In the Prog Seat: Favorite Progressive Rock/Fusion Albums of 1975

[@chuckazeee]

Good morning everyone, I had a wonderful time reconvening with my Prog mates after some time. This was a great topic show and there are no winners or losers here as long as they were released in 1975. While I’m not the biggest Queen, they also during this stage in their career had Prog inclinations to their music.

[@brucybabyy7355]

my introduction to kansas, was seeing them open for queen at the corral in calgary. bought the lp the next day.

[@michaelhudson2912]

Chuck, you won this one with the sole Van der Graaf mention!

[@roydemarais]

You're not a big Queen?? Well, good for you...I guess.

[@chrismoyse3529]

This is the best line up on SoT. Love their enthusiasm and knowledge

[@TranquilityFireReid]

Thanks Chris. I feel very lucky to have been asked to join these guys when I can.

[@georgelamie7001]

@@TranquilityFireReid And we're lucky to have you!

[@TranquilityFireReid]

@@georgelamie7001 Thanks George!

[@Jonkerz77]

1. Camel - The Snow Goose 2. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 3. Gentle Giant - Freeehand 4. Van der Graaf Generator - Godbluff 5. Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Nightingales & Bombers Honorable mentions: Jethro Tull - Minstrel in The Gallery, Hawkwind - Warrior on The Edge of Time, Hatfield and The North - Rotters' Club, Triumvirat - Spartacus, 30-åriga kriget - Krigssång, Peter Hamill - Nadir´s Big Chance, Strawbs - Ghosts, Invisible - Durazno sangrando, Rush - Caress of Steel, Armageddon - Armageddon.

[@johnunderwood3132]

I just love you guys. Love hearing people loving music like I do. Thank you from S Jersey!!

[@davidm2066]

Chuck, I love that you keep bringing up CRACK THE SKY. I love them and have seen them live twice. Killer live band. They keep putting out quality releases. Having lived in MD for the first 40 years of my life, I heard CTS on the local rock radio station all the time. As a teenager, I took saxophone lessons from Tom McCormack, a member to the Crack Pack. A fun eclectic band. Thanks for always bringing them up.

[@nickj3841]

What a great show for music lovers. The A team in the prog seat is the show I'm always look forward to and I set my night aside for this show knowing I'm going to discover some great music. Also love the vibe of this group.

[@TranquilityFireReid]

Thanks for watching Nick. I'm delighted to say that it's a huge amount of fun doing these shows and it's great that comes across.

[@tanis7050]

1- Pink Floyd - Wish You Were here 2- Harmonium - Si avait besoin d’une cinquième saison 3- Van Der Graaf Generator - Godbluff 4- Renaissance - Scheherazade and Other Stories 5- Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte

[@muldoon67]

All Hail George! Alphonse Mouzon - Mind Transplant [1974] Never heard of it before. What an amazing album!

[@TranquilityFireReid]

George always has picks I need to investigate after the show. Great stuff as ever from him.

[@wolf1977]

I'm jealous that you just got to experience that album for the first time. Now on to Billy Cobham's Spectrum?

[@tonypeake467]

Time for the "A" grade. My fave time of the week

[@chrismoyse3529]

Thanks for alerting me to Etna too

[@fourseasons4105]

1. Pink Floyd- Wish you were here 2. Frank Zappa- One size fits all 3. Kansas- Song for America 4. Jethro Tull- Minstrel in the gallery 5. Gentle Giant- Free hand 6. Return to forever- No mystery 7. Rush- Caress of steel 8. Steve Hackett- Voyage of the Acolyte 9. ELO- Face the music 10. Supertramp- Crisis? What crisis?

[@kevinmcgauhey9813]

Correction: Anthony gets his Jobson plug in at the end here, but Roxy Music's Country Life album was actually from 1974. For 1975 you can cite the Siren album, (an amazing record!) and EDDIE JOBSON IS ON THERE TOO! doing an excellent job on keys and violin! Cheers! Where is my beer....

[@docbobster]

OMG, so many great albums in 1975: all the ones mentioned, plus in no particular order, Maxophone; Oldfield's Ommadawn; Nektar's Recycled; Renaissance's Scheherazade; Beck's Blow by Blow; Hatfield & the North's Rotter's Club; GG's Free Hand; Fripp & Eno's Evening Star -- all in one year. And two concerts I'd love to have seen: Yes at QPR Football Stadium (Relayer) and Fripp & Eno in Paris.

[@docbobster]

Oops, they did mention Free Hand (a lot), Ommadawn, Blow by Blow, and Scheherazade. I hit the trigger too quickly.

[@SKarthikeyan75]

maxophone! Nice call.

[@Scandolo]

Chuck "excellent pick" Álvarez on the house! I love the man!

[@georgelamie7001]

He's awesome, no doubt.

[@TranquilityFireReid]

That's because he's awesome!

