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John Cale and Brian Eno. Wrong Way Up, 1990.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wFKlS4k2DE

I should just start a separate Eno topic, and another one for Fripp.

And if you have to pick from what I've posted today, start with Ommadawn and Water Bearer.

Kraftwerk and Gong. Yeah, love them.
I'll check all that Oldfield stuff soon.

Ommadawn is just awesome. Also, interesting reading about it on that Wikipedia page.

Now listening to Sally Oldfield's Water Bearer.
Damn, what a voice, what a sound. Great, great tip, thank you Pidsley.

You're very welcome! I am happy you like it.

^ A lot, actually. I know it is quite different, but sometimes she remids me of Linda Perhacs.

i really like the Oldfield track you posted Pids, thanks. i indeed didnt know about his music aside from Tubular Bells (which i think is awesome).

^ Oldfield recorded Tubular Bells when he was 19 years old. The wikipedia article is very interesting. I personally like Ommadawn a bit better, but all of his work is amazing.

Back to another relatively obscure recording, Jon Anderson (vocalist for Yes) released Olias of Sunhillow in 1976. This is a true solo work -- Anderson plays all the instruments and does all the vocals.

wikipedia wrote:The album represented 8 months of physical work, but it took two years from conception to release. Anderson used more than a hundred tracks in putting the album together, overdubbing strings, organ, harp and percussion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q18QAT6LTo

Pids: it is a great wiki article about tuby bells, back when musicians could do what they liked (pretty much) and release it.
Always enjoyed the album.
"claw hammer" to get the right sound on a tubular bell, no wonder it got dented - yes :)

Oh love how they are all LoTR fans, from Sally's "Quendi theme" to Mike's "Glorfindel" box and Anderson.
I'm pretty sure I have the vinyl for Olias somewhere.

and Kraftwerk = groundbreaking. paved the way for electronic music, in the early 20th Century.
Sure there were others, but they didn't get into peoples houses like kraftwerk.
Although what do I know - i was born 4 years after autobahn.

@pids: wow, had no idea he was 19. thanks for the info, and again, the music (hhh will be so pleased with my multiple thanks here ;)

yes - all these threads with nobody even replying to anyone.
oops i did forget a "Thanks Pidsley" earlier !

Thanks guys. If you can't tell, I am almost as passionate about progressive as GekkoP is about jazz. It's the music I grew up with, and I spent a large part of two decades with my ears in headphones listening to this stuff (when I wasn't scrounging through record stores looking for it). I had a huge vinyl collection and a very nice stereo system. I sold the stereo equipment and gave away all the vinyl in a minimalist purge in 1998, but I have replaced a lot of the music with digital copies.

^ digital copies = a lot lighter :)
Although nice to have those big gatefold covers to look at, whilst listening.

I wish I could get a decent vinyl setup, but le student budget prohibits such things. $2000 for a decent looking setup... if I suddenly inherited moolah, tough, I would definitely make this my first vinyl cranked through the speakers.

Rush - Signals http://youtu.be/-6UfebpgjfM

Steven Wilson's new album, Hand. Cannot. Erase drops (officially) in a few days. From what I've heard, I'm certain I'll enjoy this more than The Raven that Refused to Sing (which I renamed to Guthrie's Drive Home solo surrounded by meandering Steven Wilson crap, tbh). This new one's more varied. Some uploads on youtube already; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6bF6oKJKKQ

Genesis - Foxtrot (1972)
I was surprised when I saw the date on this... sounds very modern. Good stuff. Lyrics here if you like to read what you are being fed ;)

Pidsley already posted that (I should've done my due diligence and made sure it wasn't already!) so here is some Spock's Beard when Neal Morse was still playing (he made the band, IMHO).

Full Day for Night album was not available in one YouTube playlist so I tossed it together best I could :)

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... vMsUg9Ui10

^ http://linuxbbq.org/bbs/viewtopic.php?f ... =20#p35860

:)

Whoops! Sorry; fixed!

^ NP -- I am always happy when someone else discovers Genesis and Peter Gabriel -- he is a genius.