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Timeline of progressive rock (1970–1979)

This is a timeline of artists, albums, and events in progressive rock and its subgenres. This article contains the timeline for the period 1970–1979.

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1970 – 1971 – 1972 – 1973 – 1974 – 1975 – 1976 – 1977 – 1978 – 1979


1970

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Release Date Artist Album Country
2 January 1970 Syd Barrett The Madcap Laughs United Kingdom
23 January 1970 Family A Song for Me United Kingdom
1970 Jan Quill Quill US
1970 Jan Aphrodite's Child It's Five O'Clock Greece
9 February 1970 The Mothers of Invention Burnt Weeny Sandwich US
1970 Feb Van der Graaf Generator The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other United Kingdom
13 March 1970 Egg Egg United Kingdom
30 March 1970 Miles Davis Bitches Brew US
1970 Mar Gong Magick Brother France
1970 Mar Quarteto 1111 Quarteto 1111 Portugal
20 April 1970 Jethro Tull Benefit United Kingdom
1970 Apr Amon Düül II Yeti Germany
15 May 1970 King Crimson In the Wake of Poseidon United Kingdom
25 May 1970 Jean-Luc Ponty King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa France
31 May 1970 Ahora Mazda Ahora Mazda Netherlands
1970 May Quatermass Quatermass England
5 June 1970 Barclay James Harvest Barclay James Harvest England
5 June 1970 Procol Harum Home England
1970 Jun Soft Machine Third United Kingdom
1970 Jun The Nice Five Bridges England
1 July 1970 Traffic John Barleycorn Must Die England
24 July 1970 Yes Time and a Word United Kingdom
7 August 1970 The Moody Blues A Question of Balance England
10 August 1970 The Mothers of Invention Weasels Ripped My Flesh US
August 1970[1] Supertramp Supertramp England
4 September 1970 Caravan If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You United Kingdom
1970 Sep Focus Focus Plays Focus (In and Out of Focus) Netherlands
1970 Sep Rare Bird As Your Mind Flies By United Kingdom
2 October 1970 Pink Floyd Atom Heart Mother United Kingdom
23 October 1970 Genesis Trespass United Kingdom
23 October 1970 Frank Zappa Chunga's Revenge US
November 1970 Syd Barrett Barrett United Kingdom
20 November 1970 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Emerson, Lake & Palmer England
27 November 1970 Gentle Giant Gentle Giant United Kingdom
1970 Nov Curved Air Airconditioning United Kingdom
1970 Nov Family Anyway United Kingdom
1970 Nov McDonald & Giles McDonald & Giles United Kingdom
1970 Nov Wigwam Tombstone Valentine Finland
11 December 1970[2] King Crimson Lizard United Kingdom
December 1970 Van der Graaf Generator H to He, Who Am the Only One United Kingdom
December 1970 Colosseum Daughter of Time England
December 1970 Bo Hansson Sagam Om Ringem Sweden
1970 Aardvark Aardvark United Kingdom
1970 Almendra (band) Almendra II Argentina
1970 Association Earwax Germany
1970 Beggars Opera Act One United Kingdom
1970 Cressida Cressida United Kingdom
1970 Wolfgang Dauner Output Germany
1970 Goliath Goliath England
1970 Gomorrha Trauma Germany
1970 Gracious! Gracious! England
1970 Marsupilami S / T U.K.
1970 Moving Gelatine Plates Moving Gelatine Plates France
1970 Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes N° 2 France
1970 Bob Smith The Visit USA
1970 Supersister Present from Nancy Netherlands
1970 T2 It'll All Work Out in Boomland United Kingdom
1970 Walrus Walrus United Kingdom

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  • Peter Banks leaves Yes, being replaced by former Bodast and Tomorrow guitarist Steve Howe.
  • Anthony Phillips leaves Genesis, and is replaced by guitarist Steve Hackett. Genesis also changes drummers, losing John Mayhew and bringing in former child actor Phil Collins.
  • Jan Akkerman and Pierre van der Linden leave Brainbox for Focus.

