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Getting it on with Prog

Looks like there has not been a STEADY progressive rock thread here since 2006.

If you refrain from trolling me, I'm up for posting mini (one or two sentence) "reviews" of lps likely some of you are not aware of.

You're welcome to add your own reviews, with one stipulation:
I realize this is an audio forum ,so please refrain from the obvious which has been done to death  (like Genesis,Yes,Focus...)

And I don't want to hear no bloody  Porcupine Tree , Mars Volta,Dream Theater ,Tool, or bleeding Steven Wilson.
sammmmmmy
sammmmmmy OP
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Harold:
here is another Finn lp that few seem to be aware of.

If you like the quieter,wide-open spaces ECM sound


AILLOHAS "SAMI EATNAN DUODDARIDD" ’78

Newage-jazzy . Reminds me maybe of the band Talisker "Land of Stone"

7 musicians including Esa Kotilainen (moog,Hammond) and "Baron" Seppo Paakkunainen (flute,sax).

A mystical lp with the haunting vocalizing of the Northern Finnish (Lappland)Sami indigenous peoples.
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uberwaltz
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I'm betting you don't think much of Rare Bird either?
Really the first two albums were the best before they devolved more into a folky rock sound.
sammmmmmy OP
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Proto prog is the bestest.
So...Rare Bird first two lps are gold.

"Epic Forest" lp rather sucks except for the long track.
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uberwaltz
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Well I would agree that only the first two albums are truly in the prog vein.
subsequent albums are not bad but not even close to the first two.
Dont know any other prog band at the time who foregoed a guitarist period.
Although I am sure there were some.
sammmmmmy OP
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Obvious one is The Nice. After O'List left.

By the way, his solo lp is excellent.
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