My Vinyl Collection: “G”

[@andyambrose4517]

I saw you pull out Greenslade 1st album... but you didn't feature it...😮

[@TheProgCorner]

Eagle eye!!!!! Thank you for spotting that. I’m so mad!!!!!!!😡

[@danielfuentes3226]

Great collection Scot.I love Gran funk Railroad and Gryphon.

[@TheProgCorner]

Oh yeah!!!!

[@danielfuentes3226]

@@TheProgCorner ✌

[@JeffReams]

Love Gryphon. 👍

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

Seeing all those GbV albums made me smile.

[@TheProgCorner]

Me too!!!! 👍❤️👍❤️

[@cloudstrife8833]

Nice seeing godspeed, what an underrated band, i think a ranking episode would really be nice

[@TheProgCorner]

I agree!!!!

[@jeniferallan6693]

Lovely to hear your enthusiasm for a band you love. Bring on the 'H,s!

[@TheProgCorner]

I can’t wait!!!!

[@scottmcrae3355]

Your G game is strong. Can’t wait for Tonics to arrive in the mail!

[@TheProgCorner]

I know, right? I don’t normally preorder anything. But this one I had to…

[@scottmcrae3355]

@@TheProgCorner It’s the only one I am missing on vinyl. The original is $$$ (as you are well aware of)

[@Prog-t9d]

Music on vinyl was and is the best way to enjoy music. Not to mention the great artwork. Prog on.

[@TheProgCorner]

Yes!!!👍

[@brolinofvandar]

I really expected there'd be some Groundhogs somewhere in there. The album that introduced them to me is also one of my all-time favorite album covers, Who Will Save The World?. It's a gatefold cover. When you open it, there are flaps on each side you can flip down. Then, when you close it back up, it has the proportions of an enlarged comic book. And, in fact, the cover IS a four page comic, complete with the classic X-ray spec ads and such that were common in comic books back then. It depicts a band of superheros that, in the last frame, resume their "alter-egos" as members of a rock band. That last frame is an actual picture of the band on stage. It's also a very cool album, musically. From my original favorite by them, Earth Is Not Room Enough, to a cover of Amazing Grace to an "ode to toilet paper" (Bog Roll Blues). They may be considered more blues than prog, I guess. But, as a DJ back then, we played them on "progressive rock radio".

[@TheProgCorner]

I need Groundhogs on vinyl!!!! Badly!

[@7BobbyGaylor7]

Hey Scot. Another great video. I love those first two David Gilmour albums. I'm new to the VC and posted my first video about 14 days ago. It was a response to the Noble Records Summer Tag, seemed like a good way to jump in. I've been watching you for awhile now and you are one of the channels that inspired me to start my own. So thanks for that. Look forward to the Uriah Heep video with Pete, love his channel too. I've seen Heep a few times. The first time they were the middle act for Ted Nugent on the Cat Scratch Fever tour, and Mick Box had a broken arm and was sporting a cast on it. Cheers.

[@TheProgCorner]

Oh cool. What’s your channel name?

[@7BobbyGaylor7]

@@TheProgCorner Bobby Gaylor @7BobbyGaylor7

[@TheProgCorner]

@@7BobbyGaylor7 Sweet!!!!!!!

[@TheProgCorner]

@@7BobbyGaylor7 Subscribed.

[@7BobbyGaylor7]

@@TheProgCorner Thank you! Means a lot. I appreciate it. Cheers.

[@weirdspins6315]

Understand your sitch. Half my cds survived a nasty divorce by smuggling them out but the vinyl was all stolen and sold out from under me in a minute. So I started over. Much of my collection is curbside rescues and thrift finds today. Missing so much good stuff. I say life is Pizza, send rekkids and a couple of amazing folks have which helped me rebuild some Italian titles and great soundtracks. Also... the Hello Kitty thing... I get it. About a 5th of my lp collection is Disney and its always exciting to find an undiscovered one in thrift in good shape or pick up a reasonably priced new picture disc.

[@TheProgCorner]

We humans have weird tastes. Thank God!!!!!!!!

