In the Prog Seat: Our Favorite Prog Instrumentals from Mostly Vocal Bands 

Pete's picks: ELP-Toccata (Brain Salad Surgery) Dream Theater-Erotomania (Awake) King Crimson-Level 5 (The Power to Believe) Kansas-Musicato (Power) Hawkwind-Wind of Change (Hall of the Mountain Grill) Rick's Picks: (5) Wishbone Ash - Something Happened In Room 602 (4) Camel - Lunar Moon (3) Electric Light Orchestra - Fire On High (2) Dream Theater - Scene II: Overture 1928 (1) Rush - YYZ Armando's Picks: 1 )Rush La Villa Strangiato / Dream Theater Stream Of Consciousness 2) Camel Six Ate 3) Pink Floyd Any Colour You Like 4) King Crimson Larks Tongue In Aspic 5) ELP Concerto No. 1 Eric's picks: 5. Kansas - The Spider 4. Gentle Giant - The Boys In The Band 3. Opeth - Ending Credits 2. Finneus Gauge - Blogee's Lament 1. Genesis - In That Quiet Earth Chuck's picks: 1. Do The Neurotic-Genesis (B-Side to “Tonight Tonight Tonight”) (1986) 2. Glad-John Barleycorn Must Die-Traffic (1970) 3. Manhattan Rumble (49th Street Massacre)-No Answer-Electric Light Orchestra (1972) 4. Group Therapy-Highly Strung-Steve Hackett (1983) 5. Astradyne-Vienna-Ultravox (1980) George's picks: 5. Mr. Qwinkles Therapy - Thought Chamber 4. Premonition - Haken 3. Akasha Chronicles - Lemur Voice 2, Biosfear - Circus Maximus 1. Do You Tango - Karmakanic Anthony's picks: 1. Steve Hackett--Clocks(Angel of Mons) 2. ELP--Tank 3. Gong--A Sprinkling of Clouds 4. Zappa--Chungas Revenge 5. Jon Anderson--Ocean Song Luis' picks: ELP - Karn Evil 9 2nd Impression, Mastermind - When the Walls fell from the album Excelsior, Death - Crystal Mountain from the album Symbolic, Frank Zappa - G Spot tornado, form the AMAZING Yellow Shark Ensemble album, and Banco - Di terra, from the album of the same name. My brother George called my illegal audible, but Consider the Source is a ridiculously great band that ONLy does instrumentals, and deserves some love. Ken's picks: VDGG - Theme One (Pawn Hearts) Nektar - Cybernetic Consumption (Recycled) Riverside - Reality Dream/Reality Dream II (Out Of Myself) Triumvirat - Panic On Fifth Avenue (Old Loves Die Hard) Anekdoten - Karelia (Vemod) Steven's picks: 1. Haken - “Nil By Mouth” - Vector (2018) 2. Porcupine Tree - “Up The Downstair” - Up the Downstair (1993) 3. Majestic - “Astral Dream” - Ataraxia (2015) 4. Saga - “Corkentellis” - 10,000 Days (2007) 5. Cardiacs - “All His Geese Are Swans” b’side (1988) - also released on the Songs For Ships And Irons (1991) non-album track album)

Great topic. I’ll post before watching just for fun 5 ELP: The Barbarian 4 Gong: A Sprinkling Of Clouds 3 king Crimson: Fracture 2 The Mothers Of Invention: King Kong 1 Gentle Giant: Talybont

Gentlemen once more it’s s been a pleasure, to be in your company once again. Love another show before Xmas if possible.

This show was absolutely HILARIOUS, so great to watch!

Fantastic show, I was rolling!

Cool topic. Thanks for pinning/listing the panel's favs.

The same river by Riverside Black napkins live bonus disc from Zappa in New york. Ending credits by Opeth. Untitled by Porcupine tree from Recordings album. Impression V111 by Lunatic soul.

Fun show tonight guys!

