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  1. Just about anything from their first two albums,...

    Just about anything from their first two albums, especially the song Look into the Future.
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    Also Zappa. People point to Freak Out but I...

    Also Zappa. People point to Freak Out but I think Absolutely Free, We're Only In It For the Money and Lumpy Gravy had more elements that we find in prog.
  3. Too many to list, but here are some in no...

    Too many to list, but here are some in no particular order:
    Renaissance - Scheherezade, Things I Don't Understand
    Jethro Tull - TAAB
    Yes - Tales
    Genesis - Get Em Out By Friday, Can-Utility
    Zappa...
  4. Speaking of West Side Story, both Todd Rundgren's...

    Speaking of West Side Story, both Todd Rundgren's Utopia and Yes do covers of Something's Coming from the musical. (not classical music but a good show tune to rock out on)
  5. Renaissance borrows from Adagio in G minor for...

    Renaissance borrows from Adagio in G minor for Cold as Being. Zappa was known to insert a phrase here or there in some of his works. The one that comes to mind for me is the main theme from Jupiter...
  6. Thanks, very nice to see the press actually...

    Thanks, very nice to see the press actually paying attention to him and even hint at the success he's eventually been able to have post-Genesis. I'm impressed at Hackett's good health. How many 74...
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    No Zappa? Plenty of Zappa that is prog-like,...

    No Zappa? Plenty of Zappa that is prog-like, much more so than Grand Funk, Iron Butterfly, Marshall Tucker, etc. From the 70s, there's Overnite Sensation, Apostrophe, One Size Fits All, Roxy and...
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    I hate threads like this because its a reminder...

    I hate threads like this because its a reminder of how old I'm getting. Been here 12 years, hard to believe. Well, just because I don't like celebrating my birthday (and the big 60 is heading my...
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    Not albums but individual songs: Jethro Tull -...

    Not albums but individual songs:

    Jethro Tull - Fire at Midnight
    White Willow - Snowswept and several from Ignis Fatuus
    Strawbs - Autumn (really seems to be about winter, at least to me)

    And...
  10. Best performance - PFM the second time (2012?)...

    Best performance - PFM the second time (2012?) was pretty amazing followed by Kenso

    Best setlist - Nektar 2002, followed by Renaissance in 2012 (Turn of the Card + Scheherazade)
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    I don't think there's anything on Hat that could...

    I don't think there's anything on Hat that could be censored. No bad language, I don't recall anything even suggestive on it.
  12. Zappa himself had said he had no friends, just...

    Zappa himself had said he had no friends, just family and employees. Thats not to say he didn't have fun with them. I think he truly enjoyed the company of some of his bandmates like Ike Willis...
  13. Tasty is a very impressive album and its a shame...

    Tasty is a very impressive album and its a shame that so few people know about it. Like you said, riffs, jazzy, harmonies, lyrics, really all in all a top notch 70s rock album. I've got a number of...
  14. Some omissions of bands you already have: ...

    Some omissions of bands you already have:
    Mountain, Nantucket Sleighride
    Uriah Heep, Salisbury
    BOC, Astronomy, maybe Veterans of Psychic War

    Bands to add:
    Lucifer's Friend, Spanish...
  15. Saw him last night in Cincinnati playing at the...

    Saw him last night in Cincinnati playing at the beautiful Taft Theater, where he played last year during his Seconds Out tour. Last year, the show looked sold out, close to 2500 people. Last night...
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    Big Big Train, Quidam and Anglagard all come to...

    Big Big Train, Quidam and Anglagard all come to mind. Also, Jimmy Hastings played flute on various Cantebury band albums like Caravan, Hatfield and the North, Soft Machine. There are a handful of...
  17. I didn't bother clicking on the spotify list. I...

    I didn't bother clicking on the spotify list. I guess I should have done that first. I can't believe I didn't think to add Terrapin Station.
  18. Lucifer's Friend - Banquet Zappa - 200 Motels...

    Lucifer's Friend - Banquet
    Zappa - 200 Motels (both rock band and orchestra appear on Strictly Genteel but otherwise I think its one or the other), but he put together his own small "orchestra" when...
  19. Ambrosia - S/T Camel - Snow Goose Genesis -...

