Progressive Rock
Various Artists
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- The Basics
Mind-bending philosophy, virtuoso guitar-keyboard face-offs, funky hybrid mythology, odd medieval obsessions, weird hair . . . pray welcome, serfs and serfettes, to the epic province of progressive rock. Much as the Stones and the Beatles adopted Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley's chunky guitar riffs, our prog rockers — including Yes, ELP, and Genesis — embraced the early squeaks and bleeps of Moogs and Mellotrons, coupling them with mind-bending philosophy. "Roundabout" by Yes, with its dazzling keyboard pyrotechnics, finger-tangling guitar riffs, totally impenetrable lyrics, and flat-out breath-taking finish, takes the belt as prog rock's heavyweight-champ track. Thus was prog born out of '60s British psychedelia, and the movement starts to expand outwards, into the universe, in Next Steps.
£21.76 The Basics
Name Artist Time Price 1 Roundabout Yes 8:32 £0.99 View In iTunes 2 Time Pink Floyd 6:53 £0.99 View In iTunes 3 Hocus Pocus Focus 6:42 £0.79 View In iTunes 4 I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) Genesis 4:06 £0.99 View In iTunes 5 Aqualung Jethro Tull 6:36 £0.99 View In iTunes 6 No Quarter Led Zeppelin 6:59 £0.79 View In iTunes 7 Tubular Bells (From "The Exorcist") Mike Oldfield 3:16 £0.99 View In iTunes 8 Silver Machine (Original Single Version) Hawkwind 4:40 £0.99 View In iTunes 9 Legend of a Mind The Moody Blues 6:35 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Iron Butterfly 2:59 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 The Spirit of Radio Rush 4:59 £0.99 View In iTunes 12 Crime of the Century Supertramp 5:36 £0.99 View In iTunes 13 Lunar Sea (Instrumental Studio Version) Camel 9:07 £0.79 View In iTunes 14 Golf Girl Caravan 5:01 £0.99 View In iTunes 15 Father of Day, Father of Night Manfred Mann's Earth Band 9:55 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 Pull Me Under (2007 Remix) Dream Theater 8:13 £0.79 View In iTunes 17 Bedside Manners Are Extra Greenslade 6:21 £0.59 View In iTunes 18 In Every Dream Home a Heartache Roxy Music 5:29 £0.99 View In iTunes 19 Theme One (Original Version) Van Der Graaf Generator 3:15 £0.99 View In iTunes 20 Frankenstein Edgar Winter 4:45 £0.99 View In iTunes 21 I Robot The Alan Parsons Project 6:01 £0.99 View In iTunes 22 Zero the Hero and the Witches Spell Gong 9:38 £0.79 View In iTunes 23 Mocking Bird Barclay James Harvest 6:37 £0.99 View In iTunes 24 Out Demons Out The Edgar Broughton Band 4:48 £0.99 View In iTunes Total: 24 Songs - Next Steps
Before prog-rock was (almost fatally) savaged by punk in the mid-'70s, the household stereo opened up a future-past of limitless possibilities . . . and the Canterbury Sound found itself in the ascendant, developed by Soft Machine, who lifted their name from the novel by William Burroughs and pushed rock into previously unexplored territory — this collector's version of the Robert Wyatt composition "Moon in June" comes from a live recording made in the Netherlands in 1970. The roots of Gryphon can be found in the Royal College of Music, hence the mind-blowing arrangements on "Opening Move" from 1974's chess-themed masterpiece, Red Queen to Gryphon Three. Prog moves into stylish Italian horror cinema, and conquers the lofty heights of global stadium rock, in Deep Cuts.
£19.97 Next Steps
Name Artist Time Price 1 Sympathy Rare Bird 2:47 £0.99 View In iTunes 2 The Four Horsemen Aphrodite's Child 5:51 £0.99 View In iTunes 3 Market Square Heroes Marillion 3:57 £0.79 View In iTunes 4 The Boys In the Band Gentle Giant 4:33 £0.79 View In iTunes 5 Hold Your Head Up Argent 6:15 £0.99 View In iTunes 6 Remote Viewing Tangerine Dream 8:18 £0.79 View In iTunes 7 Nantucket Sleighride (To Owen Coffin) Mountain 5:50 £0.79 View In iTunes 8 Jane Seymour Rick Wakeman 4:49 £0.79 View In iTunes 9 Small Beginnings Flash 9:21 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 Down By the Sea The Strawbs 6:21 £0.59 View In iTunes 11 Moon In June Soft Machine 7:14 £0.79 View In iTunes 12 Fugue In D Minor Egg 2:43 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Ace of Wands Steve Hackett 5:25 £0.99 View In iTunes 14 Running of Three Brand X 4:38 £0.99 View In iTunes 15 Child of My Kingdom Arthur Brown 7:02 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 Darkness / Earth In Search of a Sun Jeff Beck 7:53 £0.99 View In iTunes 17 Opening Move Gryphon 9:44 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 Sunshine Peter Hammill 3:58 £0.99 View In iTunes 19 Celebration PFM - Premiata Forneria Marconi 3:53 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 Road to Cairo Julie Driscoll & The Trinit Brian Auger 5:17 £0.79 View In iTunes 21 Kabala Patrick Moraz 4:58 £0.99 View In iTunes 22 Valediction Wishbone Ash 6:14 £0.99 View In iTunes 23 Fitter Stoke Has a Bath Hatfield & The North 4:35 £0.99 View In iTunes Total: 23 Songs - Deep Cuts
Most of us first access prog through the front door of charting mega-bands like Asia ("Here Comes the Feeling"), but there's a huge stash of good gear in the vaults. Renaissance emerged (as did Led Zeppelin) from the ashes of the Yardbirds, and (unlike Zep) was fronted by a female vocalist (Annie Haslam) with a three-octave range. Their marathon-length "Running Hard" — the opening track on 1974's Turn of the Cards — features not only her celestially crystalline vocals but a grand, classically rooted piano intro. Fans of Italian horror movies will already know about Goblin, Dario Argento's soundtrack band of choice, and here they lure us into "Black Forest" from Suspiria.