1.I Robot-Alan Parsons Project-(I Robot) 2.Los Endos-Genesis(A Trick Of The Tail) 3.The Barbarian-Emerson Lake and Palmer(debut) 4.XYZ-Rush(Moving Pictures) 5.Beyond-The Moody Blues(To Our Children's Children's Children) favorite Moody album HM: Tank-Emerson Lake and Palmer( debut) Love it tremendously but didn't want two ELP tracks in top 5, I could put it up where The Barbarian is but today it's The Barbarian. Ask me tomorrow it may be Tank. Carl Palmer is in the stratosphere on it. The Barbarian focuses good with Keith Emerson. Easy get to albums for some real good favorites for today and what I own. And great stuff to check out from the prog panel. It was alot of fun thanks!!🎶🎤🥁🎹🎸👍

Nice job lads

Thanks, gents, for this outstanding episode of In The Prog Seat and, once again, special thanks to Pete et al for listing the picks for easy follow-up. Going to use those picks to make a playlist for a planned roadtrip during the holidays. Some great choices here - familiar with some but not even close to a majority. Prog, porn, perplexity, passion - it's all here and in great mixture, too. Most of mine were in the selections named with a heavy emphasis on work by Keith Emerson due to my piano playing past and present. Round that off with some Rush and Yes and my list would be complete. Really looking forward to the top choices of Prog '21 albums next week. Thanks for the time each of you spent agonizing over your choices. Made for some great viewing and future listening.

Another great episode and topic. Many tunes I like, but some I need some more time with. Worked most into a mix to listen through them. Thx guys 👍

A new instrumental written by Nick D virgilio played by his band Big Big Train. The Song Apollo. Terrific Prog instrumental.

Chuck, I never knew about "Do the Neurotic." Thanks for that pick!

1. Rush - YYZ 2. Porcupine Tree - Nil Recurring 3. Dream Theater - Erotomania 4. ELP - The Barbarian 5. King Crimson - Red

Bill Berends lives here in São Paulo where I live and he made a new version of Mastermind here with Brazilian musicians, they played a Prog fest that’s held here in São Paulo every year before the pandemic in 2019.

Frost: Hyperventilate Dream Theater: Hells Kitchen The Flower Kings: Rumble Fish Twist Between the Buried and Me: Viridian Marillion: Marouatte Jam Transatlantic: Is it really happening? (Minus the "Is it really happening" vocals in the beginning)

Great topic tonight Pete. My top 5 prog instrumentals are Camel - Ice, Gentle Giants - Boys in the Band, Rush - The Main Monkey Business, King Crimson - Red and Van der Graaf Generator - Theme One.

Great show! 1- The Flower Kings : Circus Brimstone 2- Saga : Conversations 3- Mirthrandir : Number Six 4- Kalaban : Sleepless 5- Zappa : While You Were Art II

Great topic George! Here, my five picks (in alphabetical order): 1. Captain Beefheart-Ice Rose [album: Shiny Beast, from 1978]. For some people the voice of the Captain is unbearable, and I get it. So if you are one of those, just listen to this awesome composition (purely instrumental). 2. Frank Zappa-Gum Joy [album: Lumpy Money from 2009]. Originally released early in his career, this is the main melody of the gorgeous “Oh no”. For me, the best melody ever created. 3. Godley & Creme-Foreign Accents [album:L from 1978]. Another zappaesque composition. Is complex, catchy, fun, and scary good. 4. The Rudy Schwartz Project- Moslem Beach Party [album: Mislem Beach Party from 1984]. By now you can totally see my fascination with this kind of music inspired by the one and only Frank f’n Zappa. As I said on another comment here in SoT: This is Zappa of the present time without a doubt. 5. Thinking Plague- Les Etudes d’ Organism [album: In Extremis from 1998]. AN ABSOLUTELY MASTERPIECE.

Trying to avoid the obvious choices. I've chosen Kansas "Musicatto", Genesis "Horizons", ELO "Daybreaker", Wishbone Ash "Outward Bound", SOC "Cosmic Distance Ladder" Pink Floyd "One Of These Days" & Rainbow "Difficult to Cure", only because I like it. My number 1 would be Camel "Sasquatch".

