I see 379 Akarma label albums in the US...There is a good selection of Blue Cheer and Atomic Rooster, Beggars Opera (Waters of Change, $3.99, link to Prog Archives). A label well-worth exploring with wikipedia open to read up on some of the more obscure bands.
Has Cherry Red Records been mentioned in this thread? Barclay James Harvest, Renaissance, Curved Air. 62 albums, not all prog though.
I see 379 Akarma label albums in the US...There is a good selection of Blue Cheer and Atomic Rooster, Beggars Opera (Waters of Change, $3.99, link to Prog Archives). A label well-worth exploring with wikipedia open to read up on some of the more obscure bands.
Kerry Livgren, Seeds of Change, $4.99 (Kansas guitarist, first Christian album but don't let that keep you from a really great album: features Ronnie James Dio on two tracks, Steve Walsh from Kansas on another).
With Chrysalis, Orchard Group etc. disappearing there is no longer the wealth of 60s/70s Prog Rock on eMusic that there once was. However, of course, there is still Akarma (sadly depleted in Australia) and a few great albums if one looks carefully. Examples include:
Writing on the Wall "Power of the Picts", "Burghley Road" and "Live"
Latte E Miele "Passio Secundum Mattheum"
Volker Kriegel "Spectrum"
Trettioariga Kriget "Trettioariga Kriget"
Ragnarok "Ragnarok"
International Harvester "Sov Gott Rose-Mari
The excellent "Progglådan" series with 33 albums on eMusic
Though not strictly Prog, other interesting 60s/70s albums include "The Best of Donovan" by Donovan, "First Exit" by Traffic, "FM Hits The 60s Underground Revolution" by Various Artists, "Safe As Milk" by Captain Beefheart, "Live" by The Byrds and "San Francisco Session" by Fox.Interested to hear if anybody has other good ones to add to the list.
I think I've mentioned Masala Dosa (Danish band) somewhere.
Here's a band with just about the same lineup but with the late Hans Vinding as singer and songwriter. Hans was a truely wonderful artist and human being.
ETA: The Hurdy Gurdy and Donovans Hurdy Gurdy Man connection:
In Denmark, on the 19th of December 1967 MacLeod wrote to Donovan's manager Ashley Kozak to ask if he could help the band in any way. Donovan wrote the "The Hurdy Gurdy Man" for them as a gift for MacLeod. MacLeod came back to the U.K. in the new year to see Donovan and a few weeks later the rest of the band followed. After hearing Donovan's demo tape the band set up outside his Little Berkhamsted cottage and played their version of the song. Donovan did not like the heavy take on the track they played as he wanted a softer, acoustic arrangement. Soon after he released his own version of the song which became a hit, his version in the end had a similar arrangement to the Hurdy Gurdy version. Donovan told Keith Altham of the NME in December 1968, Hurdy Gurdy Man,' was originally written for a Danish group by that name,”, “There is a friend of mine in the group — Mac MacLeod — whom I looked to in the early days to learn how to pick the guitar. “I wrote the song especially for them but then we got into a disagreement over how it was to be produced. I wanted to do it one way and they another. “So I said, `Right then - I'll do it myself because I think it's good enough for a single.' “So I did it. And it's out.”
"Escalator" by Sam Gopal. Good, solid album and still on eMusic.
Sam Gopal himself's main claim to fame was that he was a Tabla player. Funnily enough, the group features a pre-Motorhead Lemmy! Other claims to fame include having Robert Stigwood as manager and then Peter Grant (see Led Zeppelin) after changing the band's name to Cosmosis.
Have a read of the Progarchives write-up. The albums "K.a" and "Retrospektiw I & II" (both available on eMusic) are amongst the most highly rated prog rock albums on the site.
Supersister - rated by Progarchives as the top Dutch 1970s Progressive Rock band with the closest comparison being the Canterbury sound of Caravan and Soft Machine.
Although not well known, Progarchives and Discogs rate their albums on a par with the top global names of Prog including King Crimson, Caravan, EL&P, Focus and Can.
eMusic still has their best albums including "Present from Nancy", "To the Highest Bidder" and "Pudding en Gisteren". Good value at $4.99, $3.49 and $3.99 respectively.
@Germanprof - what the heck? I bought the Rumpelstiltskin album this morning and added some Akarma label things to my wishlist. Maybe 11AM, and now the whole label is gone.
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Has Cherry Red Records been mentioned in this thread? Barclay James Harvest,
Renaissance, Curved Air. 62 albums, not all prog though.
A Trial In Our Native Town
Evenings Child
The last one with some lovely foootage from the good old longhaired hippie days.
Two great albums from one of my favorite 70s/80s prog rock bands, Camel:
The album with the song that Deep Purple copied parts of for "child in Time":
Bombay Calling
- The Dutch band with Jan Akkerman and Thijs van Leer
(not on Emu) . . . Great track from a lovely band.
Roger Chapman's band.
- Writing on the Wall "Power of the Picts", "Burghley Road" and "Live"
- Latte E Miele "Passio Secundum Mattheum"
- Volker Kriegel "Spectrum"
- Trettioariga Kriget "Trettioariga Kriget"
- Ragnarok "Ragnarok"
- International Harvester "Sov Gott Rose-Mari
- The excellent "Progglådan" series with 33 albums on eMusic
Though not strictly Prog, other interesting 60s/70s albums include "The Best of Donovan" by Donovan, "First Exit" by Traffic, "FM Hits The 60s Underground Revolution" by Various Artists, "Safe As Milk" by Captain Beefheart, "Live" by The Byrds and "San Francisco Session" by Fox.Interested to hear if anybody has other good ones to add to the list.Hans was a truely wonderful artist and human being.
More danish:
eMu
ETA: The Hurdy Gurdy and Donovans Hurdy Gurdy Man connection:
- Discogs
Sam Gopal himself's main claim to fame was that he was a Tabla player. Funnily enough, the group features a pre-Motorhead Lemmy! Other claims to fame include having Robert Stigwood as manager and then Peter Grant (see Led Zeppelin) after changing the band's name to Cosmosis.
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/sam-gopal/escalator/
https://www.emusic.com/album/1953270/Sam-Gopal/Escalator?album_ref=Serach
http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=990
https://www.emusic.com/album/2576397/Neuschwanstein/Battlement?album_ref=Wish List
https://www.emusic.com/artist/rs_85689/Magma
Have a read of the Progarchives write-up. The albums "K.a" and "Retrospektiw I & II"
(both available on eMusic) are amongst the most highly rated prog rock albums on the site.
http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=646
https://www.emusic.com/album/1862629/Magma/Ka?album_ref=MoreBy
https://www.emusic.com/album/985898/Magma/Retrospektiw-i---2?album_ref=MoreBy
http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=1333
https://www.emusic.com/album/190141948/Alquin/Marks?album_ref=Serach
https://www.emusic.com/album/190142001/Alquin/The-Mountain-Queen?album_ref=Serach
Although not well known, Progarchives and Discogs rate their albums on a par with the top global names of Prog including King Crimson, Caravan, EL&P, Focus and Can.
eMusic still has their best albums including "Present from Nancy", "To the Highest Bidder" and "Pudding en Gisteren". Good value at $4.99, $3.49 and $3.99 respectively.
Highly recommended.
https://www.emusic.com/artist/rs_111797/Supersister
http://www.progarchives.com/google-search-results.asp?cof=FORID:10&ie=ISO-88591&q=supersister&cx=discography&sa=submit&siteurl=www.progarchives.com/&ref=&ss=2182j893008j11#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=supersister&gsc.page=1