70's Progressive Rock

[cosmarpan]

Chelsea - Let's Call it a Day from LP "Chelsea" (1970) Decca Records


Παρ'οτι κυκλοφορησε στην ωρα του, παρ'οτι στην Decca, παρ'οτι ηταν ολο αριστουργηματικο, αυτο το album για καποιο λογο εχει μεινει ακομα και σημερα στην αφανεια χωρις να γνωριζει κανεις σχεδόν την υπαρξη του.
Το δε κοματι είναι τοσο καλο που χωραγε σε οποιοδήποτε album των Moodies και στεκεται με ανεση διπλα στα καλυτερα τους.
Με αλλα λογια, αριστουργηματικο.

 

[cosmarpan]

Leaf Hound - Work My Body from LP "Growers Of Mushroom" (1971) Decca Records


Ένα αβυσαλεα hard, freaky, hair growing album, που δεν εχει να ζηλεψει απολυτως τιποτα από τα milestones του είδους, μα απολυτως. Παιξιμο πρωτης κλασης και απύθμενα φρικαλεα ερμηνεια από τον μεγαλο Pete French, που επισης ειχε δωσει ρεσιτάλ φρικαλεότητας και στο "In Hearing Of..." των Atomic Rooster. Εχω αρχισει και βγαζω τριχες σε απιθανα σημεια.

 

[Christiana]

Ertlif - You're Nothing At All

 

[Christiana]

Atlantide - The Lonely Man

 

[Christiana]

Chelsea - Let's Call it a Day from LP "Chelsea" (1970).

Τώρα το άκουσα ...και έπαθα!

 

[Christiana]

Home - Bad Days

 

[cosmarpan]

Angel - Tower from LP "Angel" (1975) Casablanca Records


Κατι μεταξυ hard rock και prog, μετέπειτα εξελιχθηκαν σε σημαντικη hard rock / heavy metal μπαντα. Εδώ τους ακουμε σε ένα απιθανο κοματι από το πρωτο τους album. Stathiana για παρτυ σου όπως υποσχεθηκα.

 

[cosmarpan]

Captain Beyond - Breath Of Fire / Alone In The Cosmos from LP "Dawn Explosion" (1977) Warner Bros. Records


Τριτο και τελευταιο album για τους φοβερούς και τρομερους Captain Beyond, όχι βεβαια στο επιπεδο των 2 πρωτων, αλλα και παλι το μετριο επιπεδο τους ηταν πολύ καλυτερο, αλλα και ονειρο απατηλο για πολλα hard trios της εποχης αλλα και του σημερα. Απίθανοι! Πολύ πολύ ψηλα.

 

[cosmarpan]

Bachdenkel - The Whole World (Looking Over My Shoulder) from LP "Сталинград" (1977) The Initial Recording Company


Εκπληκτικη μπαντα από την Αγγλια που μετακομισε και εδρασε, για αγνωστους λογους, στην Γαλλια στις αρχες 70's, βγαζοντας 2 αριστουργηματικα albums. Το "Lenmmings" το 1973, ηχογραφημενο το 1970, και το παραπανω το 1977. Ένα από τα μεγαλύτερα εγκληματα της rock ιστοριας, μια μπαντα που αξιζε ΠΟΛΛΑ παραπανω, πολύ υψηλης κλασης, και τελικα το μονο που καταφερε είναι να μην τους ξερει ουδεις, ακομα και στους στενους progressive rock κυκλους.

 

[Ξένια Κ.]

 

[felixxx]

Ωραιο πρωτο post! Kαλα το ξεκινησες!

 

[Ξένια Κ.]

 

[tparlos]

Canterbury Glass
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Of the many psychedelic groups who recorded unreleased material in the 1960s that didn't get issued until decades later, Canterbury Glass was one of the more unusual and interesting. The tracks they recorded for a prospective album in 1968 mixed classical religious music and psychedelic-progressive rock not as a gimmick, but with reasonable dignity and creativity. While only four of the six tracks from these sessions could be retrieved when Canterbury Glass material was finally released on CD in 2007, these added up to 40 minutes of well-recorded music, providing a reasonable facsimile of what might have appeared had the band landed a recording contract.
Canterbury Glass' origins lay in the mid-'60s London folk-blues duo of Malcolm Ironton and Michael Wimbleton, who as Mick & Malcolm recorded a couple of singles for Pye. Forming a band after their Pye days ended with drummer Dave Dowle and bassist Tony Proto, Ironton eventually turned to a more psychedelic direction under the influence of bands like Pink Floyd and the Moody Blues. Ironton and Proto began writing material, sometimes sung in Latin, that drew on the classical-flavored music sung and played in cathedrals. Adding keyboardist/guitarist Mike Hall (whose organ would give the group's material much of its classical/religious flavor) and singer Valeri Watson (who also played flute),Canterbury Glass played in London venues like Middle Earth and Eel Pie Island.

