In the Prog Seat: Our Favorite Prog/Fusion Albums of 1973
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
- Join the In the Prog Seat crew as they rank their Top 5 albums released in 1973. #1973
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Pete's picks:
1) King Crimson-Larks Tongues in Aspic
2) Genesis-Selling England By the Pound
3) Gentle Giant-In a Glass House
4) Jethro Tull-A Passion Play/Semiramis-Dedicato a Frazz/Return to Forever-A Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy (three-way Pardo pick tie!)
5) Mahavishnu Orchestra-Birds of Fire
Honorable mentions:
Banco-Il Sono Nato Libero
Pink Floyd-The Dark Side of the Moon
Todd Rundgren-A Wizard, a True Star
ELP-Brain Salad Surgery
ELO-On the Third Day
Frank Zappa-Overnite Sensation
Billy Cobham-Spectrum
Renaissance-Ashes are Burning
Yes-Yessongs
Hawkwind-Space Ritual
Mahavishnu Orchestra-Between Nothingness
Herbie Hancock-Sextant/Headhunter
Steven's picks:
1. Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
2. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
3. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
4. Manfred Mann’s Earth Band - Solar Fire
5. Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives Of King Henry VIII
HonMen:
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play
Gentle Giant - In A Glass House
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
King Crimson - Larks Tongues In Aspic
ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
Ken's picks:
Hardball list:
Agitation Free - 2nd
Metamorfosi - Inferno
Cosmos Factory - An Old Castle Of Transylvania
Enrico Rava - Katcharpari
Eloy - Inside
Softball list:
ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
Museo Rosenbach - Zarathustra
Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
King Crimson - Larks Tongues In Aspic
Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans
Honorable Mention:
Alphataurus
Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - Io Sono Nato Libero
Le Orme - Felona E Sorona
RDM - Contaminazione
Eero Koivistoinen Music Society - Wahoo
Ash Ra Tempel - Join Inn
Camel - same
Jonesy - Keeping Up
Soft Machine - Seven
Embryo - We Keep On
Herbie Hancock - Sextant
Joe Farrell - Moon Germs
Nektar - Remember The Future
Far Out - Nihojinn
Rick's picks:
5) Badger -One Live Badger (4) Argent - In Deep (3) Strawbs - Hero And Heroine (2) Genesis- Selling England By The Pound (1) Pink Floyd- Dark Side Of The Moon honorable mentions Jethro Tull- A Passion's Play , ELP - Brain Salad Surgery, Camel - Camel
Chuck's picks:
5 Countdown To Ecstasy-Steely Dan
4 Ashes Are Burning-Renaissance
3 Mekanik Destruktiw Kommando-Magma
2 Hatfield And The North-Hatfield And The North
1 Arbeit Macht Frei-Area
Honorable Mention
Innervisions-Stevie Wonder
George's picks:
1. Return to Forever - Hymn of the 7th Galaxy
2. Billy Cobham - Spectrum
3. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
4. Semiramis - Dedicato a Frazz
5. Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives of Henry VIII
HM's
Museo Rosenbach - Zarathustra
Camel - s/t
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - In Sono Nato Libero
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
Eric's picks:
1 Selling England By The Pound / Dark Side Of The Moon
2. Birds of Fire - Mahavishnu Orchestra
3. In A Glass House - Gentle Giant
4. Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy - RTF
5. Over-Nite Sensation - Frank Zappa
HM
A Passion Play - Jethro Tull
Camel - s/t
Photos of Ghosts - PFM
Spectrum - Billy Cobham
Looking Thru - Passport
Thanks PETE. The lists” always help with “ the homework “ 👍💯
The lists are key!!!! Thanks
Thanks Pete for the lists.
You watch Wizard of Oz while listening to Dark Side of the Moon.