Another great show, thanks! One suggestion: that you all remember to name verbally the band and album when you hold up a CDs or LP cover. Sometimes, especially with CDs, they're too small to see, especially on a phone screen. Thanks

Great show. When it comes to Camel, my favorite instrumentals were Ice (Never Let Go) and Sahara (Rajaz). Can't believe how so many songs you chose I had but haven't heard in years.

The burning question: Will this episode get demonetized due to some of the dialogue near the end? Inquiring minds certainly want to know (Pete, do keep us posted on that.) 😉😂😂 Great picks from everyone on the panel.

Another great show……. Who knew you can work Porn into Prog? 😂😂😂😂 Really love all you guys do

1- ELP : Tarkus 2- Gentle Giant : The Boys In The Band 3- Frank Zappa : Eat That Question 4- Camel : Earthrise 5- PFM : Have Your Cake And Beat It

1. Los Endos- Genesis 2. A Saucerful of Secrets- Pink Floyd NON-Prog: ABBA- Arrival

Great show. Fish, sorry I mean Mr. Steven Reid made some great choices, especially All His Geese are Swans. Strangely, I only have the first 4 Porcupine Tree albums. The first I bought was The Sky Moves Sideways(grey vinyl) after hearing them in session on the Mark Radcliffe show. Then got Up the Downstair (vinyl), the first album was already out of print on vinyl by that point or was ridiculously expensive, I can't quite remember.

Great show gentleman. FYI, A part of Fire On High was used for the CBS Sports Spectacular intro.

1)ELO Fire On High 2)Focus Hocus Pocus 3)Rush La Villia Strangiato 4)ELP Hoe Down 5)Gong heavy Tune

Rush - La Via Strangiato, Floyd - When You’re In, ELO - Fire On High, Triumph - Midsummer’s Daydream, Crimson - Red

Great Circus Maximus pick, George!!

Oh, Mr. Qwinkle's Therapy. I found it. I was looking for Mr. Krinkle. Thought maybe it was part two of Primus' 90's song with the upright bass!!

Great episode! Here are some tasty pieces that come to mind that I really like. Not all of these are my top favorites but these are pieces that many might tend to overlook or have forgotten about. - Marouatte Jam - Marillion - The Great Escape, 1994 (CD single 'B-side') - Jacuzzi - Steve Hackett - Defector, 1980 - Beyond - Moody Blues - To Our Childrens Childrens Children, 1969 - The Voyage - Moody Blues - On The Theshold Of A Dream, 1969 - Repent Walpurgis - Procol Harum - Procol Harum, 1967 - Flying - The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour, 1967* *Okay, The Beatles are not quite "Prog", but they were, as many of us know,, a big influence on "Prog" and this little piece has some nice Mellotron on it.

Zappa - Watermelon in Easter hay, or Black page Jethro Tull - Conundrum Alan Parsons Project - The fall of the house of Usher Gentle Giant - Boys in the band or Talybont Pink Floyd - One of these days, or Obscured by clouds King Crimson - Fracture Honorable mentions: Rush - La Villa Strangiato Genesis - Los Endos (ignoring background voices) ELP - Hoe Down

…and Frank’s Watermelon In Easter Hay

Thanks for another interesting and fun episode! My picks are: 1) La Villa Strangiato by Rush 2) Stream of Consciousness by Dream Theater 3) The End of Innocence by Symphony X 4) One of These Days by Pink Floyd 5) Epilogue by Opeth

Great show, love the humour. My picks 1. Pink Floyd - Any color you like 2. Dream Theater - Hell's kitchen 3. Rush - Leave that thing alone 4. Alan Parsons Project - I robot 5. Genesis - Los endos And Do the neurotic is killer, it is in Genesis Archives 2

Great show. Anthony may need to upgrade his 56k modem at some point! ....although I hope he holds off a bit longer for these moments of comedy gold 😂 I'm a total Prog novice so these shows are a real education for me, but the banter is really entertaining too. People stereotype Prog fans as boring 'humourless' nerds but these shows prove otherwise!

