Best "great lost album" in prog

[MYSTERIOUS TRAVELLER]

There are also 2 albums called Pop-workshop from this period, also from Stockholm, with Tony Williams on drums and Swedish, Danish and Polish musicians (Janne Schaffer Gitarr Mads Winding Bas Tony Williams Trummor Wlodek Gulgowski Piano, synt, keyboards, Zbigniew Namyslowsky: sax.
http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=1410

I've had those 2 Pop Workshop albums for decades. They are indeed great but I think only one has Tony. They both have Schaffer who is quite tasty

[wideopenears]

I think some of that Williams stuff got included on the "Spectrum" anthology.

And Autumn's "Oceanworld" is an awesome record, for sure.

[Chain]

The Jellabad Mutant http://www.milesago.com/Features/mutant.htm

[strawberrybrick]

Another one with a Patto/Halsall connection, Timebox's Moose On The Loose. Recorded for Deram in 1968 but never released. Eventually tracks were compiled on Timebox anthology collections, latest being Beggin'.

http://olliehalsall.co.uk/timebox.htm

[Progbear]

I was mistaken about the SFF live album: it was not "Pictures" that was abridged but rather every other track! Why?

[Rarebird]

I was mistaken about the SFF live album: it was not "Pictures" that was abridged but rather every other track! Why?

If we only knew. I wish they hadn't.

[JJ88]

Another one with a Patto/Halsall connection, Timebox's Moose On The Loose. Recorded for Deram in 1968 but never released. Eventually tracks were compiled on Timebox anthology collections, latest being Beggin'.

'Gone Is The Sad Man' is one of the best songs of the era that never became a hit IMHO, a lovely song with great vocals. I'm not that keen on the soul covers they were doing but their own originals were indeed original. 'Poor Little Heartbreaker' is another terrific song. The cover of 'Beggin' was the closest they ever came to a hit- around the same time as the likes of Love Affair and Amen Corner had a similar sound with success- but even that didn't get far.

One of the great things about those mid--late 60s psych obscurities, the level of creativity/experimentation and musicianship was so high at the time that just about everything is worth a listen. A case in point and somewhat relevant to the thread for psych/pop fans, Billy Nicholls' 'Would You Believe'. That only got a 'blink and you'll miss it' release at the time so it's worth a fortune now. I listen to that album on the CD release and think the writing and arranging is amazing, sophisticated stuff.

[znpnine]

VdGG - the one they would have made after Pawn Hearts that might have included:
In the Black Room
A Louse Is Not A Home
Forsaken Gardens
Gog

[Pr33t]

A case in point and somewhat relevant to the thread for psych/pop fans, Billy Nicholls' 'Would You Believe'. That only got a 'blink and you'll miss it' release at the time so it's worth a fortune now. I listen to that album on the CD release and think the writing and arranging is amazing, sophisticated stuff.

Would You Believe is an all time classic in the psych/pop cannon. A near perfect album of its kind.

[simon moon]

How about Galaxy - Nature's Clear Well?

Released on a small German label (Venus) in 1975 to thunderous silence, only to be released again 3 years later by US label Visa, with a band name change (without consulting the band) and a different cover (a better one IMHO) to instant obscurity.

Maybe not quite 'great' but pretty darn good.