[@dangerdolls]

What a great show for a great year in music! I tried to make my list and quickly had over twenty possibilities I wanted to include. But my personal favorites are probably... Ambrosia - Ambrosia ELO - Face the Music Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Renaissance - Scheherazade Chris Squire - Fish Out of Water

[@lemming9984]

The best thing about 1975 - VdGG reformed and Godbluff was released. Many others as well, but this the best.

[@fitterstoke45]

Great show, guys. Pretzel Logic and Country Life are 1974 albums, but so what. My own fave prog album from 1975 is Hatfield and the North's The Rotters' Club - but doubtless you guessed that already from my moniker!

[@kn0xpUnk]

TH A N K Y O U ! ! ! ! ! For all the new music you guys just turned me on to! Really digging the Klaus Schulz and the Alphonse Mouzon!

[@TranquilityFireReid]

Great to hear the you like the Schulze! Thanks for watching!

[@j.j.4150]

5. Pretzel Logic/Song For America 4. Minstrel In The Gallery 3. Caress Of Steel 2. Wish You Were Here 1. Free Hand (If we were to count Sabbath's Sabotage, that would easily be my number 1)

[@ScottyKirk1]

Sabotage brought everything together for the Sabs. All of the heavy things stood out even more when they would morph into an acoustic and orchestral groove. Really the best of everything. Kinda went downhill from there until they were reborn with RJD.

[@FugaziPark]

1. Renaissance : Scheherezade and Other Stories 2. Mike Oldfield : Ommadawn 3. Ambrosia : Ambrosia 4. Sebastian Hardie : Four Moments 5. Crack the Sky : Crack the Sky

[@ScottyKirk1]

That first Ambrosia album is great and has major prog stuff on it. They got pigeonholed into the "light rock" genre unfortunately. Love it. For sure Crack the Sky has to be on the list too. 'Ice' is one of my favorite songs of all time. The live version from Live Sky was my intro to the band. A friend put it on a compilation tape for which I'm forever grateful!

[@FugaziPark]

@@michaelsalisbury1477 I take it you never listened to their debut then. This album is at least as Proggy as any records from bands like The Alan Parsons Project or Supertramp. Progressive pop at its finest and far removed from their later commercial records.

[@Sabotage8675]

Great stuff guys! Thanks for taking the time.. So glad to see Kansas get their well deserved props...if there ever was a band that was in an awkward spot musically and time wise it was them....I'm grateful for people like you guys that recognize their greatness regardless of music critics and the media. If they can't put you in a neat little box they dismiss you...but I digress "She stood before him and her hand reached out for his. A peaceful light shown in her eyes. She said that she'd come to sooth him. And that someday they'd be as one " 👏♥️

[@shivering23]

King Crimson - USA, Miles Davis - Agharta, Tangerine Dream - Rubycon, Klaus Schulze - Timewind, Magma - Hhai (Magma Live). Honorable mentions: Popol Vuh - Aguirre, Dzyan - The Electric Silence, Pulsar - Pollen, Heldon - Allez Teia, Far East Family Band - Nipponjin.

[@davidclark2208]

Great show 😊

[@peterm.fitzpatrick7735]

great show!

[@jimhawkes]

Top 5: Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Steve Hillage - Fish Rising Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery Nektar - Recycled HMs: Eloy - Power and the Passion Renaissance - Scheherazade and Other Stories Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn

[@tomtrana3449]

very good choices

[@ykmgeedee]

Had never heard Warrior on the Edge of Time until an hour ago and have yet to peel self off floor!

[@michaeljozwiak5716]

1). “Odyssey”- Terje Rypdal, 2). “Warrior On The Edge Of Time” - Hawkwind, 3). “Rubycon” - Tangerine Dream, 4). “Royal Bed Bouncer” - Kayak, 5). “Spartacus” - Triumvirat.

[@lahloonatic]

Very nice choices.

[@johncollier9280]

1975 is one o' the best years for progressive album releases, and your video was phenomenal! There are so many to choose from. I'll include some you didn't mention 'n others you did: Kraftwerk-Radio-Activity; Eno-Discreet Music & Another Green World, Lou Reed-Metal Machine Music; Justin Hayward & John Lodge-Blue Jays; John Cale-Slow Dazzle & Helen Of Troy; Be-Bop Deluxe-Futurama; Tubes-Tubes (1st); Gary Wright-The Dreamweaver; Ian Hunter-Ian Hunter (1st); Klaus Schulze-Picture Music & Timewind; Mike Oldfield-Ommadawn; Steve Hillage-Fish Rising; Jethro Tull-Minstrel In The Gallery; Vangelis-Heaven & Hell; Pink Floyd-Wish You Were Here...

[@careytamburrino746]

Great show as always I have new music to listen to which I love but I did know a lot of picks and all brilliant!!! This and HVS are my favorite shows! Thanks man! I love this channel Pete!

[@johnhenfrey5936]

Absolutely great show as usual lads, thanks very much and keep them coming.