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Release Date Artist Album Country
1971 Jan Uriah Heep Salisbury England
1971 Jan Mogul Thrash Mogul Thrash England
5 February 1971 Barclay James Harvest Once Again England
19 February 1971 Yes The Yes Album England
1971 Feb Soft Machine Fourth England
1971 Feb Egg The Polite Force United Kingdom
19 March 1971 Jethro Tull Aqualung England
1971 Mar Amon Düül II Tanz der Lemminge Germany
1971 Mar Nucleus We'll Talk About it Later England
8 April 1971 Caravan In the Land of Grey and Pink England
1971 May Jade Warrior Jade Warrior England
11 June 1971 Procol Harum Broken Barricades England
14 June 1971 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Tarkus England
25 June 1971 Supertramp Indelibly Stamped England
1971 Jun Ash Ra Tempel Ash Ra Tempel Germany
16 July 1971 Gentle Giant Acquiring the Taste England
23 July 1971 The Moody Blues Every Good Boy Deserves Favour England
1971 Jul Strawbs From the Witchwood England
2 August 1971 The Mothers Fillmore East – June 1971 US
1971 Aug Can Tago Mago Germany
30 August 1971 The Beach Boys Surf's Up US
1971 Sep Curved Air Second Album United Kingdom
1971 Sep Spirogyra St. Radigund's England
4 October 1971 Frank Zappa 200 Motels US
5 October Magma 1001º Centigrades France
8 October 1971 Hawkwind In Search of Space England
29 October 1971 Family Fearless United Kingdom
1971 Oct Focus Focus II (aka Moving Waves) Netherlands
1971 Oct Earth and Fire Song of the Marching Children Netherlands
1971 Oct Gong Camembert Electrique England/France
1971 Oct Centipede Septober Energy England
3 November 1971 Mahavishnu Orchestra The Inner Mounting Flame USA
5 November 1971 Pink Floyd Meddle England
5 November 1971 Barclay James Harvest Barclay James Harvest and Other Short Stories England
8 November 1971 Led Zeppelin IV England
12 November 1971 Genesis Nursery Cryme England
12 November 1971 Van der Graaf Generator Pawn Hearts England
12 November 1971 Yes Fragile England
1971 Nov Emerson, Lake & Palmer Pictures at an Exhibition England
1971 Nov Fields Fields England
1971 Nov Traffic The Low Spark of the High Heeled Boys England
1971 Nov Beggars Opera Waters of Change Scotland
3 December 1971 Electric Light Orchestra The Electric Light Orchestra UK only
3 December 1971 King Crimson Islands England
1971 Dec Wigwam Fairyport Finland
1971 Jade Warrior Released England
1971 Comus First Utterance England
1971 Cressida Asylum England
1971 Delirium Dolce acqua Italy
1971 Faust Faust Germany
1971 Mort Garson Black Mass/Lucifer Canada
1971 Heaven Brass Rock 1 United Kingdom
1971 Ikarus Ikarus Germany
1971 Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come Galactic Zoo Dossier England
1971 Le Orme Collage Italy
1971 Los Jaivas El Volantín Chile
1971 Marsupilami Arena UK
1971 McChurch Soundroom Delusion Germany
1971 Moving Gelatine Plates The World of Genius Hans France
1971 Osanna L'uomo Italy
1971 Out Of Focus S / T Germany
1971 Panna Fredda Uno Italy
1971 Renaissance Illusion England
1971 Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes Ame Debout France
1971 Luis Alberto Spinetta Spinettalandia y sus amigos Argentina
1971 Spring Spring England
1971 Sunbirds S / T Germany
1971 Supersister To the Highe$t Bidder Netherlands
1971 Rufus Zuphall Phallobst Germany
1971 Vox Dei La Biblia Argentina

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  • The new King Crimson that Bill Bruford joins has former Family bassist John Wetton.
  • Yes fires organist Tony Kaye, and replaces him with former Strawbs keyboard player and session musician Rick Wakeman.

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Release Date Artist Album Country
1972 Jan Premiata Forneria Marconi Storia di un minuto Italy
1972 Jan Kevin Ayers Whatevershebringswesing England
1972 Jan Neu! Neu! Germany
1972 Feb Strawbs Grave New World England
18 February 1972 Manfred Mann's Earth Band Manfred Mann's Earth Band United Kingdom
3 March 1972 Jethro Tull Thick as a Brick England
14 April 1972 Gentle Giant Three Friends England
1972 Apr Matching Mole Matching Mole England
1972 Apr Curved Air Phantasmagoria United Kingdom
1972 Apr Cluster Cluster II Germany
1972 Apr Guru Guru Kanguru Germany
1 May 1972 Weather Report Live in Tokyo USA
3 May 1972 Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Italy
19 May 1972 Caravan Waterloo Lily England
19 May 1972 Uriah Heep Demons and Wizards England
25 May 1972 Il Balletto di Bronzo Yz Italy
26 May 1972 Weather Report I Sing the Body electric USA
1972 May Herbie Hancock Crossings USA
1972 May Kraan Kraan Germany
2 June 1972 Khan Space Shanti England
2 June 1972 Pink Floyd Obscured by Clouds England
23 June 1972 Jethro Tull Living in the Past England
23 June 1972 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Trilogy England
June 1972 Aphrodite's Child 666 Greece
June 1972 Supersister Pudding En Gisteren [Aka: Pudding & Yesterday] Netherlands
5 July 1972 Frank Zappa Waka/Jawaka US
1972 July Soft Machine Fifth England
1972 August Tangerine Dream Zeit Germany
8 September 1972[3] Yes Close to the Edge England
15 September 1972 Genesis Foxtrot England
29 September 1972 Manfred Mann's Earth Band Glorified Magnified United Kingdom
1972 Sep Bo Hansson Music Inspired by Lord of the Rings Sweden
1972 Sep Family Bandstand United Kingdom
1972 Sep Chick Corea Return to Forever USA
11 October 1972 Santana Caravanserai USA
11 October 1972 Miles Davis On the Corner USA
23 October 1972 The Moody Blues Seventh Sojourn England
1972 Oct Renaissance Prologue England
1972 Oct Tasavallan Presidentti Lambertland Finland
27 November 1972 Frank Zappa and the Mothers The Grand Wazoo USA
1972 Nov Focus Focus 3 Netherlands
1972 Nov Hawkwind Doremi Fasol Latido England
1972 Nov Premiata Forneria Marconi Per un amico Italy
1972 Nov Nektar A Tab in the Ocean England/Germany
1972 Nov Matching Mole Matching Mole's Little Red Record England
1 December 1972 Gentle Giant Octopus England
1972 Dec The Mothers The Grand Wazoo US
1972 Dec Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Darwin! Italy
1972 Agitation Free Malesch Germany
1972 Aquelarre (band) Aquelarre Argentina
1972 Älgarnas Trädgård Framtiden Är Ett Svävande Skepp, Förankrat I Forntiden Sweden
1972 Alma y Vida Volumen II Argentina
1972 Ange Caricatures France
1972 Arco Iris Sudamérica o el regreso de la aurora Argentina
1972 Arco Iris Tiempo de Resurrección Argentina
1972 Ash Ra Tempel Schwingungen Germany
1972 Barclay James Harvest Baby James Harvest England
1972 Franco Battiato Pollution Italy
1972 Beggars Opera Pathfinder England
1972 Brainbox Parts Netherlands
1972 Can Ege Bamyasi Germany
1972 Color Humano Volumen I Argentina
1972 Delirium Lo scemo e il villaggio Italy
1972 Elonkorjuu Harvest Time Finland
1972 Flash Flash England
1972 Flash In the Can England
1972 Gracious! This is...Gracious!! England
1972 Jane Together Germany
1972 Korni Grupa Korni Grupa Yugoslavia
1972 Le Orme Uomo di pezza Italy
1972 Los Jaivas Todos Juntos Chile
1972 Moving Gelatine Plates The World Of Genius Hans France
1972 Osanna Preludio Tema Variazioni e Canzona Italy
1972 Pescado Rabioso Desatormentándonos Argentina
1972 Pekka Pohjola Pihkasilmä kaarnakorva Finland
1972 Raúl Prochetto Cristo Rock Argentina
1972 Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes Paix France
1972 Sui Generis Vida Argentina
1972 Supersister Pudding en Gisteren Netherlands
1972 Time Time Yugoslavia

