In the Prog Seat: Favorite Prog/Fusion Albums of 1974 

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To Be Over is my favourite Yessong. I think it's criminally underappreciated and a perfect, mellow yet no less epic end to the awesome chaos that precedes it on Relayer. Stunningly gorgeous melodies and wonderful instrumental work from the band. "After all, your soul will still surrender. After all, don't doubt your part - be ready to be loved."

Let me just say this. Ken is the MAN! Have discovered so many great bands by listening to his recommendations. Bands I've never heard of before but have discovered because of him!

I love these episodes so much I always have a lot of music to check out after!!! Thanks guys!!!

The panel's picks: Anthony: 5. Gong -- You 4. Camel--Mirage 3. King Crimson--Red 2. Yes--Relayer 1. Genesis--The Lamb Pete: 1) King Crimson-Red 2) Supertramp-Crime of the Century 3) Yes-Relayer 4) Genesis-The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 5) Gentle Giant-Power and the Glory Ken: 5) Secret Oyster - Sea Son 4) Guru - Dance Of The Flames 3) Priester - Love, Love 2) Eloy - Floating 1) Robin Trower - Bridge Of Sighs Chuck: *5-Standing On The Verge of Getting it On-Funkadelic *4. Secret Treaties-Blue Öyster Cult *3-Thrust-Herbie Hancock *2-Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy-Brian Eno *1-Mysterious Traveller-Weather Report HONORABLE MENTIONS Pretzel Logic-Steely Dan Eldorado-Electric Light Orchestra Country Life-Roxy Music You-Gong *The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway-Genesis Luis: 5. gentle giant - The power and the glory 4. Pelkka Pohjola - B the Magpie 3. Area -Caution Radiation 2 - Zappa- Apostrophe 1. King Crimson - Red. Honorable mentions: weather report - Mysterious Traveller, Jethro Tull - Wrathchild, Hatfield and the North - Eponymous.

Thank you for the show, gents. As always, it's an education. Hugely appreciated.

The first time I ever heard ELP's Tarkus was on their "Welcome Back..." live album, and it instantly became my favorite part of the record. Years later I finally heard the original studio version and was hugely disappointed. The live version is so much more powerful and exciting, plus they brilliantly incorporated a section of Epitaph into it! Ever since, it just has to be that live rendition for me.

Saw Queen on the Queen 2 tour, saw Supertramp doing the Crime of the Century tour, and also saw, Robin Trower, doing the Bridge Of Sighs Tour. Those were the days! Thanks to each and everyone of you, another Excellent Show.

Great show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for a great show,

What a great show! 5 top albums nobody mentioned in the show : 1- Magma : Wurdah Itah 2- Keith Jarrett : Backhand 3- George Duke : Feel 4- Mahavishnu Orchestra : Apocalypse 5- McCoy Tyner : Atlantis

Something magical was definitely floating around in the air during this particular recording; between the topic, the picks, the interesting dialogue, the one-liners...this was a *fantastic* episode!!! As good as they generally are, this was my favorite one in a while from this series. Magma's Köhntarkösz, Todd Rundgren's Todd (and Utopia's debut), King Crimson's Red, Yes' Relayer... those would be just a few of my picks. Tons more, but I'll leave those alone, for now. Chuck busting out the Funkadelic? Sweet!!! Luis - That shirt!!! I see you. (And Yes' Tales from Somniferous Oceans??? LOL!!!) Special mention to Steven - your No. 2 is my favorite album of all-time (and your comment about Under Pressure had me DYING!!!, lol) This episode was straight fiyah! 🔥 🔥 🔥

One of your best shows. Thank you!

bravo, varied / less heard of band selections, great commentary and insights, always learning

Great group here! Got all the prog/fusion bases covered. Love Ken's obscure picks!!!

Big thank you to all of the In the Prog gentleman ... excellent show with great insights and obscure gems. Would love to see an extension of this year for one and dones, non-english, Italian, etc. Listening to Ken’s excellent pick of Guru Guru on YT... that album smokes! Great guitar work.