[@worldnotworld]

There're two kinds of prog rock geeks: the ones who love GbV and the ones that don't. The ones that do _understand,_ in a deep way, the _motions of the divine_ in rock and roll. Yes, I dare talk like that! Hah! The ones that don't love GbV, well, I dunno, I dunno what went wrong, but we live in a fallen world. I always regret talking prog with such sadly benighted souls at the bar (it happens every year or so, at which point I finish my drink as quickly as I can, pay, and split). To be a prog geek and _not love GbV?_ This lack of understanding troubles me, and I _worry_ for them, and don't know what to do about it. >> So to know that you married a GbV fan -- what a splendid bit of autobiography to share -- will fill many of your followers with admiration and joy. Honestly! >> What edition of the Genesis debut is that, by the way? Not an original, surely. (I have a copy of the original Propeller that I might be willing to sell to you cheap, for the right price) >> I must say that your Green Day proclivity worries me _wee_ bit for the state of your soul, but in this case I will not judge, lest I too be judged. Surely more shameful moral weaknesses lurk in my G collection too, but I'd have to go check. >> Still all in all: how bizarrely _satisfying_ it is to watch a complete stranger go through the G section of his vinyl collection -- for over a quarter of an hour for Christ's sake! -- as it would _not_ be if that stranger had not generally expressed an aesthetic sensibility both so refined _and_ so *fucking pumped with rock & roll.* Why? Because such a stranger is really not so strange after all. We strangers share at least one important world. We bear witness to the same beauty. We suffer the same skull-cracking rock. >> Can't wait for the letter Y! Sorry to be so long-winded, but it's all fun! Thanks and Cheers! GbV! GbV!

[@TheProgCorner]

Thank you!!!!! And yeah, we all have a guilty pleasure or two. I’m a big Agent Orange fan so the first time I heard Green Day I knew a good rip off when I heard it. (Ditto - The Strokes.) Disarm The Settlers!!!

[@scottmcrae3355]

I actually got into prog rock BECAUSE of GBV! In the early 90s it wasn’t “cool” at all to talk about your love of Peter Gabriel era Genesis or VDGG but Robert Pollard talked about his love of 70s Prog with pride and enthusiasm. I bought a copy of Nursery Cryme because of him and never looked back❤️

[@TheProgCorner]

I love it!!!!!

[@worldnotworld]

@@scottmcrae3355 Fascinating! I've never heard a story like that. I wonder if it happens more than we know. I was an early progger, starting age eleven with ELP, then being clued into Genesis at thirteen (by my grandmother's suave young drug-dealing chauffeur at a house she rented in Portugal -- long story), and they became my musical yardstick. ("The Yardsticks:" a possible Pollard project?) I was kinda prog-snobby for a while too, but I had been a huge Who fan even before the prog phase, so I had the rock vein in me. I do remember getting the "okay" to like The Grateful Dead upon hearing in some interview that Mike Rutherford rather liked them (and Phil Collins gave him shit for it!)...

[@ilabelle1]

I just wanted to wish you a happy birthday. So, if you’re ready and sitting comfortably here it comes….. Happy Birthday Scot!!!🎂🎉 BTW we share the 7th. My bday is the 7th as well but in May.

[@TheProgCorner]

My wife’s is in May!!!! (But not the seventh…) Thank you!!!

[@jasonshort1437]

Our G section is really similar haha. Really looking forward to that Tonics reissue as well. There's another reissue coming down the pike, but I'm not at liberty to say what it is. Was hoping I'd see you at Heedfest this last weekend in Dayton. Amazing show on Friday and then all day Saturday were the cover bands. I got to play Instrument Beatle with Doug, that was so fun.

[@TheProgCorner]

I don’t get out much. As in, never!!! Went to Heedfest 2019. It was marvelous.

[@jasonshort1437]

@@TheProgCorner I've only missed one Heedfest, the first one. 2019... Trying to remember if that was the year we (Joseph Airport) played Kid Marine. I was definitely there, but the years do run together.