Love Rick’s eloquent defense of Dark Side of the Moon. I once had a friend tell me it was “too commercial”. Actually yes that is kind of true as Rick says so well-it was just commercial enough to be that perfect gateway drug. It was that for me ever since one day back in 1981, when my dad told me if I did some chores and helped with this massive cleanup job, he would take me to the record store and I could pick out any album. Like many other 12 year olds at the time, I chose Foreigner 4. But my dad said he wanted to get me another album, his favorite album ever and it was Dark Side of the Moon. I was stoked because even though I didn’t know what it was or much about it all (I had heard “Money” on the radio but I didn’t make the connection until I actually played the record) I loved the mysterious album cover and it just seemed cool. Well when I got home I immediately listened to the Foreigner album and thought it was pretty good-I liked the hits. But then I put on Dark Side and it changed my life forever. It’s the reason I’m here in the RUclips comments watching you guys. It’s the reason I have become the person I am today (for better or worse). I have liked other Pink Floyd albums more than this in the past and even now because that’s what happens with a band this good. I like other bands maybe more than Pink Floyd now.But this will always be the most important album to me and I am so grateful to my dad for introducing it to me that day.
It's only the Greatest album of all time....
My pick are:
1- Area - Arbeit macht frei
2- Banco - Io sono nato libero
3- Gentle Giant - In A Glass House
4- Gong - Angel’s Egg
5- Genesis- Selling England by the Pound
HM:
Frank Zappa - Overnight Sensation
Alphataurus - Alphataurus
Caravan - For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Nighr
ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
King Crimson - Larks’ Tongues
Magma - MDK
Osanna - Palepoli
1973 we were listening to Italian radio RAI pop off and all those great bands you mention. Malta 🇲🇹 is that close to Sicily.
Great shirt Chuck!!!!
1 Dark Side of the Moon
2 Yessongs
3 Tales from Topographic Oceans
4 Brain Salad Surgery
5 tie - Six Wives of Henry 8 and Tubular Bells
1. The Dark Side of the Moon
2. Selling England By The Pound
3. Brain Salad Surgery
4. Tales From Topographic Oceans
5. Larks Tongue in Aspic
HM:
A Passion Play, Felona e Sorona, In a Glass House, Tubular Bells, Queen, Camel, For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night
1.Hawkwind-Space Ritual
2. Pink Floyd-DSOTM
3. King Crimson- LTIA
4. Yes-TFTO
5. Tull- A Passion Play
@RickLaBonte Ah Rick, what a man! One Live Badger. Thank you for giving this a mention. I take you to Glasgow, Scotland, 12th March 1973. I'm at school, aged 13. A friend greets me in the morning with news that the Black Sabbath gig he'd attended on the Friday just past, was amazing (ticket price, just under 1 dollar...yeah, I know!!). I wasn't big on the Sabs at that point, more a Floydian. "I also saw a band you'd definitely like...the support group, Badger". I wasted no time and marched off at the end of the school day, to pick up the album. Took a few stores to find it, but I did. So, not only do I have the vinyl, replete with gatefold sleeve and pop-up badger, but the Atlantic record labels are on the wrong sides! Always, always loved that record. I don't think there's been a better live debut anywhere (there may not be that many!) but it was a brave thing to do...and it so worked. I do also have a 7" promo vinyl of White Lady, the title from their 2nd that you mentioned. It's fine, but Badger it ain't. Something derailed them (Allen Toussaint?) after their debut release and they lurched in a whole other (entirely wrong) direction. Hey ho....we have one amazing album, for which I am grateful...
As always, Gentlemen, you guys don't disappoint. And I can count on George and Ken to expand my musical horizons. Huzzah! I am now going to listen to some quality prog.
That Badger live album is amazing ! glad you mention this album, we don't see it much here on the channel..thanks !
I was that young guy going into record stores buying these amazing classics, often the very day or week released. I had left school and had more cash to do it! What a year for albums and concerts/gigs!
My pick`s:
1) Genesis- Selling England By The Pound
2) King Crimson- Lark`s Tongues
3) Pink Floyd- Dark Side of The Moon
4) Nektar- Remember The Future
5) Caravan-For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night
HM `s: Amon Duul 2- Wolf City
Can: Future Days
Steely Dan- Countdown To Ecstasy
Yes: Yessongs
Manfred Mann`s Earthband- Solar Fire
Renaissance- Ashes Are Burning
Great show Pete here are my top 5 from the year I was born 1973:
1. Pink Floyd ----- Dark Side of the Moon
2. Genesis ------ Selling England by the Pound
3. ELP ----- Brain Salad Surgery
4. Jethro Tull ----- A Passion Play
5. Yes ------ Tales from Topographic Oceans
Awesome show as always!! Thanks gents!
