A Sorta Young Person’s Guide to Prog Rock

This week, we get down to business and - very reverently and seriously - discuss ELO's 1977 masterpiece Out of the Blue ========= Find them on Apple, Spotify, SoundCloud, Facebook and everywhere @progressivepalaver @progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com

I was joined by Joe and Paul from Progressive Palaver to discuss ELO's 1977 masterpiece, Out of the Blue But passion has a way of derailing even the best laid plans and we ended up discussing ELO the concept more broadly So enjoy this 53 min prelude and we'll try again next time ========= Find them on Apple, Spotify, SoundCloud, Facebook and everywhere @progressivepalaver @progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com All the links

Ian is finally put to the test, facing the hardest question he's ever been asked "Why is Foxtrot ONLY your 41st favourite prog album?" Tara, Cody and Ann join him in the caverns of his soul to find answers -------------------------- Join them at: @SpinninProg @BrockwaysVinylBytes the Prog Couple on Prog Radio and if you've ever wondered about Whimsy in Prog @progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com All the links

We offer some final thoughts on how much we loved this album @fecklessmomes @progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com

We finish the second half Fairport Convention's 1969 Album Liege and Lief @fecklessmomes @progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com

We talk about the music, the myths and the talents behind Fairport Convention's 1969 Album Liege and Lief @fecklessmomes @progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com

It began with the recording of a Great Album. But some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for most of the 80s, the Album passed out of all knowledge. Until, when chance came, it ensnared a new bearer. The Album came to the creature, Ed, who took it deep into the tunnels of the Misty Mountains. And there it consumed him. And in the gloom of Ed's cave, it waited. Darkness crept back into the forests of the world. And the Album perceived its time had now come. It abandoned Ed. But something happened then the Album did not intend. It was picked up by the most unlikely creatures imaginable. Two Momes, Omegrine and Nikwise of the Shire. On a very special episode, we reckoned we'd welcome back the Feckless Momes, hosts of the epic Talk Tull to Me podcast, to discuss Fairport Convention's perfect album, 1969's Liege and Lief The only thing we didn't reckon on is that it would take 4 hours It was worth all of it @progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com

King Crimson rounds out their jazz metal trilogy as a trio This is the clearest, heaviest and arguably most King Crimson that King Crimson will ever be Join us for 1974's Red @progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com All the links

King Crimson takes it to the stage and improvises some surprisingly enjoyable music. Also some unsurprisingly unenjoyable music Join us for 1974s Starless and Bible Black @progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com

We drop in on a newly reformed King Crimson as they embark on a trilogy of jazz metal classics with 1973's Lark's Tongue in Aspic @progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com

We continue through to the stormy seas of Jazz Fusion with Relayer and return to our island home with Going for the One. helloprogfrog@gmail.com @progfrogpod

Like the Greeks of Olde, we embark on Yes embarking on a 90 min odyssey with Tales from Topographic Oceans Join us this week as we are delighted and perplexed by Mid-1970s yes helloprogfrog@gmail.com @progfrogpod

We welcome back Prog Spawn, a showcase for any bands making 70s prog inspired rock Ian sits down with Prog Scholars and Prog Rockers Arcane Atlas for the rerelease of their debut. We get into their musical friendship, their philosophy on making music and their unbridled passion for arpeggios IG:@progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com IG: @arcaneatlas

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In our Progmas finale, we let our Nick-spiration flow Mang finally rebels And we’re all glad to see Ed IG: @progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com ===== SPOILER ALERT===== Songs in this Episode: 1. Terrapin Station - Grateful Dead 2. Fat Old Sun - Pink Floyd 3. Catch the Rainbow - Rainbow 4. Rainbow in the Dark - Dio 5. To Be Over - Yes 6. Am I Glad to See You - Tomorrow

We’re back! It’s Ryan’s happening and its freaking him out Later, Ann refuses to participate in any of your light fandangos IG: @progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com ===== SPOILER ALERT===== Songs in this Episode: 1. Sweet Dreams - Yes 2. Pirates- ELP 3. Incense and Peppermints - Strawberry Alarm Clock 4. Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum 5. Caribbean Blue - Enya

Ian helps some friendly spectres spread Progmas cheer Brian comes forth from love’s spire Rufus revs up his deuce IG: @progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com ===== SPOILER ALERT===== Songs in this Episode: 1. Time and Word - Yes 2. Great Gates of Kiev - ELP 3. Blinded by the Light - Mannfred Mann’s Earth Band 4. Amazing Journey - The Who

If you thought ELP couldn't get more Emerson-y, Lake-y and Palmer-y. Guess again Join us as we enter classic Prog Rock's final phase with ELP's 1973 synth eruption Brain Salad Surgery helloprogfrog@gmail.com @progfrogpod All the links

Join us this week As we rejoin the Feckless Momes And we all join Jethro Tull In the woods For some more songs From those woods Find the @fecklessmomes at the Talk Tull to Me podcast IG: progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com

Just us this week, as we join Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull on a refreshing break from touring as they rediscover the magic of English countryside in their 1977 classic, Songs From the Wood. But, we dare not travel these woods without guides! So we were lucky enough to be joined by the Tulliest Tull Skulls of all, the Feckless Momes, hosts of the wonderful Talk Tull to Me podcast @fecklessmomes @progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com

We inaugurate Prog Spawn, a showcase for any bands making 70s prog inspired rock Ian sits down with Norwegian Prog Rockers Sykofant and we get into the concepts, the guitars and the recording of their self titled debut. IG:@progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com IG: @sykofant.band