[@matsahlstedt7400]

A shout-out for Green asphalt. The brainchild of Dan Bornemark, the son of famous swedish Children´s song composer Gullan Bornemark. Big, big Gentle giant influences on their sole effort. Sounds like GG, but without copying, making their own mark. Brilliant!!

[@jackr.1609]

Grobschnitt "Solar Music Live" will blow your mind 🤯

[@deaconofbeacon733]

My favorite live album of all time!

[@terrymtbnurse4760]

Apparently, I need to check put Guided By Voices. Where do I start man? How about Gandalf? I picked up their 69 self-title release. Different, but I dig it. Thanks for sharing.

[@toddhill7483]

They have SO MUCH material and there's almost no way most people would like it all. Some of my favorites: Under the Bushes, Under the Stars The Bears for Lunch Mirrored Aztec Zeppelin Over China Do the Collapse Universal Truths and Cycles Bee Thousand (fantastic tracks, intentionally poor engineering and sound quality)

[@TheProgCorner]

Bee Thousand!!!!

[@terrymtbnurse4760]

@@toddhill7483 Thanks man, I'm excited to listen to their music.

[@mikaelsvanberg6300]

I am also waiting for Tonics to fill out my GBV vinyl collection. Let's hope the collaboration with Superior Viaduct isn't a one-off. Imagine new editions of Mars Classroom and that Lexo EP for starters! By the way, Half Smiles is probably my favourite album of all time - it's simply sublime like nothing else.

[@TheProgCorner]

Fiction Man is my next target. The only Pollard solo album I don’t have…

[@mikaelsvanberg6300]

@@TheProgCorner Got it! Great album.

[@TheProgCorner]

@@mikaelsvanberg6300 I have the CD but…

[@scottmcrae3355]

@@TheProgCorner Fiction Man is one of my favourites! Such a wild album. Todd’s playing and production veers a bit into Circus Devils territory on that one.

[@diegogustavocastro7039]

Gang Of Four!! Green Day!! And Of Course : GBV!!❤❤❤ PS: G Is My Favourite Chord!!!😊 Great Video Scot!!!👏👏👏

[@TheProgCorner]

Thank you!!!!!! GbV!!!!!

[@andrewlongshaw2128]

OK, you persuaded me, and so I filed all my rock and prog rock alphabetically. G is one of the largest sections. My German electronica is a section on its own, as is punk, new wave, 80s and 90s, world music, blues and English folk rock, and classical music.

[@TheProgCorner]

Nice!!! That’s half the fun of a collection - organizing!!!

[@johnnypoker46]

I have some of that, including all the Genesis through 'shapes' on vinyl except the last live one. Not to mention most on CD ... Nice to see 'Rockpommel's Land' but you MUST get 'Jumbo' and should hear 'Merry-go-round' if only for the amazing opening track! I totally agree on 'Terrapin Station' but I like the GTR more than you do. Only one GbV, 'Under the Bushes' on CD

[@TheProgCorner]

👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️

[@gotfred01]

Great collection. However you miss Greenslade, the three first albums, whereof the two first with incredible covers by Roger Dean. I may also suggest Glass Moon, Glass Hammer and the danish indie band Gangway.

[@TheProgCorner]

I love Greenslade. I do have the debut on vinyl but I forgot to show it!!!!

[@PJprog]

That Gang of Four LP love it Scot , awesome !! Wondering if your Genesis Match of the Day EP is the same as mine. Canadian blue vinyl pressing ?? So many great G's. 😍🎵🎵🤘

[@TheProgCorner]

Mine is Canadian too but it’s black vinyl…

[@PJprog]

@@TheProgCorner Interesting. Fairly surprised... I know there's a lot of blue ones in the UK , not sure about the black pressings here though. Cheers Scot. 👍

[@toddhill7483]

Great stuff Scot and I really need to pick up that 2nd album from Gang of Four. Since my G rack is packed with Guided by Voices and Gentle Giant, I only have a couple holes to fill and recommend. The Growlers Chinese Fountain, Hung at Heart, and Casual Acquaintances. The Grays self titled David Gilmore self titled Giles Giles and Fripp (The Cheerful Insanity of).