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Release Date Artist Album Country
3 January 1973 Mahavishnu Orchestra Birds of Fire US
8 January 1973 The Beach Boys Holland US
23 January 1973 Rick Wakeman The Six Wives of Henry VIII England
1973 Jan Return to Forever Light as a Feather US
1973 Feb Camel Camel England
1973 Feb Soft Machine Six England
1973 Feb Traffic Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory England
1973 Feb Greenslade Greenslade England
1 March 1973 Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon England
2 March 1973 Electric Light Orchestra ELO 2 (UK) / Electric Light Orchestra II (US) England
23 March 1973 King Crimson Larks' Tongues in Aspic England
23 March 1973 Roxy Music For Your Pleasure England
1973 Mar Procol Harum Grand Hotel England
1973 Mar Peter Sienfield Still England
27 April 1973 Weather Report Sweetnighter US
1973 Apr Curved Air Air Cut United Kingdom
1973 Apr Museo Rosenbach Zarathustra Italy
1973 Apr Steeleye Span Parcel of Rogues England
1973 Apr Sand Sand US
6 May 1973 Magma Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh France
11 May 1973 Hawkwind Space Ritual England
18 May 1973 Yes Yessongs England
25 May 1973 Gong Flying Teapot England/France
25 May 1973 Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells England
1 June 1973 Gryphon Gryphon England
15 June 1973 Manfred Mann's Earth Band Messin' United Kingdom
13 July 1973 Jethro Tull A Passion Play England
13 July 1973 Queen Queen England
20 July 1973 Genesis Genesis Live England
31 Aug 1973 Henry Cow The Henry Cow Legend England
7 September 1973 Frank Zappa & The Mothers Over-Nite Sensation US
21 September 1973 Gentle Giant In a Glass House England
1973 Sep Family It's Only a Movie United Kingdom
1 October 1973 Billy Cobham Spectrum US
5 October 1973 Genesis Selling England by the Pound England
5 October 1973 Caravan For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night England
26 October 1973 The Who Quadrophenia England
1973 Oct Renaissance Ashes Are Burning England
1973 Oct Return to Forever Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy US
1973 Oct Premiata Forneria Marconi Photos of Ghosts Italy
1973 Nov Brian Eno & Robert Fripp No Pussyfooting England
1973 Nov Brian Eno Here Come The Warm Jets England
1973 Nov Electric Light Orchestra On The Third Day England
1973 Nov Fusion Orchestra Skeleton In Armour England
1973 Nov Roxy Music Stranded England
23 November 1973 Nektar Remember the Future England
1973 Nov Black Sabbath Sabbath Bloody Sabbath England
30 November 1973 Manfred Mann's Earth Band Solar Fire United Kingdom
7 December 1973 Yes Tales from Topographic Oceans England
7 December 1973 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Brain Salad Surgery England
7 December 1973 Gong Angel's Egg Various
15 December 1973 Petrus Castrus Mestre Portugal
1973 Dec Supersister Iskander Netherlands
1973 December Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Io sono nato libero Italy
1973 Acqua Fragile Acqua Fragile Italy
1973 Aquelarre (band) Candiles Argentina
1973 Alma y Vida Del gemido de un gorrión Argentina
1973 Ange Le Cimetière des arlequins France
1973 Arco Iris (band) Inti Rayni Argentina
1973 Area Arbeit Macht Frei Italy
1973 Badger One Live Badger England
1973 Beggars Opera Get Your Dog Off Me! England
1973 Cannabis India SWF Session Germany
1973 Cervello Melos Italy
1973 Color Humano Volumen II Argentina
1973 De De Lind Io non so da dove vengo e non so dove mai andrò. Uomo è il nome che mi han dato Italy
1973 Embryo Steig Aus Germany
1973 Eneide Uomini umili popoli liberi Italy
1973 Flash Out of our Hands England
1973 Gorrión (band) El rock de la Misa Criolla Argentina
1973 Kayak See See The Sun Netherlands
1973 Krokodil Sweat & Swim Switzerland
1973 Le Orme Felona e Sorona Italy
1973 Los Jaivas Palomita Blanca Chile
1973 Osanna Palepoli Italy
1973 Pescado Rabioso Pescado 2 Argentina
1973 Pholas Dactylus Concerto delle menti Italy
1973 Pinchevsky y La Pesada Violín Mágico Argentina
1973 Pop Mašina Kiselina Yugoslavia
1973 Saint Just Saint Just Italy
1973 Luis Alberto Spinetta Artaud Argentina
1973 Samla Mammas Manna Måltid Sweden
1973 Semiramis Dedicato a Frazz Italy
1973 Sui Generis Confesiones de Invierno Argentina
1973 Cyrille Verdeaux Clearlight Symphony France
1973 YU Grupa YU Grupa Yugoslavia