1. Dark Side of the Moon - Floyd
2. Selling England By the Pound - Genesis
3. Brain Salad Surgery - ELP
4. Birds of Fire - Mahavishnu Orchestra
5. Spectrum - Billy Cobham
My favorite year (my birth year). There are albums that will always be within me.
1. Pink Floyd - The dark side of the moon
2. Genesis - Selling England by the pound
3. Jethro Tull - A passion play
4. Camel - S/T
5. Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Solar fire
Honorable mentions: King Crimson - Larks tongues in Aspic, Yes - Tale from...., Nektar - Remember the future, Eloy - Inside, Agitation Free - 2nd, Soft Machine - Seven, Gentle Giant - In a glass house, Billy Cobham - Spectrum, ELP - Brain salad surgery etc.
Excellent as ever gents, entertaining, and informative!
My picks for 1973 are:
5. "Dark Side of the Moon" - Pink Floyd
4. "Selling England By the Pound" - Genesis
3. "Brain Salad Surgery" - ELP
2. "Inside" - Eloy
1. "Space Ritual" - Hawkwind
HMs: "Tales From Topographic Oceans" - Yes ; "Ashes are Burning" - Renaissance ; "Hatfield And The North" - Hatfield And The North
great pick Ken!!!! i knew you'ld pick Brain Salad but yeah, Brain Salad and Fragile are my favorite prog albums and i'm still amazed everytime i drop the need on that album that it came out in '73, to me it's flawless and seamless like Floyd's DSOTM and it flows perfectly and always seems to be over before it starts-it strange and very few albums do that for me and have that hypnotic flow. Kind Of Blue is another album that flows like that for me. AND, it's one of my favorite album covers as well. thanks Pete, awesome show as always gentlemen!!!!!!!! \m/\m/
Thanks to everyone for another very enjoyable, insightful and entertaining program. Great stuff.
Great show from the Prog gentlemen. Thank you for all the fun and insightful picks. Currently my top 5 1973 prog albums in no particular order are Museo Rosenbach - Zarathustra, Semiramis - Dedicato A Frazz, Jethro Tull - Passion Play, Roxy Music - For your Pleasure and Gong - Flying Teapot.
Nice selection Sal, I have some homework to do !
Great Choices!
My number one is J. A. Seazer - Kokkyou Junreika!!!
great show. great year. These are the five that I am still listening to regularly 1) Jethro Tull: Passion Play. 2) Gentle Giant: In a Glass House. 3) Yes: Tales from the Topographic Oceans/Yessongs 4) Renaissance: Ashes are burning. 5) Genesis: Selling England by the Pound
Great list Dave
@@ericporter344 thank you. I'm a total Tull homer. Favorite band. But for me the Play is the best of the best.
@@davecourlang1 I love Tull as well, I get it! My favs are SFTW & Hh
@@ericporter344 absolute marvels. I listen to them constantly.
Sufficiently breathless! Passport debut lp. Capt beyond and a Doldinger
Captain approved. Cheers
Excellent stuff!
My picks
Pink Floyd-dark side of the moon
Camel-camel
The mahavishnu orchestra-birds of fire
The return to forever-light as a feather
King crimson -larks tongue in aspic
Honorable mentions
Steely dan-countdown to ecstacy
Herbie hancock-headhunters
Mile Oldfield-tubular bells
Genesis-selling England by the pound
Billy cobham-spectrum
Another great time In The Prog Seat and thanks, Pete, for adding the lists to the comments. As always, some choices on the show have been added to the SoT listening list. Listed mine a few days back on the Hudson Valley Squares 1973 show but repeated below.
1. A Wizard, A True Star - Todd Rundgren
2. A Passion Play - Jethro Tull
3. Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
4. Brain Salad Surgery - Emerson, Lake and Palmer
5. Selling England By The Pound - Genesis
Great music that year. It was damn near impossible to buy everything as it was released. Thanks again, gents, for your time and keeping us entertained and informed.
Thanks John, excellent list!
Great call on The Strawbs Rick, great album and great band.
That Enrico Rava album is a masterpiece, Ken. Love that you did the list the way you did, I don’t care if it broke the rules. *Anyone who wants to listen for free:* I know that album is on Apple Music, which means it’s almost definitely on Spotify as well (and I’m sure it’s uploaded to RUclips, but I always prefer the sound quality on Apple Music).
