April 2012
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UK Prog, Volume 3: 1968-1969 A Crack in the...
This is something of a bridge volume, finishing out 1968 and setting in on 1969, the year prog rock really came into its own as a subgenre. There are still a handful of songs that could best be described as “proto-prog,” but we’re starting to see the development of the various strains of prog: prog-folk, symphonic prog (which doesn’t necessarily mean orchestral), jazz-rock, space rock,...
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UK Prog, Volume 3: 1968-1969 A Crack in the...
Volume Three is split between 1968 and 1969. Notes to come in the following post. Obtain the mix here.
Love Sculpture: Sabre Dance 4:51
Second Hand: Mainliner 14:54
The Incredible String Band: The Water Song 2:52
Eric Burdon & the Animals: We Love You Lil 8:20
White Noise: Black Mass: An Electric Storm In Hell 7:22
Rare Bird: Beautiful Scarlet 5:45
Clouds: The Carpenter 3:30
Arzachel:...
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UK Prog, Volume 2: 1968 Liftoff (Notes)
Get the mix here.
Volume One of this series featured very little actual progressive rock, instead focusing on some of the threads that became progressive rock, and to an extent, Volume Two is similar. 1968 was a transitional year for the genre, as psychedelia proliferated in many different directions and guys with jazz and classical backgrounds who’d been playing in r&b and pop bands...
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U.K. Prog, Volume 2: 1968 Liftoff
Volume Two in our ongoing series of British progressive rock mixes. Notes to follow in a second post. Obtain it here.
1. Pink Floyd: Let There Be More Light 5:39 2. Them: Square Room 9:59 3. Gun: The Sad Saga of the Boy and the Bee 4:49 4. Family: Voyage 3:36 5. Caravan: Love Song with Flute 4:11 6/7. The Crazy World of Arthur Brown: Fanfare/Fire Poem/Fire 4:47 8. Giles, Giles & Fripp:...
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UK Prog, Volume One Notes
UK Prog, Volume One: 1963-1967 Dawning
Volume One has to start somewhere, and it might as well be the beginning. There’s no particularly convenient point of origin for what we came to call progressive rock. It’s more like a tree with a lot of roots, and what I’m trying to do on this volume is expose some of the roots and how they fed into the evolution of the genre, which itself...
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UK Prog, Volume One: 1963-1967 Dawning
Here is Volume One, which explores the music that laid the groundwork for progressive rock. Tracklist below, comments to follow in the next post. Get it here.
Delia Derbyshire & Ron Grainer: “Dr. Who Main Title” 2:10
The Yardbirds: “Happenings Ten Years Time Ago” 2:57
The Wilde Flowers: “Impotence” 2:10
The Beatles: “Tomorrow Never Knows”...
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1st UK Prog mix tomorrow
Every Great Song Ever’s UK Prog mix series will start tomorrow with a volume exploring the genre’s origins. I’ve had fun putting it together.
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Elias Hulk: “Nightmare” (Unchained,...
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The Favourites: “SOS” (4 Play Four002,...
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A Prog Rock Summer
Here’s what I’m going to do this summer: Each week, I’ll be offering a British Prog Rock mix. I’ll keep the scope to the 60s and 70s, and I’ll choose whatever tracks I think work best and explain the reasons in each post.
I’m thinking I’ll divide up the volumes chronologically and keep each one about CD-length, because it’s good to have some kind of...
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