Les Mc Cann: Invitation To Openness (1972).
A classic and one of the best in this style.
https://youtu.be/dk3Vf4L2KI4
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Les Mc Cann: Invitation To Openness (1972).
A classic and one of the best in this style.
https://youtu.be/dk3Vf4L2KI4
Visionen is not really a "sampler" but a compilation of (only) instrumental tracks taken from various records. Some of them have been re-worked, edited, or re-played and can't be found on any other...
Yes, I forgot to mention "Konzerte" wich is also very good and recommended.
And I would also add "Visionen", a nice compilation of instrumental tracks.
... and also the opening track introductory melodic line played with a very soft and pure flute like synth sound and short portamento.
(AFAIK) I never heard that kind of sound used by K.E who...
You're not alone.
I'm not a big ELO fan but all their records I have listened to so far have this same heavy, mushy, confused ill-defined "spectoresque" sound.
OK, it's BIG and part of their...
Exactly what I tried to express in my previous post.
You did it much better though.
It's not just about a few similar chords progressions here and there but the overall sound and atmosphere which...
Excellent video and performance, thank you for posting it.
Many,many years later...
His hair has turned white but Franco is still at the top:
https://youtu.be/W4U7Uh3t4ks
There are unmistakenly many ELP influences in the first two Triumvirat records but straight copycat/clones they weren't. Triumvirat had their own instantly recognizable style, in a blind listening...
I think his mid-70ies era is the best, he was really at his peak.
Many good 70ies stuff can be found in the "La Vie Electronique" (live) series.
I especially recommend Volumes 4, 5 , and 6.
...
They are Belgian, not French...
and not from the 70ies either (the band started in the 90ies).
But very good nevertheless, and yes M.H is a fantastic bass player.
...and also:
CHUTE LIBRE
SPHEROE
EDITION SPECIALE
POTEMKINE (Nicolas II)
Not mentioned in your list or above posts but worth checking:
ATOMIC ROOSTER
FRUMPY
Both keyboard (organ) driven bands but including a guitarist and some heavier tracks.
I really like...
Of course a listing starting bid price is NOT A SALE and I highly doubt any of these tapes were actually sold (and paid !) at those inflated prices.
But if you do a completed items (sold /green...
You said "ridiculous" ?
Look at this:
The following Disney classics in VHS tapes are of high value on eBay:
Pinocchio (1993) - $10,000
Dumbo (1885) - $20,000
Beauty and The...
The very high prices you're mentioning were not for blank tapes but for some collectable (factory) recorded movies which weren't re-issued in other formats (DVD, etc...).
Some tittles are still...
Yes, it is. A must have.
The best one in these live series so far, and quite decent sound quality too.
More live recordings are announced, but no release dates yet.
NOTE/WARNING: ...
... only if you like the more softer/lighter side of german progressive rock.
The first 3 records are good (in a light symphonic rock style) then they gradually took a more simplistic/commercial...
You should definitely check what I consider the best modern T.D reincarnation: the british band NODE ( 4 CD's)
And further back in time, the spanish NEURONIUM (Digital Dream, The Visitor, and...
A BIG penalty indeed...
Just Consider it as a two CD set.
From the GG website:
The tracks for Playing the Fool: The Official Live came from four different concerts played between September 23 and October 7, 1976. Recordings from these concerts also...
And that includes me too:
bought the BIG "definitive" (Unburied Treasure) G.G box which isn't.
Then came the S.W remixes (which I bought too). Still waiting for the (pre-ordered) Missing Piece S.W...
I didn't know they were still an active band. A great improvement from their 1988 (!) version.
They should also revisit their 2nd ("Bee Yourself") a concept-album which is MUCH better: less...
The "Krautrock" label encompasses so many different (hard to define) styles that it's nearly impossible and meaningless to reduce it to a "top 10" list.
My personal shortest list would include...
Very few actually.
SCORPIONS : their 1st record (on BRAIN) was psych/kraut but they only went huge when they switched to hard rock.
STATUS QUO and GOLDEN EARRING followed a similar path,...
... and RR's reputation in the prog community is unanimously execrable ! Now you know why.
You must be a VERY dedicated (ultimate ?) Triumvirat fan to impose yourself the suffering of listening to...
"Not too bad" doesn't make it a good record. It's just dull synthetic well-produced pop. I suggest listening to "Song Of The Marching Children" and "Atlantis": is it really the same band ?
...
A few more from my "Prog Heroes Goes Into Eighties" gallery of horrors.
I guarantee that NONE of these records are listenable for any prog (or related) fans, NOT a single track to save, 100% awful,...
"Nothing disastrous" on Cured ? Tastes may differ but it is unanimously considered as the weakest S.H record. Made of 8 short (all but one under the 5 minutes bar) would be "poppy/commecial" songs,...
It would certainly have helped a little but not enough. In The Hot Seat has a decent cover but is still considered by many as the worst ELP record.
When prog-rock became unfashionable many prog...