[@ericporter344]

Great show & Great year for music. 1. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 2. Gentle Giant - Free Hand 3. Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte 4. Camel - The Snow Goose 5. Kansas - Song for America HM : Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery Ambrosia - s/t

[@paulkazakoff9231]

Was good one of the fellas mentioned Nightingales and Bombers by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.A terrific album and sounds just as good today.Highly recommended !

[@johnrigby1861]

1 - Gentle Giant, Free Hand 2 - Magma, Köhntark 3 - Soft Machine, Bundles 4 - Weather Report, Tale Spinnin’ 5 - Nucleus, Alley Cat

[@RostyslavLogachov]

5. Nightingales And Bombers - Manfred Mann's Earth Band 4. Free Hand - Gentle Giant 3. Godbluff - Van Der Graaf Generator 2. Minstrel In The Gallery - Jethro Tull 1. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

[@tomtrana3449]

Can - Landed Embryo - Surfin Peter Hammill - Nadir' s Big Chance Tangerine Dream - Ricochet Hatfield & The North - Rotter' s Club Gong - Shamal

[@arieltrop4017]

Wonderful year to be born into ;-) My top 5: Catherine Ribeiro + Alps - (Libertes?) Renaissance - Scheherazade and Other Stories Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn Manuel Gottching - Inventions for Electric Guitar

[@captainbeyond7469]

My favorite of all the Prog Seat episodes. Epic gentlemen. Steven nice call with Uriah Heeps Return to Fantasy my favorite Heep record.

[@TranquilityFireReid]

You have great taste Cap!

[@roydemarais]

Possibly the best one of these I've seen, largely due to the plethora of brilliant records released back then, most of which were (surprisingly) covered...I didn't feel like bashing my monitor screen at all!!! I always say that was one of the best years in music history. WTF has happened since then????

[@jacobheaney3836]

My Top 5: 1) Herbie Hancock - Flood 2) Mahavishnu Orchestra - Visions Of The Emerald Beyond 3) Return To Forever - No Mystery 4) Miles Davis - Pangaea 5) David Sancious - Forest Of Feelings HM: - Weather Report - Tale Spinnin

[@phaserlift]

love your channel and the fact that you do shows beyond cheesy ass "metal" stuff :)

[@diannecarpenter7718]

Thank you for all of your picks!! All the damn time. My Picks: * Pink Floyd ‘ Wish you Were Here’ * Gentle Giant ‘ Free Hand’ * ELO ‘Face the Music’ * Rush ‘ Caress of Steel’ & ‘Fly By Night’ * Kansas ‘ Songs of America’ & Masque’ *Renaissance “Scheherazade and Other Stories’ * Steve Hackett ‘Voyage of The Acolyte’ * Nektar “ Recycled’ * Camel ‘ The Snow Goose’ * Hawkwind ‘ Warrior on the Edge of Time’ 🎤🎸🎵🎹🥁 Life is better with music.

[@tonyhonour665]

As has been written elsewhere Country Life was released in November 1974. Siren came in ‘75 (August I think, as I was home from boarding school at the time). My top 5: 1 Song For America - Kansas 2 Voyage Of The Acolyte - Steve Hackett 3 Fly By Night - Rush 4 King Arthur - Rick Wakeman 5 Minstrel In The Gallery - Jethro Tull Honourable mentions Siren - Roxy Music Wish You Were Here -Pink Floyd

[@michaelbaucom4019]

Kansas: Song For America and Masque Jethro Tull: Minstrel in the Gallery Supertramp: Crisis? What Crisis? Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here ELO: Face the Music

[@pauladams9287]

A great show one of my favorites from In the Prog Seat. One that I did not hear mentioned Teaser by Tommy Bolin.

[@wolf1977]

Personally I wouldn't put Teaser in the prog/fusion bucket (to me it's pretty much straight rock, the only fusion-y tune to me is "Homeward Strut" which is great fusion but only one song). I do have Mouzon's Mind Transplant on my list which is right up there with Cobham's Spectrum for Bolin fusion guitar genius. BTW Bolin's cover of Jan Hammer's "Sister Andrea" (2 years before Mahavishnu recorded it) & his live "Crazed Fandango" & "You Know, You Know" are also right up there in showcasing his fusion chops

[@carlwarmington5325]

Great show guys!! When talking about Kansas, and when Pete asked "I wondered what people thought when they saw Kansas in concert back in 1975. I can say exactly what I thought when I saw them in 1974 at Massey Hall in Toronto. The gig was supposed to be Queen opening for Mott the Hoople, which I was super pumped up for. Driving to the concert the big FM station in Toronto called Chum FM were talking about the concert and announced that Queen had cancelled because May had become very sick (hepititis). So waiting for the concert to start they announce that Queen will not be playing please welcome new upcoming band Kansas who's debut was release that same month May 1974. When I first saw the band I was kind of shocked that they replaced Queen with a band with a cowboy name and looked liked farmers or cowboys from Kansas. To say I was pissed is a understatement, and did not care for their music at all, and still do not listen to them. Sorry guys. But back in those days with all the glam influence going on in the music world and being very into Bowie, T-Rex, Mott the Hoople, Queen etc, having to sit through an opening act of a band looking like farmers and playing boogie woogie music mixed up with some odd time changes etc when it was supposed to be Queen, was a big downer.

