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    What is the greatest side long epic of the 1970s?

    This should be interesting.

    Possible contenders:

    "Close To The Edge"
    "Echoes"
    "Supper's Ready"
    "It was a cruel song, but fair."-Roger Waters

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    Your copy of Foxtrot is missing Horizons if Supper's Ready is side-long.

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    A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers

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    It may sound sacrilegious, but my choice is none of the above :-)
    "The Ikon" by Todd Rundgren's Utopia.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gorillclub View Post
    A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers
    This one for me. I'd have gone 'Supper's Ready' as well but for 'Horizons'.

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    "Cinema" by Aqsak Maboul
    "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" by VdGG
    "Le Rafiot" by Maneige
    "Les Cycles de Thanatos" by Vortex
    "Facelift" by Soft Machine
    "Krigssång" by Trettioåriga Kriget
    "Bel Air" by Can
    "Minorisa" by Fusioon
    "Erk Gah" by Henry Cow
    "Long Piece no. 3" by Egg

    Just 10 of my faves.
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    Echoes remains to this day my favourite ever piece of music. I never tire of listening to it plus live versions have considerable variety that help to keep it interesting.
    CttE, Gates of Delerium, Supper's Ready, Tubular Bells Part 1, TaaB Part 1, Nine Feet Underground are all worthy contenders though.

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    Out-Bloody-Rageous-Soft Machine..well..all four tracks on "Third".
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    Echoes-PF
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    Echoes
    Tubular Bells - side 1
    Ommadawn - side 1
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    Midnight Mushrumps - Gryphon

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    Sorry IAGDV is from the '60's

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    An Index of Metals - Fripp & Eno ( not greatest, I just like it a lot sometimes )
    The Ikon - Rundgren's Utopia
    Nine Feet Underground - Caravan
    CttE - Yes
    2112 - Rush
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    Nine Feet Underground
    Revealing Science of God
    The Remembering
    Ritual
    Facelift
    Out-Bloody-Rageous
    Symphony#2 (Egg)
    Echoes
    Illusions of a Double Dimple

    I like Close to the Edge as much as the next progger, but I think 33 years of regular listening have just made that piece irrelevant over time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gorillclub View Post
    A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers
    Another vote here.

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    Focus had a nice on on Moving Waves.. Eruption.. Karnevil 9.. SOYCD pts1-9..

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    There are not many I am familiar with, so I would probably pick CTTE by default. Eruption is another good one. So are a couple from Australian band Sebastian Hardie: Four Moments, and Windchase.

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    Quote Originally Posted by happytheman View Post
    SOYCD pts1-9..
    Ding-Ding-Ding!!

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    Lots of good choices stated already.
    Echoes for me.
    After having played it live many times myself, that has a deeper grasp on my soul.
    CttE would probably be 2nd.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JKL2000 View Post
    Midnight Mushrumps - Gryphon
    This one is great. But it's *almost* a cheat, seeing how it wasn't initially written for or intended as an album track (IIRC) but rather for a stage play of The Tempest by Shakespeare. Henry Cow did a piece in that regard as well, used for Jon Chadwick's rendition of it.

    Of course, "Midnight Mushrumps" DOES cover the lot of an album side.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Giant View Post
    Echoes for me.
    Oh yeah - somehow I forgot about Floyd. Echoes or SOYCD 1-9!

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    Gates of Delirium

    Runners up:

    Close to the Edge(if we can count it otherwise the S.O. version )
    Supper's Ready

    Honorable mentions:

    Revealing S.O.G.
    Ritual
    Echoes
    Tarkus
    Eruption
    Nine Feet Underground
    2112
    Hemispheres
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