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  • Rick Wakeman leaves Yes after concluding the band's Tales From Topographic Oceans Tour. He would enjoy a long solo career following the success of his albums Six Wives of Henry VIII and Journey to the Center of the Earth. He is replaced by former Refugee keyboard player Patrick Moraz.
  • Founding member Phil Schulman leaves Gentle Giant.

1974

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Release Date Artist Album Country
20 February 1974 Tangerine Dream Phaedra Germany
1974 Feb Hatfield & the North Hatfield & the North England
1 March 1974 Camel Mirage England
1974 Mar Refugee Refugee England
8 March 1974 Queen Queen II England
8 March 1974 Kansas Kansas US
18 March 1974 Rush Rush Canada
22 March 1974 Frank Zappa Apostrophe (') US
29 March 1974 King Crimson Starless and Bible Black England
19 April 1974 Caravan Caravan and the New Symphonia England
1974 Apr Gryphon Midnight Mushrumps England
1974 Apr Procol Harum Exotic Birds and Fruit England
3 May 1974 Rick Wakeman Journey to the Center of the Earth England
27 May 1974 Henry Cow Unrest England
1974 May Focus Hamburger Concerto Netherlands
14 June 1974 Barclay James Harvest Everyone Is Everybody Else England
26 July 1974 Robert Wyatt Rock Bottom England
30 Aug 1974[4] Mike Oldfield Hergest Ridge England
6 Sept 1974 Hawkwind Hall of the Mountain Grill England
9 Sept 1974 Trace Trace Netherlands
10 Sept 1974 Frank Zappa & The Mothers Roxy & Elsewhere US
1974 Sep Electric Light Orchestra Eldorado England
1974 Sep Gentle Giant The Power and the Glory England
1974 Sep Todd Rundgren's Utopia Utopia US
1974 Sep The Neutrons Black Hole Star England
1974 Sep Secret Oyster Sea Son Denmark
1974 Sep Sensations' Fix Portable Madness Italy
1974 Sep Franco Battiato Clic Italy
1 October 1974 King Crimson Red England
11 October 1974 Manfred Mann's Earth Band The Good Earth United Kingdom
14 October 1974 Jethro Tull Warchild England
25 October 1974 Supertramp Crime of the Century England
1974 Oct Fred Frith Guitar Solos England
November 1974 Brian Eno Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) England
1974 Nov Kraftwerk Autobahn Germany
8 November 1974 Queen Sheer Heart Attack England
18 November 1974 Bijelo Dugme Kad bi bio bijelo dugme Yugoslavia
22 November 1974 Genesis The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway England
29 November 1974 Yes Relayer England
December 1974 Gryphon Red Queen to Gryphon Three England
1974 Acqua Fragile Mass Media Stars Italy
1974 Aquelarre (band) Brumas Argentina
1974 Alma y Vida Volumen IV Argentina
1974 Alusa Fallax Intorno alla mia cattiva educazione Italy
1974 Ange Au-delà du délire France
1974 Area Caution Radiation Area Italy
1974 Arti + Mestieri Tilt Italy
1974 Badger White Lady England
1974 Beggars Opera Sagitarry England
1974 Biglietto per l'Inferno Biglietto per l'Inferno Italy
1974 Color Humano Volumen 3 Argentina
1974 Cluster Zuckerzeit Germany
1974 The Cosmic Jokers Galactic Supermarket Germany
1974 DAG Sećanja Yugoslavia
1974 Dah Veliki cirkus Yugoslavia
1974 Delirium III Italy
1974 Edgar Allan Poe Generazioni - Una storia di sempre Italy
1974 León Gieco La banda de los caballos cansados Argentina
1974 Gong You Various
1974 Kayak Kayak II Netherlands
1974 Invisible (band) Invisible (album) Argentina
1974 Magma Kohntarkosz France
1974 Korni Grupa Not an Ordinary Life Yugoslavia
1974 Le Orme Contrappunti Italy
1974 Los Canarios Ciclos Spain
1974 Los Jaivas/Manduka Los Sueños De América Chile
1974 Metamorfosi Inferno Italy
1974 Pekka Pohjola Harakka Bialoipokku (B The Magpie) Finland
1974 Porodična Manufaktura Crnog Hleba Stvaranaje Yugoslavia
1974 Premiata Forneria Marconi L'isola di niente Italy
1974 Renaissance Turn of the Cards England
1974 Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes Le Rat Débile Et L'Homme Des Champs France
1974 Saint Just La casa del lago Italy
1974 Samla Mammas Manna Klossa Knapitatet Sweden
1974 Strawbs Hero and Heroine England
1974 Sui Generis Pequeñas anécdotas sobre las instituciones Argentina
1974 Sweet Okay Supersister Spiral Staircase Netherlands
1974 Triumvirat Illusions on a Double Dimple Germany
1974 Wigwam Being Finland
1974 YU Grupa Kako to da svaki dan? Yugoslavia