    Ambrosia - S/T
    Camel - Snow Goose
    Genesis - Lamb
    IQ - the Wake
    Jethro Tull - TaaB
    Magenta - Home
    Nektar - RtF
    Renaissance - Live at Carnegie Hall
    Schooltree - Heterotopia
    Yes - Tales
  20. Did they really have 4 people playing keyboards? ...

    Did they really have 4 people playing keyboards? Thats what it looked like.
  21. What, no cape in the boxed set? If not, the...

    What, no cape in the boxed set? If not, the least they could do is put a horse on ice skates as part of it. Geez, what a ripoff!
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    I don't think anyone mentioned these Zappa...

    I don't think anyone mentioned these Zappa covers: Overnite Sensation, Grand Wazoo, One Size Fits All.
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    I can't decide between the Beatles White Album...

    I can't decide between the Beatles White Album and Spinal Tap Smell the Glove (all black album cover).

    Aoxomoxa is a great choice. Some others that come to mind are Thick as a Brick, Relayer,...
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    Hard to call any album that went platinum in all...

    Hard to call any album that went platinum in all the major markets (US, UK, Canada) underrated but in terms of people's view of the album compared to other Zep, yeah, its probably underrated. I'd...
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    Totally agree with Demons and Wizards and I love...

    Totally agree with Demons and Wizards and I love Pampered Menial but its something of an acquired taste. You didn't mention which Lucifer's Friend but Banquet is a must have.

    Here are some others...
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    What took you so long? Three amazing releases.

    What took you so long? Three amazing releases.
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    Just two for me and it only happened once, I saw...

    Just two for me and it only happened once, I saw Phish on back-to-back nights in Austin in 1995.
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    Speaking of which, Pat Metheny did an acoustic...

    Speaking of which, Pat Metheny did an acoustic guitar instrumental rendition of And I Love Her on his album What's It All About. And George Benson did an entire Beatles cover album called The Other...
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    Journey also did It's All Too Much (on Look Into...

    Journey also did It's All Too Much (on Look Into the Future). Stewart/Gaskin did Good Morning Good Morning on Green and Blue. I don't remember seeing Earth Wind and Fire listed, they did Got to Get...
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    Rundgren did two Beatles songs on his album...

    Rundgren did two Beatles songs on his album Faithful.
    Head East did a killer version of the song Its For You (Beatles wrote it but never recorded it) on their Live album.
    Zappa did I am the Walrus...
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    Does anyone know if Twenty Small Cigars was...

    Does anyone know if Twenty Small Cigars was intended to be a longer piece? It seems like its just getting started when it ends, which is a shame, its a really beautiful piece of music.
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    Thanks for doing these documentaries. Either you...

    Thanks for doing these documentaries. Either you know way too much about Pink Floyd, Genesis, Jethro Tull, etc or you do a magnificent job with your research. It was really interesting to hear how...
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    Agree about the cover, really amazing looking. ...

    Agree about the cover, really amazing looking. But what are these "sides" the OP speaks of? Actually, seems like a pretty short double album by this band's standards. All four sides could just...
  34. Its no surprise that Zappa borrowed from some of...

    Its no surprise that Zappa borrowed from some of his influences. You hear him do it in early Mothers works directly by for instance quoting Jupiter (Holst) in Call Any Vegetable and Rite of Spring...
  35. Zappa, 1988 (Columbus) Hackett, 2015 (Acolyte to...

    Zappa, 1988 (Columbus)
    Hackett, 2015 (Acolyte to Wolflight tour, Cleveland)
    Renaissance, 2012 (Nearfest Apocolypse, Bethlehem, PA)
    Jethro Tull, 1979 (Stormwatch tour, St. Louis)
    Pat Metheny...
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    Sad to say that Uncle Meat outlived Frank.

    Sad to say that Uncle Meat outlived Frank.
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    I don't blame Hackett. Hackett has always been...

    I don't blame Hackett. Hackett has always been treated by most of the rest of the band as an afterthought or second class citizen. Even in the doc his contributions are minimized because the...
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    Didn't know that about it being their first to go...

    Didn't know that about it being their first to go platinum. Perhaps its because people who wanted to like Yes didn't care for long songs. Its the first album since Time and a Word that didn't have...
  39. I guess the wall that he envisioned between band...

    I guess the wall that he envisioned between band and audience was of his own making. Its like he barely ever looked up to see there was an audience there.
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    I like the album. Not great but certainly not...

