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Todd-
Thanks for the reply. One thing I learned from listening to commercial (as opposed to college) Classic Rock stations is that they usually only play the songs that were "hits" on the radio earlier. Thus you probably only heard Lucky Man and From The Beginning from ELP. I doubt that you ever heard Tarkus or Karn Evil 9. The same principal probably applied to Genesis. A "Misunderstanding". No, they just wanted to play songs folks were familiar with.
I'm sure you probably heard only "Carry On My Wayward Son", "Dust In The Wind", and maybe "Play The Game Tonight" by Kansas. If you don't have their Leftoverture album, you owe it to yourself to get it. While they may rock a little more than Yes, ELP, or Genesis, they are most definitely progressive.
I loved listening to WRAS 88.5 FM during the 70s. They played complete album sides (back when vinyl LPs were the norm) 6 times per day. They had all request album sides on saturday where the DJ picked 5 suggestions and let the callers vote. I bought a LOT of music based on what I heard on that station.
I would never have purchased Nektar's "Remember The Future" if I had not heard it first. You'll find there are a lot of great albums that were released in the 70s that never get airplay except in places like AM.
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