[@chuckazeee]

I can understand your disappointment and your honesty, Especially if you were a fan of Glam Rock and not of Progressive Rock. I know a lot of people personally that saw Kansas with Styx and Mahogany Rush open up for Queen and the judgement at first was the same as yours until they heard them play. Kansas was a great live band and often put on great shows as an opening act.

[@carlwarmington5325]

@@chuckazeee I was and am a Prog fan, but don't get Kansas. Super musicians no doubt about that. But I do go over the catalog every now and then to try and to like it, but so far it ain't happening. Can't like everything right :-)

[@chuckazeee]

@@carlwarmington5325 Funny is that I'm the same way with Queen. Outside of "Sheer Heart Attack" and "The Game" I'm often tepid with them as a band.

[@wolf1977]

@@carlwarmington5325 I like more recent Kansas a lot more than the older stuff. Then again Steve Morse thought enough of them to play on a couple of their records so what do I know

[@katesjanice]

I saw Kansas every year (& sometimes twice a year) from 1974 to 1981. I'll tell you, whether playing as opener or main band, they blew everyone who played with them right off the stage! My favorite band by a longshot - as great live as in the studio.

[@shyshift]

5.Hatfield and the North-The Rotters Club 4.Renaissance-Scheherazade and Other Stories 3.Nektar-Recycled 2.PFM-Chocolate Kings 1.Gentle Giant-Free Hand Honorable Mentions: Fireballet-Night On Bald Mountain Brian Eno-Another Green World Steve Hillage-Fish Rising Frank Zappa-One Size Fits All Camel-Music Inspired by the Snow Goose Soft Machine-Bundles Yes-Yesterdays King Crimson-USA Mahavishnu Orchestra-Visions Of The Emerald Beyond Return To Forever-No Mystery Caravan-Cunning Stunts

[@NP-ip3nj]

That Scottish dude has turned me onto some great stuff. Edit - I agree with Pete. I *love* Caress of Steel.

[@TranquilityFireReid]

Glad to be of service N P! Thanks for watching!

[@richardsmith2819]

Yeah, he has great taste. Would love to see a Steven Reid top 10/20

[@geruto17760]

Steven is absolutely HILARIOUS! Such great sense of humour. Worth listening just for that. :-P

[@blackwaterrust476]

Gentle Giant-Free Hand Mike Oldfield-Ommadawn Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention-One Size Fits all Mahavishnu Orchestra- Visions of the Emerald Beyond Miles Davis-Agharta Soft Machine-Bundles Grover Washington Jr-Mister Magic Pink Floyd-Wish you were here

[@tonypeake467]

Thanks for mentions of MO and Miles

[@paradox7743]

Great list- Nicely played...

[@Miler97487]

- Hawkwind: Warrior on the Edge of Time - Maxophone: Maxophone (Italian language version) - PFM: Chocolate Kings - Kansas: Song For America - Lenny White: Venusian Summer - Group 1850: Polyandri - Steve Hackett: Voyage of the Acolyte - Ambrosia: Ambrosia - Tangerine Dream: Rubycon - Eloy: Power and the Passion - Harmonium: Si On Avant Besoin d'une Cinquième Saison (Les Cinq Saisons) - Maneige: Les Porches - Mahavishnu Orchestra: Visions from the Emerald Beyond

[@ykmgeedee]

Had never heard Warrior on the Edge of Time until an hour ago and Very Very Impressed!

[@lindaulloa4786]

Journey From Mariabronn is my favorite Kansas song! Their first album is stellar!

[@darrenray4121]

Hey Pete, an album that you may have considered.. the debut from Journey ... Set them up for three brilliant albums before Steve Perry joined... astounding composition and execution... And look what I did, opened my mouth before the honorable mentions! Great show gentlemen you are all so much fun to listen to!

[@erikberg5363]

Yet another completely stacked year. I’ll have to watch tomorrow unfortunately but I know it’ll be a great show! My Top 5: Black Sabbath - Sabotage Van der Graaf Generator - Godbluff Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery Gentle Giant - Free Hand Trettioåriga Kriget - Krigssång Honourable Mentions: Camel - The Snow Goose Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Rush - Caress of Steel Eloy - Power and the Passion Manfred Mann’s Earth Band - Nightingales & Bombers Nektar - Recycled Renaissance - Scheherazade and Other Stories Soft Machine - Bundles Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte Peter Hammill - Nadir’s Big Chance Brian Eno - Another Green World Yezda Urfa - Boris Steely Dan - Katy Lied Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention - One Size Fits All Message - Message Mahavishnu Orchestra - Visions of the Emerald Beyond Supertramp - Crisis? What Crisis? King Crimson - USA Chris Squire - Fish Out of Water Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time Kansas - Song for America / Masque Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn Jean-Luc Ponty - Upon the Wings of Music Tangerine Dream - Rubycon Maneige - Les Porches Kaipa - Kaipa Triumvirat - Spartacus Steve Hillage - Fish Rising Birth Control - Plastic People Goblin - Profondo Rosso Journey - Journey Harmonium - Les Cinq Saisons Strawbs - Ghosts Råg i Ryggen - Råg i Ryggen Rainbow Theatre - The Armada Clearlight - Clearlight Symphony Etna - Etna Jade Warrior - Waves

