
Deep Purple .. Concerto for group and orchestra. 1969 (Remastered surround sound and film - DVD)
Close to the Edge, YES .. possibly the best album made by any rock band.
A Trick of the tale, Genesis (or Lamb lies down on Broadway )
Bill Nelson - The Summer of God’s Piano
Cocteau Twins .. Bluebell knoll and Treasure
Bill Nelson is a perceptive choice. He has lived the Prog/Art Rock manifesto since his days in Be Bop Deluxe. I have a number of his albums, but sadly not this one mentioned. I will have to remedy this. Of the ones I have, I love his "Getting the Holy Ghost Across" ("On a Blue Wing" here in the religiously uptight US) and BBD's "Modern Music".
The first four of David Sylvian. A brilliant quartet.
@@ronbo11 I could t remember the name of the Holy Ghost album , which I love .. and could easily have put that down.
@@willemdegraaf5495 It’s a shame he isn’t more widely appreciated .. but he would have to be more mainstream .. so that would be out of the question 😀
ELP is my favorite band. Trilogy is my favorite ELP album. Trilogy and From the Beginning are my favorite ELP songs. The Fugue section of Endless Enigma thrills me to my core. The piano and bass counterpart is just jaw-dropping. I can't tell you how happy I am to see you coming from (almost!) forgetting this band entirely to falling back in love with them.
Zappa's Roxy era group is far more impressive than any prog band I've heard. Yes, with Bruford, comes somewhat close.
ELP Trilogy is the best of the ELPs. The cover is not great but it's my favorite album by them. Don't worry about it. You're alright.
It's funny when you desperately try to find a piece of music but you have no idea who or what it is. One day I found a cassette tape lying in the road. No box and no writing on it. Anyway, I picked it up and recorded myself (guitar) on side A. Anyway, cut a long story short, when I flipped on to the B side I had a listen and there were 2 pieces of music that were wonderful. But I had no idea what or who. It took me quite a few years before I discovered that the songs were Los Endos and Dance on a Volcano by Genesis - I was a bit late to the Genesis party in my musical journey. But it's so satisfying to finally identify something that you've loved for so long without know who or what. All that said, apart from the 2 tracks already mentioned, Trick of the Tail is shite.
I never felt a connection with ‘Farewell to Kings’. My favourite Rush album has always been ‘Permanent Waves’. I feel affectionate towards it because it was the first album of theirs I heard. I had no idea music like that was possible!
I thought side one of ‘Hemispheres’ was boring. Side two was AMAZING! That’s probably my favourite era of Rush’s work: 78-80.
Being a huge American Rush fan, who loves every record from FBN to GuP, FTK has always been in my top 3-4 and I stamp it as their most British sounding record. Of course I know it’s first record they recorded in the UK…but it really has that pastoral UK prog rock feel throughout…however Cygnus X-1 is in its own universe…space prog/metal?…no connection to a British sound (whatever that may be in my ears). 🤘🏻
And…agree with you Permanent Waves is always in my top 1-2 Rush releases. I alternate b/w PWaves, Moving Pictures and maybe surprisingly, Signals as top of the mtn.
Great list. Exposure was a nice surprise on the list, one of my faves ! As an aside : Fripp's solo on Baby's on Fire deserves to be on the top of some list, not sure if it's prog..frippertronics forever.
Shocked that there is no Gentle Giant!!! They are at the very top of my list, with either Power and the Glory, Octopus, or In a Glass House. Btw, LOVE your videos, man. Very grateful for your intelligence and insight.
My personal list:
1. King Crimson - Starless & Bible Black
2. Magma - Retrospective Vol 1 & 2
3. King Crimson - Red
4. Mothers of Invention - We're only in it for the money
5. Soft Machine - Vol. 1 & 2
6. Aksak Maboul - Un Peu de l'Âme des Bandits
7. Univers Zero - Ceux Du Dehors
8. Gong - Angel's Egg
9. von Zamla - Zamlaranamma
10. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
Andy, your take on Rush is hilarious & true.
'Wind and Wuthering' and 'Trick of the Tail' were Steve Hackett era Genesis.
I like your takes, but respectfully I feel 50m stretches a top ten a bit much, especially if it's just a guy talking. Cheers.
I love the bit when you are talking about Yes and the number of LPs you got through before finding Awaken. I used to listen to the Alan Freeman Saturday rock show every Saturday and ended up buying lots of great Todd Rundgren albums before finding the live version of Just One Victory on Another Live. By then I was sold on Todd.
God bless Fluff.
FACT CHECK: Just checked my copy of Going For The One (original vinyl version from back in the day) and Patrick Moraz gets a special thank you, but no reference to posing naked for the cover shot.
Methinks Andy is fixated.
For me, Trick Of The Tail, Wind and Wuthering and Seconds Out are peak Genesis. Hackett adding his ethereal guitar work and Collins upgrading the Gabriel tunes live.
CRIMSON "RED". That is it. The Talking Heads Crimson had a different vibe.
A The Strawbs,BJH,Fruupp,Renaissance,Egg,Magna Carta,Art Bears,Spring,Raw Material,Tonton Macoute,Affinity,Arcadium,Pavlov's Dog!?
Here's my list!