I was fortunate to see Yes and Gentle Giant at the Cow Palace in 1976 and Genesis perform the entire Lamb in Jan.1975! Most o' my picks from 1974 were mentioned so I'll add some other gems: 10cc-Sheet Music; Focus-Hamburger Concerto; Kraftwerk-Autobahn; Manfred Mann's Earth Band-The Good Earth; Triumverat-Illusions On A Double Dimple; Robert Wyatt-Rock Bottom; Kayak II; Kevin Ayers-Confessions Of Dr. Dream And Other Stories; Queen-Sheer Heart Attack; Stevie Wonder-Fulfillingness' First Finale. Thank you all for another outstanding show!

I could listen to Steven Reid all night. Love his calm tones that bring the atmosphere of the Albums to life. Good job here. This panel was superb!

It's almost a year later but I have revisited this and I owe you guys another thank you. "What is so great about Gentle Giant's Power and the Glory? I don't remember it being so good." But you guys keep bringing it up, so I listened again and it's much better than I remembered. In fact one of my favorite GG songs is on there: Playing the Game. Now I am, for the first time in years, listening again to the entire discography, and it is like rediscovering this band. Enjoying it, thanks again. (Still hard to beat Three Friends though!)

Pete , just wanted to say how much I love the show. Me n my buddies always talk music here in Jersey. Way before the computer. Anyway. Love hearing fellow fans talk music!

A whole lot of great albums were covered in this one . I was very glad to see Jethro Tull's Warchild , and the Strawbs' Hero & Heroine mentioned , as they are great albums as well . I tend to agree with Luis that The Lamb would have been a stronger album with the omission , or editing , of some of the songs . Tales from Topographic Oceans , to me , has maybe 7 or 8 shorter good songs buried in those longer pieces . Those shorter songs would make a great single album . Anyway , I"m from the less is more school of thought ( in most cases ) . An excellent video , thanks !!

Great year, great picks & great knowledge from everybody (again!), good to see mentions of Yatha Sidra, Julian Piester, Eno & Guru Guru. I'd like to add : Philip Catherine : September Man George Duke : Feel Sensations' Fix : Fragments Of Light Kraftwerk : Autobahn Tangerine Dream : Phaedra

I see the Musical Box every time they come to the Keswick Theater outside of Philadelphia. They are awesome! The first time I ever saw them over 15 years ago, I felt like I was fourteen again seeing Genesis for the first time!

The Lamb amazing album everyone loves, its 2023 and a few weeks ago seen The Musical Box played the whole album in Edinburgh Scotland AMAZING THE FULL SHOW

Great episode - the best program on this channel, IMO. Luis, nice to see some prog love from this weird little country called Finland!😉 I bet you also are familiar with Jukka Tolonen's "The Hook" and Tasavallan Presidentti "Milky Way Moses" (both 1974). Cheers from Finland!

I'm playing catch up...great show. Contributions from all, insanely good. Plenty homework for me!

Some excellent picks by all involved. I would also add Nektar's Down to Earth, Tangerine Dream's Phaedra, Sensations Fix's Portable Madness, Heldon's Electronique Guerilla, and Robert Calvert's Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters.

I know about half of the stuff mentioned, but I'm grabbing all the stuff I don't because I love prog/fusion from that era. Excellent show, guys.

Another sensational show. If 1971 was the best year for releases, '74 should've been the 2nd best IMO. My favorites are 5. Renaissance-- Turn of the Cards 4. Hudson Ford-- Free Spirit 3. Jack Bruce-- Out of the Storm 2. Procol Harum-- Exotic Birds & Fruit 1. Hatfield & the North--...s/t... HM's... Yes-- Relayer The Sensational Alex Harvey Band-- The Impossible Dream Thanks Pete and guests.

My ultimate prog 4: Genesis, Gentle Giant, King Crimson and Yes, a handful of bands with legendary winning streaks, had a great '74. And right below, Camel and Kansas also. What a year!!!

