1973: The Year In Progressive Rock
During a decade that defined progressive rock, 1973 was a pivotal year. Influential bands like Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Jethro Tull and King Crimson released some of their best-selling albums and there was a plethora of releases from less well known, but equally worthy acts. This book is a journey through this creative period; stopping off on route to explore symphonic rock, the Canterbury scene, Krautrock, fusion, progressive folk, art rock, space rock, album artwork and much more.The author was in his late teens in 1973 with an insatiable appetite for music and remembers the period with affection but this book is much more than a nostalgic trip down memory lane. It’s a comprehensive and knowledgeable guide to an era when music with multiple sections, rich textures, intricate time signatures, inspired arrangements and diverse influences performed by skilled musicians was a universal language. For the discerning music lover, it was possible to journey to the dark side of the moon, take a dip in topographic oceans, encounter pot head pixies from a distant planet and still be home in time for larks’ tongues in aspic.

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1973: The Year In Progressive Rock
During a decade that defined progressive rock, 1973 was a pivotal year. Influential bands like Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Jethro Tull and King Crimson released some of their best-selling albums and there was a plethora of releases from less well known, but equally worthy acts. This book is a journey through this creative period; stopping off on route to explore symphonic rock, the Canterbury scene, Krautrock, fusion, progressive folk, art rock, space rock, album artwork and much more.The author was in his late teens in 1973 with an insatiable appetite for music and remembers the period with affection but this book is much more than a nostalgic trip down memory lane. It’s a comprehensive and knowledgeable guide to an era when music with multiple sections, rich textures, intricate time signatures, inspired arrangements and diverse influences performed by skilled musicians was a universal language. For the discerning music lover, it was possible to journey to the dark side of the moon, take a dip in topographic oceans, encounter pot head pixies from a distant planet and still be home in time for larks’ tongues in aspic.

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1973: The Year In Progressive Rock

1973: The Year In Progressive Rock

by Geoff Feakes
1973: The Year In Progressive Rock

1973: The Year In Progressive Rock

by Geoff Feakes

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Overview

During a decade that defined progressive rock, 1973 was a pivotal year. Influential bands like Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Jethro Tull and King Crimson released some of their best-selling albums and there was a plethora of releases from less well known, but equally worthy acts. This book is a journey through this creative period; stopping off on route to explore symphonic rock, the Canterbury scene, Krautrock, fusion, progressive folk, art rock, space rock, album artwork and much more.The author was in his late teens in 1973 with an insatiable appetite for music and remembers the period with affection but this book is much more than a nostalgic trip down memory lane. It’s a comprehensive and knowledgeable guide to an era when music with multiple sections, rich textures, intricate time signatures, inspired arrangements and diverse influences performed by skilled musicians was a universal language. For the discerning music lover, it was possible to journey to the dark side of the moon, take a dip in topographic oceans, encounter pot head pixies from a distant planet and still be home in time for larks’ tongues in aspic.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781789521658
Publisher: Sonicbond Publishing
Publication date: 05/07/2022
Pages: 160
Product dimensions: 5.88(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Geoffrey Feakes is an author and music journalist. He has published three previous books, The Moody Blues On Track in 2019 and The Who On Track in 2020 and Steve Hackett On Track in 2021. He has been a writer for the Dutch Progressive Rock Page since 2005 with hundreds of reviews and interviews to his credit. He lives in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK and when he’s not writing, he spends a good deal of time listening to music including contemporary progressive rock.

Table of Contents

Prologue 7

Introduction 11

Part One 14

In the Beginning 14

Part 2: 20 Key Albums 43

Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire 44

Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives of Henry VIII 49

Greenslade - Greenslade 54

King Crimson-Larks' Tongues in Aspic 58

Gong - Flying Teapot 63

Le Orme - Felona E Sorona 67

Jethro lull - A Passion Play 71

Can - Future Days 76

Klayak - See See the Sun 80

Gentle Giant - In A Glass House 85

Premiata Forneria Marconi - Photos of Ghosts 90

Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning 95

Caravan - For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night 100

Genesis - Selling England by the Pound 105

Emerson Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery 110

Nektar - Remember the Future 115

Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Solar Fire 119

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day 124

Magma - Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh 129

Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans 134

Epilogue 140

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