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Old 05-18-2009, 02:16 PM
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One Hit Wonders

I've been thinking about asking this for a while now. Since I've been getting into the whole Quebec prog scene, I've found quite a few bands who only had 1 or 2 albums. Most of them are pretty obscure, so it got me to thinking: how many other great bands are out there who only had 1 or 2 albums?

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1) One or two studio albums. Live albums are extra, IMHO.
2) Band needs to be done. Naming a band that just put out their first album defeats the spirit of the thread.

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Old 05-18-2009, 03:56 PM
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Re: One Hit Wonders

As far as I know, the Turkish band Siddhartha (on the Moon) just made on album (which is out of print) and never appeared again
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Old 05-18-2009, 04:54 PM
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Re: One Hit Wonders

Well, not necessarily all prog, but some great one hit wonders in my eyes are:

Dryve - Thrifty Mr. Kickstar
Chasing Furies - With Abandon
Bellador - The Day's Intent
Chris Squire - Fish Out of Water
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Badger - One Live Badger (debut) and White Lady
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Old 05-18-2009, 10:34 PM
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Re: One Hit Wonders

Autumn - Oceanworld - which was playing when we discussed this in shout
Canarios - Ciclos
Lift - Caverns Of Your Brain
Kalaban - Don't Panic and Resistance Is Useless
Fireballet - Night On Bald Mountain and Two, Too (one of the worst covers ever)
Mirthrandir - For You The Old Women
Yezda Urfa - Boris and Sacred Baboon

I'm sure I'll think of lots more...
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Re: One Hit Wonders

anyone who hangs out in the shoutbox knows that one of my favorite unknown bands is Il Berlione. they made 2 albums and vanished. can't say enough good things about them.

Sloche only had 2 albums
Opus 5 had one
Pollen had one
Anglagard only had 2 studio albums
Bacamarte just had the 1 album, I'm pretty sure
Dun just had one album


I thought I had more when I was thinking about this before. I'll have to post later if I remember who they were.
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Old 05-19-2009, 09:27 AM
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Re: One Hit Wonders

One album bands :
- Windchase - Symphinity (1977) with 2 members of Sebastian Hardie
- Ego On The Rocks - Acid in wounderland (1980) with 2 members of Eloy
- Deja Vu - Baroque in the future (1988)
- Indigo Falls - Indigo Falls (1997) with Richard Barbieri and his woman
- Anomaly - Anomaly (2000)
- Tarka - Tarka (1988) with Anthony Phillips, Didier Malherbe, Guy Evans, ....
- Terpandre - Terpandre (1978)
- Tibet - Tibet (1979)
- Craft - Craft (1984)
- Symphonic Slam - Symphonic Slam (1976)
- Flyte - Dawn dancer (1979)
- Neuschwanstein - Battlement (1979)
- Atlantis Philharmonic - Atlantis Philharmonic (1974)
- Janison Edge - The services of Mary Goode (1998)
- Pollen - Pollen (1976)
- Werwolf - Creation (1982)
- T-Tauri - Pictures at an exhibition (1999)
- MK II - Burning daylight (1994)
- Sandrose - Sandrose (1972)
- Cargo - Cargo (1971)
- Old Man & The Sea - Old Man & The Sea (1972)
- Transister - Zig zag (1979)
- Crack - Si todo hiciera (1979)
- Archaļa - Archaļa (1977)
- Artcane - Odyssee (1977)
- Laurelie - Laurelie (1970)
- First International Sex Opera Band - Anita (1970) This album was only distributed through sex shops ! Unfortunately NOT in my collection. Ummm.
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Re: One Hit Wonders

POLLEN
MANEIGE
HARMONIUM
ET CETERA
OPUS-5
SLOCHE
VISIBLE WIND
MIRIODOR

Please use it enough if the name of this band is useful for people.
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Old 05-19-2009, 09:46 AM
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Re: One Hit Wonders

Sorry, Kazuhiro, I do not think that Maneige, Harmonium, Miriodor or Visible Wind count as "bands who only had 1 or 2 albums".

Maybe you understood that lamour was looking for Canadian bands?
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I'm sorry. Lamour and marquer

I correct it again.

Please point it out if it is a mistake.

