Greatest Proto-Prog Rock albums
1- 1967 THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN Pink Floyd
2- 1966 REVOLVER Beatles, The
3- 1967 THE DOORS Doors, The
4- 1966 FREAK OUT Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
5- 1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles
6- 1968 In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Iron Butterfly
7- 1967 Surrealistic Pillow Jefferson Airplane
8- 1967 Days of Future Passed The Moody Blues
9- 1969 Deep Purple Deep Purple
10- 1969 Tommy The Who

#1. Touch - Touch

It's almost completely unknown now, but it's often considered to be one of the first ventures into the progressive realm by a psychedelic artist. It took me a good 4 months to get a low-quality copy of it, and another year to get a lossless one. But at the time, it created a flood of "What the fuck are they doings?" by virtually every major name of the mid-to-late 60s (including Hendrix). Yes and Kansas cite the album as an influence, but even though it has no popularity, it pretty much obliterates in everything else.

Also, the sounds on the album were made without any synthesizers, and no one remembers how the studio effects were achieved.

Here's a V0 copy of the album:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8239226/Touch.zip

Maybe this should be renamed 'most important albums to the creation of progressive rock', in which Sgt. Peppers should be #1...

... and material from Moondog in the 50`s and 60`s ...... and Kenny Graham and his Satellites from the UK and his progressive elements with this album in 1956 called "Moondog and Suncat Suites." with 16 tracks .... Take care



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnskASlKlsA

The Personnel:

Kenny Graham (tenor, percussion, whistle)
Stan Tracey (piano, vibes, accordion, celeste)
Phil Seamen (drums, percussion)
Ivor Slaney (oboe)
Sammy Stokes (bass)
Don Lawson (percussion, drums)
Danny Moss (bass clarinet)
Jack Ellory (flute)
Eddie Taylor (Percussion)
Martin Slavin (xylo, marimba, vibes)
Sammy Stokes (bass)
Vic Ash (clarinet)
Yolanda (vocals)

Recorded between 02.07.56 and 11.07.56

Engineer on all sessions JOE MEEK

.... from 1960 the first concept album from Joe Meek - I Hear a New World ..... many special effects, feedback, overdubbing, compression, echo etc etc ...... Take care

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvMRDS7Q ... re=related



Side 1
"I Hear a New World" 2:44
"Globb Waterfall" 3:15
"Entry Of The Globbots" 3:09
"Valley Of The Saroos" 2:50
"Magnetic Field" 3:10
"Orbit Around The Moon" 2:49
Side 2
"The Bublight" 2:43
"March of the Dribcots" 2:07
"Love Dance Of The Saroos" 2:33
"The Dribcots' Space Boat" 2:16
"Disc Dance of the Globbots" 2:15
"Valley of No Return" 3:07

This one would be a great choice for anyone with an interest in very early prog ... it has material from the 40`s to the 70`s ... Take care



Track Listings
1. Blast Off
2. New York
3. Paris
4. Bumbo
5. Heath On The Heather
6. Torisa
7. Shakespeare City
8. Frankanon
9. You Have To Have Hope
10. A.Sax
11. Reedroy
12. Cosmicode
13. Black Hole
14. Invocation
15. Guggisberglied
16. Friska
17. Magic Ring
18. Logruendr Xv In B Major
19. Gygg
20. Logruendr Xvii In E Major
21. Log In G Major
22. All Is Loneliness
23. God Trot
24. Frog Bog
25. Surf Sessions
26. Trees Against The Sky
27. Single Foot
28. Be A Hobo
29. Rabbit Hop
30. Why Spend The Dark Night With You
31. Moondog Symphony 1
32. Lullaby
33. Avenue Of The Americas
34. Moondog Monologue

... and a photo of Moondog in New York in the 50`s ... Take care

uuhhmmm...Forever Changes?? Duhh.