[@stevefletcher6163]

Never really listened to Kansas, before lockdown, apart from that song. Even thought they were one hit wonders ,I suppose in the UK they were. Big fan now though and collecting the albums.Obviously never seen them live but have now got tickets for London in November 22.Looking forward to it.

[@wolf1977]

I'm not a big Kansas fan but I like them more now than I used to, I think it's mainly the addition of Ronnie Platt and Zak Rizvi who seem to be writing the majority of the songs. I really like their latest two records The Prelude Implicit & The Absence Of Presence. If they play a lot of material from those records in Nov (which I think they would) you're probably in for a good show

[@johnw706]

Great choices , everyone . I would add : The Strawbs : Ghosts , one of a handful of Strawbs' proggier albums , and it's very good . Queen : A Night at the Opera Triumvirat : Spartacus Roxy Music : Siren Cheers !

[@lahloonatic]

For me, I would go with Free Hand by Gentle Giant, Wish you were Here by Pink Floyd, Rush - Caress of Steel, Minstrel in the Gallery by Jethro Tull and One Size fits all by Zappa. However, honorary mention must go to Area - Arbeit Mach Frei, and Steve Hackett - The voyage of the Acolyte. As for fusion, I would go with Miles Davis - Agharta, Soft Machine - Bundles, Charles Mingus Changes 1 and Changos 2 and Keith Jarrett - the Khöln Concerts.

[@thekivster]

Steve’s Picks: Return to Forever- No Mystery Rush- Caress of Steel Kansas- Song for America Jethro Tull- Minstrel in the Gallery Gentle Giant- Free Hand

[@WarhawkBeyond2040]

1. Steve Hackett: Voyage Of The Acolyte 2. King Crimson: USA 3. Rush: Fly By Night 4. Chris Squire: Fish Out Of Water 5. Mike Oldfield: Ommadawn

[@planetbarrett6055]

Oh, Easy Choice. Journey's Debut Album. I don't want to go too far, It's Storming pretty Hard where I live.

[@wolf1977]

Absolute classic prog & WAY underrated! If this lineup could've hung in longer who knows what they could've come up with. "Mystery Mountain", "Topaz" & "Of A Lifetime" are real standouts. "To Play Some Music", "In The Morning Day" & "In My Lonely Feeling" just drip with soul that to me the later/much more successful Journey never captured. "Kohoutek" - what a great fusion-y instrumental, supposedly Neal Schon lives to play guitar & I think he's channeling Tommy Bolin here

[@elbib2446]

energit self titled,awesome fusion from czech band ,like mahavishnu with sax added,their second album piknik is also very good,strangely then morphed into a blues rock band with vocals,first 2 though are instrumental full on jazz rock fusion

[@trainguy7276]

This easily is my favorite year of music....ever. Just.....holy shit. My ranking: 1. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 2. Gentle Giant - Free Hand 3. Rush - Caress Of Steel/Fly By Night 4. Kansas - Song For America 5. Triumvirat - Spartacus HM: *Jehtro Tull - Minstrel In The Gallery *Chris Squire - Fish Out Of Water *Kansas - Masque *Camel - The Snow Goose

[@ilj1259]

1) Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd 2) Voyage Of The Acolyte - Steve Hackett 3) Caress of Steel / Fly By Night - Rush 4) Face The Music - Elo 5) Fish Out Of Water - Chris Squire

[@FernandoCoto-gx1zi]

Amazing choices by such great personalities. My Top 40 are, in alphabetical order. Alphonse Mouzon - Mind Transplant Atoll - L'Araignee Mal Bonfire - Bonfire Goes Bananas Camel - The Snow Goose Cherry Five - Cherry Five Chris Squire - Fish Out Of Water David Sancious - Forest Of Feelings Druid - Toward The Sun Eloy - Power And The Passion Fermáta - Fermáta Finch - Glory Of The Inner Force Gentle Giant - Free Hand Gilgamesh - Gilgamesh Harmonium - Si On Avait Besoin D'une Cinquième Saison Hatfield & The North - The Rotter's Club Invisible - Durazno Sangrando Jade Warrior - Waves Jean Luc Ponty - Upon The Wings Of Music Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow Jethro Tull - Minstrel In The Gallery Kansas - Song For America Mahavishnu Orchestra - Visions Of The Emerald Beyond Maxophone - Maxophone Michał Urbaniak - Fusion III Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn Nektar - Recycled Passport - Cross Collateral Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Renaissance - Scheherazade & Other Stories Return To Forever - No Mystery Rush - Caress Of Steel Sebastian Hardie - Four Moments Sloche - J'Un Oeil Soft Machine - Bundles Steve Hackett - Voyage Of The Acolyte Steve Hillage - Fish Rising Tony Williams Lifetime - Believe It Trace - Birds Van Der Graaf Generator - Godbluff Vangelis - Heaven And Hell

