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Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
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Oct 8, 2003
49,860
Faversham
Kosh said:
Ooohhh best thread ever!

Right:

High Tide - s/t
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I have both of the first two albums on vinyl. Worth a few bob, apparently.

Well done for your progness, especially at such a tender age. :clap2:
 




DavidinSouthampton

DavidinSouthampton

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Jan 3, 2012
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Icy Gull said:
Yes, the genre so despised by punks so probably a fair proportion of NSC :smile:

Anyway I will plump for Peter Gabriel's Genesis and particularly the fantastic Sellimg England by the Pound which still sounds as good today as it did in 1973


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Rn9tzirks4
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When I first saw the thread title, This was what immediately sprang to mind. Wonderful album.

But I also have a soft spot for Foxtrot, especially the 20 minutes of "Supper's ready".
 


GT49er

GT49er

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Feb 1, 2009
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If it's going to be Genesis, it's Nursery Cryme for me.

Then I'll add a vote for:
Soft Machine - Third;
Van der Graaf Generator - H to He Who Am the Only One;
Amon Duul - Phallus Dei.
 


BBassic

BBassic

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Jul 28, 2011
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KVLT said:
Track would be A Fair Judgement from the Deliverance album by Opeth



Album would be Blackwater Park by Opeth



Prog Rock fused with Metal. :rock:
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And now I have to listen to Blackwater Park again.

Heritage is a great album too. They drop all the metal and go full prog.
 




Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
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Oct 8, 2003
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Not Andy Naylor

Not Andy Naylor

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Dec 12, 2007
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Seven Dials
jakarta said:
Dark Side of the Prog. Allegedly the last Album Kurt Cobain listened to before he ventilated his head... Not a Radio Friendly Unit Shifter, in retrospect I'm amazed Fripp didn't forbid John Wetton to smile on the Cover Photo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfR6_V91fG8
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One of my absolute favourite albums. Starless and Fallen Angel ...
 




GT49er

GT49er

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jakarta said:
Dark Side of the Prog. Allegedly the last Album Kurt Cobain listened to before he ventilated his head... Not a Radio Friendly Unit Shifter, in retrospect I'm amazed Fripp didn't forbid John Wetton to smile on the Cover Photo.
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Well of course John Wetton was smiling - he was a very lucky boy! He was a very basic bass guitarist blessed with a decent voice who time and time again managed to surround himself with top class musicians who did all the clever stuff, while the bass often did not much more than boom out the bass note of the chord being played at the beginning of the bar. Listen to Asia (Steve Howe on guitar, Geoff Downes on keyboards and Carl Palmer on drums - I'd fancy myself on bass with those three doing the business round me!) and you'll see (hear) what I mean.
Good luck to him (sadly not any more though) - he made the best of his talent. How many of us have achieved that?
 


Mental Lental

Mental Lental

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Jul 5, 2003
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Shiki-shi, Saitama






Not Andy Naylor

Not Andy Naylor

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GT49er said:
Well of course John Wetton was smiling - he was a very lucky boy! He was a very basic bass guitarist blessed with a decent voice who time and time again managed to surround himself with top class musicians who did all the clever stuff, while the bass often did not much more than boom out the bass note of the chord being played at the beginning of the bar. Listen to Asia (Steve Howe on guitar, Geoff Downes on keyboards and Carl Palmer on drums - I'd fancy myself on bass with those three doing the business round me!) and you'll see (hear) what I mean.
Good luck to him (sadly not any more though) - he made the best of his talent. How many of us have achieved that?
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Without wishing to suggest that you don't know what you're talking about, I'd have to say that dealing with some of the time signatures in U.K. alone qualifies him as more than decent. Eddie Jobson rated him.
 


jakarta

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GT49er said:
Well of course John Wetton was smiling - he was a very lucky boy! He was a very basic bass guitarist blessed with a decent voice who time and time again managed to surround himself with top class musicians who did all the clever stuff, while the bass often did not much more than boom out the bass note of the chord being played at the beginning of the bar. Listen to Asia (Steve Howe on guitar, Geoff Downes on keyboards and Carl Palmer on drums - I'd fancy myself on bass with those three doing the business round me!) and you'll see (hear) what I mean.
Good luck to him (sadly not any more though) - he made the best of his talent. How many of us have achieved that?
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Fripp booted out anyone he didn't rate as musicians in King Crimson so can't agree with this - had more than a decent voice as well...
 


Barry Izbak

Barry Izbak

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Dec 7, 2005
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The whole Genesis back catalogue, up until Abacab, would qualify.
But if you forced me to choose one it has to be The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.
Not only a prog band at the very height of their game, but a concept album with an unfathomable story on the sleeve.
Absolutely brilliant.
 


Superphil

Superphil

Dismember
Jul 7, 2003
25,416
In a pile of football shirts
Camembert Electrique - Gong
 








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