In the case of Genesis it was a rather deep and radical "modification" but they were technically too good musicians to reach total mediocrity, even if they tried hard in the later part of their...
Don't waste your time with these, really too depressing...
Like you I've read so many negative reviews about Love Beach that I allways refused to check it. The ugly cover art didnt helped either....
You don't need to, and I understand that most (all ?) prog fans here won't share my opinion about this, but this is how I really feel about it.
I didn't expected many positive reactions anyway....
I like Italo-Prog very much and own almost all the records mentioned in your list (and many more).
I like Italian language too but I allways had big troubles with the (male) Italian prog SINGERS:...
I think Hot Seat is actually MUCH worse than Love Beach.
Black Moon has a few good moments but is ruined by Greg's declining voice and doubtful (sound) production options. Still not too bad for a...
Not "prog" but jazz/fusion versions:
BOB JAMES: Night on Bald Mountain
https://youtu.be/SkAvBClISLI
DEODATO:
Also Sprach Zarathustra:
Univeria Zekt predates the 1st Univers Zero record/formation , thus it could be a possible source of inspiration for the name. We'll never know for sure...
And yes, Daniel Denis played (toured)...
Where is that really different from their 10 previous albums ? D.D allways was the mastermind (and main composer) of U.Z, "helped" by various musicians he selected. Same for MAGMA (C.Vander)
Dutch band EKSEPTION went famous by doing mainly classical adaptations, but they were only borderline prog (or not prog at all, according to some).
British band SKY followed more or less the same...
... or maybe green dies in short supply ?
Increasing manufacturing delays for CD's is more and more common, not "unforseen".
Are CD pressing plants closing down ?
Or is the demand higher than expected and the CD media not dead yet ?
I never implied it was a man but when I first heard the song without knowing the singer I first thought it was a high-pitched man's voice .
Thanks to your post, now I know it's a (good looking)...
No doubt the singer (it looks he's a SHE) has an impressive artistic pedigree, but still...
the question remains: did you do better than my 1'27" mark in this particular song ?
Could be the singer,...
If you're speaking about THIS, I concur It's excruciating.
I don't know who the singer is but I hit the Stop icon at 1'27", my personal record that I'm not tempted to break.
...
"Music" is the ONLY J.M track ever played on the "Belgian Classic Rock Radio", and more than "once in a while".
It's also the ONLY track J.M is know for. (In Europe it was a hit and reached #1 in...
I fully agree.
There's no doubt Rob Townsend is an excellent musician but he doesn't fit a band playing prog and old Genesis songs.
I've seen the S.H show 5 times and Rob ruined many songs with his...
The re-recorded (extended) 2013 version of The Snow Goose is actually very good, unless you don't like the original version.
And no need to pay crazy inflated prices at Discogs or Amazon when you...
All the MCA/DECCA catalog album releases are included in the boxset, but not the later self-produced (Camel Productions) albums.
There are actually 5 if you include the 2013 re-recording of The...
Simple: just stop with all this mastering/re-mastering,re-re-mastering craze and start with a good recording and production/mix.
(re)mastering is is a post-production final treatment and if...
The "cloud" server will be down or disappear long before your 1985 CD dies (IF he ever dies).
Wendy Carlos: "Winter" (from Sonic Seasonings)
and:
Richard Pinhas: Iceland
Production is crystal clear (by Didier de Roos) and I can't hear any excessive reverb on the drums (most of the time very subdued, or no reverb at all).
A little bit different of what you would...
Didn't know, almost remained unnoticed in the press (and here).
He was a great musician and innovator, among the first to use synths in a jazz context.
"Invitation to Openness" (1972) and "Layers"...
Yes, you needed one SEM module per (polyphonic) voice: from one up to eight (for the wealthiest !), and a polyphonic keyboard controller (with or without programmer unit).
I remember Joe Zawinul...
The Oberheim X-pander module is indeed a COMPLETE synth but without keyboard and was used as a sound source (coupled to the MiniMoog) in Electronic Realizations...
No trace of an ARP2600 though.
...
That's a good one, but can't find it on their website. No announcements either...
Wendy Carlos "Digital Moonscapes" was done entirely with a DK Synergy digital synth. (actually many of them), and maybe "Beauty In The Beast" too.
Patrick Gleason's "Planets" done entirely on a...
Yes, I've seen that.
But there's no mention about the low frequency (bass) issue and if it was corrected.
So far I allways called this GG record "The Missing Bass".
Yes, one of the worst sounding GG records, must be a processing error in the original mastering. It sounds like a RIAA equalized vinyl played without replay equalization: excessive treble and no...
Both have some nice ambient/atmospheric (guitar) parts but I'm not very fond of the heavy over-present electro-beats.
I would have better liked a "David Gilmour featuring The Orb" collaboration.
Very sad news indeed.
Chris was a pivotal founding member of A.D II , and a great musician.
The first four A.D II records are essential and define what was later called "Krautrock" (even if the...