[@nectarinedreams7208]

I've been listening to Heaven and Hell constantly for the past few days, so it's great to see Steven bring it up here. Awesome album, and Jon Anderson's little contribution at the end of part one is just gorgeous. And Steven's totally right about Vangelis ripping himself off with Chariots of Fire. That exact melody can be found in Heaven and Hell!

[@TranquilityFireReid]

Thanks for that ND. Great to hear you enjoyed the show and my Vangelis pick!

[@maddysmith8846]

Ditto Blade Runner feels it has re-utilised music in its score. Vangelis using his music for a different purpose and audiences. Tangerine Dream were also prone to do this e.g. Movie score Thief’s Igneous is just Force Majeure’s Thru Metamorphic Rock. So Long Ago, So Clear has always been an absolute gem, one of Jon Anderson’s best vocals, so very pure and clear! There was a fantastic issued compilation that I had on cassette in the 70’s that had Albedo 0.39, Pulstar, To The Unknown Man (from Spiral) and others and finished with So Long Ago, So Clear. It was perfect late night listening for me. Vangelis remasters rereleases are excellent.

[@maddysmith8846]

@@TranquilityFireReid Perhaps even more importantly (and earlier than COF), Heaven and Hell Parts One and Two were used as the signature and central theme of Carl Sagan’s groundbreaking Cosmos TV series in 1980, along with other Vangelis tracks. I remember that it fitted the grand sweep of the series perfectly, and was incredibly uplifting in the context. Great choice!

[@TranquilityFireReid]

@@maddysmith8846 Now that I did not know Maddy. It sounds like it would be perfect for something like that. Thanks!

[@nectarinedreams7208]

@@maddysmith8846 I noticed that about Tangerine Dream's Thief too. As a huge fan of both Michael Mann and TD, it was really odd hearing that in the film after being familiar with it from the Force Majeure album - an album I really love that seems to divide the fans quite a bit.

[@benrogers3386]

1. Sloche - J'un Oeil (Quebec) 2. Rush - Fly By Night (Canada) 3. Kraan - Let It Out (Germany) 4. Passport - Cross Collateral (Germany) 5. Pumpkin (Netherlands) Honorable Mentions Ataraxia (Mort Garson) - The Unexplained: Electronic Musical Impressions of the Occult (Canada) Dennis - Hyperthalamus (Germany) Synergy - Electronic Realizations For Rock (U.S) Stackridge - Extravaganza (U.K) Don "Sugarcane" Harris - Keyzop (U.S) Eroc (Germany) Caravan - Cunning Stunts (U.K) Libra - Musica e parole (Italy) Energit (Czechia) Toto Blanke - Spider's Dance (Germany) Billy Miles Silverlight - Magic Theater (U.S) Kandahar - In the Court of Catherina Squeezer (Belgium) Lard Free - I'm Around Midnight (France) Vanessa - City Lips (Norway) Sahara - For All The Clowns (Germany) Electromagnets (U.S) Sky King - Secret Sauce (U.S) Guru Guru - Mani und seine Freunde (Germany) Earth & Fire - To The World A Future (Netherlands) Solar Plexus (U.S) Tai Phong (France) Kornet (Sweden) Bonfire - Bonfire Goes Bananas (Netherlands) Napoli Centrale (Italy) Womega (Belgium) Cos - Postaeolian Train Robbery (Belgium) Release Music Orchestra - Garuda (Germany) Nucleus - Snake ships Etcetera (U.K) MYTHOS - Dreamlab (Germany) KRAFTWERK - Radioactivity (Germany) Tim Weisberg - Listen To The City (U.S) Joe Farrell - Canned Funk (U.S) Gilgamesh (U.K) Jan Hammer - The First Seven Days (Czechia) Fusioon - Minorisa (Spain) Scope - II (Netherlands) Walley - Valley Gardens (U.K) Flying Island (U.S) UPP (U.K) Dixie Dregs - The Great Spectacular (U.S) Aera - Humanum (Germany) Bo Hansson - Mellanvasen (Sweden) Trace - Birds (Neatherlands) Michal Urbaniak - Fusion III (Poland) Yellow (Japan) The Flock - Inside Out (U.S) Blue Mitchell - Stratosonic Nuances (U.S) Atoll - L'araignée-mal (France) Druid - Toward The Sun (U.K) Greenslade - Time And Time (U.K) Jane - Lady (Germany) Neon Rose - Reload (Sweden) Hummingbird (U.K) Argent - Circus (U.K) Omega - The Hall of Floaters In The Sky (Hungary) Victor Peraino's Kingdom Come - No Man's Land (U.K) Iron Butterfly - Sun And Steel (U.S) Nova - Blink (U.K) Pancake - Roxy Elephant (Germany) George Duke - The Aura Will Prevail (U.S) Exit (Swizterland) Morse Code - La marche des hommes (Quebec) Altona (Germany) Prosper (Germany) Pulsar - Pollen (France) Quiet Sun - Mainstream (U.K) Phil Manzanera - Diamond Head (U.K) Freddie Hubbard - Polar AC (U.S) Amon Duul - Made In Germany (Germany) Solution - Cordon Blue (Neatherlands) The Tubes (U.S) Strongbow (U.S) Catharsis - Le bolero du veau des dames (France) Pole - Inside The Dream (France) Thirsty Moon - Blitz (Germany) Tear Gas - American Tears (U.S) Matrix (U.S) Kestrel (U.K) Jupu Group - Ahmoo! (Finland) Coronarias Dans - Visitor (Denmark) Cherry Five (Italy) Nik Pascal - Zero Gravity (Canada) Contact Trio - Double Face (Germany) Head - Red Dwarf (U.K) Chetarca - (Australia) Shunzo Ohno - Something's Coming (Japan) This Oneness - Surprize (U.S) Ekseption - Mindmirror (Netherlands) Opus - 1(Serbia) Emphasis (Switzerland)