Strawbs - Hero and Heroine Yes - Relayer Queen II Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

I can’t watch the show tonight unfortunately but I know it’ll be great as always! What a great year… My top 5: King Crimson - Red Yes - Relayer Camel - Mirage Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory Eloy - Floating Honourable Mentions: Budgie - In For the Kill Manfred Mann’s Earth Band - Solar Fire Trettioåriga Kriget - Trettioåriga Kriget Renaissance - Turn of the Cards Scorpions - Fly to the Rainbow Quella Vecchia Locanda - Il Tempo Della Gioia Peter Hammill - The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage & In Camera Biglietto Per L’Inferno - Biglietto Per L’Inferno The Spirit of Christmas - Lies to Live By Frank Zappa - Apostrophe Supertramp - Crimson of the Century Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Queen - Queen II & Sheer Heart Attack Premiata Forneria Marconi - L’Isola di Niente Wishbone Ash - There’s the Rub Manfred Mann’s Earth Band - The Good Earth Armageddon - Armageddon Utopia - Todd Rundgren's Utopia Jethro Tull - War Child Focus - Hamburger Concerto Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets & Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) Lucifer’s Friend - Banquet Høst - På Sterke Vinger Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge Kansas - Kansas The Viola Crayola - Music: Breathing of Statues Gryphon - Red Queen to Gryphon Three Electric Light Orchestra - Eldorado Aquelarre - Brumas Hero - Hero Mahavishnu Orchestra - Apocalypse Triumvirat - Illusions on a Double Dimple Traffic - When the Eagle Flies Chicago - Chicago VII Nektar - Down to Earth Yonin-Bayashi - Isshoku-Sokuhatsu Wigwam - Being Omega - 200 Years After the Last War

Great stuff Steven on Queen II being No.1! My favourite album of all time.

Total Eclipse is without a doubt one of Cobham's best albums. The energy and mind blowing performances from all band members is only enhanced by the legendary engineering master, Ken Scott.

Great episode. "In The Prog Seat" has become one of my most anticipated days of the week on Sea of Tranquility. And this video proves that the anticipation was warranted. I was happy to hear Luis Nasser share his opinion about "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway." It has been my opinion that LAMB would have been a better single album with more editing. In the same vein, I think THE WALL would have been a better single disc - and TALE FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS from YES would have been a stone-cold classic if it was a single disc. I am now retreating to my bunker for protection from the arrows and abuse from some of you.

Steve Hackett played a brilliant version of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway on Seconds Out show at the London Palladium on Monday evening. Still a phenomenal guitarist and great show - forgotten how heavy 70s Genesis music could be played live. Played all of the Musical Box, too many highlights to mention. How sad they couldn’t all have came together in 2000’s (including Peter) and toured Lamb. Thank goodness for Steve - and he is very loved by his audience, quite rightly.

Cheers, You picked all of mine. One of the best years ever. Here are a few Honorable Nobody Mentioned: Rush (Debut) Stanley Clarke Billy Cobham- Crosswinds. I agree Total Eclipse is better but this is darn good too. Eno- Here Come The Warm Jets Jerry Goodman & Jan Hammer- Like Children. The lost Mahavishnu record. Really solid top to bottom.

Herbie Hancock's 'Thrust' album featuring the great Mike Clark on drums is classic. The funk drumming on this album is so tight and grooves so hard, that it prompted the one and only Tony Williams to cop a lesson from Mike prior to making Stanley Clark's debut album. Mike also does some heavy lifting on Brand X's 'Product' album - Thanks for mentioning this album Chuck.

1. Refugee, 2. Red Queen To Gryphon 3, 3. Trace - 1st album, 4. Turn of the Cards, 5. Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. Quick mention for a couple of great live albums from 74. Argent - Encore, Barclay James Harvest - Live.

Got both of the Uriah Heep box sets, and watched Steven’s unboxing video. Great stuff.

All epic picks for this year that everyone mentioned but I can't leave out 'CAN - Soon Over Babaluma' in my top 5 along with 'Miles Davis - Get Up with It'.

Great shout on Kansas Steven, and Kansas’ debut. My second favourite band. Their whole catalogue up to 1980 compares with anyone else’s from that era.