[@TheProgCorner]

Yes!!!!!!

[@kevinogracia1615]

The Gee's kick. Peace, brother.

[@TheProgCorner]

Yeah!!!!👍

[@davekummer6587]

Gotic Escenes I'm grateful the vinyl is in my collection

[@TheProgCorner]

Lucky!!!! What a beautiful album.

[@michaelbenz8092]

G is for Greatness

[@TheProgCorner]

Yes indeed!!!!!

[@markspooner1224]

You've got some nice G's man!

[@TheProgCorner]

Mark!!!!!

[@markspooner1224]

@@TheProgCorner One of my G's is a Gentle Giant comp I won from Naomi on 365 days of prog :)

[@SomniRespiratoryFlux]

I should have guessed between Genesis, Gentle Giant, and GbV your G collection would be pretty stacked! Haven't fully gotten into any of them (Gentle Giant is probably the closest but that's still pretty recent so I don't have any full albums yet, still need to check out GbV to begin with, whoops). I only have two CDs under G, one of them probably going under L better but I sort by first name for... reasons, I guess? Anyway, that'd be Geddy Lee's solo album, however you spell "Favo(u)rite". It's certainly a bit of a different feel from a full Rush album but it's got some great tracks, can't say I've ever heard an album declare so aggressively out of the gate "this is a solo album by a bass player", love that intro so much. The other album is How to Be a Human Being, the second album by Glass Animals, which I guess is a bit of an odd choice, but I do really love that album. I was into their music back from their first album, and those first two especially are just really great, if at times a bit goofy and hard to categorize neatly into a genre beyond a general indie pop vibe. I liked them before they hit it super huge commercially in 2020, still need that debut sometime. Anyway, looking forward to the H albums!

[@TheProgCorner]

I love that Geddy solo album!!!

[@SomniRespiratoryFlux]

@@TheProgCorner Same!

[@bertkarlsson1421]

Scot, can you rank the albums of Gunesh? They only have two albums so it shouldn't be that hard.

[@scottmcgregor4829]

I was kind of hoping to see my home boy heroes get some love, Glass Harp.

[@TheProgCorner]

Me too!!!!

[@brianbutler7506]

Never heard guided by voices might give them a try 🤔

[@TheProgCorner]

They are so good!!!!!

[@pelegrim3264]

Genesis, Gentle Giant and GBV... What can be better?! ☮

[@TheProgCorner]

Nothing!!!

[@CloseToTheEdge-Prog]

So many LP's.

[@TheProgCorner]

Not nearly enough!!!

[@CloseToTheEdge-Prog]

@@TheProgCorner Well you could go through my vinyl in 5 minutes.

[@JeffReams]

You need Gotic - Escenes. It’s an amazing spanish instrumental prog band. That album sounds a lot like Camels snow goose. You love it trust me. 👍

[@TheProgCorner]

Great album!!!

[@astrosauce]

You need more Gong Scott!

[@TheProgCorner]

I do!!!! I do!!!

[@garyk-j7p]

You need the Gong radio gnome trilogy, a must for prog lovers

[@astrosauce]

@ then Magick Brother & Camembert

[@paulcollins5586]

G G Great..

[@TheProgCorner]

Indeed sir!!!

[@jeffschielka7845]

Hey now! Thought you were taking the week off?👍☮️👑🐍🙏😎

[@TheProgCorner]

I thought so too…

[@SRV2013]

What? No Greenslade? WTF?

[@lemming9984]

I was just thinking that!!

[@TheProgCorner]

I have the first one but skipped it for some reason. If you look closely as I’m fumbling with Green Day vinyl you can see me set it aside…

[@WooBino.]

American Idiot is great, haven't listen to it in awhile.

[@TheProgCorner]

Fantastic album.

[@arnaudb.7669]

You need some Gerard to blow out your speakers!!!

[@TheProgCorner]

Love Gerard.

[@arnaudb.7669]

@@TheProgCorner they're great!

