Top 5 "Classic" Prog albums

Originally posted by roger
one other group I used to listen to(yikes, 20 some years ago!) was Barclay James Harvest. not really sure if they qualify for prog status, it's been so long since I've listened! where's that vinyl...

Roger,

BJH? Now there's a pretty good band. They have been around for years as you say and, in the British press at least, were always reffered to as "The Poor Man's Moody Blues" - The band even released a song called that on their album "Gone to Earth". It was a very tongue in cheek rewrite of Nights in White Satin.

The only reason I could see for the comparison was their use of mellotron. I always liked the band and their songs were good and the playing excellent.

I'd say that they qualify for the AM playlist. Their songs have a definite prog sound/feel to them especially on ones like 'Mockingbird', 'Galadriel' and 'Summer Soldier'.

If we were to get some on the playlist a good starter would be the live albums "BJH live" and "Live tapes" as they have a good cross section of their work.