Fantastic year for Prog and Jazz Fusion... so many great records. My top 5 favorites (in no particular order) are Genesis - Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (Carpet Crawlers one of my fav songs from this album), Camel - Mirage (Nimorodel), PFM - L’isola di niente, Gryphon - Red Queen to Gryphon 3, and Peter Hammill- The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage. .... many more hm. Looking forward to everyones picks. Gentle Giant, Hawkwind, and many other great albums from Italy and beyond.

Love that Secret Oyster LP. Play it loads

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5. Gong -- You 4. Yes - Relayer 3. Jethro Tull - War Child 2. Eloy - Floating 1. Hawkwind - Hall of the Mountain Grill Far too many HMs to mention. What a great year!

Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties Yes - Relayer Genesis - The Lamb lies down on Broadway Electric light Orchestra - Eldorado Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge

Crime of the Century is an amazing album! Crime of the Century and School are my favorite Supertramp songs!

my dream would be to join you pete and talking prog!

5. Argent - Nexus 4. Kayak II 3. Todd Rundgren's Utopia 2. Kansas 1. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Great show! I swear I had my picks before you read your honorable mentions. 5. P.F.M. :The World Became the World, 4. Mike Oldfield : Hergest Ridge, 3. Renaissance : Turn of the Cards, 2. Hawkwind : Hall of the Mountain Grill, 1. Lucifer's Friend : Banquet H.M. : Kansas : Kansas, Gryphon : Red Queen to Gryphon Three.

King Crimson: Red, ELO - Eldorado, Genesis - Lamb Lies Down, Jethro Tull - War Child, BOC - Secret Treaties (some proto progressive metal)

Who can resit not giving their principle favourites? In vague order. Silent Corner ... - Peter Hammill/ Lamb ... Genesis/ Starless ...King Crimson/Red - King Crimson/ Everyone is Everybody Else - Barclay James Harvest/ Secret Treaties - BOC/ Utopia - Utopia/ Mirage - Camel/ The Power And The Glory - Gentle Giant/ Relayer - Yes/ Crime of The Century - Supertramp/ Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt/ Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan/ Phenomenon - UFO/ Hatfield and the North - HATN/ Soon Over Babaluma - Can/ I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight - Richard and Linda Thompson/ Being - Wigwam

Moraz was a member of the Moody Blues from 1978 to 1991. Did 5 albums with them.

1- Camel -Mirage 2- ELO - Eldorado 3- King Crimson - Red 4- Strawbs - Hero and Heroine 5- Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge

5) Camel - Mirage 4) Yes - Relayer 3) Genesis -The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 2) Kansas - Kansas 1) Rick Wakeman - The Journey to the Center of the Earth HM: Eldorado - Electric Light Orchestra, BOC - Secret Treaties, King Crimson - Red, Supertramp - Crimson of the Century and Utopia - Todd Rundgren's Utopia

Oh man. Relayer, that "fusion" of classic Yes, jazz rock and heavy metal, one of my favourites ever.

Some missing from all the lists : Triumvirat- Spartacus Trace- same and Birds Il Volo- same Gryphon -Red Queen to Gryphon Three Focus-Hamburger Concerto PSI- Horizonte Sensation's Fix-Fragments of Light and Portable Madness Spooky Tooth- the Mirror Wishbone Ash- There's the Rub and YES, Bridge of Sighs is such a killer album My #1 all time is Hero and Heroine , a disc that has soothed my soul a thousand times . Loved this episode

I have been an old Genesis and Peter Gabriel fan since I was a teen in the 70's. I love prog but I never liked The Lamb Lies Down. I never listened to the album because I wasn't crazy about the title song. After listening to you guys rave about it I need to give it another chance and listen to it!

Speaking as a 52-year-old middle class English guy, I think the background of Gabriel, Banks and Rutherford would have had an awful lot to do with the internal dynamics in the band. All three demonstrate these rather buttoned-up, reserved and - dare one say it - repressed upper middle class character traits that were typical of young men from their background at that time. They were trying to break through the emotional constraints inherent in attending a school like Charterhouse but those things run deep. When it came to personalities in a band, theirs perhaps contributed to serious tensions that wouldn't have been resolved satisfactorily because they kept a lot of stuff buried. Excuse the amateur psychology but I bet that had something to do with it.