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Re: One Hit Wonders

Under the Sun, and I don't count their live album which IMHO sucks.
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UK - s/t and Danger Money (live one doesn't count)
Avant Garden - Maelstrom
Dark Aether Project - I think they just did two
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Dicipline (I think there's only two, not sure)
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Re: One Hit Wonders

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One album bands :
- Windchase - Symphinity (1977) with 2 members of Sebastian Hardie
- Ego On The Rocks - Acid in wounderland (1980) with 2 members of Eloy
- Deja Vu - Baroque in the future (1988)
- Indigo Falls - Indigo Falls (1997) with Richard Barbieri and his woman
- Anomaly - Anomaly (2000)
- Tarka - Tarka (1988) with Anthony Phillips, Didier Malherbe, Guy Evans, ....
- Terpandre - Terpandre (1978)
- Tibet - Tibet (1979)
- Craft - Craft (1984)
- Symphonic Slam - Symphonic Slam (1976)
- Flyte - Dawn dancer (1979)
- Neuschwanstein - Battlement (1979)
- Atlantis Philharmonic - Atlantis Philharmonic (1974)
- Janison Edge - The services of Mary Goode (1998)
- Pollen - Pollen (1976)
- Werwolf - Creation (1982)
- T-Tauri - Pictures at an exhibition (1999)
- MK II - Burning daylight (1994)
- Sandrose - Sandrose (1972)
- Cargo - Cargo (1971)
- Old Man & The Sea - Old Man & The Sea (1972)
- Transister - Zig zag (1979)
- Crack - Si todo hiciera (1979)
- Archaļa - Archaļa (1977)
- Artcane - Odyssee (1977)
- Laurelie - Laurelie (1970)
- First International Sex Opera Band - Anita (1970) This album was only distributed through sex shops ! Unfortunately NOT in my collection. Ummm.
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Old 05-19-2009, 02:43 PM
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Re: One Hit Wonders

Madrigal -Waiting and On My Hands (Washington band)
For that matter their are two madrigals I think they both have 2 albums
Gallant Farm
Edera
GTR
Gourishanker
Il Volo
Latte Meile
Its A Beautiful Day
Jose Cid
Kino
La Tulipe Noire
Raison De Plus
Saens
Strangers On A Train
Neil Merryweather and The Space rangers
Aphrodites Child
Sensations Fix
Babylon
Seventh Wave
Carpe Diem,
Nova
Quartermass
Zazu
Pete Sinfield
Shylock
England
This is the beginning of this thread Lamour many more people will have more I.m sure. I did probably put new music that should not have been added. Spank
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Il trono dei ricordi , 1 CD and 1 EP in 1994, Italy
Aufklarung dela tempesta l'oscuro piacere 1995, Italy
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Re: One Hit Wonders

Nathan Mahl and FM both had more than album. Nightwinds unfortunately put out the very good yet obscure same titled album.

There were lots of Italian and English proto prog bands who only put out one or two albums:

UK:

Spring
Cressida
Marsupiliami
Kestrel
Indian Summer
Still Life
England
Fuzzy Duck
Raw Material
Czar
Room
Quatermass
Locomotive
T2
Web
Fire
Jody Grind
Aardvark
Julian's treatment
Catapilla
Bachdenkel
Titus Groan
Gygafo
Fantasy(one proper album released originally)


Italy:

Semiramis
alphataurus
biglietto per l'inferno
cervello
museo rosenbach
Locanda della fate
quella vechia loconda
murple
Corte dei miracoli
De de Lind
Apoteosi
Luovo di Colombo
Maxophone
Cherry Five
J.E.T.
E.A. Poe
Panna Freda
I Giganti
Planetarium
Eneide
Paesi di Balocchi
Capitolo 6
Capsicum Red
Citta Frontale
I Califfe
Racamendata Ricevuta Ritorno (RRR )
Cincinnato
Il Giro Strano


and plenty more I'm sure
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Re: One Hit Wonders

Museman wrote :
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Madrigal -Waiting and On My Hands (Washington band)
For that matter their are two madrigals I think they both have 2 albums
Gallant Farm
Edera
GTR
Gourishanker
Il Volo
Latte Meile
Its A Beautiful Day
Jose Cid
Kino
La Tulipe Noire
Raison De Plus
Saens
Strangers On A Train
Neil Merryweather and The Space rangers
Aphrodites Child
Sensations Fix
Babylon
Seventh Wave
Carpe Diem,
Nova
Quartermass
Zazu
Pete Sinfield
Shylock
England
It's A Beautiful Day made 5 albums :
1) It's A Beautiful Day (1968)
2) Marrying maiden (1970)
3) Choice quality stuff (1971)
4) Live at Carnegie Hall (1972)
5) Today (1973)

Aphrodite's Child made 3 albums :
1) End of the world (1968)
2) It's 5 o' clock (1969)
3) 666 (1972)
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thanks Eric This is a definite exercise in humility and as I am seeing a learning experience
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