I didn’t know it’s not on CD, that’s tragic. Just one more reason for me to move my ass to buy a record player… 🤘✌️
Ken's hardball list is perfection.
I can always count on Ken to introduce me to music I never heard before. Thanks Ken.
@@carlsalazar4490 Thats what I’m here for. 👍🏻
1 Yessongs ( I was at the concert in Copenhagen 1972)
2 Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
3 Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans
4 ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
5 Rick Wakeman - The Six Wifes of Henry VIII
I like Ken Golden's approach pf listing A & Btitles, giving room for things I might not otherwise have heard. That really adds a useful dimension to these "list" videos!
Me too, that's also the best way to get into learning about new bands
My picks were mentioned, and some superfluous ones too :) but I was bemused why there was no vote for Caravan "For girls who grow plump in the night" - their last truly brilliant album and one of the best from this fabulous year.
Oh, and I have a soft spot for Greensalde, so I have to add their debut to the equation.
One of the best synth solos ever on "The Dog...."
Fantastic speech on Dark Side from Rick!! Love it
number one without a doubt Genesis - Selling England by the Pound, one of my fav prog albums of all time, and a couple albums from my home country where they booed genesis in Leiden in 1981 when they played the newer stuff, the Netherlands,
2. Alquin - Mountain queen
3. supersister - Iskander
4. Earth and Fire - Atlantis
5. Ekseption - Trinity
5. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
4. King Crimson - Lark's Tongue in Aspic
3. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
2. Queen - Queen
1. The Who - Quadrophenia
honorable mentions:
Billy Cobham - Spectrum
ELO - On the Third Day
Frank Zappa - Over-Nite Sensation
ELO - ELO 2
Larks by Crimson would be my pick, Wishbone Four would be my nearly and Cosmic Slop by Funkadelic would be my wild card - a more stripped back lineup but with some sounds and ideas well ahead of rock and pop. Progressive Funk.
And Dark Side is only commercial because its Dark Side...its still - if you can detach yourself....a really weird album, with ideas up the wazoo and a real attempt to make a soundscape not done before. You cant - now that teens wear the tee who dont even know the record - criticise it for bein commercial. Its not We Cant Dance...
Absolutely brilliant show. Great to hear about music. 👍👍
Thanks David
What a year of art rock!!!
Great picks by everyone .
My selections , in order of preference are :
Pink Floyd : Dark Side of the Moon
Genesis : Selling England by the Pound
Jethro Tull : A Passion Play
ELP : Brain Salad Surgery
The Strawbs : Hero & Heroine
Honourable Mentions :
Mike Oldfield : Tubular Bells
King Crimson : Lark's Tongues in Aspic
Agitation Free : 2nd Album
Camel : Camel
Rick Wakeman : 6 Wives of Henry VIII th
Thanks !
Fantastic show. Found Enrico Rava online so will be streaming that soon. My 5 -
5 Lou Reed - Berlin
4 Greenslade - Bedside Manners Are Extra
3 Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
2 Pink Floyd - DSOTM
1 Caravan - For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night
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Magma with M.D.K. indeed. Fantastic album. Probably my favorite prog album of '73.
M.D.K is amazing!!
Have you heard Kokkyou Junreika by
J. A. Seazer? If you like magma you will probably like it!!!
1. Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink floyd
2. Selling England By The Pound - Genesis
3- Tubular Bells- Mike Oldfield
4. ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
5. Hawkwind - Space Ritual
Honorables mentions : Camel' debut + King Crimson's Larks' Tongues In Aspics
Missed you in this show, bhai. Hope you are well.
Wish you were here to give the Floyd some love!
Great show for a great year. Here's my attempt at a list. Order optional.
Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
Camel - Camel
Eloy - Inside
Yes - Tales from Topographical Oceans
Nektar - Remember the Future
Rick Wakeman - Six Wives of Henry the Eighth
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
Excellent list Molly
Well my list is gonna be similar to my *general* list on the squares.