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1975

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Release Date Artist Album Country
14 February 1975 Rush Fly by Night Canada
1975 Feb Kansas Song for America US
21 March 1975 Tangerine Dream Rubycon Germany
27 March 1975 Rick Wakeman The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table England
March 1975 Soft Machine Bundles England
1975 Mar Hatfield and the North The Rotter's Club England
1975 May[5] Camel The Snow Goose England
1975 May Hawkwind Warrior on the Edge of Time England
1975 May Henry Cow In Praise of Learning England
25 June 1975 Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention One Size Fits All US
25 July 1975 Caravan Cunning Stunts England
1975 Jul Renaissance Scheherazade and Other Stories England
1975 Jul Trace Birds Netherlands
1975 Aug Gentle Giant Free Hand England
22 August 1975 Manfred Mann's Earth Band Nightingales & Bombers United Kingdom
1 September 1975 Electric Light Orchestra Face The Music England
5 September 1975 Jethro Tull Minstrel in the Gallery England
12 September 1975 Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here England
September 1975 Kansas Masque US
24 September 1975 Rush Caress of Steel Canada
1975 Sep Procol Harum Procol's Ninth England
2 October 1975 Frank Zappa & The Mothers w/ Captain Beefheart Bongo Fury US
1975 Oct Barclay James Harvest Time Honoured Ghosts England
1975 Oct Steve Hackett Voyage of the Acolyte England
1975 Oct Van der Graaf Generator Godbluff England
31 October 1975 Steve Howe Beginnings England
31 October 1975 Mike Oldfield Ommadawn England
21 November 1975 Chris Squire Fish Out of Water England
21 November 1975 Queen A Night at the Opera England
28 November 1975 Supertramp Crisis? What Crisis? England
17 December 1975 Bijelo Dugme Šta bi dao da si na mom mjestu Yugoslavia
1975 Ambrosia Ambrosia US
1975 Aquelarre Siesta Argentina
1975 Ange Émile Jacotey France
1975 Apoteosi Apoteosi Italy
1975 Area Crac! Italy
1975 Beggars Opera Beggars Can't Be Choosers England
1975 Carpe Diem En Regardant Passer Le Temps France
1975 Clearlight Forever Blowing Bubbles France
1975 Curved Air Midnight Wire United Kingdom
1975 Druid Toward the Sun England
1975 Brian Eno Another Green World England
1975 Brian Eno Discreet Music England
1975 Brian Eno & Robert Fripp Evening Star England
1975 Espíritu Crisálida Argentina
1975 Fusioon Minorisa Spain
1975 Goblin Profondo Rosso Italy
1975 Gryphon Raindance England
1975 Harmonium Les cinq saisons Canada
1975 Steve Hillage Fish Rising England
1975 Hobo Hobo Yugoslavia
1975 Invisible Durazno Sangrando Argentina
1975 Kaipa Kaipa Sweden
1975 Kayak Royal Bed Bouncer Netherlands
1975 Drugi Način Drugi Način Yugoslavia
1975 Magma Live/Hhaï France
1975 Maxophone Maxophone Italy
1975 Modrý Efekt Modrý Efekt & Radim Hladik Czechoslovakia
1975 The Muffins Secret Signals II US
1975 Opus Opus 1 Yugoslavia
1975 Le Orme Smogmagica Italy
1975 Los Jaivas El Indio Chile
1975 Phoenix Cantafabule Romania
1975 Pop Mašina Na izvoru svetlosti Yugoslavia
1975 Premiata Forneria Marconi Chocolate Kings Italy
1975 Quiet Sun Mainstream England
1975 SBB Nowy Horyzont Poland
1975 S Vremena Na Vreme S Vremena Na Vreme Yugoslavia
1975 Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes Libertes France
1975 O Terço Criaturas da Noite Brazil
1975 Time Time II Yugoslavia
1975 Triana El Patio Spain
1975 Triumvirat Spartacus Germany
1975 Wigwam Nuclear Nightclub Finland
1975 YU Grupa YU Grupa Yugoslavia

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  • Vocalist Peter Gabriel leaves Genesis at the end of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway tour. The band's drummer, Phil Collins, steps up to be lead singer and frontman after the band auditions some 450 singers. Gabriel then embarks on a solo career.
  • Former Pink Floyd frontman, Syd Barrett, overweight and bald, goes to Abbey Road Studios to ask if he can rejoin the band, they turn him down. The visit caused the band much distress. The band were recording the backing vocals for "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", a song about Barrett's demise.
  • Bassist Mario Mutis leaves Los Jaivas.
  • Yugoslav band Dah moves to Belgium, where they change their name to Land.