    I like the album. Not great but certainly not their worst, many Yes albums that would follow years later are far less interesting. Having read the little synopsis, I think you are right - it was...
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    Can't believe we've left out Rachel Flowers! Her...

    Can't believe we've left out Rachel Flowers! Her album Listen is beautiful.
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    Lyle Mays, and then in no particular order: Tony...

    Lyle Mays, and then in no particular order: Tony Banks, Dave Stewart, John Tout, Peter Bardens, Jim Gilmour, Rick Wakeman, Hugh Banton, George Duke (with Zappa)
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    I can see Ian's point about it lacking humor. To...

    I can see Ian's point about it lacking humor. To me, its not the lack of humor so much as it doesn't have more melodic moments to it. I rank it as their third best after TaaB and Songs From the...
  44. Didn't see the 1999 tour but did see the Rosfest...

    Didn't see the 1999 tour but did see the Rosfest show. I've seen them 7 times Rosfest was the only time I got to see them play Drink of Water and Mama Frog. In recent years they've been playing the...
  45. Drink of Water is also one of my favorites, along...

    Drink of Water is also one of my favorites, along with Make Us All Aware. Although he left the band during Life Beyond LA, he did make appearances on that and the two following albums, so he was on...
  46. The AI program responsible for generating the new...

    The AI program responsible for generating the new images was probably trained on images of "interesting" album covers and there are probably more prog album covers that fall into that category than...
  47. Great track for sure. I don't mind a prog band...

    Great track for sure. I don't mind a prog band releasing a pretentious prog piece as long as it is true to the band's sound while also pushing their boundaries forward, and Harvest does just that. ...
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    Although even when Latimore lived in San Jose,...

    Although even when Latimore lived in San Jose, its not like he was doing much US touring. Practically none at all. But if he still lived here, it would easier for him to mount a US tour.



    I...
  49. Tina Turner and the Iketts were initially...

    Tina Turner and the Iketts were initially uncredited for appearing on Zappa's Overnite Sensation. Supposedly Ike Turner didn't like what Zappa was having them do and refused to let their names...
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    Tragic to hear of her passing. That little lady...

    Tragic to hear of her passing. That little lady had a very powerful voice.
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    Totally agree with this. Stage 2 (Helsinki 1974)...

    Totally agree with this. Stage 2 (Helsinki 1974) is not only the best Zappa live but may be the best live album of all time. Full of amazing performances, fun live banter and weirdness. Everything...
  52. I assume you mean oldest by date of recording...

    I assume you mean oldest by date of recording instead of date of writing. My oldest recording is likely Beatles Rubber Soul from 1965. I have some songs recorded earlier that are parts of greatest...
  53. Allman Brothers Band - self titled Frank Zappa -...

    Allman Brothers Band - self titled
    Frank Zappa - Zoot Allures
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    Any chance it will be an instrumental album? Or...

    Any chance it will be an instrumental album? Or that Ian gives up the vocal duties for someone who can actually sing these days?
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    I got the self titled Hatfield somewhere around...

    I got the self titled Hatfield somewhere around 1988 while a grad student, loved it and went out and got Rotters Club a few weeks later. While I'm more of a fan of their first, Mumps is by far the...
  56. Concept album - by definition shouldn't it be the...

    Concept album - by definition shouldn't it be the entire album?

    Obvious misses: Snow Goose, The Wake, Thick as a Brick or Passion Play or even Songs from the Wood, Days of Future Passed,...
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    Schooltree's entire Heterotopia for sure, maybe...

    Schooltree's entire Heterotopia for sure, maybe Magenta's We Are Legend, and as others have said, there's some Big Big Train that might be epic status.
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    Phish is neither prog nor bluegrass but they have...

    Phish is neither prog nor bluegrass but they have prog songs and bluegrass songs (sort of).
  59. (sarcasm on) Good move for them, I'm sure they...

    (sarcasm on) Good move for them, I'm sure they desperately needed the money. (sarcasm off)

    I'm glad this doesn't include the older Genesis songs with Gabriel and Hackett or Hackett might find...
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    Excellent job, I learned a lot about what is my...

    Excellent job, I learned a lot about what is my favorite Yes album. The producer of the doc got it right by saying that there's something magical about this album that no other Yes album captured...
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