5. Kayak - See See The Sun
4. Gentle Giant - In a Glass House
3. Nektar - Remember The Future
2. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
1. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
1. Genesis- Selling england by the pound
2. Pink Floyd- The dark side of the moon
3. Return to forever- Hymn of the seventh galaxy
4. Yes- Tales from topographic oceans
5. King Crimson- Lark's tongues in aspic
6. ELP- Brain salad surgery
7. Jethro Tull- A passion play
8. Renaissance- Ashes are burning
9. Frank Zappa- Overnite sensation
10. Gentle Giant- In a glass house
Lucky enough to have seen a lot of the bands mentioned and the truly wonderful music they produced. A big thanks to everyone who took part, hopefully The Jethro Tull Passion Play gets recorded for a show.
Good to see Chuck representing Joy Division. Hearing Chuck laugh brightens up my day.
I agree with Chuck on "Innervisions"! SW's creative output during the early 70s is unmatched!
Props for mentioning Badger. I have it on CD and I love it.
Comrade!
Kerry Livgren has stated in interviews & his autobiographies that Gentle Giant was his favorite band and greatest influence. And you can hear it clearly in his phenomenal prog compositions.
An older friend loaned me 🐙. I started collecting the vinyl. Kansas, in prog mode are still amazing.
I never knew this. It’s amazing to think of Carry on Wayward Son is this light.
@@justamops Carry On is not the best example, but try Icarus and The Pinnacle from the album Masque and the entire album Song for America. And many other great Livgren songs too!
I believe Kerry also said that Tony Banks of Genesis was his favorite piano/keyboard player.
Spectrum is one of my all time favorite albums.
Great album!
Same here!
Good call on Renaissance, I saw them here in São Paulo a few weeks ago and took my son, they were fantastic and Annie’s voice is still amazing, they have always been pretty popular here in Brazil. Hatfield and North too!
1) Genesis- Selling England by the Pound
2) Jethro Tull- A Passion Play
3) Renaissance- Ashes are burning
4) Yes- Tales from Topographic Oceans
5) Queen- Queen
Don’t have time to make my own list at the moment but I have to mention De De Lind’s sole album, “Io non so da dove vengo e non so dove mai andrò. Uomo è il nome che mi han dato.” It’s a heavy Italian Prog masterpiece.
I will be watching tomorrow, definitely looking forward to it! Thanks guys 🤘
Peter Hammill - The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage didn't get a mention! 😪
I still have my original vinyl copy. Fantastic album. The lyrics are genius. I hardly ever hear it discussed. Would always be in my top 10 of greatest prog albums.
1. King Crimson - Larks Tongues in Aspic
2. Return To Forever - Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy
3. Herbie Hancock - Headhunters
4. Genesis - Selling England
5. The Who - Quadraphenia (this is debatable but I think it’s pretty proggy)
Jay 👍
For Your Pleasure is a 10/10 masterpiece imo. First half is incredible, makes me move, incredibly moving… but that second half just sends me, dude. The title track is in the top 10 best experimental/art/prog tracks of all time imo… 🤘✌️
Edit: and, Stranded, the second album they released that year, nips at its heals.. it’s definitely also a masterpiece, juuuust shy of being their best imo.
My list:
1. J. A. Seazer - Kokkyou Junreika
2. Magma - MDK
3. GONG - Flying Teapot
4. Far Out - Nihonjin
5. Samla Mammas Manna - Måltid
6. Zao - Z=7L
7. Haikara - Geafar
8. Kebnekajse - Kebnekajse ll
9. ELP - BSS
10. Cervello - Melos
J.A.Seazer FTW!
@@lasercd7851 Have you heard Kokkyou Junreika?
@@bertkarlsson1421 Bert I have some of the J.A. Seazer albums in my collection on CD, including Kokkyou Junreika. In fact I have copies of Ship Of Fools for sale on our Discogs page. Personally I find J.A. Seazer to be a bit of a mixed bag, along with Tokyo Kid Brothers and Geinoyamashirogumi. I like parts of each of their albums a lot and other parts not so much. These are theatrical oriented bands and a lot of what is going on is lost on Western ears. Take Geinoyamashirogumi's "Osorezan" - first side is incredible. Second side leaves me scratching my head.
@@kengolden666 Hi Ken! I'm really glad that you know about J.A. Seazer and Geinoh Yamashirogumi!!!