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13 February 1976 Genesis A Trick of the Tail England
1976 March Rush 2112 Canada
April 1976 Camel Moonmadness England
15 April 1976 Van der Graaf Generator Still Life England
16 April 1976 Klaus Schulze Moondawn Germany
23 April 1976 Caravan Blind Dog at St. Dunstans England
23 April 1976 Gentle Giant Interview England
23 April 1976 Jethro Tull Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! England
18 June 1976 Brand X Unorthodox Behaviour England
25 June 1976 The Alan Parsons Project Tales of Mystery and Imagination England
1976 Jun Soft Machine Softs England
1976 Jun Patrick Moraz The Story of I Switzerland
9 July 1976[6] Jon Anderson Olias of Sunhillow England
27 August 1976 Manfred Mann's Earth Band The Roaring Silence United Kingdom
1976 Sep Pulsar The Strands of the Future France
1 October 1976 Barclay James Harvest Octoberon England
20 October 1976 Frank Zappa Zoot Allures US
21 October 1976 Kansas Leftoverture US
October 1976 Electric Light Orchestra A New World Record England
October 1976 Tangerine Dream Stratosfear Germany
1976 Oct Van der Graaf Generator World Record England
10 December 1976 Queen A Day at the Races England
17 December 1976 Genesis Wind and Wuthering England
20 December 1976 Bijelo Dugme Eto! Baš hoću! Yugoslavia
1976 Ambrosia Somewhere I've Never Travelled US
1976 Ange Par les fils de Mandrin France
1976 Art Zoyd Symphonie Pour Le Jour Ou Bruleront Les Cités France
1976 Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Come in un'ultima cena Italy
1976 Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Garofano rosso Italy
1976 Celeste Celeste (also known as Principe di un giorno) Italy
1976 Cos Viva Boma Belgium
1976 Henry Cow Concerts England
1976 Crucis Crucis Argentina
1976 Curved Air Airborne United Kingdom
1976 Dah Povratak Yugoslavia
1976 Druid Fluid Druid England
1976 Ethos Ardour US
1976 Far East Family Band Parallel World Japan
1976 Gualberto Vericuetos Spain
1976 Kaipa Inget Nytt Under Solen Sweden
1976 Kayak The Last Encore Netherlands
1976 Le Orme Verità nascoste Italy
1976 Mythos Superkraut: Live at Stagge's Hotel 1976 Germany
1976 Novalis Sommerabend Germany
1976 Oko Raskorak Yugoslavia
1976 Picchio dal Pozzo Picchio dal Pozzo Italy
1976 Pollen Pollen Canada
1976 Pop Mašina Put ka Suncu Yugoslavia
1976 Goblin Roller Italy
1976 Popol Vuh Letzte Tage - Letzte Nächte Germany
1976 Schicke Führs & Fröhling Symphonic Pictures Germany
1976 September Zadnja avanntura Yugoslavia
1976 Starcastle Starcastle US
1976 Teška Industrija Ho ruk Yugoslavia
1976 Teška Industrija Teška Industrija Yugoslavia
1976 Time Život u čizmama sa visokom petom Yugoslavia
1976 Trace The White Ladies Netherlands