London arranger Harry Roberts heard a two-song demo, and with his partner, Olympic Studios owner Cliff Adams, arranged for the group to record an album's worth of material at Olympic. The six tracks, which fused guitar-based psychedelia with choral harmony vocals and heavily classical-influenced melodies and keyboards, were designed to draw a deal from bigger labels, but Polydor and CBS both passed on the band after showing some interest. The band broke up soon afterward, though not before future Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett, who'd played on one track on the sessions, joined as guitarist for a short time. Drummer Dave Dowle joined Brian Auger's Trinity in 1969, and quite a while later, he turned up in Whitesnake. Four of the six tracks from the sessions comprise the bulk of the 2007 CD Sacred Scenes and Characters, with one of the two previous demos added as a bonus cut.

http://www.allmusic.com/artist/canterbury-glass-mn0000658820/biography

Sacred Scenes and Characters might be the most influential psychedelic album that wasn’t released in 1968. That might take some explanation.
Canterbury Glass was a five piece band who recorded their sole work, Sacred Scenes and Characters, late in 1968. At that time, the five members were Malcolm Ironton (guitar and vocals), Mike hall (keyboards, guitar and vocals), Tony Proto (bass), Dave Dowle (drums) and Valerie Watson (flute, harmonica and vocals). Their album consisted of six long tracks that were strongly influenced by religious choral music (Westminster Cathedral to be specific) mixed with the creative psychedelic rock of the era, specifically Caravan, Pink Floyd and to a lesser extent, The Moody Blues. The result was a brilliant concept album that displayed an amazing diversity of musical ideas – very innovative for its day.
Here’s where we will break from the actual music and look at the story behind this album.

After the recording was completed, the producer ran it over to Polydor and got an immediate offer to release it – on a major label. He then made the mistake of also shopping it to CBS, who showed some interest as well. This back and forth between the two labels went on for too long, and both decided to move on and invest in other musical projects. Disappointed, the band soon fell apart and the music was forgotten. Until, almost 40 years later, when Malcolm Ironside came across the master tapes while working on another project. Unfortunately, he could only find four of the original six tracks. An early demo of one of the missing songs was found, and it was in good enough shape to include, although it actually bore little resemblance to the finished version. There is one more interesting piece to this story. A young unknown (at the time) guitarist was invited to add some lead guitar to the final track. That turned out to be Steve Hackett, of Genesis fame.

Generally, an archival find like this rarely lives up to the backing story. In the case of Canterbury Glass, it does and much more, as you can hear for yourself in the sample linked below. As it turns out, Kyrie, the opening track, is nicely representative of the remaining three long songs. In addition to the solid bass lines and multi-part vocal harmonies, the remainder of the album will feature some nice acoustic guitar, with a distinct psych feel through the vocals. There are also long sections of organ with the typical tone and technique of the era. Some tight ensemble play with sharp staccato runs and more than a few start and stops make this album as much proto-prog as it is psychedelic. The harmonica dates it a bit, but the flute, and there is a lot of it, hints at great things to come from other bands in a few short years (Jethro Tull, Focus, et al).

If you are a fan of the very earliest psych-proto-prog crossover period, this little gem should find a nice home in your collection.
One of the most incredible psychedelic rock albums from 1968 did not see its release until 2007. Thankfully, we can now enjoy it, or at least 2/3 of what was found.

https://progressivegems.wordpress.com/2012/10/12/canterbury-glass/

 

[anton]

 

[tparlos]

Motorpsycho - Here Be Monsters (2016)
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Andy Jackson - 73 Days At Sea (2016)
(* φρέσκα μεν, progressive δε...)​

 

[felixxx]

PAPA ZOOT BAND - Fly Away

 

[Christiana]

Γκρουπάρα απίστευτη !

Dalton - Visione Di Una Notte D'Estate
[DOUBLEPOST=1462824071][/DOUBLEPOST]Α,ρε Ιταλία τι έβγαζε !

Il Volo - La mia rivoluzione


Rovescio Della Medaglia - La Mia Musica

J.E.T -Fede,Speranza,Carita

 

[Christiana]

Apocalypse...

Patricia

Life Is Your Profession


Triana (...έρωτας)

Se De Un Lugar

Una Noche De Amor Desesperada

 

[Christiana]

Experimental Quartet - Spre Univers

Ω,ουάου !!!

 

[Georgesod]

Experimental Quartet - Spre Univers

Ω,ουάου !!!

What the fuck u r back!!!!!