Most people in the west have never heard of them. They are two of my favorite bands/artists!! They don't sound like any other music i've heard! When it comes to Seazer I think Shintokumaru and Kokkyou Junreika are his masterpieces! I love the theatrical aspect of the music! It's kind of a wierd mix of opera, psychedelic rock, japanese folk and zeuhl! I think Shintokumaru might be the best prog album ever made. And it doesn't even exist on ProgArchives, that's how obscure it is. As for Geinoh Yamashirogumi I love the entire osorezan album and most albums I've heard by them!!
I wish more people knew about them. You should give Shintokumaru as a homework asignment to someone! It would be interesting to see what they think! I bet Pete wouldn't like it, but maybe Chuck would. And you should do an episode of in the prog seat all about japanese prog were you could talk about some of this music! Flower Travellin Band and Osamu Kitajima are two other great artists! There is so much great music from Japan!!
@@bertkarlsson1421 Bert I think the main problem would be the other panelists are not that familiar with the Japanese prog scene. I can do an entire show but just me is not a panel.
Captain Beyond - Sufficiently Breathless
It's an album that that could fly under the radar in such a strong year!
Hmm, I have this and the debut on disc. Great vinyl slabs. Never considered them prog. I kind of think of Deep Purple, but with a bit of Class.
Good one!
My Top Five:
1) Magma - Mekanik Destructuw Kommandoh
2) Return To Forever - Hymn To The Seventh Galaxy
3) Weather Report - Sweetnighter
4) Hiromasa Suzuki & Rock Joint Cither - Silk Road
5) Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds Of Fire
1- Genesis : Selling England By The Pound
2- Yes : Tales From Topographic Oceans
3- Gentle Giant : In A Glass House
4- Jethro Tull : A Passion Play
5- King Crimson: Larks' Tongues In Aspic
Great show as always, guys - sorry it's taken me a year to catch up with it. Just one little reservation: Hero and Heroine wasn't released until March 1974, but as it was recorded the previous November I guess it still qualifies as a 1973 record. My own choices:
1. The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
2. Flying Teapot - Gong
3. Brain Salad Surgery - ELP
4. Selling England By The Pound - Genesis
5. The Faust Tapes - Faust
Honorable mentions:
Atem - Tangerine Dream
For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night - Caravan
For Your Pleasure - Roxy Music
Good stuff, Gentlemen, good stuff.
Thanks Mat
@@ericporter344 C'mon pull the other one, Thank you.
2012 re-recording of The Journey to the Centre of the Earth mentioned by Ken is brilliant! Not only because of the quality of the recording, which obviously lacked in the original, but also because of all the added material. Or, better to say, restored material, which was meant to be there from the beginning, but was cut in the 73 due to the format and budget limitations.
Does anyone else write down titles and artists to check out later?
I got into Opeth from one of the SoT videos,so thanks guys,very informative.
Sometimes...I'd really like to have the SoT Forgotten Favorites series back for that reason...
I agree with you Wolf, loved that series too.
Top 5:
King Crimson - Larks Tongue in Aspic
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
RTF - Light as a Feather
Strawbs - Bursting at the Seams
ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
HM
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
Agitation Free - 2nd
Caravan - For Girls Who Go Plump in the Night
My Top 5 Prog of 1973:
5. Bachdenkel "Lemmngs"
4. Mike Oldfield "Tubular Bells"
3. Billy Cobham "Spectrum"
2. Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon"
1. King Crimson "Larks Tongue in Aspic"
Rick and Chuck are right! Prog influenced Zeppelin and Elton at the time with fantastic results. And Innervisions has prog all over it.
Top 5
Genesis-Selling England by the pound
Gentle Giant-In a glass house
Pink Floyd- Dark side of the moon
King Crimson- Larked Tongues in aspec
Yes-Tales from topographic oceans
Hm
Frank Zappa overnite sensation, ELP Brain Salad surgery, Mahavishnu Orchestra Birds of fire, Return to Forever Light as a feather/Hymn of the seventh galaxy, Herbie Hancock Head hunters, Jethro Tull Passion play, Camel debut, Rick Wakeman Six wives of Henry VII
Yessongs and Between nothingness and eternity if we include live albums.