...and a taster of season 2 @progfrogpod

A taster of season 1 for those just joining us @progfrogpod

They said we couldn't walk on the grass So we didn't, because we respect lawncare So we went inside and finished chatting about DSOTM IG: progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com

Rather than taking a slice of Roger's pie, we share and fare our thoughts on the two heftiest songs on DSOTM IG: progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com

We finally arrive at Dark Side of the Moon IG: progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com All the links

Between right and wrong Between heaven and earth Somewhere in the wasteland between Meddle and Dark Side Pink Floyd recorded 1972's Obscured by Clouds We at least have to say hello IG: progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com

Join us as we finish up the second half of Yes's masterpiece and Ian's 3rd Wonder of Prog IG: @progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com

This week, we find Yes at their full majesty for 1972's Close to the Edge Sometimes 18 minutes just isn't long enough IG: @progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com All the links

We love to laugh and we love to rock What could go wrong? Join us for the second half of Selling England by the Pound IG: @progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com

Join us for Ian's second wonder of Prog It all comes together for Genesis in their 1973 masterpiece, Selling England by the Pound. Madrigals? Sadrigals? Radrigals? We got the whole spectrum IG: @progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com

We've arrived at Ian's 4 wonders of Prog Join us for Jethro Tull's majestic follow-up to Aqualung, Thick as Brick There's only one song on the album, how complicated could it be? IG: @progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com All the links

A heartfelt thank you and an intriguing proposal

Today, on 1972's Trilogy, we explore the many complex emotions of ELP: epic, bombastic, virtuostic What can't these guys do? Refrain from rocking apparently IG: @progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com All the links

We return for the second half of Yes's classic Fragile. By the end, your hunger will be sated IG: @progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com

We welcome Yes back with 1971's Fragile, the album that would cement them as prog legends. Also, making his first appearance in our story: the caped crusader, keyboard wizard Rick Wakeman brings his magic touch IG: @progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com All the links

And we're back! Pink Floyd starts their string of classic albums with 1971's exceptionally mellow Meddle IG: @progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com All the links

Santa Ian spreads some Progmas cheer and drops some tunes down everyone's chimney Prog bless us every one IG: @progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com ===== SPOILER ALERT===== Songs in this Episode: 1. I Believe in Father Christmas - Greg Lake 2. Signed Curtain - Matching Mole 3. Four Horseman - Aphrodite's Child 4. Blown' Free - Wishbone Ash 6. Asforteri - Caravan 7. The Story in Your Eyes - Moody Blues 8. Toe the Line - GTR 9. Udu Wudu - Magma 10. The Last Seven Minutes - Magma 11. Spem in Alum - Thomas Tallis 12. Nothing More - Fotheringay 13. I Lost My Head- Gentle Giant 14. Out of the Blue - Elton John 14. Drunkship of Lanterns - Mars Volta 15. Precious Things - Tori Amos 16. Ommadawn - Mike Oldfield

In the first half, we say adios to Season 1, looking backwards and forwards to all the Prog that ever was and ever will be. In the second half, our tech wizard Ed takes us through the development of multitrack recording We look forward to seeing you soon for the classic era of 1970s Prog Rock in Season 2 IG: @progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com

We end our first series with a heaping helping of organ as we introduce the Bad Bois of prog. It's our first prog rock supergroup: Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Join us as we marvel at ELP cramming as many notes as they can into their self titled debut. IG: @progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com All the links

This week, we travel down to Kent, the garden of England, for a gentle diversion. Caravan were leaders in the Canterbury scene, a jazz-obsessed, offbeat, more relaxed Prog genre. It all came together, for them and for the scene, in this 1971 classic, In the Land of Grey and Pink. @progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com All the links

We welcome the theatre kids of Prog Rock, Genesis. Join us as we're whisked away to the Fountain of Salmacis. Along the way we'll meet ghosts, stones and murderous plants. IG: @progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com All the links

Do you enjoy sitting on a park bench? Do you enjoy... learning about Jethro Tull's classic album Aqualung? How fortuitous! Join us this week and we get into the heady concepts, the beautiful guitar work and, of course, the flute solos of 1971's Aqualung. @progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com All the links

We welcome Prog Rock legends Yes to the podcast with their breakthrough album, the Yes Album. Come marvel at the musical acrobatics of Steve, Chris, Bill and Tony and help us figure out what Jon's trying to say. IG: @progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com All the links

Soon after recording their successful debut, King Crimson completely imploded, for the first of many times. Left with a recording contract and no band, Robert Fripp and Peter Sinfield went into the studio and patched together In the Wake of Poseidon. IG: @progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com

In 1969, King Crimson smashes free jazz, classical music and mellotron together to make the first true Prog Rock masterpiece, In the Court of the Crimson King. IG: @progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com All the links

We return to the origins of Prog Rock legends Pink Floyd and discuss their debut album, the psychedelic grab-bag, Piper at the Gates of Dawn. IG: @progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com

In 1967, the Moody Blues went into the studio and accidentally recorded one of Prog Rock's first concept albums. Join us for the orchestral rock masterpiece, Days of Future Passed. IG: @progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com

Join me in this whimsical diversion, as the guitar maestro Ed Thomas takes us on a journey through some of the technologies that make Prog Rock rock. Ed walks us through Mellotron, Moog and the development of guitar pedals. IG: @progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com

And we're back! We got meter maids, waltzing horses, cottages on the Isle of Wight and the most famous piano chord ever recorded! Join us for the second half of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band IG: @progfrogpod helloprogfrog@gmail.com All the links