Re: 70's Prog Recommendations? (if I like Camel)

"Yessphere" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I would try to find Quaterna Requiem's "Velha Gravura" (Old Painting).
> A '90s release to be sure, but one that owes some heavy dues to Camel.
> And he is sure to like something from the Italian scene of the
> '70s--everything from PFM (first five albums only) to Banco and Le
> Orme. For obscure try Celeste, the Italian one-shot.
>
> Make sure the poster heads to the GEPR encyclopedia (type GEPR into a
> search engine)--a much better reference than Amazon.com.
>

Definitely.  A classic that one.  Good suggestion.

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Richard Barnes
> "Richard Barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > "Todd N. Verklarung" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > Quoth Ostrich Beheader:
> > >
> > > > Can anyone recommend some of the more obscure 70's prog rock? I've
> > > > browsed through a couple of Amazon.com recommendations lists to find
all
> > > > these European bands I'd never heard of. These bands from another
time
> > > > just capture something that neoprog doensn't.
> > >
> > Be careful - none of these bands sound at all like Camel.  Canterbury is
a
> > place and a bunch of like minded musicians collaborating over the years.
A
> > lot of Canterbury music is not at all like Camel - e.g Softs, Matching
Mole,
> > National Health, Hatfields etc which cross over into jazz realms much
more.
>
> Quite correct. Not at all similar.
>
> > Caravan is the only other Canterbury band which has some similarities on
> > some albums (mostly those with Geoff Richardson and Pye Hastings
fronting
> > the songwriting).  Japanese band Ain Soph are worth checking out though
as
> > someone suggested.
> >
> > Look out for Nightales' Voyage album as well if you can find it.
>
>
> dcr