So late to this party, sorry. Yes- Cinema from 90125. Totally underrated unusual instrumental prog composition, it soars

1- Reality Dream pt. 2 (Riverside) 2- Sound of Muzak (Porcupine Tree) 3- The Storm (Savatage) 4- After the Glow (Genesis) 5- Dryad of the Woods (Pain of Salvation)

Great picks, some great ones: Atomic Rooster: VUG Beggars Opera: Raymond's Road Colosseum: Valentyne Suite East Of Eden: In The Stable Of The Sphinx Ache: Acheron Focus: Eruption, Answer Questions!, Questions Answers Indian Summer - From The Film Of The Same Name King Crimson: Sailors Tale, Red, Larks Tongues In Aspic II, The Talking Drum Pink Foyd: One Of These Days Julian Jay Savarin - Dance Of The Golden Flamingos Paladin - Dance Of The Cobra Babe Ruth - King Kong (great Zappa cover) Bram Stoker - Fingal's Cave ELP: Karn Evil 9 Second Impression Gentle Giant: The Boys In The Band Kraan: Kraan Arabia, Holiday Am Marterhorn Man: Keep On Crinting Sandrose: Underground Session Tasavallan Presidentti: Dance Skaldowie: Fioletowa Dama Wallenstein: Manhattan Project Agitation Free: Laila Part I & II Camel: Six Ate, The Sleeper, Lunar Sea, Chord Change, Ice, Sasquatch Caravan - A Hunting We Shall Go Greenslade: Melange Peter Banks: Knights Frank Zappa: Transylvania Boogie Rick Wakeman: Catherine Parr, Anne Of Cleves Gryphon: Checkmate Heldon - Circulus Vitiosus Scope - Walpurgis Night Trace - Progression, Opus 1065 Atoll - Cazotte No 1 Finch - Paradoxical Moods, Register Magister, Unspoken In The Word Hatfield & The North: The Yes-No Interlude Journey: Kohoutek, Topaz O Terço - 1974 Quiet Sun - Mummy Was An Asteroid Daddy Was A Small NonStick Kitchen Utensil Sebastian Hardie - Openings Steve Hackett: Ace Of Wands Toto Blanke - Lady's Bicycle Smeat Smeller Colosseum II: The Dark Side Of The Moog, Crucis - Los Delirios Del Mariscal, Abismo Terrenal, Determinados Espejos Genesis: Los Endos Invisible: Alarma Entre Los Angeles MIA: El Casamiento De Alicia Edition Spéciale - Vedra Kansas: The Spider Rush: La Villa Strangiato Atila: Revuire Mahagon - Půlnočni Shylock - Île De Fièvre Anthony Phillips - Nightmare Banana - Víspera Mezquita - Obertura En Sí Bemol

The Stranglers - ‘Another Camden Afternoon’ Edgar Winter Group - ‘Frankenstein’ Atomic Rooster - ‘VUG’ Emerson, Lake & Palmer - ‘Canario’ Babe Ruth - ‘King Kong’

Horslips - King Of Faeries. Hawkwind - Opa Loka. Caravan - L'auberge Du Sanglier/A Hunting We Shall Go/Pengola /Backwards /Hunting reprise (Metallica used to name this as very influential on how they learned to structure songs), Gong - A Sprinkling Of Clouds. John Martyn - Glistening Glyndebourne. John didn't really fit any category sort of Blues Jazz Prog Folk, Glistening Glyndebourne is a amazing melange of echoplex acoustic guitar, piano and a seriously on point rhythm section. Utterly unique track.

My picks: Corkentellis - Saga Clocks (The Angel Of Mons - Steve Hackett Lunar Sea - Camel Los Endos - Genesis Second Spasm - Gryphon

Cardiacs are gifted but there is a sameness and manic nature to most of their stuff that wears on me real quick! You could fill this whole show with Zappa pieces. Not sure you could put Zappa in this category given he has a lot of albums that are entirely instrumental. Glad for Zappa he experienced his orchestral pieces fully realized as he envisioned at least once before he passed with "Yellow Shark". Some good pre- Steve Perry Journey got pretty proggy: Kohoutek Topaz Nickle and Dime There's a Number of "Discipline" era King Crimson tracks to consider: "Discipline" Sartori in Tangier" Nuages (That Which Passes, Passes Like Clouds) Industry Larks' Tongues in Aspic 3