£19.38 Deep Cuts
Name Artist Time Price 1 Here Comes The Feeling Asia 5:39 £0.99 View In iTunes 2 Under the Summer Stars The Enid 5:42 £0.79 View In iTunes 3 Running Hard Renaissance 9:39 £0.79 View In iTunes 4 Deep Distance Ashra 5:49 £0.99 View In iTunes 5 Tropic of Capricorn Edgar Froese 5:11 £0.99 View In iTunes 6 Cherry Red Groundhogs 5:46 £0.79 View In iTunes 7 Give Birth to a Smile Roger Waters 2:43 £0.99 View In iTunes 8 Breakthough Rick Wright 4:19 £0.99 View In iTunes 9 Girl o a Swing Kevin Ayers 2:51 £0.99 View In iTunes 10 Future City Eloy 5:37 £0.99 View In iTunes 11 When I Was On Horseback Lunar Dunes 7:23 £0.79 View In iTunes 12 Lucky Seven Chris Squire 6:54 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Wells Fargo Babe Ruth 6:15 £0.99 View In iTunes 14 See You Jan Akkerman 7:59 £0.79 View In iTunes 15 Bless Your Lucky Stars Wigwam 6:00 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 Futilist's Lament High Tide 5:19 £0.99 View In iTunes 17 Marie Antoinette Curved Air 6:17 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 Buckingham Green Ween 3:18 £0.79 View In iTunes 19 Red Lotus Jade Warrior 4:31 £0.99 View In iTunes 20 No Ones More Important Than the Earthworm Stackridge 5:12 £0.79 View In iTunes 21 Valittaja - Complainer Pekka Pohjola 9:29 £0.79 View In iTunes 22 Birdcatcher Clear Blue Sky 3:38 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 22 Songs - Complete Set
Intricate as a snowflake's structure, heavier than a neutron star, progressive rock (unlike most other classic rock) was located firmly in the body's upper half. Performed by flaxen-maned keyboard wizards inhabited by Bach's ghost, guitar sorcerers who approached their instruments with a neurosurgeon's finesse, percussive brutes who flailed at stage-spanning kits, and angel-voiced singers weaving tales of unicorns, gnomes, or some other profound revelation, prog rock was home to the eight-minute single. While there's no point getting too heavy about prog (silly trousers, huge reserves of pretension and leanings into cosmic nonsense are all part of the appeal) we're definitely here to worship, so lets celebrate our unworthiness in the face of Rick Wakeman's keyboard sorcery ("Jane Seymour") and the Dutch yodelling virtuosity of Focus ("Hocus Pocus"). Prepare your ears: this is prog rock.