Top 10
1. Camel - Camel
2. Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning
3. Nektar - Remember the Future
4. Caravan - For Girls Who Go Plump in the Night
5. Kayak - See the Sun
6. Greenslade - Greenslade
7. Emerson, Lake, & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
8. Frank Zappa - Overnight Sensation
9. Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day
10. Peter Hammill - Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night
This could have been Prog’s peak year as there are many exceptional releases including undisputed classics that didn’t make the cut. Queen’s Debut would have been ranked #2 if one were to consider it Prog but I don’t.
1. Billy Cobham- Spectrum
2. Pink Floyd- Dark Side
3. Genesis- Selling England
4. Jethro Tull- Passion Play
5. FZ - Overnite Sensation
HMS
ELP - Brain Salad
Rick Wakeman - 6 Wives
Gentle Giant- In a Glass House
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
Nice list Paul
1. Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
2. Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning
3. Gentle Giant - In A Glass House
4. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
5. Ruphus - New Born Day
1973- Placebo
Roots- Nucleus with Ian Carr
Gong - Flying Teapot
Great show btw.
1. King Crimson - Lark's Tongues In Aspic
2. Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans
3. ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
4. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds Of Fire
5. Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
Chuck's encyclopedic knowledge never ceases to amaze me. I'm pretty sure that dude has heard literally every album ever recorded, and knows exactly who played on each and every one of them.
LOL! Thank you anyway. I knew many of the more popular albums were going to picked, I just wanted to go outside the box.
"Notice how somebody never follows directions?" 🤣 but I love it that Mr. Ken Golden did so. In fact, if I were in his shoes I would probably do the same thing. Who doesn't love paying homage to underrated classics?
My five from 1973
1. *Pink Floyd* - ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’
2. *Genesis* - ‘Selling England by the Pound’
3. *Hawkwind* - ‘Space Ritual’
4. *Herbie Hancock* - ‘Head Hunters’
5. *Billy Cobham* - ‘Spectrum’
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Usually on these shows there are a fairly large number of albums I note to go and try out, on this one however I already have most of the main picks. Big props to Ken, then, for his hardball list. And Ken hit the nail on the head with Brain Salad Surgery, great to also see him flying the flag for Tales from Topographic Oceans. And I have to agree that Rick's 6 wives has never been bettered - he's come close with a few, and that's one album I've had since xmas 1974 that I still listen to regularly.
Nice to see Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Argent and Badger getting a look in as well.
There's a book on Sonicbond called '1973 The Greatest year of progressive rock', most of the albums featured in it were mentioned except for Greenslade's first, Gong's Flying Teapot, Can's Future Days, Kayak's See see the Sun and Caravan's For Girls who Grow Plump in the nIght.
1973 was the year I started at secondary (high) school - it was an all boys boarding school in a small English town (although I was what they called a 'day boy' as I lived in the town and was able to go to it as I had somehow managed to pass the '11 plus' exam). My class mates all had older siblings so through them I got to know about much of the music I still listen to today. By Christmas 1974 I had been gifted some of the albums mentioned tonight - notably the ELP, Yes and Rick Wakeman - Genesis I got for xmas '75. Most of the rest followed over the next 48 years.
Great stuff Terry!
fusion:
1. mahavishnu orchestra - birds of fire
2. weather report - sweetnighter
3. herbie hancock - sextant
4. herbie hancock - head hunters
5. return to forever - hymn of the seventh galaxy
bonus: billy cobham - spectrum
santana & mclaughlin - love, devotion, surrender
prog:
1. gentle giant - in a glass house
2. yes - tales from topographic oceans
3. king crimson - larks' tongues in aspic
4. genesis - selling england by the pound
5. can - future days
bonus: pink floyd - the dark side of the moon
frank zappa - over-nite sensation
I always vibe with Ken and Chuck
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1. Selling England - Genesis. The greatest of Prog epics - The Cinema Show.
2. Renaissance Ashes Are Burning
3. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
4. Jethro Tull - Passion Play
5. Yes - Yessongs
Ricks picks on this episode are 🔥
Right on with Inside Mr. Golden. That's the album that converted me to progressive rock right there.
All my picks got mentioned except for Captain Beyond : Sufficiently Breathless. Brilliant album!
I love Area - Arbeit Macht Frei is my favourtite album by them! Fantastic record.