[@RA-VEN8]

Journey, gotta love Topaz.

[@wolf1977]

Very cool tune, it's Schon cranking it up! To me this album was always the logical extension to Santana's Caravanserai & Borboletta. If you listen to the wah near the end it sounds to me like Jeff Beck's "Definitely Maybe" from Jeff Beck Group

[@EliphasDesni]

Nice picks. Here are my. There are few more, but who cares. Smak - Smak Pedro Ruy-Blas - Luna llena Buldožer - Pljuni istini u oči Michal Urbaniak - Fusion III Larry Young - Larry Young's Fuel Curt Cress Clan - Curt Cress Clan Time - Time II C.C.C.P. - C.C.C.P. Tom Scott & the L.A. Express - Tom Cat Hummingbird - Hummingbird Nova - Blink Jeremy Steig - Temple of Birth Scope - Scope II George Duke - I Love the Blues, She Heard My Cry George Duke - The Aura Will Prevail Cherry Five - Cherry Five Secret Oyster - Astarte The Eleventh House featuring Larry Coryell - Level One Catch Up - Vol. 1 Maneige - Maneige Maneige - Les Porches Lenny White - Venusian Summer Gino Vannelli - Storm At Sunup Napoli Centrale - Napoli Centrale Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow John Abercrombie - Timless Area - Crac! Goblin - Profondo Rosso Maxophone - Maxophone Osti Jarej.

[@stuartwexelbaum9070]

Love Mike Oldfield's Ommadawn..

[@ricardoluna7114]

Durazno sangrando Invisible 1975 from Argentina! 🇦🇷

[@jazzpunk]

Couple have mentioned Weather Report's TALE SPINNIN'. Last week, I picked up Curt Bianchi's book, Elegant People: A History Of The Band Weather Report. I happen to be in the Chapter about Tale Spinnin'. So far, so good. Worth a read & a SoT Review! ;-O

[@donhadfield2835]

For many years I avoided Kansas like the plague as I had a workmate that played Dust In The Wind continually and I thought they were commercial puff-rock. Then I heard Pete rave about them which I thought was weird. Then I tried them out and they are great (aside from Dust In The Wind & Carry On Wayward Son)

[@jazzpunk]

In the day, I had terrible Spring-time allergies. I hadda a couple of jackass co-workers that played "Dust"... all the damn time. Just to irritate me. :-)

[@stuartwexelbaum9070]

My picks: Gentle Giant Freehand..Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here..Renaissance Scheherzade..Steve Hackett Voyage Of The Acolyte..Camel The Snow Goose..

[@powrnap]

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here, Roxy Music - Siren, ELO -Face The Music, Jethro Tull - Minstrel In The Gallery, Chris Squire - Fish Out Of Water

[@bryanmcfadden4071]

They're about to release a Roxy music boxset with a bunch of records

[@daxtear]

this is a difficult one with so much good stuff 5. Kansas: Masque - I prefer this over Song For America, just great stuff all around with some more catchy stuff, some harder rocking stuff and some more progressive stuff 4. Crack The Sky: s/t - Great debut album by a great band, not a lot of long songs, but instead an incredible display of creativity in the songwriting 3. Birth Control: Plastic People - this is where BC get more jazzy, overall a great and really weird album 2. Rush: Fly By Night - one of my favorite Rush albums, the first one with neil, a bit more hard rocking than later efforts, but progressive nontheless 1. Nektar: Recycled - for me the best thing they ever did - while the A side is arbitrarily cut into short songs, it's really one massive suite and the B side is no slouch either

[@dantewhiterose1958]

I went to see Bad Company at MSG, Run with the pack tour, and Kansas opened on their Masque tour. Kansas blew them away.