£61.11 Complete Set
Name Artist Time Price 1 Roundabout Yes 8:32 £0.99 View In iTunes 2 Time Pink Floyd 6:53 £0.99 View In iTunes 3 Hocus Pocus Focus 6:42 £0.79 View In iTunes 4 I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) Genesis 4:06 £0.99 View In iTunes 5 Aqualung Jethro Tull 6:36 £0.99 View In iTunes 6 No Quarter Led Zeppelin 6:59 £0.79 View In iTunes 7 Tubular Bells (From "The Exorcist") Mike Oldfield 3:16 £0.99 View In iTunes 8 Silver Machine (Original Single Version) Hawkwind 4:40 £0.99 View In iTunes 9 Legend of a Mind The Moody Blues 6:35 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Iron Butterfly 2:59 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 The Spirit of Radio Rush 4:59 £0.99 View In iTunes 12 Crime of the Century Supertramp 5:36 £0.99 View In iTunes 13 Lunar Sea (Instrumental Studio Version) Camel 9:07 £0.79 View In iTunes 14 Golf Girl Caravan 5:01 £0.99 View In iTunes 15 Father of Day, Father of Night Manfred Mann's Earth Band 9:55 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 Pull Me Under (2007 Remix) Dream Theater 8:13 £0.79 View In iTunes 17 Bedside Manners Are Extra Greenslade 6:21 £0.59 View In iTunes 18 In Every Dream Home a Heartache Roxy Music 5:29 £0.99 View In iTunes 19 Theme One (Original Version) Van Der Graaf Generator 3:15 £0.99 View In iTunes 20 Frankenstein Edgar Winter 4:45 £0.99 View In iTunes 21 I Robot The Alan Parsons Project 6:01 £0.99 View In iTunes 22 Zero the Hero and the Witches Spell Gong 9:38 £0.79 View In iTunes 23 Mocking Bird Barclay James Harvest 6:37 £0.99 View In iTunes 24 Out Demons Out The Edgar Broughton Band 4:48 £0.99 View In iTunes 25 Sympathy Rare Bird 2:47 £0.99 View In iTunes 26 The Four Horsemen Aphrodite's Child 5:51 £0.99 View In iTunes 27 Market Square Heroes Marillion 3:57 £0.79 View In iTunes 28 The Boys In the Band Gentle Giant 4:33 £0.79 View In iTunes 29 Hold Your Head Up Argent 6:15 £0.99 View In iTunes 30 Remote Viewing Tangerine Dream 8:18 £0.79 View In iTunes 31 Nantucket Sleighride (To Owen Coffin) Mountain 5:50 £0.79 View In iTunes 32 Jane Seymour Rick Wakeman 4:49 £0.79 View In iTunes 33 Small Beginnings Flash 9:21 £0.79 View In iTunes 34 Down By the Sea The Strawbs 6:21 £0.59 View In iTunes 35 Moon In June Soft Machine 7:14 £0.79 View In iTunes 36 Fugue In D Minor Egg 2:43 £0.79 View In iTunes 37 Ace of Wands Steve Hackett 5:25 £0.99 View In iTunes 38 Running of Three Brand X 4:38 £0.99 View In iTunes 39 Child of My Kingdom Arthur Brown 7:02 £0.79 View In iTunes 40 Darkness / Earth In Search of a Sun Jeff Beck 7:53 £0.99 View In iTunes 41 Opening Move Gryphon 9:44 £0.79 View In iTunes 42 Sunshine Peter Hammill 3:58 £0.99 View In iTunes 43 Celebration PFM - Premiata Forneria Marconi 3:53 £0.79 View In iTunes 44 Road to Cairo Julie Driscoll & The Trinit Brian Auger 5:17 £0.79 View In iTunes 45 Kabala Patrick Moraz 4:58 £0.99 View In iTunes 46 Valediction Wishbone Ash 6:14 £0.99 View In iTunes 47 Fitter Stoke Has a Bath Hatfield & The North 4:35 £0.99 View In iTunes 48 Here Comes The Feeling Asia 5:39 £0.99 View In iTunes 49 Under the Summer Stars The Enid 5:42 £0.79 View In iTunes 50 Running Hard Renaissance 9:39 £0.79 View In iTunes 51 Deep Distance Ashra 5:49 £0.99 View In iTunes 52 Tropic of Capricorn Edgar Froese 5:11 £0.99 View In iTunes 53 Cherry Red Groundhogs 5:46 £0.79 View In iTunes 54 Give Birth to a Smile Roger Waters 2:43 £0.99 View In iTunes 55 Breakthough Rick Wright 4:19 £0.99 View In iTunes 56 Girl o a Swing Kevin Ayers 2:51 £0.99 View In iTunes 57 Future City Eloy 5:37 £0.99 View In iTunes 58 When I Was On Horseback Lunar Dunes 7:23 £0.79 View In iTunes 59 Lucky Seven Chris Squire 6:54 £0.79 View In iTunes 60 Wells Fargo Babe Ruth 6:15 £0.99 View In iTunes 61 See You Jan Akkerman 7:59 £0.79 View In iTunes 62 Bless Your Lucky Stars Wigwam 6:00 £0.79 View In iTunes 63 Futilist's Lament High Tide 5:19 £0.99 View In iTunes 64 Marie Antoinette Curved Air 6:17 £0.79 View In iTunes 65 Buckingham Green Ween 3:18 £0.79 View In iTunes 66 Red Lotus Jade Warrior 4:31 £0.99 View In iTunes 67 No Ones More Important Than the Earthworm Stackridge 5:12 £0.79 View In iTunes 68 Valittaja - Complainer Pekka Pohjola 9:29 £0.79 View In iTunes 69 Birdcatcher Clear Blue Sky 3:38 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 69 Songs
Customer Reviews
progressive Rock.
FABULOUS - i want to marry who ever put this lot together !
Where's Fripp?
Still no King Chrimson tho eh?
Some great tracks here- but incomplete!
I summon you to stand before the court of the chrimson king!
Get me thy long hair!
I love this mix and i am deep at heart a long flaxen haired, poncho wearing prog rocker...quick where the hell are my platforms with the cork soles!!
