10 of the best uknown prog albums

[Michael]

I always liked- Blow Up Hollywood-Stars End

[DamoXt7942]

Well you know...I consider North Euro Progrock is so great for us proggers.
Lellu's recommendation; Pekka Pohjola's sound is very fantastic.

Harakka Bialoipokku - Pekka Pohjola

Thanks Moonies.

[normandr]

well, i like these three

1- Les 5 saisons from Harmonium
2- In search of ancient gods from Absolute elsewhere
3- Ocean from ELoy

Normand

[Mighty-Boosh]

One of the great 'could be if you squint' prog albums is Tomorrow Belongs To Me by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band.

Scotland's own SAHB were one of the great under-rated bands of the '70s, and TBTM was SAHB at their best.

The Tale Of The Giant Stone-eater, Give My Compliments To The Chef and Sharks' Teeth were pure prog IMO - and Shake That Thing is one of my favourite songs ever.

Definitely worth checking out by moonies - hail Vibrania!

mb

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[quote=Mighty-Boosh;38840]One of the great 'could be if you squint' prog albums is Tomorrow Belongs To Me by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band.

Scotland's own SAHB were one of the great under-rated bands of the '70s, and TBTM was SAHB at their best.

The Tale Of The Giant Stone-eater, Give My Compliments To The Chef and Sharks' Teeth were pure prog IMO - and Shake That Thing is one of my favourite songs ever.

I share MB's statement, SAHB was a clever band

The impossible dream , their previous was also a gem

Vambo-Mailo rules

[moonweed]

Quiet Sun - Mainstream (not quite sure which is the band name, which is the album...features Eno, Manzenera, etc.)

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Originally Posted by moonweed

Quiet Sun - Mainstream (not quite sure which is the band name, which is the album...features Eno, Manzenera, etc.)

Quit Sun was the band of the bassplayer Bill McCormick

[Mike413]

Quiet Sun is the name of the band. There is a song on there called "mummy was an asteroid daddy was a nonstick kitchen utensil. I love that title!

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Originally Posted by Mike413

Quiet Sun is the name of the band. There is a song on there called "mummy was an asteroid daddy was a nonstick kitchen utensil. I love that title!

Mummy and rongwrong are on the 801 live LP also

QS's bassman Bill Mc Cormick is awesome on the live mummy version

[podakayne]

just of the top of my head:
1. Nova - Vimana
2. Mongol - Doppler 44
3. Pineapple Thief - What We Have Sown

back later w/others

[dinosaur]

Ditto on that Pineapple Thief, Poda!

[KenW]

-A Paragon of Beauty: s/t...great Japanese complex fusion
-Plastic People of the Universe...any early album...Czech rock.
-Dunaj: Rosol...also Czech rock...Pavel Fajt is one of the most creative drummers ever
-Shrimp Boat...they were post-rock before the genre existed
-Fulano: Trabajos Inutiles
-Grits: Rare Birds
-Mostly Other People do the Killing: The Coimbra Concert...amazing free jazz
-Own: The Other's Parts
-Ray Russell: Rites and Rituals...killer guitar fusion from 1971
-Silence IV: Machinations
-Virus: Revelation...kraut rock

[KenW]

Almost every album has a so called "clunker", but these are all very good.
-kada: kada
-Maelstrom: Maelstrom
-Fukkeduk: Ornithozozy
-Land's End: Pacific Coast Highway
-Shub Nigguerath: Les Morts Vont Vites

[claycorn]

isaiah, a 70s christian prog rock band i got from a torrent site but lost the web sites name

[spewie]

another band I just thought of that I discovered in Minnesota, USA is a band called Taï Phong. Taï Phong is a bit of an oddity, as it is a French band founded by Vietnamese brothers Kahn and Taï Ho Tong. The sound is comparable to Camel, and Novalis, but the most telling description is 'France's answer to Barclay James Havest.'

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Originally Posted by spewie

another band I just thought of that I discovered in Minnesota, USA is a band called Taï Phong. Taï Phong is a bit of an oddity, as it is a French band founded by Vietnamese brothers Kahn and Taï Ho Tong. The sound is comparable to Camel, and Novalis, but the most telling description is 'France's answer to Barclay James Havest.'

The first line-up of that french band gave birth to the solo career of a well known french singer called Jean jacques Goldman ( hi pitched voice, good axeman), he played guitar with tai Phong ( that name just for the record means typhoon), he left the band in order to make his tour of duty in the french army , i think he never rejoigned the band after the army because of internal trouble

their official discography is made of 3 LPS Tai Phong 75/Windows 76/Last flight 78 or 79 all on Warner Bros ( for Europe) . I got the first ( and best imho) know the second, third is unknown to my old ears

[Sintetista]

Well i NOMINATE MUROS DE AGUA, IT FITS THE CRITERIA AND i´M A MOONIE
SOO!

i WILL SEND THE NEW MUSIC TOO

KEEP ON PROGGING

YOURS TRULY

rAUL CERSAR AKA SYNTETISTA

[DEzerov]

In no particular order...

Atoll-Tertio
Maxophone - Maxophone
Celeste - Principe di un Giorno
Picchio dal Pozzo - Piccio dal Pozzo
SFF - Symphonic Pictures
The United States of America -The United States Of America
Daevid Allen -n'existe pas
Pip Pyle - Seven Year Itch
Greaves/Blegvad/Herman - Kew. Rhone
The Lodge - Smell Of A Friend

[carlos77]

1. Alas - Pinta Tu Aldea
2. Iceberg - Coses Nostres
3. Fusioon - Minorisa
4. Osanna - Palepoli
5. La Maquina de Hacer Pajaros - Peliculas
6. Mezquita - Recuerdos de mi Tierra
7. Companya Electrica Dharma - L'Ocumballa (my last discovery)
8. Bubu - Anabelas
9. Los Jaivas - Alturas del Macchu Picchu
10. Gotic - Escenes

Most of the albums are real great ones and needless to say by latin and spanish bands, except Osanna...

[Mike413]

Eduardo Bort- same
Nightwinds- same
Lift- Caverns of your brain
New Trolls- concerto grosso #1
White Willow-sacrament
Anthony Phillips- geese and the ghost
Aragon- don't bring the rain
Sebastian Hardie- windchase (four moments is good too)
Solaris-1990
Easter Island-now and then