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Release Date Artist Album Country
21 January 1977 Pink Floyd Animals England
1977 Jan Renaissance Novella England
4 February 1977 Utopia Ra US
11 February 1977 Jethro Tull Songs from the Wood England
25 February 1977 Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel I England
25 March 1977[7] Emerson, Lake & Palmer Works Volume 1 England
1977 Mar John Greaves & Peter Blegvad Kew. Rhone. England
1977 Mar Anthony Phillips The Geese and the Ghost England
1977 Mar Procol Harum Something Magic England
1977 Apr Brand X Moroccan Roll England
8 April 1977[8] Supertramp Even in the Quietest Moments... England
27 May 1977 Dixie Dregs Freefall US
1977 Jun Hawkwind Quark, Strangeness and Charm England
8 July 1977[9] The Alan Parsons Project I, Robot England
15 July 1977 Yes Going for the One England
1977 Jul Styx The Grand Illusion US
1977 Jul Caravan Better by Far England
29 August 1977 Rush A Farewell to Kings Canada
2 September 1977 Van der Graaf The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome England
1977 Sep Barclay James Harvest Gone to Earth England
1977 Sep Camel Rain Dances England
1977 Sep Gentle Giant The Missing Piece England
11 October 1977 Kansas Point of Know Return US
14 October 1977 Genesis Seconds Out (Live) England
28 October 1977 Queen News of the World England
1977 Oct Electric Light Orchestra Out Of The Blue England
1977 Oct National Health National Health England
25 November 1977 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Works Volume 2 England
31 December 1977 Bijelo Dugme Koncert kod Hajdučke česme Yugoslavia
1977 Ange Tome VI : Live 1977 France
1977 Ange En concert : Live 1970-1971 France
1977 Aksak Maboul Onze Danses Pour Combattre la Migraine Belgium
1977 Mike Batt Schizophonia England
1977 Eric Burdon Survivor England
1977 Goblin Suspiria Italy
1977 Circus Movin' On Switzerland
1977 Eloy Ocean Germany
1977 England Garden Shed England
1977 Brian Eno Before and After Science England
1977 Godley and Creme Consequences England
1977 Gong Gazeuse! (also known as Expresso) Various
1977 Grobschnitt Rockpommel's Land Germany
1977 Gryphon Treason England
1977 Happy the Man Happy the Man US
1977 Heldon Interface France
1977 Island Pictures Switzerland
1977 Kaamos Deeds and Talks Finland
1977 Kayak Starlight Dancer Netherlands
1977 Locanda delle Fate Forse le lucciole non si amano piu Italy
1977 Los Jaivas Canción del Sur Chile
1977 Maneige Ni Vent... Ni Nouvelle Canada
1977 Modrý Efekt Svitanie Czechoslovakia
1977 Mona Lisa Le Petit Violon de Mr. Gregoire France
1977 Pentwater Pentwater US
1977 Pierrot Lunaire Gudrun Italy
1977 Pekka Pohjola The Mathematician's Air Display (Keesojen lehto) Finland
1977 Predmestje Brez naslov Yugoslavia
1977 Premiata Forneria Marconi Jet Lag Italy
1977 Pulsar Halloween France
1977 Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes Le Temps De L'Autre France
1977 Schicke Führs & Fröhling Sunburst Germany
1977 Triana Hijos del Agobio Spain
1977 Univers Zero Univers Zero (also known as 1313) Belgium
1977 YU Grupa Među zvezdama Yugoslavia

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Release Date Artist Album Country
1978 Jan Bill Bruford Feels Good to Me England
24 February 1978 Manfred Mann's Earth Band Watch United Kingdom
February 1978 Tangerine Dream Cyclone Germany
3 March 1978 Renaissance A Song for All Seasons England
3 March 1978 Frank Zappa Zappa in New York US
1978 Mar Dixie Dregs What If US
1978 Mar Pierre Moerlen's Gong Expresso II Various
31 March 1978 Genesis ...And Then There Were Three... England
8 April 1978 Saga Saga Canada
10 April 1978 Jethro Tull Heavy Horses England
April 1978 After the Fire Signs of Change England
1978 May U.K. U.K. England
15 May 1978 José Cid 10,000 Anos Depois Entre Venus E Marte Portugal
26 May 1978 David Gilmour David Gilmour England
1978 May Art Bears Hopes and Fears England
1978 May Steve Hackett Please Don't Touch England
1978 May Anthony Phillips Wise After the Event England
2 June 1978 Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel II England
9 June 1978 Jeff Wayne Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds US
15 September 1978 Rick Wright Wet Dream England
15 September 1978 Frank Zappa Studio Tan US
22 September 1978 Yes Tormato England
22 September 1978 Camel Breathless England
22 September 1978 Jethro Tull Bursting Out England
29 September 1978 Barclay James Harvest XII England
29 September 1978 Gentle Giant Giant for a Day England
24 October 1978[10] Rush Hemispheres Canada
10 November 1978 Queen Jazz England
17 November 1978[11] Emerson, Lake & Palmer Love Beach England
1 December 1978 Mike Oldfield Incantations England
December 1978 National Health Of Queues and Cures England
1978 Ange Guet-apens France
1978 Atila Reviure Spain
1978 Banco del Mutuo Soccorso ...di terra Italy
1978 Željko Bebek Skoro da smo isti Yugoslavia
1978 Bubu Anabelas Argentina
1978 Cathedral Stained Glass Stories US
1978 Crack Si Todo Hiciera Crack Spain
1978 Goblin Il Fantastico Viaggio del Bagarozzo Mark Italy
1978 Elonkorjuu Flying High, Running Fast Finland
1978 Fermata Huascarán Czechoslovakia
1978 Flame Dream Calatea Switzerland
1978 FM Black Noise Canada
1978 Führs & Fröhling Ammerland Germany
1978 Godley and Creme L England
1978 Gordi Čovek Yugoslavia
1978 Grobschnitt Solar Music Live Germany
1978 Happy the Man Crafty Hands US
1978 Heldon Stand By France
1978 Henry Cow Western Culture England
1978 Steve Hillage Green England
1978 Iman Califato Independiente Iman Califato Independiente Spain
1978 Kaipa Solo Sweden
1978 Kayak Phantom of the Night Netherlands
1978 MIA Cornonstipicum Argentina
1978 The Muffins Manna / Mirage US
1978 Pentwater Out of the Abyss US
1978 Popol Vuh Nosferatu Germany
1978 Premiata Forneria Marconi Passpartù Italy
1978 Laza Ristovski & Ipe Ivandić Stižemo Yugoslavia
1976 September Domovina moja Yugoslavia
1978 Shylock Ile De Fievre France
1978 Tako Tako Yugoslavia
1978 Terpandre Terpandre France
1978 Weidorje Weidorje France

