Canterbury scene and other 70s progressive rock

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Canterbury scene and other 70s progressive rock

Post by variableD » Mon Mar 14, 2016 8:59 am

What are your favorite progressive albums, outside the obvious groups (Yes, King Crimson, early Genesis, etc.)?

Just listened to Queues and Cures by National Health and it was good. Looking for more along those lines.

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Post by Gregg Juke » Mon Mar 14, 2016 11:57 am

I like National Health. Not from Canterbury, but I dig Crack the Sky. Pop-y, of course, but the first Asia album is good. ELP, of course. Early Marillion. A group from near me that had one album out on CBS: 805. Some Pink Floyd. Bill Bruford's solo excursions. A group from Canada called FM. Some of Mike Rutherford's solo material. Anything by U.K. Spock's Beard is quite alright...

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Post by Gregg Juke » Mon Mar 14, 2016 12:24 pm

Alan Parsons Project.

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Post by shedshrine » Mon Mar 14, 2016 7:00 pm

Here's a great resource for bands and album reviews of the Canterbury Scene
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Not Canterbury, but under the Eclectic Prog umbrella, I like these guys alot. Gentle Giant

Free Hand, Octopus, Glass House, The Power and the Glory. Lot's of great albums from this band. And you probably already know of CAN..

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Post by Gregg Juke » Mon Mar 14, 2016 8:22 pm

How could I forget Gentle Giant? Great group. Focus too...

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Post by Magnetic Services » Mon Mar 14, 2016 9:15 pm

Soft Machine and Camel. Pretty different from each other, but both part of that scene I believe. As for other stuff... Happy the Man, UK, Bo Hansonn, ELP, Mike Oldfield, Atlas, Can, Utopia, Triumvirat, Univers Zero, Samla Mammas Manna ... I'm sure I'll think of 20 more after posting this. Check out progarchives.com.

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Post by Zacharia Matilda » Tue Mar 15, 2016 7:08 am

Hawkwind/Hawklords!!

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Post by JWL » Tue Mar 15, 2016 9:05 pm

+1 on pretty much all the bands listed in this thread so far. :-)

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Post by JWL » Tue Mar 15, 2016 9:16 pm

This is really cool, it has an entire section on the Canterbury scene:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt6uWZp ... W1vqNYosLN

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