[@Salad531]

1975 has probably my favorite album that I've heard in my life so far and that one is Wish You Were by Pink Floyd, stellar album from start to end! Not a single second wasted it's so great! so that's easily my number 1 pick

[@stephennorris2524]

Pink Floyd - Wish you were here. Queen - A Night at the Opera Rush - Fly by Night Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn ELO - face the Music HM: Rick Wakeman - The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

[@marhill77]

Nightengales & Bombers by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band is unbelievable! Visions of the Emerald Beyond by Mahavishnu and Bundles by Soft Machine

[@stuartwexelbaum9070]

Can't believe I left out Chris Squire Fish Out Of Water..What a Great album..

[@jukeboxcowboy]

First album that came to mind was NEU! '75.

[@neurophile]

in english only, in alphabetical order : Gentle Giant - Free Hand Justin Hayward & John Lodge - Blue Jays Renaissance - Scheherazade Strawbs - Ghosts Triumvirat - Spartacus

[@Cr8Tron]

Four of them are pretty easy picks for myself: Fish Out of Water Voyage of the Acolyte No Mystery Free Hand After that, it's a tossup between so many great records (at least this wasn't '74, which would've been even more difficult): Raindance Bundles Minstrel in the Gallery Godbluff One Size Fits All Wish You Were Here Blow by Blow Visions of the Emerald Beyond Tale Spinnin' Fish Rising The Snow Goose

[@janspiljard]

My list is long after the top 5. But from my albums of the year list, the following 5 are my top 5: 1) Kansas, Song for America 2) Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here 3) Pavlov's Dog, Pampered Menial (Yes, I call this album a prog rock album) 4) Mike Oldfield, Ommadawn 5) Earth and Fire, To the World of the Future Runners up (mostly because I have not listened to the albums a lot) Rush, Caress of Steel ELO, Face the Music Manfred Mann's Earthband, Nightingales and Bombers Kansas, Masque Barclay James Harvest, Time Honoured Ghosts (progr rock to me) Steve Hackett, Voyage of an Acolyte Still to listen to, so hence not in my list: Gentle Giant, Free Hand Renaissance, Scheherazade and Other Stories Van der Graaf Generator, Godbluff Jethro Tull, Minstrels in the Gallery Kayak, Royal Bed Bouncer 10cc, The Original Soundtrack (could be more Art Rock)

[@chrisowens955]

I have Pampered Menial high on my list as well.

[@reginod2249]

Impossible to choose ONLY 5 or even 10 from that year. Fantastic year for prog and fusion.

[@RA-VEN8]

The 1st Tubes album, Sabastain Hardie - Four Moments

[@TheGenreman]

Who’s talking in the background?

[@BlackMoore82]

Weather Report "Tale Spinnin". Billy Cobham "A Funky Thide Of Sings". Hawkwind "Warrior On The Edge Of Time". Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention "One Size Fits All". Renaissance "Scheherazade And Other Stories".

[@stuartwexelbaum9070]

Jeff Beck Blow By Blow Rules..Journey S/T is a great album...

[@jazzpunk]

I'm with ya...

[@ombrage4859]

1. 10cc: The Original Soundtrack 2. Wigwam: Nuclear Nightclub 3. Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here 4. Tangerine Dream: Ricochet 5. Jeff Beck: Blow by Blow

[@russellcraft7269]

So, Niamh the Prog Nerd just happened to post her favorite prog albums of 1975 this morning. Check it out.

[@geneleonard4368]

😂 lol I saw Kansas open up for Queen at the the Capital theatre ,NJ & Kansas was incredible ! As was Queen- Sheer heart attack tour ...also just so you know Argent opened up before Kansas Now that's a triple bill !!!!

[@millollim]

un gruppo senza tempo:AREA Lp del 1975: CRAC! L' ascolto è gioia per le orecchie.

[@ricardoluna7114]

Free Hand Gentle Giant!!

[@wadeharten6600]

Saw Kansas open for Bad Company in '77. Found it all very boring. but I was only 16. Will have to do a deep dive into their catalog, as I've come to appreciate prog in my old age.

[@RA-VEN8]

Camel - Snow Goose.

[@gerardvivanco5337]

Masque is Kansas 3rd album......... And it still is AWESOME!

[@vanzce12]

Is In The Prog Seat every other week now? :)

[@steveseim]

(1) ELO *Face the Music* (2) Styx *Equinox* (3) Pink Floyd *Wish You Were Here* (4) Strawbs *Ghosts* (5) Strawbs *Nomadness*

[@VegasAlien1]

Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow. Killer Fusion album.

[@bongolong]

I would add Fireballet's "Night on Bald Mountain"

[@iancarss8349]

Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn VDGG - Godbluff Hatfield and the North - Rotters Club Henry Cow - In Praise Of Learning Pink Floyd - WYWH