I recently got Demetrio Stratos' first solo album (Metrodora) from my local record shop - LOL not sure what to make of that one!!
Hearing Dark Side described as a soothing, warm blanket makes me chuckle.
1. Billy Cobham - Spectrum.
2. Weather Report - Sweetnighter.
3. Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters.
4. Soft Machine - Seven.
5. Camel - Camel.
All of my very top favorites (Dark Side, etc.) were mentioned, but for some honorables:
Styx II (I love A Day, Father OSA, and Lady)
ELO II
Caravan - For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night
A very enjoyable discussion, guys - thanks!
The 'commercial' 5 are easy - Tales from Topographic Oceans, Dark Side of the Moon, Brain Salad Surgery, Selling England by the Pound and Ashes are Burning but I'd like to mention Fripp and Eno's (No Pussyfooting), Soft Machine's 6th, Museo Rosenbach's Zarathustra, Magma's MDK and Il Rovescio Della Medaglia's Contaminazione
My personal top 5:
1) Magma - MDK
2) Genesis - Selling England by the pound
3) Le orme - Felona e sorona
4) Museo rosenbach - Zarathustra
5) King crimson - Larks' tongues in aspic
This video reminded me that I should definitely go discover the Italian prog scene... (and Magma, lol^^)
Check it all out, and good luck. But, for Magma - whatever you do, DON'T tell Pete. 😜
@@knightvisioniixv I am French but I think it won't matter for Magma aha !
@@alternativepreacher4516 Ha, yes, I think that wouldn't matter. 😉
I am one of those that Dark Side of The Moon drove me away from Pink Floyd. I was sick to death of Money, I loved my weird, cryptic, spacey early Pink Floyd. I resented (wrongly), that my eclectic out there band was now wildly popular and on the radio every 30 minutes. Then I hear Animals and thought this is pretty good after all. Then came The Wall, back on the radio every 30 minutes again. Back in my bad books. I revisited The Wall and learned to appreciate it, maybe it is time to revisit Dark Side of The Moon.
Money was obviously a successful single but I think it stands out like a sore thumb on that album. It doesn’t really fit in with the rest of it. To me the album takes a down turn going from The Great Gig in the Sky to that, obviously in vinyl record days it would be the start of a new side.
The rest of the album is weird, cryptic and spacey.
Money is overrated apart from guitar solo
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My top 5
1) Spectrum Billy Cobham
2) Head Hunters Herbie Hancock
3) Passport Handmade
4) Return To Forever Hymn of the 7 th Galaxy
5) Brain Salad Surgery ELP
5) Mwandishi band - Sextant
4) Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
3) The Mothers - Overnite Sensation
2) Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
1) King Crimson - Larks’ Tongues In Aspic
1. King Crimson - Larks Tongues
2. Can - Future Days
3. Genesis - Selling England
4. Faust - IV
5. Semiramis - Dedicato A Frazz
DSOTM by far the best and my favorite 1973 issue. Great to hear Ken mentioning MM Chapter Three. Their two albums were just about sufficient jazz for me.
1. Selling England by the Pound - Genesis
2. A Passion Play - Jethro Tull
3. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
4. 2nd - Agitation Free
5. Future Days - Can
Honourable Mentions: Brain Salad Surgery, Spectrum, Lark's Tongues in Aspic, Remember the Future, Herbie Handcock's HeadHunters, Birds of Fire, Faust IV, Ashes are Burning, Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night, Quadrophenia
Great picks fellas! I’d like to add Cosmic Slop by Funkadelic as an honorable mention 🤘🏼
“Camel” by Camel is one of my most favorite albums of all time.
Hello Michael, next to Music Inspired by the Snowgoose, Camel's debut is my favorite. Underrated in my opinion!
Prog albums purchased in 1973
Jethro Tull
" Pasion Play"
FLASH
" In the can"
ELP
" Brain Salad Surgery"
Badger
" One Live Badger"
Pink Floyd
" Dark Side of the moon"
great shirt chuck!
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1 Brain Salad Surgery ELP
2 Overnite Sensation Frank Zappa
3 Larks Tongues In Aspic King Crimson
4 Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd
5 Tubular Bells Mike Oldfield
I have to agree with Ken, Brain Salad Surgery is the greatest prog album of them all, finally, someone agrees with me.