Yes - Fragile (1971)
Yes - The Yes Album (1971)
Pink Floyd - Obscured by Clouds (1972)
Yes - Close to the Edge (1972)
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (1975)
Rush - Caress of Steel (1975)
Rush - Fly By Night (1975)
Rush - 2112 (1976)
Pink Floyd - The Wall (1979)
Rush - Moving Pictures (1981)
Zappa's “You can't do that on stage anymore” series was the reason why I bought my first CD player in the early 90s, as only the “sampler” was released on vinyl at the time. I hate CDs, but I also love Zappa. What a damn dilemma! 😅
Focus "Moving Waves", Kayak "Royal Bed Bouncer", Gentle Giant "Power and The Glory" or "Free Hand" ,Kansas "Left Overture" "Point of Know Return", Dixie Dreggs "What If", Genesis "Trick of the Tail" or "Nursery Crymes", Jethro Tull "Thick as a brick", Return to Forever "Romantic Warrior" "No Mystery", Mahavishnu Orchestra "Visions of the Emerald Beyond", UK "UK" " Danger Money", Eddie Jobson "The Green Room", Yes "Close to the Edge", Elp "Brain salad surgery"
You burn me up like a cigarette sounded to me when I first played it way back then, like the Tubes. Same vibe.
Most of critics consider Tarkus and BSS the best ELP album and are quite "cold" on Trilogy but imho their first album and Trilogy are their best work. Totally disagree with ATOTT instead, a good album yes but miles away their previous oustanding works (Foxtrot, Selling & The Lamb). Sappy songs to to sing around the campfire like "Ripples" and the female falsetto of Phil Collins didn't help too... "real" Genesis were really another thing, IMHO.
Glad you like GONG! Angels Egg was my favorite too... and King Crimson's Beat! Yeah.
Flash - “Flash” (1972)
Wishbone Ash “Argus” (1972)
Not a big fan of Prog Rock.* Reminds me too much of Jazz. No one likes Jazz.
*Other than the above, and the obligatory Rush, ELP, King Crimson, and Yes.
Thank you for giving UK the respect they earned. I have long been of the opinion that the first UK album was, in fact, the last truly great, truly prog rock album. After its release, most of the big prog bands began their ill-fated attempts at prog-pop crossover. Gentle Giant's "The Missing Piece," Genesis's "ABACAB," Yes "90125," to name a very few. Bands left their baroque and roll roots in search of gold. And for the most part, compared with "In the Dead of Night" and "Time to Kill," the prog that followed sounded absolutely ridiculous. That is with one notable exception: King Crimson who, with a total personnel change, managed to move well beyond prog without bothering to sell out.
I have yet to hear anything from the Canterbury Scene that I don’t like. Glad to see you bigging up the Canterbury bands (and Dave Stewart)
One of the reasons I, ( we ) love prog is the musicianship: how do these guys pull this music off live? And, therefore, my favorite albums are live:
Welcome back my friends ( Aquatarkus )
Yessongs ( Perpetual Change )
Seconds Out. ( Cinema Show )
But my favorite, hands down, is 801 live with the best cover of any tune in history. TNK
What about Renaissance???
A cinema show would be interesting, and, for giggles, see if you can poach one of Pardo's minions, Davy Gallagher from North Upon North England. He's very knowledgable and entertaining.
I can ony think of a few Prog Lp's worth a listen. Gong trilogy, Rock Bottom, couple of early Genesis, Pink Floyd mid to late 70s..............any others? Is ELP music, ? probably not.
Mumps is one of my all time favs. Beautiful. Miller is a gem. Dave Stewart is my hands down favorite keyboardist. Composing amazing pieces with National Health. Mont too. Egg. I mean damn! Legend.
Andy, why not dip your toe in the film thing:
Concept albums that really ought to have been made into movies, with fantasy cast and director. (Lamb lies Down, Flying Teapot trilogy, obvs.)
Concept albums that should *never* be made into movies, and why. (Ziggy Stardust, The Final Cut obvs.)
10 great soundtracks by prog artists (many to choose from)
10 terrible soundtracks by prog artists (many to choose from)
Rock opera movies ranked (200 Motels, Magical Mystery Tour, Head, Tommy, The Wall, Rocky Horror, Quadrophenia, Hedwig and the Angry Inch etc.)
Great movies with musicians in lead roles? (Smoke, Bad Timing, Down By Law, Performance, Man who Fell to Earth).
Great music biopics (Lady Sings the Blues, Bird, Sid & Nancy, Bohemian Rhapsody, Rocket Man, Walk the Line)
Biopics about fictional artists from genuine music scenes (The Rutles, Velvet Goldmine, Inside Llewyn Davis, Spinal Tap)
Movies with great non-orchestral soundtracks? (The Wicker Man, O Lucky Man, Harold and Maude, The Graduate etc.)
Soundtracks for movies that don't actually exist, or were never made (Uncle Meat, Moss Side Story, Logan's Sanctuary etc.).
Alternative soundtracks for existing movies (Metropolis, Nosferatu, Vertigo etc.).
Seems all very "on-brand" for the Andy Edwards channel. I am sure your audience would love it.
Yeah, "Trilogy" is my favorite ELP album. Their first album is also a good listen. Hatfield & the North's "The Rotter's Club" is an inspired choice (possibly better than their first album). You often speak of the English aesthetic in progressive rock. Canterbury bands have a heavy dose of that aesthetic.
If you don't have something from these bands you are a sad git that is still missing out.
Genesis, Yes, Pink Floyd, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Camel, Focus, Gong, Zappa, Utopia, and Tangerine Dream. You can live without the rest for a while and find them later, but this is your must have list to get you started. Don't pay too much attention to Andy he tends to get his prog mixed up with his various jazz obsessions and boy-hood hard rock fantasies.
Olias of Sunhillow. Best prog album ever. Jon denied it was because of Vangelis, but please, just listen....