Very cool to have my fellow countryman, Pekka Pohjola, featured on the show! I have his album called Keesojen Lehto ( think it's from 1977 ) and that one is great. I also have his 1972 album, Pihkasilmä Kaarnakorva, which is a bit more obscure musically, certainly not as immediate. Need to listen to Harakka Bialoipokku ( and btw, that last word is not Finnish, don't know where it came from...! ) Somehow it eluded me all these years. My top five is pretty standard stuff: 5. Camel - Mirage 4. King Crimson - Red 3. Yes - Relayer 2. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom ( the cantebury scene is strong with this one, a marvellous album that can make me very emotional ) 1. Genesis - The Almighty Lamb ( nobody ever mentions the song Anyway, which is one of my favourites on it )

come on.., "Tales' is just a fantastic Yes album, my favorite ! pure magic

Very jealous that Stephen got to see the Wildhearts. Absolutely killer band. They haven't been to Dallas (the States?) since '04, when they came with The Darkness and the show sold out in 30min. I did not get a ticket. :-(

5 Bowie - Diamomd Dogs (just enough prog elements to sneak in) 4 Genesis - Lamb Lies Down 3 Yes - Relayer 2 Caravan & The New Symphonia 1 Supertramp - Crime Of The Century.

1974, what a fun year for music thats for sure. My top 5: 1. Kansas - Kansas 2. King Crimson - Red 3. King Crimson - Starless And Bible Black 4. Queen - Queen 2 5. Focus - Hamburger Concerto HM: Triumvirat - Illusions On A Double Dimple Return To Forever - Where Have I Known You Before Yes - Relayer Gong - You Camel - Mirage Genesis - Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

As Pete said, what a year - I drew up a very long list of albums, many of which were mentioned on the show as well as in the comments below - some that I didnt notice (apologies if they were) - Prog: Caravan & the New Symfonia/ Egg - The Civil Service/ Gryphon - From Red Queen to Gryphon 3/ Harmonium/ Horslips- Dancehall Sweethearts/ Ibis - Sun Supreme/ Le Orme- Contrappunti/ Supersister- Spiral Staircase Sass/ Trace- Trace Fusion/Jazz Rock : Charlie Mariano - Reflections/ Nucleus - Under the Sun/ Stanley Clarke Stanley Clarke/ Tempest - Living in Fear/ Zzebra- Zzebra. And for those wondering what ABBA's gutarist Janne Schaffer got up to in his spare time in 1974 checkout his solo album Andra or the album Ablution that he did with the guys from Quatermass - Peter Robinson on Keys, John Gustafson on Bass , Barry De Souza on drums (though he wasnt on the Quatermass album, that was Mick Underwood, however he was in the band that then backed Shawn Phillips after he had played with Rick Wakeman on Catherine Howard off 6 wives)) and a couple of others.

I did see the "Music Box" "Lamb" tour. Man that was impressive! Genesis did not just give them the slide projection and other effects. They had access to the master tapes of the album to pick out the individual parts! Funny - the PA was not the greatest, but then we thought maybe that's how they would have sounded in '74.

1) Queen II I loved Steven's description of the album. 2) Thrust 3) Tod Rundgren's Utopia 4)The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 5) Red

I saw Gentle Giant in the early 70's at the Philly Spectrum. They were the 2nd band in a 3 band lineup. I can't remember who the headliner was.