[@עופרירושלמי]

Just a suggestion , maybe you should change the name to the " the underground music corner" because you it seems to me you like a lot of alternative/ postpunk/shoe gaze and that's not progrock IMOHO

[@TheProgCorner]

Not as catchy!!!!

[@coltonbeatty6117]

I also like Abacab... for the most part. What were they supposed to do? Duke is the perfect ending point for the phase starting at Trick of the Tail, anyway. And they were just becoming more successful financially than they ever had been to that time. Why give up, or just repeat themselves endlessly? The real Genesis fans can tell 80s Genesis from Phil solo anyday. Isn't a successful progressive band supposed to define the pop landscape? ...well .. that's one way of being progressive... sometimes. A LOT has been lost to 'Progress'. Whatever, I like Abacab. So kiss my a**.

[@scottmcrae3355]

@@coltonbeatty6117 Abacab is really good. The best of their pop albums for sure. It’s pretty damn weird actually….definitely not mainstream pap.

[@michaelbaucom4019]

Feeding the algorithm...

[@TheProgCorner]

Gobble gobble…

[@coltonbeatty6117]

Just relistened to In a Glass House the other day. Not as strong as I thought it was.

[@scottmcrae3355]

@@coltonbeatty6117 oh man it is so great! Listen to it again! 😜

[@TheProgCorner]

I have it fourth - after Free Hand, Octopus and Power & The Glory.

[@coltonbeatty6117]

@@scottmcrae3355 I listened to the tracks in a somewhat random order and was underwhelmed by a lot of it. When rating an album you can't just single out the high points. A couple tracks that fell really flat were Way of Life and Experience.

[@coltonbeatty6117]

@@scottmcrae3355 Maybe it's charming sometimes, but Ray's violin is really amateurish. His violin playing got worse and worse on the records up to Interview.

[@coltonbeatty6117]

@@TheProgCorner Acquiring the Taste and Three Friends need to be in the top four. I have a feeling that without Phil to provide some kind of discipline or direction, they just sort of lost the plot. Octopus is Gentle Giant's Dark Side of the Moon. Great production in a way, but also artificial, plastic even. And just like Dark Side, not ever the same again.

[@oy6793]

Im a little confused by all of that voices trying to guide me.not enough greatful dead in your collection

[@TheProgCorner]

Never enough!!!

[@paulbennett772]

Lots of non-prog there

[@TheProgCorner]

Weird, right?

[@scottmcgregor4829]

Disappointed, I thought that I would see Glass Harp in your G section, at least their self titled first album. So being Guided By Voices you met your wife.😊

[@TheProgCorner]

I love me some Glass Harp!!!!

[@scottmcgregor4829]

@@TheProgCorner I know that you said that you did. I was hoping to see some love for them in your G section.

[@TheProgCorner]

Hopefully I can rectify that soon!!!!

[@scottmcgregor4829]

@@TheProgCorner hey, you listen and buy what you want to listen to, I wasn't blowing smoke at you. I wasn't telling you how to do your collecting

[@TheProgCorner]

@@scottmcgregor4829 Thank you!!!!

[@deadfdr]

Your wife is right. If you care about viewers, stop the nonsense of ranking shitty number one songs and your cringe worthy outro and focus on your expertise: Prog

[@TheProgCorner]

Thank you for your kind words.

[@deadfdr]

@@TheProgCorner don’t mistake criticism from wisdom that will catapult you to the higher acclaim you deserve. Your wife is right.

[@TheProgCorner]

She’s always right. Just ask her!!!

[@deadfdr]

@@TheProgCorner haha I love her and I know she loves you!!

[@TheProgCorner]

I honestly don’t know how or why she puts up with me. I’m insane and she keeps me grounded and living in the real world. Otherwise I am a delusional wreck!!!!

[@alanclayton9277]

g is for groundhogs Scot. see if i offer you fifty british pounds for your gentle giant collection , you get, i can assure you 👀, bout fifty dollars to the pound so that's a damn good offer!

[@TheProgCorner]

That math isn’t mathing!!!!