Don thy cape, heathen - IT'S A PROG THREAD

Dandolin · Post by **Dandolin** » Thu Mar 03, 2022 2:49 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueUfekYe9DA

qersty · Post by **qersty** » Sat Mar 05, 2022 8:57 am

Killer lost concert that has finally been recovered. Killer fuzz tone (don't they play whiter shade of pale)

Dandolin · Post by **Dandolin** » Sat Mar 05, 2022 9:16 am

yass, thx for posting that!

i agree - as much as i love early Trower's rawness, i also

Dave Ball's playing - for a band chiefly known for the organ/piano 1-2 punch (and Brooker's voice), i've always thought they were a great guitar band throughout (Mick Grabham's another good'un) with a consistent quality/vibe over the entire first decade, tho not in a fiddly Howeian way

absolutely also one of the most disappointing comeback phases as well (tho that's mainly due to dismal songwriting and poor production imo) (and not that the tail end of their initial run is any treat). but '72 concert footage? yes please

but this morning i came to proclaim my love of the finnish prog:

full album playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF-rEwX ... sg&index=1

Dandolin · Post by **Dandolin** » Sun Mar 06, 2022 5:16 pm

stay with it

full album playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAq-kV6 ... m6K1GHnzPU

Dandolin · Post by **Dandolin** » Mon Mar 07, 2022 12:09 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt3wpul17LU

an intersection of psych and baroque pop for the most part, this is probs the closest the New York Rock & Roll Ensemble got to prog
beyond references by Lester Bangs and Chuck Eddy, you really couldn't find much by this band in pre-youtube days, unless you got "lucky" and found a copy of their decidedly not-prog fourth album in a vinyl dolla bin. the album this comes from (their debut) ain't even supposed to be their best (which sobriquet tends to get bestowed on their third, Reflections, where all the music is composed by a Greek "composer"). idk, some of it has a raw, whimsical charm, if you like psych and proto-prog (which, obvi, i do) but i wonder how much play this would get from folks coming to prog from the progmetal or neoprog directions.... def not as radical or innovative they (or Lenny Bernstein) maybe thought; two of the dudes went on to "bigger" (if not "better" things) - Michael Kamen of soundtrack and rock orchestration fame (ie. The Wall), and the dude who changed his name to Mark Snow and did the X Files soundtrack

but hey, a guaranteed hit if you're an oboe aficionado?