TOP SIX: Genesis, Gong, Magma, Renaissance, Terje Rypdal & Supertramp (no particular order, because impossible to rank). 🐑 3 honorable mentions not to be found in the video: Santana - Borboletta Miles Davis - Get up with it Jack Bruce - Out of the storm

1. King Crimson - Red 2. Yes - Relayer 3. Return to Forever - Where Have I Known You Before 4. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Apocalypse 5. Weather Report - Mysterious Traveller

1. Electric Light Orchestra : Eldorado 2. Renaissance : Turn of the Cards 3. Biglietto Per L’Inferno : Biglietto Per L’Inferno 4. Utopia : Todd Rundgren’s Utopia 5. Gong : You Honorable Mention #1 - Camel : Mirage Honorable Mention #2 - Gentle Giant : The Power and the Glory

NOOO! To Be Over is my favourite track on Relayer. Steve Howe's guitar work on track is unreal!

This video has one of my favorite Luis Nasser quotes. "For me, It's 'Progressive Rock,' it has to ROCK. It can't just float in a valley of unicorns and fairies, it has to have some fvvking balls, otherwise I'm not interested." (And I agree, especially about the album that he was referring to!)

1. Yes- Relayer 2. Genesis- The lamb lies down on broadway 3. Kansas- Kansas 4. King Crimson- Red 5. Frank Zappa- Apostrophe 6. Return to forever- Where have I known you before 7. Gentle Giant- The power and the glory 8. Camel- Mirage 9. Supertramp- Crime of the century 10. Styx- Man of miracles

My picks could easily change daily: Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, King Crimson - Red, Return To Forever - Where Have I Known You Before, Gentle Giant - Power And The Glory, and Camel - Mirage. A honorable mention is a must Yes - Relayer.

Anybody mentioned Rick Wakeman’s “Journey … “ ?

On King Crimson's "Red", the imrpov bonus track, journey to the center of the comos is an absolute tank!

What,no Triumvirate-Illusions On A Double Dimple?

Also love Alan White’s drums on Going For The One!

The Waiting Room on that Liverpool bootleg is one of the greatest things I've ever heard. I wish Genesis leaned into that demented psych jam side of them more often.

Steven's comments on Gentle Giant were really thoughtful and on point. To another point on his suggestion I watched a few live clips of Tony Ashton and Jon Lord and it credits Bernie Madsen (of Whitesnake) on guitar. He's a dead ringer for Rory Gallagher but it's not actually him.

My Top 5: 1) Miles Davis - Get Up With It 2) Weather Report - Mysterious Traveller 3) Santana - Borboletta 4) Chicago - VII 5) Yes - Relayer

1. Genesis - Lamb 2. Yes - Relayer 3. King Crimson - Red 4. Supertramp - Crime of the Century 5. Jethro Tull - War HM: Billy Cobham - Total Eclipse

5.Gong:You 4.Gentle Giant: The Power and The Glory 3.Refugee 2.Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 1.Yes:Relayer

Chuck stumbled on the Fred thing. No, Fred Smith did not play on Taking Tiger Mountain. Not sure what you were going for. But damn I love that record!

For the title track alone ‘Leaving This Planet’, by Charles Earland also has a great version of Red Clay on it.

Agree with luis with Sabbath bloody sabbath. I almost guessed he was going to say that!

Yes-Relayer, Genesis-The Lamb, Queen-Queen II, Bowie-Diamond Dogs, Can-Soon over Babaluma.

74 was a great year for fusion and prog. Santana - Lotus, Borboletta, Illuminations (Alice Coltrane & Carlos Santana) Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway King Crimson - Red Miles Davis - Big Fun, Get Up With It Mahavishnu Orchestra - Between Nothingness & Eternity, Apocalypse Billy Cobham - Crosswinds, Total Eclipse Yes - Relayer ELP - Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends Are just some of the great releases from that year. I'm sure I'm missing plenty more.

"Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends...Ladies and Gentlemen... Emerson,Lake and Palmer"🎉

I've seen most of S o T 's "In the Prog Seat" videos now and I'm almost bewildered that the French band Ange gets very little mention. Their brilliant Au-dela du Delire (1974) album is relegated almost like an afterthought in the "honorable mentions", (and as Chuck says here, it's their best album). For explorers of Progressive rock, I recommend looking into that band. I can't recommend anything beyond 1976, but those first several years were amazing.

1. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 2. Yes - Relayer 3. King Crimson - Red 4. Queen II and Sheer Heart Attack 5. Jethro Tull - War Child 6. Rush 7. Kansas 8. Camel - Mirage 9. Focus - Hamburger Concerto 10. Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory 11. Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (‘) 12. Supertramp - Crime of the Century 13. ELP - Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends - Ladies and Gentlemen 14. Rick Wakeman - Journey to the Center of the Earth 15. Gryphon - Red Queen to Gryphon Three 16. Barclays James Harvest - Everyone Is Everybody Else 17. King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black

Great choices with some of the best connoisseurs of the lovely Prog & Fusion genres. As I've stated previously, 5 choices is too short. My Top 35 of both genres in alphabetical order: Alusa Fallax - Intorno Alla Mia Cattiva Educazione Ange - Au-Delà Du Délire Camel - Mirage Eloy - Floating Fantasy - Beyond The Beyond Focus - Hamburger Concerto Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Gentle Giant - The Power And The Glory Gong - You Gryphon - Red Queen To Gryphon Three Kansas - Kansas Kraan - Andy Nogger Le Orme - Contrappunti Lucifer's Friend - Banquet Popol Vuh - Einsjäger Und Siebenjäger Premiata Forneria Marconi - L'Isola Di Niente Quella Vecchia Locanda - Il Tempo Della Gioia Samla Mammas Manna - Klossa Knapitatet Strawbs - Hero And Heroine Trace - Trace Triumvirat - Illusions On A Double Dimple Utopia - Todd Rundgren's Utopia Yes - Relayer Arti E Mestieri - Tilt Billy Cobham - Total Eclipse Electromagnets - Electromagnets Guru Guru - Dance Of The Flames Isotope - Illusion Modrý Efekt - Modrý Efekt & Radim Hladik Perigeo - Genealogia Return To Forever - Where Have I Known You Before Santana - Borboletta Scope - Scope Secret Oyster - Sea Son The Eleventh House - Introducing The Eleventh House

Note to Luis: the Blu-ray edition of the Steven Wilson remix of Relayer has instrumental mixes of the entire album.

I Really enjoyed this episode. Pete you should do a special video for 66.6K subscribers

Ridiculously good year so you're getting a top 10 1. Yes - Relayer 2. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 3. King Crimson - Red 4. Supertramp - Crime of the Century 5. Magma - Mekanik Destructiw Kommandoh 6. Gong - You 7. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom 8.Peter Hammill - The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage 9. Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge 10. Rick Wakeman - Journey to the Centre of the Earth plus honourable mentions for Queen, Gentle Giant, Camel, ELP, Gryphon, PFM etc etc etc

Genesis' Lamb Lies Down on Broadway: interesting discussions here. I may have mentioned it before but for ANY fan I recommend the Genesis Reissues Interviews which you can find right here on RU-vid. They are detailed stories of the making of all of their albums, told by the men who made them. Listening to all of those, I did get the impression that, from the very beginning, there was a very intense and high powered WRITING core of that band in Banks and Rutherford. I think they all thought of Gabriel as essential until they lost him, but we all puzzle, as is discussed here, about the apparent neglect of guitarist Steve Hackett. Listening to all those interviews, I wonder if a big part of the answer to it is: How many creative titans can get a big chunk of air time in ONE BAND? Maybe the creative process between Banks and Rutherford was so intense they couldn't fit Hackett in? And then later, they get down to three people and only THEN do they find some room to let Phil Collins contribute songs to the repetoire (Duke album). I'm not saying it's right, because Hackett felt pretty snubbed, but it's a thought. I have been in bands where I worked with a guitarist who was on a ROLL writing music for song after song, my job as singer was lyrics and melodies, and between the two of us there WAS a very intense writing core that had no lack of material or ideas. We had no NEED of other band members material..... did Banks and Rutherford feel that way? I wonder. ....

Ive noticed that if you watch Genesis playing live with Steve Hackett, theres stuff you dont hear so much on the albums.

5. Camel - Mirage 4. Yes - Relayer 3. Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') 2. Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory 1. Gong - You