I love Spooky Boogie by Gentle Giant

1. La Villa Strangiato - Rush 2. YYZ - Rush 3. Red - King Crimson 4. Raw Dog - Dream Theater 5. Signify - Porcupine Tree

Gryphon - Midnight Mushrumps Big Big Train - Apollo The Windmill - Cinnamon Focus - Hamburger Concerto ELP - Tank

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Camel : Stationary Traveler

how do i get my hands on zappa scores holy crap i'd die to see some of that

if you guys want to see a brand new live dave weckl tom keenedy project song check out this video-ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dkWQ0Wqe7f0.html with a horn section!

Genesis Unquiet Slumbers For The Sleepers… …In That Quiet Earth; Steve Hackett Spectral Mornings; Jethro Tull Elegy; Yes (well Steve Howe) The Clap; Rush La Villa Strangiato; most of Camel’s Music Inspired by the Snow Goose; and although not Prog, Mark Knofler’s Going Home - Theme from Local Hero.

Genesis - Horizons Rush - Xygnus X1 Kansas - The Spyder Pink Floyd - Marooned David Gilmour- 5.A.M. U.K. Alaska

Barnstorm: Giant Bohemoth Joe Walsh: Theme from Boat Weirdos

Suggestion for Armando - as an intro to Porcupine Tree , you can try listening to Octane Twisted. Their best live album imho and it sounds 🙌.

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Nightengales & Bombers by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band Poppy or World Anthem by Mahogany Rush And Not Or by Steve Hillage

Sorry Luis, I love ya but “Crystal Mountain” isn’t an instrumental lol! “Cosmic Sea” and “Voice of the Soul” are great though. An honest mistake, I had to double-check mine to make sure they were instrumentals and there were definitely a few I was wrong on! I kinda cheated and took the non-Prog ones out of my list from the HVS instrumentals show last week: Camel - Lunar Sea Porcupine Tree - Wedding Nails Guthrie Govan - Erotic Cakes King Crimson - Fracture Opeth - Marrow of the Earth Mahavishnu Orchestra - Lila’s Dance The Chasm - Vault to the Voyage Automatic Fine Tuning - The Great Panjandrum Wheel Dream Theater - Stream of Consciousness Wishbone Ash - F.U.B.B. Blood Incantation - Inner Paths (To Outer Space Obliveon - Access to the Acropolis David Bowie - Speed of Life Genesis - Los Endos Rush - YYZ Frank Zappa - Peaches en Regalia Anekdoten - Karelia Änglagård - Jordrok Caravan - A Hunting We Shall Go Colosseum - Valentyne Suite Gentle Giant - The Boys in the Band Steve Hackett - Ace of Wands Flower Travellin’ Band - Satori Part III Fantastic show as always, big thanks to everyone involved! 🤘🤘

Rush-La Villa King Crimson- LTIA part 2 Jethro Tull- Bouree Pink Floyd- Obscured by clouds/When you’re in Amon Duul II- Cerberus

Armando then listen to masterpiece album "Signify"

I wouldn't label ELP mostly a mostly vocal band. That said, they made a bunch of groovy choices.

Gotta check out Banco's album I like their previous albums and skipped this one. It got unison praise while on Wikipedia it has only 2.5 stars. Very often my impression on albums would coincide more with Wikipedia rating than SoT one, but somehow I believe here the case speaks in favor of SoT guys.

Magnum Opus

Nektar…Countenance.

Dream Theater - The Dance of Eternity.

Toccata - ELP Kansas - The Spider Kansas - Musicatto King Crimson - Red Kerry Livgren - Konelrad I disagree: greatest composer, orchestrator, lyricist, and multi instrumentalist in this female prog lover's opinion - Kerry Livgren. Btw, Steven, I just love listening to you - you're terrific! I'd love to send you some Velveeta or Cheese Whiz (squeeze cheese)!!

Blue House by Anyone's Daughter.

Only surprised that King Crimson wasn't mentioned more...

Too many blokes without hair!!!

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