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Release Date Artist Album Country
19 January 1979 Frank Zappa Sleep Dirt US
February 1979 Tangerine Dream Force Majeure Germany
9 March 1979 Manfred Mann's Earth Band Angel Station United Kingdom
16 March 1979 Bijelo Dugme Bitanga i princeza Yugoslavia
16 March 1979[12] Supertramp Breakfast in America England
1979 Mar Frank Zappa Sheik Yerbouti US
1979 Mar Dixie Dregs Night of the Living Dregs US
1979 Mar U.K. Danger Money England
1979 Apr Anthony Phillips Sides England
1979 Apr Robert Fripp Exposure England
4 May 1979 Frank Zappa Orchestral Favorites US
1979 May Steve Hackett Spectral Mornings England
1979 May Kansas Monolith US
1979 May Saga Images at Twilight Canada
1 June 1979[13] Electric Light Orchestra Discovery England
1979 June/July Crack Si Todo hicera Crack Spain
27 July 1979[14] Mike Oldfield Exposed England
14 September 1979 Jethro Tull Stormwatch England
17 September 1979 Frank Zappa Joe's Garage (Act I) US
12 October 1979 Tony Banks A Curious Feeling England
29 October 1979 Camel I Can See Your House From Here England
5 November 1979 Barclay James Harvest Eyes of the Universe England
19 November 1979 Frank Zappa Joe's Garage (Act II & III) US
23 November 1979 Mike Oldfield Platinum UK
30 November 1979 Pink Floyd The Wall England
1979 Aerodrom Kad misli mi vrludaju Yugoslavia
1979 Aksak Maboul Un Peu de l'Âme des Bandits Belgium
1979 Arachnoid Arachnoid France
1979 Art Bears Winter Songs England
1979 Art Zoyd Musique Pour l'Odyssee France
1979 Atlas Blå Vardag Sweden
1979 Mike Batt Tarot Suite England
1979 Bill Bruford One of a Kind England
1979 Eloy Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes Germany
1979 Eskaton Four Visions France
1979 Flame Dream Elements Switzerland
1979 FM Surveillance Canada
1979 Galija Prva plovidba Yugoslavia
1979 Godley and Creme Freeze Frame England
1979 Gordi Gordi 2 Yugoslavia
1979 Grace Grace England
1979 Steve Howe The Steve Howe Album England
1979 Igra Staklenih Perli Igra Staklenih Perli Yugoslavia
1979 Itoiz Ezekiel Basque Country
1979 Korni Grupa 1941. Yugoslavia
1979 Le Orme Florian Italy
1979 Ma Banlieue Flasque Ma Banlieue Flasque France
1979 Albert Marcoeur Armes et Cycles France
1979 Mezquita Recuerdos de mi tierra Spain
1979 Modrý Efekt Svĕt Hledaců Czechoslovakia
1979 Neuschwanstein Battlement Germany
1979 Pekka Pohjola Visitation Finland
1979 Predmestje Danes, včeraj in... Yugoslavia
1979 Renaissance Azure d'Or England
1979 Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes Passions France
1979 Schicke Führs & Fröhling Ticket To Everywhere Germany
1979 Sky Sky England / Australia
1979 Stormy Six Macchina maccheronica Italy
1979 Témpano Atabal Yemal Venezuela
1979 Laurent Thibault Mais on ne Peut pas Rever Tout le Temps France
1979 Triana Sombra y Luz Spain
1979 Univers Zero Heresie Belgium
1979 YU Grupa Samo napred... Yugoslavia

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References

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  1. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (9 December 1995). Great Rock discography. Canongate Press. p. 802. ISBN 9780862415419.
  2. ^ "DGM live". 28 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Yes Discography".
  4. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (9 December 1995). The Great Rock Discography. Canongate Press. p. 603. ISBN 9780862415419.
  5. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. Canongate Press. p. 116. ISBN 9780862415419.
  6. ^ "BPI".
  7. ^ "Brit certifications for ELP".
  8. ^ "BPI certification".
  9. ^ "BPI certifications".
  10. ^ "Hemispheres".
  11. ^ "BRIT Certified". Bpi.co.uk. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  12. ^ "BPI certification".
  13. ^ "BPI certifications for ELO".
  14. ^ "British album certifications - Mike Oldfield - Exposed". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 8 July 2022.

Further reading

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  • Snider, Charles. The Strawberry Bricks Guide To Progressive Rock. Chicago, Ill.: Lulu Publishing (2008) 364 pages, ISBN 978-0-615-17566-9 (paperback). A veritable record guide to progressive rock, with band histories, musical synopses and critical commentary, all presented in the historical context of a timeline.
  • Lucky, Jerry. The Progressive Rock Files Burlington, Ontario: Collector's Guide Publishing, Inc (1998), 304 pages, ISBN 1-896522-10-6 (paperback). Gives an overview of progressive rock's history as well as histories of the major and underground bands in the genre.
  • Macan, Edward. Rocking the Classics: English Progressive Rock and the Counterculture. Oxford: Oxford University Press (1997), 290 pages, ISBN 0-19-509887-0 (hardcover), ISBN 0-19-509888-9 (paperback). Analyzes progressive rock using classical musicology and also sociology.

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